Miscellaneous New York State records on microfilm, [ca. 1638-1942]

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Miscellaneous New York State records on microfilm, [ca. 1638-1942]

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Microfilm copies of miscellaneous New York State town, county, church, court, and other records dating from approximately the 17th - 20th century. Of note are minutes of the New York Chancery Court, 1783-1847 (gaps); minutes of the Supreme Court, 1939-1942; various New York colonial records, including council minutes, 1638-1665 (gaps); Westbury Friends Monthly Meeting minutes, n.d.; General Sessions of the Pleas, Ulster County, 1711-1720; New York City directories, including Brooklyn, Queens, And Staten Island, 1796-1934 (gaps); and New York wills, 1680-1847. Copies of miscellaneous family Bible records, legal documents, revolutionary war pension records, are included. Genealogies including some family records of the Gitelson, Finch, Smith, Potter, Paddock, Matteson, Norton, Martlin, McChesney, De Witt, Clark, and other New York State families are also microfilmed.

6.4 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8291020

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Ulster County (N.Y.). General Sessions of the Pleas.

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New York State, Supreme court

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New York State Court of Chancery

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Society of Friends. Westbury Monthly Meeting.

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New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

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The International Genealogical Index for North America is produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Genealogical Dept., Salt Lake City. From the description of Microfiche collection, [ca. 1630]-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83729942 ...