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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:
These registers from the Comptroller's Office provides geographic access to conveyances of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes. Information includes town name or ward number; lot number; tax year; description of parcel conveyed; acreage; payment date; payor; tax paid; total taxes; interest due; cost of sale; sale price; portion of parcel sold; acres sold; purchaser; date of redemption or conveyance; redeemer or grantee and redemption amount. There were no tax sales for non-Forest Preserve counties after 1893.
Creator:
Title:
Geographical registers of comptroller's tax deeds
Quantity:

9.3 cubic feet

8 volumes

Inclusive Dates:
1815-1845, 1895, 1900, 1924-1926
Series Number:
A1071