Lyle Hendrickson has given me permission to forward this guide to
the filmstrip of the Hempstead Town Records, which
may be very helpful to any of you who are interested in early Long
Island.
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:33:13 EST
From: LyleH29423(a)aol.com
To: LI-Rooters(a)aplusdata.com
Subject: [LI-Rooters] Guide to Hempstead Town Records
Typifying the helpfullness of this group, Steve recently answered a post of
mine inquiring about a John Hendrickson who was mentioned in Onderdonk's
"Annals of Hempstead". In doing so, Steve made me aware of the "Hempstead
Town
Records". I was able to find LDS Microfilms of this reference, and to repay
Steve and the Groups help, I am posting a guide I prepared for these
microfilms. The experienced rooters are well acquainted with the layout; this
guide will therefore be more helpful for the newcomer to these records.
The films, 0982405, 0982406, and 0982407, contain the 8 volumes originally
published in 1894 at the request of the Town of Hempstead under the title
�Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead�, edited by Benjamin D.
Hicks. The Title is abbreviated �Hempstead Town Record� at the top of each
page in the 8 volumes. The films were initially confusing to me until I was
able to understand their arrangement. It is this understanding that I would
like to pass on to the group.
First of all, the records are not of North *AND* South Hempstead. They were
written by the Town Clerk of the Town of Hempstead before the North/South
split which occurred at the conclusion of the Town Meeting of April 13, 1784.
Thereafter, the Records are of the Town of North Hempstead only; there is no
record contained in these books for the Town of South Hempstead (for these the
reader is referred to the Annals of Hempstead: 1643-1832 by Henry Onderdonk
Jr).
The original books contain an exhaustive index at the end of each volume.
However, when they were filmed, the indices were placed first which is very
helpful to the microfilm reader, but also a little confusing because the first
microfilm pages start with page numbers like 456 and continue to something
like 594 and then revert back to page1 as the microfilm picks up the beginning
of the volume. This occurs several times in each microfilm since each film
contains several volumes. The Index itself is very informative because of its
contents which include grantee/grantor records of land sales.
Another confusing element to me is that the original records were kept in
books with the Liber titles A-I. It is not clear to me if these are the same
as the Queens County Libers of the same name. Perhaps other rooters can
clarify this. Additionally, the Liber pages are included in the pages of the
volumes. It is for these reasons that I thought the following guide would be
helpful to the newcomer searching these microfilms.
For each Microfilm, I am printing Description, Volume Number, Volume Page,
Liber Volume, Liber Page, Dates. The dates are approximate because the entries
in the original Libers were not made chronologically and I noted only the
beginning and final entry or the first and last meeting date. Our experienced
rooters are invited to correct any errors of omission or commission.
Microfilm 0982405
Index to Vol 1 1 500 - - -
Preface/Intro 1 1 - - -
Start Liber A 1 15 A 1 5/2/1650-11/11/1659
Start Liber B 1 119 B 1-166 01/26/1662-4/4/1673
Start Liber C 1 373 C 1-129 11/23/1681-
Index to Vol 2 2 496 - - -
Liber C, cont 2 373 C 130 2/1/1685
Start Liber D 2 119 D 1-357 02/01/1685
Index to Vol 3 3 497 - - -
Liber D cont 3 1 D 358-467
Liber E 3 161 E 1-288 11/1/1735
Microfilm 0982406
Index to Vol 4 4 497 - - - -
Liber E cont 4 289 E 289-663 12/4/1745-4/-/1763
Start Liber F 4 446 F 1-34 4/-/1763-4/1765
Index to Vol 5 5 497 - - -
Liber F cont 5 1 F 35-323 4/2/1765-4/23/1777
Index to Vol 6 6 497 - - -
Liber F cont 6 1 F 324 4/11/1777
Liber G 6 179 G 1-181 4/14/1784
Microfim 0982407
Index to Vol 7 7 496 - - -
Liber G cont 7 1 G 182 10/24/1818-10/7/1837
Liber H 7 156 H 1-280 4/18/1844-8/18/1874
Index to Vol 8 8 500 - - -
Liber H cont 8 1 H 281-351 4/6/1875-4/1/1879
Liber I 8 106 I 1-7 10/2/1879-3/9/1880
Laws & Deeds 8 121-262 - 1684-1696
Land Divisions 8 263-499 1712-1742(?)
Lyle Hendrickson
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