New York Town Records: Difference between revisions
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An inventory of the county supervisor's records has been published: | An inventory of the county supervisor's records has been published: | ||
*Wright, Albert Hazen. ''Supervisors' Proceedings of Various Counties of New York''. Ithaca, New York: A. H. Wright, 1943. (Family History Library book [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/New_York_Town_Records?title=New%20York%20Town%20Records&action=edit 974.7 A1 #244]; fiche | *Wright, Albert Hazen. ''Supervisors' Proceedings of Various Counties of New York''. Ithaca, New York: A. H. Wright, 1943. (Family History Library book [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/New_York_Town_Records?title=New%20York%20Town%20Records&action=edit 974.7 A1 #244]; fiche {{FHL|218623|title-id|disp=6093918}}.) This is Studies in History number 3 of New York Historical Source Studies, and it mentions which county supervisors' proceedings have been preserved in major repositories. The records are mostly for the 1840s to the early 1900s. There are a few county supervisor's records for the 1820s or earlier. | ||
Knowing the town a village belongs to is important since many records of the village will be in the town records. [http://www.orps.state.ny.us/ref/osc/table4.htm Some villages are located in more than one town], as shown on a 2009 list. | Knowing the town a village belongs to is important since many records of the village will be in the town records. [http://www.orps.state.ny.us/ref/osc/table4.htm Some villages are located in more than one town], as shown on a 2009 list. | ||