The computer will then proceed to the County Master Menu. This is
where you choose which part of the database that you would like to access.
To access Property Records:
- Type 1 in the field for Assessor/Inspections and press
ENTER.
- If the next screen is not blank, press CTRL C (hold down the
Control button while pressing the letter "c") to clear the
screen. Do this as many times as necessary to get an absolutely
blank screen.
- In the blank screen type cssn to sign on and
press ENTER.
- The next prompt will ask for your name and password;
for name type: public, then press the Tab button (not
ENTER!) and type public for your password. At the next screen
type cmnu , the password for the Property Records file.
Choose the correct Real Estate Master File according to the way
you wish to search -- you may search according to account #,
ownership, parcel #, address, or PIN #. The most common way to
search is by ownership or by address. You may also search the
Abstract Property Listing Statements in the same way.
- To search by ownership, type B. At the next screen, enter the
last name and then first name of the person you are searching for
and press ENTER. You will then be given the list of names that
most closely match the name you have entered.
- To search by address, type D. At the next screen you will be
given a template to fill in with the address of the property
being researched. An example of an address search will be to the
left of the template for you to go by. Be sure to tab after each
entry instead of pressing ENTER.
- To go forward in the list press ESCAPE 1. To go backward in the
list press ESCAPE 2.
- Choose the person or address in the list by typing the
corresponding line number and ENTER.
- The next screen will give you general information about the
property. Your cursor will appear at the bottom of the screen on the
first of four question marks - ????. This is where you type the code for
what screen you want to see next. The most commonly searched items are:
O - Ownership History
S - Perimeter Sketch
B - Building Data
L - Land Data
COMS - Comparable Sale Data
CENS - Census and Marketing Data
You may also type help at the ???? to see a list of the screens
available.
Once in another screen, you must 'back out' of that screen to
exercise your next option. To do this, type CTRL C.
*NOTE: Any command that reads with a PF, such as PF1 or
PF2, can be performed by pressing ESCAPE and that number.
Instead of pressing PF1 or F1, press ESCAPE 1.
*NOTE: If your machine locks up during a function and beeps
when pressing any key, press CTRL R to reset.
To access Register of Deeds:
- Type 2 in Selection field for Revenue/Reg of Deed/Fire and
press ENTER.
- If the next screen is not blank, press Control C
until the screen is clear.
- In the blank screen type your password
cssn to sign on.
- The next prompt will ask for your name and
password; for name type: public, then hit the tab key and
type public for your password.
- At the next screen type idms, and press ENTER.
- Then type clist menu and press ENTER.
- The next screen will ask for
input and type rd, press ENTER, then press CONTROL a
and ENTER again. This will take you into the Register of Deeds menu.
The menu screen will give you the available functions and the data needed
to carry out those functions. At the bottom of the screen, type in the
name of the person or institution being searched, or the book or page
number being searched. Then choose the function that you would like
carried out, press the corresponding number and then press ENTER.
Remember that you must back out of each screen to carry out your
next function.
To exit out of Register of Deeds, press Escape 9.
To return to the Main Menu, press Escape , (comma).
To access the Tax Records:
- Type 2 in the selection field for Revenue/Reg of Deed/Fire and
press ENTER.
- If the next screen is not blank, press Control C
until the screen is clear.
- In the blank screen type your password cssn to sign on.
- The next prompt will ask for your name and password; for name type:
xxx, then tab and type xxx for your password.
- At the next screen type idms and press ENTER.
- Then type clist menu and press ENTER.
- When the next screen asks you for input, type tx, press
ENTER, then press CONTROL a and press ENTER again.
The Tax Records system works much like the Register of Deeds system in
that the menu screen will give you the available functions and the data
needed to carry out those functions. At the bottom of the screen, type in
the name of the person or institution being searched. Then choose the
function that you would like carried out, press the corresponding number
and then press ENTER. The most useful of these options are numbers
5 and 9, though most of the options work in the same way.
To exit out of Tax Records, press Escape shift 0.
To return to the Main Menu, press Escape , (comma) .
To access Board of Elections:
- Type 3 in the selection field for BOE/CHILD/EMS/UCC and press
enter.
- If the next screen is not blank, press Control C until
the screen is clear.
- In the blank screen type your password cssn to sign on.
- The next prompt will ask for your name and password; for name type:
public , then tab and type public for your password.
At the next screen type bmen , the password for the Board of
Elections file.
- The next screen will give you a list of options. Of these options, "S
- Search Active Registrant", is the most frequently used. To search by
name, type S then tab to the name field and type in the name
(last, first middle). You may search other ways, but you may not use the
options to add or change registrants.
- Remember to press CONTROL c to back out of each screen.
To return to the Main Menu, press Escape , (comma).
To access the Financial Records:
- Type 7 in the selection field of the Main Menu for
Finance/Personnel/Veh/Zip and press ENTER.
- If the next screen is not blank, press Control C until the
screen is clear.
- In the blank screen type your password cssn to sign on.
- The next prompt will ask for your name and password;
for name
type: xxx then tab and type xxx for your password.
At the next blank screen, type F100 to get the menu for financial
records.
- At the next screen choose 2 (by pressing Escape 2 )
for the Online Famis Main Menu.
- In this menu, the most useful option is
5 ( Escape 5 ), the Financial Inquiry option.
- After pressing Escape 5, choose either Escape 1 or
Escape 2 . Either screen will show the Vendor Inquiry option
that you need.
- Choose Escape 3 for the Vendor Inquiry screen and a screen
entitled Vendor Titles-Alpha-Selection will appear.
- Press ENTER for Alpha Search. When you press Enter, a list of
vendors will immediately appear on your screen beginning with A.
- Press TAB until you are under the ALPHA heading, and then
type the last name of the person being searched; you may enter the first
initial if this can be done without going outside of the allotted space under
ALPHA.
- Once your cursor is on the line of the vendor you want to see, choose
Escape 2 to see checks to that vendor.
- To return to the Main Menu, press Escape , (comma).
Printing
On a Mac
With your mouse, highlight the entire screen (or just the information on
the screen you want printed). Then click on File in the upper
left corner of your screen and click on Print Selection.
Exiting
Press Escape , (comma) to get back to the Main Menu. If a number
appears beside items 1, 2, 3 or 7 in the left hand column, this
means that you need to logoff of that database. To do this, type
the number of the database in the selection field, hit Tab
twice and type logoff. You will need to do this for each
database that has a number to the left of the item number. Once
you do this, the number should disappear. This means you have
logged off.
Once the left column is clear ...
on a Mac, press APPLE H to hand up and the APPLE Q to quit.
on a PC, press ALT H to hang up and then ALT X to exit Procomm.
Last updated by Sperry Krueger (skrueger@nando.com) on 9/10/98.