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 fix and add the opening paragraph about land records in the county and fixing and adding the land templates.

Instructions
BEFORE BEGINNING THIS TASK PLEASE TALK TO DANIELLE BATSON - THE TASK INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT COMPLETE! THANK YOU!! :)

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 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:



3. If there are any online databases or resources (NOT original records on micorfilm) add the following just above them:


 * Additional Online Resources

4. In wikitext, cut and paste the Online Databases section and move them after the template and BEFORE the Original Land Records section (if it has been included already).

5. Add the following template at the end of the section (after the Original Land Records section):




 * a. In the area marked "1" add your county name and the following: "+County". 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.


 * Example:

Land and Property
Original Deeds Original deeds in Oneida County, New York 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.


 * 1791-1901 – Deeds – Includes index

Guide to Land Records For information about land records including those generated by large speculative land companies, see New York Land and Property.


 * Brief history of land in Oneida County

Online Land Databases


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

Content of Land Records Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships.

Types of Land Records Deed copies, abstracts and indexes; mortgages, leases, grants and patents.

Land and Property
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and patents.

Original deeds in Albany County, New York began in 1630. They are housed at the Albany County Hall of Records in Albany.

Online


 * 1630-1894 New York: Albany County Deeds, 1630-1894 at New York Ancestors ($).
 * 1730 Freeholders List for city and county. Shows only the name and place.
 * 1980-now Albany County Clerk, Deeds and Mortgages Online Database showing grantors, grantees, mortgagors, mortgagees, and filing date.

Microfilms


 * 1630–1966 Index to State of New York deeds
 * 1630–1904 Index to maps in Lis Pendens
 * 1630–1894 Index to Mortgages
 * 1652–1660, 1765–1894 Mortgages
 * 1654–1901 State of New York deeds
 * 1768–1771 Laura Penny Hulslander, Abstracts of Deeds and Wills of Albany County, New York, 1768–1771 (Mililani, Hawaii: Sleeper, 1992).
 * 1775-1783 H. C. Burleigh, Confiscations, Albany, Charlotte, and Tryon Counties, New York (Toronto, Ontario: United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, [1970]). ;
 * 1827–1901 Lis Pendens
 * 1854 Land ownership maps
 * Van Rensselaer Manor papers

Books


 * 1656–1704 Arnold J.F. Van Laer and Jonathan Pearson, Early records of the city and county of Albany and colony of Resselaerswyck (Albany, New York: University of the State of New York, 1869-1919).

Additional land records can sometimes be found using these catalogs:


 * WorldCat using the search phase:  deeds. (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog)
 * using the search phrase:  - Land and Property. (For instructions see FHL Catalog Place-name Search)