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Creator:

New York (Colony). Prerogative Court

 

 

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This series consists of microfilm copies of original inventories of estates. These original inventories of estates were filed in New York City but relate to estates in many parts of the province..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (Colony). Prerogative Court

 

 

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Two volumes are a docket of insolvent assignments filed in the offices of the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature (prior to July 1, 1847) and the clerk of the City and County of New York (starting July 1, 1847). Each docket entry includes the year, or year and date, of the assignment; the name .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (Colony). Prerogative Court

 

 

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This series is an index of remittiturs from the New York State Court of Appeals. Register lists cases that were ultimately appealed to the Court of Appeals and returned to the Supreme Court (New York County) for execution of judgment..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (Colony). Prerogative Court

 

 

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Volumes in this series index the enrolled decrees of the Court of Chancery that were filed with the Chancery clerks in New York City. The volumes do not index decrees filed in Albany, or decrees of the Vice Chancellors in the eight Chancery Circuits. The four volumes contain essentially the same data, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (Colony). Prerogative Court

 

 

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This volume contains certifications by the clerk of the city and county of New York that constables have attended a term of Circuit Court held in New York County and, before 1823, in the court's additional "sittings." The entry for each court term lists the names of the constables and the number of .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (Colony). Prerogative Court

 

 

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This series contains an index for a wide variety of documents filed in the New York County Clerk's Office. The most common type of filing is marriage certificates (starting 1830, giving names of groom and bride)..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (Colony). Prerogative Court

 

 

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This volume contains attorneys' receipts for monies paid by judgment debtors to the sheriff of the city and county of New York in full or partial satisfaction of money judgments. Each entry contains the name of the court, title of the case, amount of payment, name of prevailing party's attorney, and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives