Research

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Creator:

Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of one microfilm roll containing several indexes relating to the files of the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (HRBRRD). The first section indexes the tracts of land acquired by HRBRRD prior to the creation of the Sacandaga Reservoir (today called the Great Sacandaga .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series contains minutes which document all decisions, regulations, rules, and policies established by the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District board and its predecessor agencies..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of land title documentation for acquisition of all land used in the creation of the Sacandaga Reservoir. Typical files contain title searches, surveys, property descriptions, tract maps, correspondence, copies of deeds, and transmitted letters arranged numerically for tract numbers .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

Hudson River Regulating District (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series documents the removal and subsequent relocation of bodies from cemeteries flooded when the Sacandaga Reservoir was created. Information usually provided is name, cemetery in which interred, location, date moved, by whom, and place of reinterment. Information for cemeteries include Union .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of scattered documentation of agency activities and planned construction of structures such as dams, dikes, reservoirs, and spillways used in flood control, release of water sufficient for downstream industries, and provision for the gradual release of runoff. Types of records include .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of deeds documenting the transfer of real property from private individuals to the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (HRBRRD). Information contained in a typical deed includes the name of the property's former owner, the purchase price, an exact description of the property .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

New York (State). Water Supply Commission

 

 

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This series consists of unpublished reports, submitted to or compiled by the State Water Supply Commission, regarding waterpower development on the Genesee River. Records include information on waterpower development; proposed reservoir construction; property owners affected by the proposed improvement; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives