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Declaration of Intention Record Books. 1855-1906.
Series 6
14 v. Arranged chronologically. Indexed online.
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, 1808-1924.
Declarations of Intention. 1906-1980.
Series 33
105 v. Arranged chronologically. Indexed online through 1930 and by Series 130 through 1972.
Original declarations filed by immigrants who wished to be naturalized. Entries including the following information about the immigrant: name; age; occupation; color; complexion; height; weight; color of hair and eyes; any distinctive marks or scars; birthplace and date; address at the time of filing; when, how and where emigrated to the U.S.; and the date of filing.
Continues: Series 6;
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, 1808-1924.
Deeds. 1680-1930.
Series 47
2,074 v. Arranged chronologically. Indexed by: Series 34.
Official records of property transactions in Westchester County. Drawings of maps may be part of the record.
Related records: Many related maps may be found in the Archives' collection of property maps. The Archives maintains a separate in-house database of these records.
Deeds Index, Grantee. 1680-1907.
Series 108
10 reels and 54 volumes. Arranged alphabetically. Index to Series 47.
Index to deeds arranged by grantee (buyer) for the period 1680-1897; and by town, then grantee for the period 1897-1907. Each entry indicates the buyer and seller of the property and gives the deed volume reference.
Related records: Series 34, Deeds Index, Grantor, 1680-1907.
Deeds Index, Grantor. 1680-1931.
Series 34
114 v. Arranged alphabetically. Index to Series 47.
Index to deeds arranged by grantor (seller) for the period 1680-1897; and by town, then grantor for the period 1897-1931. Each entry lists the buyer and seller of the property; year, month and day recorded by the County Clerk; and gives the deed volume reference by liber and page. Note: because these records are available online at the Westchester County Clerk’s Westchester Records Online system, the Archives does not normally make available the bound volumes of grantor index records it holds from 1898-1931.
Related records: Series 108, Deeds Index, Grantee, 1680-1907.
Dental Hygienists Affidavits. 1947-1950.
Series 39
1 v. Arranged chronologically. View online index.
Registrations filed with the County Clerk. Each entry includes date of registration, name of hygienist, age, birthplace, office and postal addresses, date and number of license, and school granting the license.
Dentists Register and Affidavits. 1941-1950.
Series 38
1 v. Arranged chronologically. View online index.
Registrations filed with the County Clerk. Each entry includes date of registration, name of dentist, age, birthplace, office and home addresses, date and number of license, and issuer of the license.
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Eastchester Drainage Certificates of Sale, 1874-1875
Series 106
1 v. Arranged by parcel number.
Volume recording the sales of parcels of land, pursuant of Chapter 882, Laws of New York State, for a period of one thousand years for "drainage tax assessed" in regard to the drainage of certain low and wet lands located in the town of Eastchester. There are approximately thirty such sales in this volume, all to a Joseph Bellesheim, one of the three listed Commissioners involved in handling the sales. All property descriptions in the volume refer to parcels located in Central Mount Vernon (in the Town of Eastchester) on County Clerk Map 206 dated September 3, 1853. According to the text in the volume, the sales took place in 1874 and were recorded in 1875.