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TITLE: Local history collection, 1835-1967
AUTHORS: Mary E. Seymour Memorial Free Library (Stockton, N.Y.)
PUBLISHED:
SUBJECT:
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Stockton -- Societies, etc
Census -- New York (State) -- Stockton -- 1835
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, American
Sheep industry -- New York (State) -- Stockton
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Stockton
Stockton (N.Y.) -- History, Military
Stockton (N.Y.) -- Genealogy
Chautauqua County (N.Y.) -- Maps
New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 3 cubic ft., 4 v.
ARRANGEMENT: The Leach letters are filed with the correspondence of the Stockton Baptist Church in the Church Records Collection.
ABSTRACT: Biographical sketches of Justin G. Thompson, M.D., 1904; George W. Putnam, 1925; Hon. Lewis C. Todd, 1914; and Albert Gallatin Dow, 1908. Genealogical sketches of the Miller family, 1897; the Andrew Putnam family, 1919; and a family tree of Seth and Lavenda Kelley Duncan, 1920. Local history articles on the Town and Village of Stockton, the Stockton Grange, and the New England influence in Chautauqua County, 1900-51.
ABSTRACT: Manuscripts of New York State censuses for the Town of Stockton include that of 1835; the 1865 survey of Civil War soldiers, seamen, and nurses; militia rolls for 1851 and 1862; and enumerator's blotter for 1892. Poetry typescripts by Edith Rowley, 1903-10, and Amy A. Caldwell, 1919-42. Service records of World War I soldiers, Town of Stockton, 1919; ten letters to A.P. Leach about raising and selling sheep, 1846-48; clippings, 1906-67; three scrapbooks, 1892-1964, on Stockton; and an 1881 Beers Atlas of Chautauqua County.
LOCATION: Mary E. Seymour Memorial Free Library, 22 North Main Street, Stockton, New York 14784
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TITLE: Local history collection, 1810-1966
AUTHORS: Darwin R. Barker Library (Fredonia, N.Y.). Historical Museum
PUBLISHED:
SUBJECT:
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, 1757-1834
Pomfret (N.Y. : Town)
Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- Pomfret
Women -- Diaries
Women -- New York (State) -- Fredonia -- Societies and clubs
Fredonia (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs
Family -- New York (State) -- Fredonia
Temperance -- Societies, etc
Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Assessment -- New York (State) -- Pomfret
Taxation -- New York (State) -- Pomfret
Roads -- New York (State) -- Pomfret
Tanning -- New York (State) -- Chautauqua County
Elections -- New York (State) -- Pomfret
Fredonia (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Shumla (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Fredonia (N.Y.) -- Commerce
Pomfret (N.Y. : Town) -- Maps
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: ca. 9 cubic ft.
NOTES: Town assessment records are copies. Election returns are copies. Location of Originals/duplicates - Originals are in Pomfret Town Office, Fredonia, N.Y.
ABSTRACT: Tax rolls, retail and entertainment licenses; subscription list for purchase of burying ground from Town of Pomfret; narrative of Lafayette's visit to Fredonia in 1825; assorted bills and receipts, advertisements and broadsides, 1810-1929.
ABSTRACT: Also assorted church programs and WCTU programs, 1908-27; local history articles and clippings, 1951-66; citizenship papers of Vaclav Palacek, 1891, and Jacob Schmeizer, 1860; receipts, retail license, bills, and legal papers of Jesse M. Tiffany, 1858-88; family history by Emily M. Johnson, 1911; diary kept by Louise Fuller Putnam, 1869; scrapbooks by Kate Greene Martin and Emily E. Mays; recipe book for Milton M. Fenner's patent medicines, 1873; notebook of calligraphic notes, poems, certificates, and scrolls by Warren Ferris; and clippings and memorial program for Sarah E. Hammond. Also, included are town assessment maps, 1963; Town assessment records, 1810-1821; Town road surveys, 1823, 1825; election returns, 1823; diary of Frank Grover, Shumla, N.Y., age 12, 1866; and account book, 1847-1856, of tannery near the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation.
LOCATION: Darwin R. Barker Library. Historical Museum, 7 Day Street, Fredonia, New York 14063
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TITLE: New York State census records, 1790-1925 / compiled by Marilyn Douglas and Melinda Yates
AUTHORS: Douglas, Marilyn
Yates, Melinda
New York State Library
PUBLISHED: Albany : University of the State of New York, State Education Dept., New York State Library, 1981.
SUBJECT:
New York (State) -- Census
New York (State) -- Genealogy -- Sources
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: iv, 64 p. : map ; 28 cm.
NOTES: Bibliography: p. 64.
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TITLE: Index [to] Edinburg: a town divided : a history of Edinburg, New York 1787-1930 / compiled by Johnstown Public Library
AUTHORS: Johnstown Public Library
Bennis, John J.
PUBLISHED: [Johnstown, NY : The Library, 2000.]
SUBJECT:
Edinburgh (N.Y.) -- History
Saratoga County (N.Y.) -- History
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: unpaged ; 30 cm.
NOTES: Comprises the index to the book by John J. Bennis published in Edinburg, NY, 1998.
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TITLE: Monroe County cemetery records in the collection of the local history division of Rochester Public Library, January 1996
AUTHORS: Rochester Public Library (Rochester, N.Y.) Local History Division.
PUBLISHED: [Rochester, N.Y. : Rochester Public Library local history division, 1996]
SUBJECT:
Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- Monroe County
Monroe County (N.Y.) -- Cemeteries
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 v. (unnumbered leaves) ; 29 cm.
NOTES: Bound with: Monroe County cemetery records, similar information in another format.
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TITLE: Greer Papers, 1915(ca.)
AUTHORS:
PUBLISHED:
SUBJECT:
Charlotte (Monroe County), New York -- Local history
War of 1812
Charlotte (Monroe County), New York -- Religious activity
Episcopalians St. George's Episcopal Church, Charlotte, New York
Roman Catholics Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, Charlotte, New York
Urban history
Rochester, New York Local history
Transportation Streetcars
Methodists Methodist Church, Charlotte, New York
Presbyterians Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, New York
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 0.3 cubic ft.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological.
ABSTRACT: History of Charlotte, New York from the time of its settlement to its annexation by the City of Rochester in 1915. Topics discussed are early settlement, effects of the War of 1812, port activity, local events, people, and institutions including the Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church (now Lakeside Presbyterian Church), St. George's Episcopal Church, and Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church. Other topics include the public debate over annexation to Rochester; adequacy and price of streetcar service provided to Charlotte by the New York State Railways; and possible impacts of annexation on streetcar and municipal services.
LOCATION: Rochester Public Library, Local History Division, 115 South Avenue, Rochester, New York 14604.
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TITLE: Wayne County cemetery records
AUTHORS: not listed
PUBLISHED: Rochester, Rochester Public Library, 1995
SUBJECT:
Wayne County (New York)
Cemetery records -- Wayne County, N.Y.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: unp.
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TITLE: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1635-1899
AUTHORS: New York State Library. Manuscripts and Special Collections Unit
Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774
Ballingall, Robert
Kirkland, Samuel, 1741-1808
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1764-1839
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738-1795
PUBLISHED:
SUBJECT:
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Finance, Personal
Bellinger, Peter -- Military leadership
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1764-1839 -- Military leadership
Marcy, William Learned, 1786-1857 -- Portrait
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 -- Caricatures and cartoons
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862 -- Caricatures and cartoons
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804 -- Will
West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands)
Vermont Historical Society
Great Britain. Army
Slaves -- Emancipation -- New York (State)
Cataloging of manuscripts
Seneca Indians -- Treaties
Presidents -- United States -- Elections -- Caricatures and cartoons
Libraries -- History -- 20th century
Libraries -- Special collections -- Manuscripts
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
West Indies -- History -- 1775-1783
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 3 boxes.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date of document.
NOTES: The New York State Library acquired these manuscripts through several different accessions during the late nineteenth century. The manuscripts have no single common source, but represent the miscellaneous manuscript holdings of the State Library prior to the 1911 fire, which destroyed much of the Library. Finding aids: Unpublished calendar available in repository.
ABSTRACT: A diverse collection of individual documents relating to New York State and United States history. Included are such items as a treaty between Sir Wiliam Johnson and the Seneca Indians; a 1790 list of weekly expenditures of the family of President George Washington; a 1780 return of Peter Bellinger's regiment of militia; a statement by Robert Ballingall, a loyalist, relative to estates in South Carolina; an agreement between Samuel Kirkland and Colonel Sanger regarding land; the accounts of the Union Colony Association in Potsdam, N.Y.; a political cartoon from one of the Presidential race between William Henry Harrison and Martin Van Buren; general orders of General Stephen Van Rensselaer; subscriptions for a portrait of William L. Marcy; a certified copy of the act of incorporation of the Vermont Historical Society; the will of Philip Schuyler; a letter from Sir Henry Clinton to Lord Germain; a manumission of one of Isaac Bogart's slaves; records relating to the support of British troops in the Carribean; a return of the Vermont Militia dated 1839; and a number of other materials.
LOCATION: Manuscripts and Special Collections New York State Library Albany, NY 12230
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TITLE: Central New York business directory, 1904-1905 : embracing the counties of Onondaga, Cayuga, Cortland, Tompkins, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Otsego, Tioga, Broome, Chenango, Jefferson, Oswego and Lewis : containing complete lists of merchants, manufacturers and professional men in each town and city together with location, population, industries, railroads, steamship lines and banking facilities
AUTHORS: New York State Library. Manuscripts and Special Collections Unit.
PUBLISHED: Washington, D.C. : State Publishing Co., 1904, 1905.
SUBJECT:
Broome County (N.Y.) -- Directories
Cayuga County (N.Y.) -- Directories
Chenango County (N.Y.) -- Directories
Cortland County (N.Y.) -- Directories
Herkimer County (N.Y.) -- Directories
Jefferson County (N.Y.) -- Directories
Lewis County (N.Y.) -- Directories
Madison County (N.Y.) -- Directories
Oneida County (N.Y.) -- Directories
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- Directories
Oswego County (N.Y.) -- Directories
Otsego County (N.Y.) -- Directories
Tioga County (N.Y.) -- Directories
Tompkins County (N.Y.) -- Directories

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 v. ill. ; 24 cm.

NOTES: Filmed as bound with advertisements.

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TITLE: New York county histories & atlases

AUTHORS: not listed

PUBLISHED: New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975.

REPRINT: Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, 1977.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 116 microfilm reels : ill. ; 35 mm.

NOTES: Accompanied by printed guide with title: Reel index to the microfilm edition of New York county and regional histories and atlases.
Reels 1-11: State and regional; reels 12-14: Albany County; reel 16: Allegany County; reel 17: Broome County; reel 18: Cattaraugus County; reel 19: Cayuga County; reels 20-21: Chautaugua County; reel 22: Chemung County; reels 23-24: Chenango County; reel 25: Clinton County; reels 26-27: Columbia County; reel 28: Cortland County; reel 29: Delaware County; reels 30-31: Dutchess County; reels 32-35: Erie County; reels 36-37: Essex County; reel 38: Franklin County; reel 39: Fulton County; reel 40: Genesee County.
(cont'd) reel 41: Greene County; reel 42: Herkimer County; reels 43-45: Jefferson County; reels 46-47: Kings County; reel 48: Lewis County; reels 49-50: Livingston County; reel 51: Madison County; reels 52-54: Monroe County; reel 55: Montgomery County; reels 56-61: New York City; reels 62-63: Niagara County; reels 64-67: Oneida County; reels 68-71: Onondaga County; reel 72: Ontario County; reels 73-75: Orange County; reel 76: Orleans County; reel 77: Oswego County; reels 78-79: Otsego County; reel 80: Putnam County.
(cont'd) reel 81: Queens County; reels 82-83: Rensselaer County; reel 84: Richmond & Rockland County; reels 85-86: St. Lawrence County; reels 87-88: Saratoga County; reel 89: Schenectady County; reel 90: Schoharie County; reel 91: Schuyler County; reel 92: Seneca County; reels 93-94: Steuben County; reels 95-96: Suffolk County; reel 97: Sullivan County; reel 98: Tioga County; reel 99: Tompkins County; reels 100-103: Ulster County; reel 104: Warren County; reels 105-106: Washington County; reels 107-108: Wayne County; reels 109-113: Westchester County; reel 114: Wyoming County; reels 115-116: Yates County.

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TITLE: Reel index to the microform collection of New York county and regional histories and atlases

AUTHORS: New York (State). State Library, Albany

PUBLISHED: Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, 1977.

SUBJECT:
Microfilms -- Catalogs
New York (State) -- History, Local -- Bibliography -- Catalogs
New York (State) -- Maps -- Bibliography -- Catalogs

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: v, 38 p. ; 28 cm.

NOTES: Microfilm collection reproduced from the holdings of the New York State Library.

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TITLE: New York county and regional histories and atlases microfilm collection

AUTHORS: New York (State). State Library, Albany
Research Publications, inc. Reel index to the microform collection of New York county and regional histories and atlases

PUBLISHED: Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, 1977.

SUBJECT:
New York (State) -- History, Local -- Collected works
New York (State) -- History -- Collected works
New York (State) -- Maps -- Collected works
New York (State) -- Biography -- Collected works

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 116 reels ; 35 mm.

NOTES: Individual items in author-title sequences under county, reproduced from the holdings of the New York State Library. Card file by author in microform shelf list.

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TITLE: New York county and regional histories and atlases, Genesee County, reel 40

AUTHORS:

PUBLISHED: New Haven, Conn : Research Publications, Inc., 1975.

SUBJECT:
Genesee County (N.Y.)-- History
Genesee County (N.Y.) -- Maps

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm.

CONTENTS: Gazetteer and biographical record of Genesee County, N.Y., 1788-1890, edited by F. W. Beers, Syracuse, N.Y. : J.W. Vose, 1890. New topographical atlas of Genesee and Wyoming counties, New York, from actual surveys by S.N. & D.G. Beers and assistants, Philadelphia : Stone and Stewart, 1866. New century atlas of Genesee County... Philadelphia : Century Map Co., 1904. Gazetteer and business directory of Genesee County N.Y., for 1869-70, compiled by Hamilton Child, Syracuse, N.Y. : Hamilton Child, 1869. Combination atlas map of Genesee County, New York, Philadelphia : Everts, Ensign and Everts, 1876.

ADDITIONAL TITLES:
Gazetteer and biographical record of Genesee County, N.Y., 1788-1890.
New topographical atlas of Genesee and Wyoming counties, New York.
New century atlas of Genesee County, with farm records by the company's corps of expert engineers and draughtsmen.

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TITLE: New York State census index for Van Buren town--Onondaga County : 1855 - 1865 - 1875 and 1892 / compiled by Robert F. Nostrant, Baldwinsville historian and Margaret Tedd, Baldwinsville Public Library

AUTHORS: Nostrant, Robert F.
Tedd, Margaret
Baldwinsville Public Library (Baldwinsville, N.Y.)

PUBLISHED: [Baldwinsville? N.Y. : s.n.], 1991.

SUBJECT:
Van Buren (N.Y.) -- Census, 1855 -- Indexes
Van Buren (N.Y.) -- Genealogy
New York (State) -- Census, 1855 -- Indexes

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 112 leaves ; 29 cm.

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TITLE: Genealogical records collection, 1830-1984, 1905-1984 (bulk)
AUTHORS: Onondaga County Public Library. Local History and Genealogy Dept.
PUBLISHED:
SUBJECT:
Benson, Jonathan
Bucklin, Issac
Cooley, T. M.
Wood, Abner
Horton, Lucy Ann Lewis
Tracy, Deborah Woodworth
Lamb, Silas
Foote, J. B.
Burlingame, Altitius
Madison County (N.Y.) -- Justice of the Peace
Western Inland Lock Navigation Company
Military records -- New York (State)
Agriculture -- New York (State)
Antwerp (N.Y.) -- Statistics, Vital
Throopsville (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Madison County (N.Y.) -- Officials and employees
Cortland County (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- Genealogy
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- Statistics, Vital
Cayuga Lake (N.Y.)
Willet (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions
Genealogies
Baptismal records
Diaries
Reminiscences
Account books
Maps
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 40 linear ft.
NOTES:
ABSTRACT: Transcripts, abstracts, and extracts, compiled 1905-l984, of genealogical records primarily for New York State taken from church records, cemetery records, registers of marriages, military records, town records, court records of wills and letters of administration, and census records. Of note are records of marriages and baptisms by Reverends Jonathan Benson, Issac Bucklin, and T.M. Cooley for central New York, 1803-1847, and Rev. Abner Wood of Antwerp, N.Y., 1828-1844; diary of Lucy Ann Lewis Horton of Throopsville, N.Y., 1877; reminiscences of Mrs. Deborah Woodworth Tracy about family move from Connecticut to Cayuga Lake area from 1786 to 1789; Silas Lamb's journal containing Justice of the Peace records (Madison County), personal journal entries, and a letter to his son in Wisconsin, 1830-1857; and charts concerning the Western Inland Lock Navigation Company for the years 1792-1821. Original items include 1830 pocket map of New York State; marriage records kept by Rev. J.B. Foote, 1887-1889, for central New York; and daybook of Altitius Burlingame, of Willet, Cortland Co., concerning farm products, cash, and labor from 1834 to 1848.
LOCATION: Onondaga County Public Library. Local History and Genealogy Dept., Syracuse, NY.
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TITLE: Letters of guardianship 1803-1849
AUTHORS: Onondaga County (N.Y.). Surrogate Court
Onondaga County Public Library
PUBLISHED: Syracuse, N.Y. : Author, n.d.
SUBJECT:
Guardian and ward -- New York (State) -- Onondaga County -- Indexes
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- Genealogy
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 3 v. ; 29 cm.
NOTES: 3rd volume title: Index to Letters of guardianship, vol. 2, 1815-1849. (Published by Onondaga County Public Library).
CONTENTS: V. 1. 1803-1815 -- v. 2. 1815-1849 -- v. 3. Index to vol. 2, 1815-1849.
ADDITIONAL TITLE: Index to Letters of guardianship, vol. 2, 1815-1849.
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TITLE: Armory Hill Cemetery records, Ilion, NY : alphabetical list (to date as of July 2000) / compiled by staff of Ilion Free Public Library...

AUTHORS:

PUBLISHED: Ilion, NY : The Library, 2000.

SUBJECT:
Armory Hill Cemetery (Ilion, N.Y.) -- History
Cemetery records -- Ilion (N.Y.)
Cemetery records -- Herkimer County (N.Y.)
Herkimer County (N.Y.) -- Genealogy -- Sources
Ilion (N.Y.) -- Genealogy -- Sources

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 96 leaves ; 28 cm.

NOTES: Computer-output typescript in 3-ring binder. Cover title. "... These records date from 1904 through 1970. Ongoing efforts are being made to continue compiling the cemetery records up to the present."

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TITLE: Index to Civil War servicemen / prepared by the Long Island Division, Queens Borough Public Library

AUTHORS: Queens Borough Public Library

PUBLISHED: Jamaica, N.Y. : Long Island Division, [2002].

SUBJECT:
Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers -- Indexes
Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Indexes
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers -- Indexes
Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) -- Genealogy -- Sources

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 5 v. ( leaves) ; 29 cm.

NOTES: "Prime sources include: Munsell's history of Queens County (1882), and the two newspapers published in the Town of Jamaica - the Long Island Democrat and the Long Island Farmer." v. 1. Town of Flushing -- v. 2. Town of Hempstead -- v. 3. Town of Jamaica -- v. 4. Town of Oyster Bay -- v. 5. Town of North Hempstead. Photocopy. Near year end or early 2003, there will be a 5th vol.

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