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Displaying 26 Finding Aids
Title
- Registers of mortgages to the state
Series Number
- A0477
Summary
- Mortgages to the state were required to be registered in the Secretary of State's office. This series contains mortgages primarily for lands sold by the state in patents and former Indian reservations. Information includes mortgagor, property description and mortgage terms. Many mortgages were discharged or cancelled. A certificate of payment and cancellation was entered in the margin. Discharges are mostly for lots in the East and West Cayuga Reservations.
Creator
- New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is available for onsite use only at the New York State Archives; not available through interlibrary loan.
Title
- Mortgages filed in Register's Office
Series Number
- J4061
Summary
- This series consists of copies of mortgages. Court rules required the Master involved in the sale of mortgaged property to file a copy of the mortgage with the Register, Assistant, or clerk of the court.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Long Island State Park Commission Bethpage State Parkway case files
Series Number
- B2874
Summary
- This series consists of digital copies of individual case files documenting the acquisition and appropriation of land by New York State and the Long Island State Park Commission for the creation of Bethpage State Parkway. These files include correspondence, memorandums, deeds, mortgages, appraisals, contracts and agreements, property titles, abstracts of titles, inspection reports, purchase vouchers, tax bills, property descriptions, and property surveys.
Creator
- Long Island State Park Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Red Hook records
Series Number
- A4480
Summary
- Microfilmed records include tax assessment rolls, town clerk's record and minute book, index of chattel mortgages, and index of conditional sale contracts for the Town of Red Hook.
Creator
- Red Hook (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Documents relating to canal claims
Series Number
- A1441
Summary
- This series relates to claims against the state, mostly for money owed on contracts and for damages to property adjacent to the canal. Included are minutes of testimony in cases heard; notices of awards by the canal appraisers; a list of awards for the years 1843-1849; affidavits, notices of appeals, opinions, and briefs relating to canal claims; and a few chattel mortgages on canal boats.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Fleming (N.Y.) cemetery lot book and chattel mortgage register
Series Number
- A4473
Summary
- Microfilmed records include the lot book of the Owasco Lake Cemetery Association (1871-1976) and a register of chattel mortgages for the town of Fleming (ca. 1879-1897).
Creator
- Fleming (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Court of Chancery register's minutes of foreclosure decrees
Series Number
- J1049
Summary
- This series contains copies of decrees issued by the Chancellor authorizing the sale of land in mortgage foreclosure cases. The minute books were created by the Register, whose office was in Albany.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) Sheriff's Writs and Other Historical Documents
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) sheriff's writs and other historical documents
Series Number
- JN999
Summary
- This series contains writs, other court documents, and miscellaneous non-government documents. Among the writs are capias ad respondendum (order to arrest a civil defendant); capias ad satisfaciendum, fieri facias, and scire facias (orders to execute a civil judgment); and venire facias juratores (order to summon jurors). Documents were filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature, except for those from 1825-1826 which were filed in the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York. Also in the collection are mortgages given by Daniel D. Tompkins and his wife Hannah, 1807, 1815; and a printed broadside address by Daniel Webster at Saratoga Spring, Aug. 19, 1840.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Title
- Caleb Smith State Park Preserve case files
Series Number
- B2875
Summary
- This series consists of individual case files documenting the acquisition and appropriation of land by New York State and the Long Island State Park Commission for the creation of the Caleb Smith State Park Preserve.
Creator
- Long Island State Park Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Montauk State Parks case files
Series Number
- B2876
Summary
- This series consists of individual case files documenting the acquisition and appropriation of land by New York State and the Long Island State Park Commission for the creation of state parks in Montauk and the Town of East Hampton on the South Fork of Long Island's East End.
Creator
- Long Island State Park Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to mortgages filed in Register's Office
Series Number
- J0083
Summary
- This series consists of an alphabetical listing of mortgages filed with the Register and serves as a partial index to Series J4061, New York State Court of Chancery Mortgages Filed in Register's Office. The rules of the court required the Master involved in a mortgage foreclosure case to file the mortgages on all properties sold under a decree or order of the Chancellor with the Register or Assistant Register. Each entry in this series contains the names of mortgagor and mortgagee and the date of filing.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Tioga County mortgage records
Series Number
- A4678
Summary
- These microfilmed mortgage records show names of mortgagors and mortgagees, a detailed description of land parcels mortgaged, time and amount of payments, dates of satisfaction, mortgage assignments, releases, and mortgage sales and foreclosures.
Creator
- Tioga (N.Y. : County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Cayuga County records
Series Number
- A4718
Creator
- Cayuga (N.Y. : County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Mortgage records and subdivision approval files
Series Number
- A4483
Creator
- Rockland (N.Y. : County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Grantee index to deeds and other documents recorded or filed by the Secretary of State and Office of General Services
Series Number
- A4689
Summary
- Series A0453, Record of Deeds; Series A0464, Original Deeds and Title Papers; Series 12945, Miscellaneous Deeds and Title Papers; Series A0451, Original Releases to the State; and Series A1882, Dutch Land Deeds, are indexed by this series. This series also indexes applications for grants of land under water, and land appropriations that are held by the Office of General Services.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for inter-library loan or duplication.
Title
- Index to accounts of loan officers, auctioneers, and mortgagors
Series Number
- A1191
Summary
- This series is an alphabetical index to names of persons acting as commissioners for loaning money; as auctioneers submitting accounts to the State Comptroller; and as mortgagors of state lands. It also lists page references to accounts for counties (i.e., county treasurers).
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Legal documentation relating to lands conveyed to Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Series Number
- A1388
Summary
- This series consists of deeds, mortgages, bonds, assignments and traced maps of lots in Buffalo. The land was conveyed to the Commissioners of the Canal Fund as collateral for two judgments against Thadeus W. Patchin, bankrupt, in 1874. In 1881 the Commissioners of the Canal Fund empowered the State Treasurer to settle or cancel back taxes on the Buffalo lots, and this series also contains taxes searches and related documents from this action.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of mortgage tax receipts
Series Number
- A1349
Summary
- This series contains information on monies received from county treasurers from mortgage taxes. Information includes monthly amount received; interest on bank deposits; quarterly summaries; disbursements approved by the State Tax Commissioners; quarterly net receipts; amount due the municipality; amount due to the State of New York; amount received by the State of New York and the date; and information on when the receipt was mailed. A few summary sheets, deeds, and correspondence are interfiled at the beginning of the volume.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Attorney General's Office statement of interest due on mortgages
Series Number
- B0903
Summary
- This volume lists the name of the person giving the mortgage (borrower) and the lot that the mortgage encumbers. Also included is the name of the road or tract closest to the property, the city or village in which the lot is located, the amount of interest due, and the principal.
Creator
- New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Clerk's minutes of foreclosure decrees
Series Number
- J0050
Summary
- This series contains copies of decrees issued by the Vice Chancellors of the 4th, 7th, and 8th Circuits authorizing the sale of land in mortgage foreclosure cases. Each decree contains the following information: date and location of the hearing during which the decree was issued; names of the complainant, defendant, and Master investigating the case; date the Master's report was filed; amount of the mortgage and, if partially paid, amount outstanding; and description of the land to be sold.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.