By Sara Fetherolf, Brooklyn College Intern
Title: Transfer Records, 1864-1986
Extent: 38.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Numerical by assigned document number and chronological
Subjects: Brooklyn--New York, N.Y., Cemeteries--New York (State)--New York--History, Cemeteries--Recording--New York State, Cemeteries--United States--History--19th Century, Green-Wood Cemetery--New York, N.Y.
Languages: English
The Transfer Records series contains the legal documents required for the transfer of lot ownership from one party to another; most of which are bound into large volumes. The documents bound within are conveyance records, which legally transfer ownership of a lot in Green-Wood Cemetery from one person to another. The documents are notarized, and give information such as the name and address of the original owner, the name and address of the new owner, how much was paid for the conveyance, the date on which the transaction took place, and occasionally the relationship between the previous and the new owner. (This is less common.)
Most of the documents are standard forms filled out with handwritten or typed information and many are marked as duplicates of the original legal record. Typically, this is the only document that a given record will contain, although other important material has been found within the Transfer Files, such as copies of wills, affidavits, family- and cemetery-related correspondence, lot diagrams, and ephemeral materials. The additional records relate to or expand upon the legal record of ownership transfer, and were therefore filed with the document.
The bulk of the records are bound into volumes, with a number assigned to each record within the book. The documents are in descending order according to the number they have been assigned. While the documents are most likely in the order in which they were received and filed by Green-Wood Cemetery, most of the early documents are not marked with the date of filing, and the only true order appears to be the number the records were assigned at the time of filing. Records numbered 8967 and higher—dated from approximately 1940 onward—are unbound but continue the numbering system established in the earlier volumes. These records correspond with the Green-Wood Lot Books, which reference specific transfer numbers when a record exists within this series.
The transfer records from 1864-1887 are contained in bound volumes with the same type of material, but the books appear to have been bound much earlier than the bulk of the records, and are in damaged condition. They are arranged largely chronologically by the date of transfer, although some documents are not strictly in order, suggesting that they, too, are ordered by the date they were filed at Green-Wood rather than the date the document was created. There is no numbering system. Although the earlier books are marked as transfer duplicates, and date range overlaps that of the other transfer records, the records are unique to the subseries.
Brooklyn--New York, N.Y.
Cemeteries--New York (State)--New York--History
Cemeteries--Recording--New York State
Cemeteries--United States--History--19th Century
Green-Wood Cemetery--New York, N.Y.
Repository: The Green-Wood Cemetery
Processing Information: Accession #: 019-2012
Other Note: Microfilm Set: Print Master Set and Service Copy Set - Reels 1 - 10 - Folders 1 to 4108; Reels 11 - 20 - Folders 4109 to 6918; Reels 21 -30 - Folders 6919 - 9699; Reels 31 - 37 - Folders 9700 - 10572 - Box 131(12/3/1863 - 12/4/1865, Boxes 131-132(12/13/1865 - 5/8/1872), Boxes 132(cont'd) - Box 133(5/1/1872 - 9/30/1879), Box 134 (10/1/1879 - 9/28/1887
Book 1-234
Book 235-458
Book 459-720
Book 721-994
Book 995-1215 ½
Book 1212 ½-1437A
Book 1438-1683
Book 1684-1900
Book 1901-2112 ½
Book 2113-2333
Book 2334-2505
Book 2506-2724
Book 2725-2910 ½
Book 2911-3066 ½
Book 3067-3225 ½
Book 3226-3374
Book 3375-3530
Book 3531-3675
Book 3676-3828
Book 3829-3960
Book 3961-4099
Book 4100-4245
Book 4396-4547
Book 4548-4700
Book 4701-4849
Book 4850-4995
Book 4996-5140
Book 5141-5280
Book 5281-5420
Book 5421-5485
Book 5486-5619
Book 5620-5749
Book 5750-5900
Book 5901-6050
Book 6051-6190
Book 6191-6325
Book 6326-6464
Book 6465-6590
Book 6591-6725
Book 6726-6868
Book 6869-7009
Book 7010-7148
Book 7149-7274
Book 7275-7408
Book 7409-7542
Book 7543-7664
Book 7665-7793
Book 7794-7925 ½
Book 7926-8068
Book 8069-8206
Book 8207-8340
Book 8341-8438
Book 8439-8580
Book 8580 ½-8714
Book 8715-8834
Book 8840-8966
Book 1 1864-1865
Book 2 1865-1867
Book 3 1866-1869
Book 1 1869-1870
Book 2 1870-1872
Book 3 1872-1873
Book 4 1873-1875
Book 1 1875-1876
Book 2 1876-1878
Book 3 1878-1879
Book 1 1879-1881
Book 2 1883-1887
