FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New York/Tasks-Land and Property Records Intro

WikiProject New York Progress Chart  Wiki Project New York Tasks - Land and Property: Intro

Description
The purpose of this task is to find the land and property records held by a county, the dates the records are available, the repository(ies) for those records, and the available copies, indexes and abstracts.

Instructions
Please cite at least one source for each item you add. See Albany County for examples. See also


 * FamilySearch Wiki:Verifiable policy page
 * Help:How to add citations instruction page
 * FamilySearch Wiki:Source Citation Formats guidelines, and WikiProject NY Framework #3

1. Add the following sentence under the heading Land and Property:

Original deeds in County, New York county began in [date]. These records are housed at the [place].


 * a. The template will automatically capture your county page name.
 * b. Add the correct beginning date of deeds in the [date] spot. This may be found in the Redbook or Handybook. Remove the word "date".
 * c. If you get the info from either book, source it by copying and pasting in wikitext the appropriate reference.

HANDYBOOK

REDBOOK


 * d. Add the repository where the records are held in the [place] spot.
 * e. If necessary, adjust the sentence to show the correct custody of records. See the example below showing a county with deeds housed in two repositories.
 * f. Link repository to a webpage (if available) and to the County Courthouse page if applicable.

2. Add the following template:


 * a. In the area marked "1" add your county name. Remove the number 1.
 * b. In the ared marked "2" add the Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) subject number. Find the subject number as follows:
 * 1. Do a place search of the FHLC for your county.
 * 2. Select Land and Property from the record groups displayed.
 * 3. Select any record displayed.
 * 4. Select the highlighted phrase under the word "Subjects".
 * 5. Copy the number displayed in the upper right-hand corner in the display box "For". This is the subject number.
 * 6. Paste this number into the NYLand template where you see the number 2. Remove the number 2.

3. If you find any additional online databases or resources (NOT original records on micorfilm), add the heading, Additional Online Resources

after the FHLC entries (if they haven't been added yet, put them after the first paragraph just added and before the last template). Then go to wiki text and cut the databases and move them under the heading you just entered (Additional Online Resources). See the example below for more guidance.

Land and Property
Original deeds in Oneida County began in 1791. Deeds 1791–1885 are housed at the B–1 Records Centerin Utica. Deed records 1886–present are housed at the County Clerk's Office.

Additional Online Resources George Washington: His Land Purchases Made the Empire State. Utica, N.Y.: n.p., 1931?. Digital version at Ancestry ($).