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School Reports, 1828-1968 (gaps)

Record Description: Series 154 contains statistical and narrative reports to the New York State Department of Education. Reports include information about facilities, equipment and supplies, and teachers' salaries. Census schedules with the names and ages of all school age children in the district with the names of their parents are available for some districts for the years 1857-1879, 1893, and 1896-1904. This series includes some records from school districts for Westchester towns annexed to the Bronx and for some school districts located in Putnam County. The years for which reports are available varies by municipality, however, there are no reports available from the 1880s for any municipality.

Index Arrangement: Alphabetical by municipality by year. Select a municipality from the menu on the left.

To request a copy of a record that you find listed in this index, please fill out an Individual Record Request form.

Index Status: All folders in this series are included in the index.

Commissioner of Forfeiture Index, 1784-1786

Record Description: Journal maintained by the Commission which sold lands which had been confiscated from Loyalists after the American Revolution. Entries include the name of the buyer, the date of the instrument, the amount paid, and a brief property description including the amount of acreage involved. (Series 35). A few of the pages from the Commissioners of Forfeiture Proceedings are available online at our Historical Treasures Web site.

Index Arrangement: Alphabetical by last name, followed by date of instrument, and page number.

View the Commissioners of Forfeitures Personal Name Index

Index Status: All records have been indexed.

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Historic Building Inventory Forms, 1982-2001

Record Description: Series 214: Registration forms for New York State Parks and Recreation, Division for Historic Preservation for Westchester County. Forms include identification of building by name, address, owner; use and accessibility to public; description by building material, structural system, condition and integrity; and notes of additions and changes. A photograph of the house is usually included as well as indication of property on map of town or village. Houses are included for many communities within Westchester County (although by no means all the houses within each community). However, White Plains and majority of Yonkers are not included at all. "Omits" folders contain forms for structures submitted for consideration, but which appear not to have been given full review; the forms do, however, contain some information regarding the structure and a photograph. The forms in the "omits" folders have not been indexed by street location.

Index Arrangement: Alphabetical by municipality and by street. To request a copy of a record that you find listed in this index, please fill out an Individual Record Request form.

For municipalities, select from the list of communities below.

For streets, select from the following list:

A-F G-M N-Z

Index Status: Indexing of these records has been completed. Communities for which forms exist in this collection include:

Ardsley
Bedford Hills
Briarcliff Manor
Buchanan
Chappaqua
Croton on Hudson
Crotonville
Dobbs Ferry
Eastchester
Elmsford
Greenburgh
Harrison
Hastings
Hawthorne
Irvington
Jefferson Valley
Katonah
Lake Kitchawan
Larchmont
Mamaroneck
Millwood
Mohegan Lake
Mount Kisco
North Castle
North Salem
North Tarrytown
Ossining
Peekskill
Pelham
Pelham Manor
Pleasantville
Port Chester
Rye
Scarsdale
Shrub Oak
Silver Lake
Sleepy Hollow [see North Tarrytown]
Somers
Tarrytown
Thornwood
Tuckahoe
Valhalla
Yonkers
Yorktown Heights

Naturalization Records, 1808-1970 - Personal Name Index

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Records Description: Index created by Archives' staff and volunteers from individual volume indexes and individual documents from 9 separate record series (Series 6, 11, 13, 14, 15, 33, 287, 288 and 373) containing declarations, petitions and related records documenting immigrants' applications for citizenship. Learn more about the types of information available in naturalization records and view sample images of the naturalization records held by the Westchester County Archives.

Index Arrangement: Alphabetical by last name.

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Index Status: Naturalization records dated between 1808 and 1970 held by the Archives have been indexed.

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Marriage Records, 1908-1935 - Personal Name Index

Records Description: Index created by Archives’ staff and volunteers from volume indexes and County Clerk prepared indexes from 2 separate series (Series 169 and Series 183). Includes first and last names of brides and grooms, certificate number assigned by County Clerk’s office, and year of issuance of marriage license.

Note: In some cases the year the marriage license was issued may differ from the actual year the marriage took place.

Index Arrangement: Alphabetical by last name.

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Index Status: Indexing is complete. To request a copy of a marriage record that you find listed in this index, please fill out an Individual Record Request form.