New York County Clerk's Office Division of Old Records Card Index to Court of Chancery Enrolled Decrees and Filed Papers

Alphabetical by name of complainant or petitioner.

Card index provides access to documents filed or recorded in New York City by the Register and Assistant Register of the Court of Chancery, Clerk of the Court of Chancery (1st Circuit), and Clerk of the Supreme Court in Equity (New York County). Most of the indexed documents are enrolled or transcribed decrees. Other document types include bills, petitions, orders, etc.

An index card for a case document contains the names of complainant and defendant, or the name of petitioner and subject of petition; name of court; type of document; date of filing; and reference to the series code and document code (letter-number).

Card index document codes refer to the following record series: "D CH" and "CH" - JN312 Enrolled decrees; "CL" - JN306 Transcription of enrolled decrees into libers and JN307 Enrolled decrees; "BM" - JN315 Filed papers.

Microfilm was produced by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1978. The GSU microfilm has been digitized, and the images can be viewed online at FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries (including the New York State Archives and New York State Library). The FamilySearch microfilm and digital images are cataloged under the author "New York. Chancery Court (New York County)," with the title "Index to Chancery Court records, 1700-1848," microfilm reel numbers 1204888-1204905.

Series JN109 Historical Court Records Index, contains selected data from these index cards.

Series JN395, Partial Index to Transcribed Chancery and Vice-Chancery Decrees Filed in New York City,

Series JN315, Court of Chancery Filed Papers and Mortgage Foreclosure Decrees,

Series JN303, Index to Chancery Decrees Filed in New York City,

Series JN312, Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) Decrees,

and Series JN307, Enrolled Decrees Transcribed into Libers, contain related records.

Card index was created by staff of the New York County Clerk's Office in the early twentieth century.

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