New York State Comptroller's Office Register of Decedent Estates Paying Transfer Taxes B0955

New York State Comptroller's Office Register of Decedent Estates Paying Transfer Taxes

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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:

This series consists of a register of decedent estates paying transfer taxes. Information includes decedent's name; decedent's date of death; name of executor or administrator and his past office address; value of the estate; tax rate (an unexplained letter code); and date of estate appraiser's report.

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Title:

Quantity:

0.1 cubic feet

1 volume

Inclusive Dates:

1900

Series Number:

B0955

Arrangement

Alphabetic by county, then chronological by date.

Scope and Content Note

Each entry in the volume gives the name of the decedent, the decedent's date of death, the name of the executor or administrator, his past office address, the value of the estate (real and personal), the tax rate (an unexplained letter code), and the date of the estate appraiser's report. The register coincides with a census year (1900), and may be useful in identifying wealthy decedents whose estates were large enough to pay the property transfer tax.