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From: Michael Cassidy <>
Subject: Re: [Bklyn] Taxation
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 10:31:18 -0400
In-Reply-To: <61.cc1f62a.27f87c99@aol.com>

At 8:44 AM -0400 4/1/01, wrote:
>I have tried (you name it, I've tried it) just about everything to find my
>"Fast Frank" Lauten, died between 1906-1910. My Gen teacher told me to try
> Tax records, to which I said, "Tax? In the early 1900's in Brooklyn?" Does
> anybody have any ideas on what kind of taxes/records there might be for the
> late 1800's, early 1900's? My Lauten's didn't own land, they rented. I've
>tried MA, NYS, Probate, Guardianship, funeral homes, cemeteries. Can't find
>him on the 1900, only have him on the 1905 Census. Can't find their marriage,
>circa 1889+ This is my brick wall. NYS couldn't find her death record, so now
>I am starting from 1930 (last know year she was alive) to look for her death
>within city limits. Any suggestions for what kind of tax records I might look
>for? Thanks in advance Pat in the boonies!
>
>
>

There was an income tax during and after the Civil War.

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