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Researching Hudson Valley Palatine Tenant Farmers: Overlooked Resources

Jane Wilcox

Dec 7, 2016

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Syllabus

Content

Introduction

2m 40s

Overview of Palatine Arrival

1m 26s

Manors/Early Patents

3m 49s

The Lease

6m 46s

Types of Documents

24m 37s

Record Locations

39s

Finding Aids

5m 12s

Research Tips

3m 45s

Research Examples

14m 15s

Conclusion

1m 9s

Syllabus

About this webinar

Documents for New York manors and their Palatine tenants in the Hudson Valley have survived. Learn how and where to look for your German tenant ancestors in these and other records, such as court and tax records. Finding aids for collections are featured as well. See examples for using the records in your research. What you learn here can be applied to any ancestor in the Hudson Valley -- not just Palatines.

About the speaker

Jane Wilcox

Jane E. Wilcox is a contributing editor of the New York Genealogical & Biographical Record and serves on the New York State Archives Advisory Committee. She speaks at national genealogy conference...

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