Series 1
Farm Names Register. 1912-1949.
1 v. Chronological. Index in volume.
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Farm names registered with the County Clerk. Each entry includes name of the
owner, location of farm and short property description.
Related records: Series
60, Legal Division Miscellaneous Records, 1896-1982. |
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Series 2
Podiatrist Register. 1895-1951.
2 v. Chronological. Index in each volume.
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Registration certificates filed with the County Clerk. Each entry includes name, birthplace,
address and license number. |
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Series 3
Board of Elections Hotel Reports. 1967-1977.
1 v. Reverse chronological.
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Lists of all hotels, motels and boarding houses in the County. Includes the address of each
and
the name of the owner.
Related records: Series
203, Hotel Reports, 1947-1972 |
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Series 4
Architects Register. 1919-1951.
1 v. Chronological. Index in volume.
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Registration certificates filed with the County Clerk. Each entry includes architect's name,
residence, birthdate, birthplace and certification number. |
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Series 5
Statute Foreclosures Notices. 1857-1938.
2 v. Chronological. Index in each volume.
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Newspaper clippings of foreclosures on home and farm mortgages. |
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Series 6
Declaration of Intention Record Books. 1857-1906.
7 v. Chronological. Indexed by: Series
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Each declaration includes immigrant's name, age, country of former allegiance, signatures
and
date filed. Date of arrival, street address or town of residence may be present.
Continued by: Series 33
Related Records: Series
11, Naturalization Petitions, 1895-1991; Series 13, Naturalization
Record
Books, 1844-1906; Series 14, Naturalization Petitions, Rejected,
1898-1906; Series 15, Naturalization Petitions,
Miscellaneous, 1808-1905.
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Series 7
Oaths of Office. 1789-1968 (gaps).
8 v. Chronological. Indexed by: Series 42.
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Signatures of persons elected and appointed to County offices. For partial index, see
Series 42. |
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Series 8
Work Projects Administration Records. 1936-1940.
315 items Numerical.
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WPA survey of records in the County Clerk's Office. |
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Series 9
Court of Common Pleas Minutes. 1710-1846.
7 v. Chronological.
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Records of the court which heard civil cases between private parties from 1691 through
1847.
These minutes record only actions in the cases and do not normally include testimony.
The minutes for the 1710-1722 are interspersed in a volume with the minutes of
the Court of Sessions.
Related records: Series
220, Common Pleas -- Minutes (drafts), 1791-1797,
1804-1847
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Series 10
Unassigned |
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Series 11
Naturalization Petitions. 1895-1991.
336 v. Numerical. Some volumes indexed in front. Records through
1927 indexed by: Series
130.
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Original petitions which document admission to U.S. citizenship. The petitions may include
all
or some of the following: name; address; birthdate and place; marital status; date and place
of
marriage; name, birthdate and birthplace of spouse and children; former allegiance; port and
date of entry; name or manner of conveyance; date and court of naturalization; witnesses;
signatures. Beginning in the 1930s, photographs are attached to the documents.
Includes three volumes of immigrants who enlisted in the United States armed
forces between 1917 and 1919. These records include rank; resident base; date
and place of birth; date and port of entry with vessel name; names of spouse and
children.
Related records: Series 6, Declaration of Intention
Record Books, 1857-1906; Series 13, Naturalization Record Books, 1844-1906;
Series 14,
Naturalization
Petitions, Rejected, 1898-1906; Series 15, Naturalization Records, Miscellaneous,
1808-1905. |
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Series 12
Unassigned |
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Series 13
Naturalization Record Books. 1844-1906.
35 v. Numerical. Indexed by: Series 130.
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Brief record of naturalization transcribed from the original petitions. Some of these records
provide data from early original petitions which are no longer extant.
Related records: Series 6, Declaration of Intention
Record Books, 1857-1906; Series 11, Naturalization Petitions,
1895-1991;
Series 14, Naturalization
Petitions, Rejected, 1898-1906; Series 15, Naturalization Records, Miscellaneous,
1808-1905. |
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Series 14
Naturalization Petitions, Rejected. 1898-1906.
2 cubic ft. Chronological.
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Naturalization petitions denied by the court. Each entry includes the petitioner's name,
address,
occupation and native country, as well as the names of witnesses, the court and date of
rejection. The reason for the rejection, however, is not given.
Related records: Series 6, Declaration of Intention
Record Books, 1857-1906; Series 11, Naturalization Petitions,
1895-1991;
Series 13, Naturalization
Record
Books, 1844-1906; Series 15, Naturalization Petitions,
Miscellaneous, 1808-1905.
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Series 15
Naturalization Records, Miscellaneous. 1808-1905.
1.25 cubic ft. Chronological. Indexed by: Series
130.
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Variety of early documents from all phases of the naturalization process.
Related records: Series 6, Declaration of Intention
Record Books, 1857-1906; Series 11, Naturalization Petitions,
1895-1991;
Series 13, Naturalization
Record
Books, 1844-1906; Series 14, Naturalization Petitions, Rejected, 1898-1906. |
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Series 16
Estate Records. 1775, 1782-1909.
78 linear ft. Chrono-Alphabetical. Indexed by: Series
171.
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Original estate inventories which detail property of the deceased and its value. May include
executor's bonds, wills and other estate settlement documentation.
Related records: Series
132, Wills, 1782-1941. |
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Series 17
Unassigned |
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Series 18
Unassigned |
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Series 19
Census Rolls. 1905, 1915, 1925.
23 v. Geographical by City, Town or Village, Election District, Assembly District and
Ward.
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New York State censuses of Westchester County. Lists permanent residence, name, relation
to
head of family, color, sex, age, nativity, occupation and residents of institutions (including
prisoners and infants). Citizenship information is included in the 1915 census (when and
where
naturalized, if applicable) and the 1925 census (number of years in U.S. and whether alien or
citizen). |
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Series 20
Unassigned |
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Series 21
Hugh R. Pomeroy Collection. 1926-1966.
Less than 1 cubic ft. Chronological.
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Published articles by and about Hugh R. Pomeroy, Westchester's Commissioner of Planning
from 1946 to 1961. Many of the articles discuss the problems of communities in the New
York
City Metropolitan area; others focus on highway development. Some are annotated by Mr.
Pomeroy. |
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Series 22
Planning Board Minutes. 1939-1983.
2.17 cubic feet. Chronological.
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Official minutes of the Board which was created in 1939 to formulate and recommend major
development policies, to report on the physical planning aspects of annual departmental
capital
projects requests, to advise municipalities on local planning and zoning matters, and to advise
the County Executive and County Departments on development matters.
Related records: Series
163, Pforzheimer Papers: Planning Commission Records, 1929-1956. |
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Series 23
Interstate 684 Records. 1960-1967.
1.25 cubic ft. Chronological.
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Records of the Commissioner of Planning which document controversy surrounding the
location
of Interstate 684 in the 1960s. |
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Series 24
Courthouse Development Committee Records. 1948-1968.
Less than 1 cubic ft. Chronological.
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Files, correspondence, reports, memos, minutes, clippings, photographs, slides and audio
tapes
created by the Commissioner of Planning, who served as Secretary to the Courthouse
Development Committee. Included also are design proposals by various architects, including
Welton Becket, selected to design the present courthouse. These files include records
collected
before the official formation of the Committee which met between 1961 and 1967.
Related records: Series
151, Court Administration Facilities Records, 1959-1977. |
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Series 25
Michaelian Collection: Pre-County Executive Records. 1895-1957.
Less than 1 cubic ft. Alphabetical.
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Edwin Gilbert Michaelian (1906-1983) held a variety of elective offices, including Mayor of
White Plains. Between 1958 and 1973 he served as County Executive. The papers in this
series
include correspondence, memos and clippings spanning the period from his childhood until
his
election as County Executive.
Related records: Edwin G. Michaelian
Photograph Collection, 1909-1984; Series
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