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Displaying 36 Finding Aids
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
- New Netherland Council Dutch colonial land deeds
Series Number
- A1882
Summary
- This series contains deeds, in Dutch, recorded by the provincial secretary from September 5, 1652 until October 15, 1653. The provincial secretary was responsible for recording all land transactions in New Netherland. Most of the deeds document the conveyance of real property between private individuals on the island of Manhattan.
Creator
- New Netherland. Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New Netherland Council Dutch colonial patents and deeds
Series Number
- A1880
Summary
- This series consists predominantly of land patents, in Dutch, through which the director-general and council of New Netherland allowed private individuals to take possession of land in freehold, as opposed to the previous policy of only granting permission to hold land for cultivation. Also included are some deeds that record the purchase of land from natives for the West India Company and several patroons.
Creator
- New Netherland. Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Lewis County records
Series Number
- A4475
Summary
- Civil court records (Supreme and County Court) include complaints, judgment rolls, referees' reports, sheriff's reports of sales, satisfactions, and documents relating to appealed cases. Separate Supreme Court files include affidavits, orders, executions, lunacy proceedings, infancy proceedings, and committee reports. Separate County Court files include orders and affidavits. Criminal court records include indictment files and records of convictions in town and village justice's courts. Other records include deeds, notary public appointments, lis pendens, coroner's inquisitions, and county treasurer's tax assessment rolls for the towns in Lewis County.
Creator
- Lewis (N.Y. : County). County Clerk
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Recorded Indian treaties and deeds
Series Number
- A0448
Summary
- This series contains Indian deeds treaties or deeds of cession. Most of the colonial Indian deeds cede lands located in the Mohawk and upper Susquehanna Valley from the native owners to the king of Great Britain. The post-Revolutionary War documents generally take the form of a deed of cession from the sachems, chiefs, and warriors of a particular nation or group to the people of the state of New York.
Creator
- New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to fragile condition. Microfilm is first use copy.
Title
- Governor's Love Canal Inter-Agency Task Force Chairman's files
Series Number
- 13430
Summary
- This series consists of files generated by commissioner William C. Hennessy, while serving as chairman of an emergency multi-agency task force on the Love Canal disaster. Files also contain records sent to Hennessey's office in Albany from the DOT regional office in Buffalo. That office managed department policies in Region 5 (Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara counties). Records include copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, toxicity maps, affidavits and exhibits, meeting minutes, contract documents and specifications, and subject files.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Love Canal Inter-Agency Task Force
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
- Sacandaga Reservoir deeds
Series Number
- B2787
Summary
- This series consists of deeds documenting the transfer of real property from private individuals to the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (HRBRRD). Information contained in a typical deed includes the name of the property's former owner, the purchase price, an exact description of the property being conveyed, and the date of sale. These deeds pertain exclusively to property acquired in the area of the Sacandaga Reservoir.
Creator
- Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Barge Canal land appropriation files
Series Number
- 22561
Summary
- The land appropriation files contain comprehensive legal documentation of the process by which the state acquired lands for the Barge Canal system (pursuant to Laws of 1909, Chapter 391, as amended), and of the state's title to those lands. The files document not only the transfer of legal title to the state (i.e. the deed), but also the title and lien history of the property, the negotiations with the landowner, and the review and approval by control agencies - Offices of the State Comptroller and Attorney General. All of this documentation is important for confirming that due process was observed and that the owner was justly, fairly compensated for the property taken by the state. In addition, the records thoroughly document an important government function, the appropriation of private property for a public purpose, in this case for the Barge Canal.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Survey data on lands relating to state facilities
Series Number
- B1525
Summary
- This series consists of maps, plans, deeds, correspondence, field notes, survey data, descriptions of lands, statements of water power, and other related working notes apparently created to analyze the condition and ownership of lands related to state facilities. Facilities include the Schuyler Mansion; Auburn Prison; Delhi Agriculture School; State Camp at Peekskill; John Boyd Thatcher Park; Port Jefferson Harbor; and Ogdensburg State Hospital.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Department of State original deeds and title papers
Series Number
- A0464
Summary
- This series contains original deeds or releases to the State of New York, leases from the state to private individuals or business firms, certified copies of deeds to the United States for government facilities (including cessions of jurisdiction for military and naval installations), and easements for Federal flood control projects. The form of the deed, lease, or release varies considerably throughout the series, but all such documents state the exact boundaries and quantity of land (or the rights in land) conveyed.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Department of State deeds by the Superintendent of Public Works
Series Number
- A0459
Summary
- This series consists of quitclaim deeds by which the Superintendent of Public Works, with the authorization of the Canal Board, released the State's title to and interest in lands appropriated for canal purposes that were determined to be no longer needed. In most cases, quitclaim deeds were used to both release the State's title to and interest in appropriated lands and to grant said real property to the party from whom it was originally appropriated. In several cases, quitclaim deeds were used to release the State's title to and interest in appropriated lands and to grant said real property to a second party in exchange for other lands required for canal purposes.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Title papers pertaining to the erection of monuments on the Gettysburg and Chattanooga Battlefields
Series Number
- A0468
Summary
- Most records pertain to land conveyed and dedicated to erecting monuments and markers of the location of New York military units during the battle of Gettysburg. Included are transmittal letters, agreements, legislative bills, correspondence, maps, deeds of conveyance and dedications. Information includes a deed of conveyance and dedication to land in Hamilton County, Tennessee, where the battles of Wauhatchie and Lookout Valley were fought by New York Regiments and Batteries.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Upland application files
Series Number
- 13633
Summary
- This series consists of upland application files documenting grant, easement, lease, permit, transfer of jurisdiction, and license transactions of state lands during the years 1799-1916 and 1954-2001. Other transactions documented in this series include state surplus real property; gold, silver, mineral, and fossil deposits on state lands; and leases and transfers of unappropriated lands to the federal government and cessions of jurisdiction to the United States. Documents relating to individual applications are either bundled or filed together in discrete folders.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of General Services. Bureau of Land Management
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Highland Falls records
Series Number
- A4554
Creator
- Highland Falls (N.Y. : Village)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Deeds of cession and assorted documents of record
Series Number
- A0050
Summary
- The volume contains approximately 60 documents mostly related to deeds ceding land and/or jurisdiction of property to New York State or the federal government, largely for military and protective purposes.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Appraisers
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to fragile condition. Use under supervision of an archivist.