Genesee County (N.Y.) Tax Assessment Rolls and Proceedings of the Genesee County Board of Supervisors and County Legislature

Arranged by type of record.

Microfilmed records include official minutes and hearing proceedings of the Genesee County Legislature (1854-1992) and Genesee County assessment and tax rolls (1838-1993). Minutes and hearing proceedings include budgets, departmental annual reports, resolutions, laws created, appointments, communications, and committee reports. A digest for proceedings from 1802 to 1948 is also included. Minutes and proceedings are missing for some years and may have been destroyed in a fire at the original courthouse in 1918.

Information contained in the assessment and tax rolls includes the properties in each town assessed, property owner, quantity, and value of land, amount of taxes, and certificate of authorization by the governing body of the county. In addition, the tax rolls record dog taxes and other special taxes; value of personal property; returned taxes; school taxes; listings of cemeteries, churches, and other exempt property; exemption summaries; and special district summaries. Records for the years 1802 to 1837 are missing and may have been destroyed in a fire at the courthouse in 1918.

Microfilm is available for use at the New York State Archives or through interlibrary loan.

Microfilm 226 rolls; 16 and 35 mm. Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund Grant Project Microfilm.

A published finding aid by Susan L. Conklin, comp., "Genesee County Official Minutes and Hearing Proceedings: Microfilm User Guide" (Batavia, N.Y.: Genesee County Records Management Program, 1995) is available at the repository.

This microfilm was produced by a grant awarded and administered by SARA's Local Government Records Services for the 1995 grant cycle. Grantees submitted two copies of each roll of project film: a silver copy for secure storage at the State Records Center; and a duplicate copy, containing only non-restricted records, for public use at the State Archives research room.

Use copies of rolls containing restricted records are not maintained by the Archives, and are withdrawn from public use at time of accessioning. Security copies of such rolls are held at the State Records Center and are subject to restrictions under law.

Restricted film was marked and use copies were weeded at time of accession; 226 rolls of master negatives (security copy) were sent to the State Records Center (TL 95-135, 136).

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.