Dear Folks, I just responded to Gwen regarding a question she had regarding the Holland Land Co. and I thought some of you might find it informative. vee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vee L. Housman" <[email protected]> To: "Gwen Boyer Bjorkman" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 11:35 AM Subject: Re: Holland Land Company > Dear Gwen, > > Whenever a piece of property is sold the buyer needs to obtain a Title > Search to make certain the title is free and clear of any liens and anything > else that would make it invalid. The attorney requsts a title company to > search the history of the property all the way back to when it was first > sold. In Western New York the property first changed hands when the settler > bought it from the Holland Land Co. > > The buyer is given a copy of the Title Search and it's from that document > that you can see at what time the settler finally paid off his contract with > the Holland Land Co. For the most part it was about 30 years after the > original purchase. > > If you know where your ancestor's land was, you could go to the county court > house and do the research yourself. The deeds are indexed both by location > and by names. You won't find when the settler first contracted with the > Holland Land Co but there's another resource that will tell you. They've > microfilmed the Holland Land Co.'s original records. > > I hope this helps. > vee > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gwen Boyer Bjorkman" <[email protected]> > To: "Vee L. Housman" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 12:05 AM > Subject: Holland Land Company > > > > Hi Vee: This was a very nice article and thanks so much. Can you tell me > where you found deeds > > from the Holland Land Company? This has perplexed me for years. I find my > ancestor selling land, > > but cannot find where he bought the land. This land was right on the line > between Warren Co, PA and > > Cattaraugus Co NY. Thank you for your help. > > > > Gwen Boyer Bjorkman > > [email protected] > > >