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Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
The Estates Tax Processing Unit deals with the payment of taxes against the transfer of property from the estates of decedents.
Records include last wills and testaments; real property appraisals and photographs; correspondence; trust deeds; estate inventories;
and other documents pertaining to the transfer of estates and payment of taxes on estates. Because most decedents established
life trusts to dispose of their estates, the files often include wealthy citizens such as Astor, Morgan, Carnegie, and Rockefeller.
Creator:
Title:
Article 10 estate tax files
Quantity:
92 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates:
1885-1990
Series Number:
19802
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