Question by Mike G.: What happened to the Out West Oil Company that was in operation in 1917, in Colorado?
Are there company shares worth anything?
Best answer:
Answer by Andrew O
Look at these sites for information.
Where can I find information on defunct companies and/or stocks?
Directory of Obsolete Securities. Jersey City, NJ: Financial Information, Inc. Annual. (Bus HG4961.D56)
List of companies whose identities have been lost as a result of name change, merger, acquisition, dissolution, reorganization, bankruptcy or charter cancellation. Whenever possible, an indication has been made as to whether stock has any remaining value or stockholders’ equity still exists.
Mergent Online Company Archives
Mergent Online database lists U.S. and international companies that were acquired, went bankrupt or merged out of existence from 1995 onward.
Hoover’s Business Boneyard
Premium feature for subscribers. Select “Browse The Business Boneyard” link for histories of defunct companies.
Predicasts F & S Index of Corporate Change. Cleveland, OH: Predicasts, Inc. Ceased publication in 1993. [CBR Holdings: 1978 - 1993. Located in Business Stack 2]
Index to information in newspapers and periodicals on mergers, acquisitions, and other organizational changes that affect corporate identity. Three sections: SIC (principal section), alphabetical by company name, special tabulations including name changes, bankruptcies, liquidations, etc.
Capital Changes Reporter. Chicago: CCH. (Bus KF1428.A6C65 ; CBR Holdings: Current through January 21, 1999.]
Arranged alphabetically by company. Information, listed chronologically, includes date of incorporation, stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, mergers, and consolidations. Last volume contains list of worthless securities.
New York. Department of State. Division of Corporations
Search for Corporations Here provides a complete or partial history of corporations in existence on or after December 5, 1977, but that went out of existence prior to December 31, 1984. The records of corporations that went out of existence prior to December 5, 1977 are contained in manual inactive files at the Department of State. A written request must be made for these records.
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