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- TITLE: The New York State census 1825 for Tompkins County / abstracted by Tompkins County Genealogical Society
- AUTHORS: Tompkins County Genealogical Society (Ithaca N.Y.)
- PUBLISHED: Ithaca, NY : Tompkins County Genealogical Society, 1991.
- SUBJECT:
New York (State) -- Census, 1825
Tompkins County (N.Y.) -- Census, 1825
Tompkins County (N.Y.) -- Genealogy
Schuyler County (N.Y.) -- Census, 1825
Schuyler County (N.Y.) -- Genealogy
Caroline (Town : N.Y.) -- Census, 1825
Danby (Town : N.Y.) -- Census, 1825
Dryden (Town : N.Y.) -- Census, 1825
Enfield (Town : N.Y.) -- Census, 1825
Groton (Town : N.Y.) -- Census, 1825
Hector (Town : N.Y.) -- Census, 1825
Ithaca (Town : N.Y.) -- Census, 1825
Lansing (Town : N.Y.) -- Census, 1825
Newfield (N.Y.) -- Census, 1825
Ulysses (Town : N.Y.) -- Census, 1825
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 157 p. : maps.
- CONTENTS: Town of Caroline -- Town of Danby -- Town of Dryden -- Town of Enfield -- Town of Groton -- Town of Hector -- Town of Ithaca -- Town of Lansing -- Town of Newfield -- Town of Ulysses.
- ALT TITLE: Census 1825 for Tompkins County
- HOLDINGS: Go to the home page and do a search to locate this title, the libraries that has this title and its call number.
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- TITLE: History of Dryden from 1797 to 1857 / by the old man in the clouds ; transcribed by Mrs. Betsey L. Clark
- AUTHORS: Rumsey, H. D.
Clark, Betsey L.
DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County
- PUBLISHED: Ithaca, N.Y. : Published for DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, 1961.
- SUBJECT:
Dryden (N.Y.) -- History
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 19 p.
- NOTES: Microfiche. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1986. 1 microfiche ; 11 x 15 cm. (Genealogy and local history ; LH3050)
- HOLDINGS: Go to the home page and do a search to locate this title, the libraries that has this title and its call number.
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- TITLE: Ithaca's neighborhoods : the Rhine, the hill, and the goose pasture / edited by Carol U. Sisler, Margaret Hobbie, and Jane Marsh Dieckmann ; contributors, Jane Marsh Dieckmann
- AUTHORS:
- PUBLISHED: Ithaca, N.Y. : DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, 1988.
- SUBJECT:
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- History
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 221 p. ; ill.
- NOTES: Includes index.
- HOLDINGS: Go to the home page and do a search to locate this title, the libraries that has this title and its call number.
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- TITLE: Miscellaneous Account Books Collection, 1793-1916
- SUBJECT:
Religious activity
Undertakers
Seneca County, New York -- Vital statistics
Canals Morris and Essex Canal
American Indians
Shoemakers
Lumber industry -- Sawmills
Agriculture
Insurance
Tanneries
Seneca County, New York -- Education
Land records, deeds and surveys
Banking
Livery stables
Railroads
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 43 v.
- NOTES: References: Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in New York State, Historical Records Survey, Works Projects Administration (Albany, NY: 1941) p. 162-63..
- ABSTRACT: Business records from outside Tompkins County, and for unidentified persons or places. Businesses represented are A. Perry & Son, shoemakers, Moravia, 1864-82; A.V.C. Vail, sawmill, Barton, 1873-77; Eliphalet Bennet, farmer, Ovid, 1802-22; Myron Park, farmer, Bloomfield and Canandaigua, 1833-78; Caleb Demett, farmer, Perry City, 1832-65; M.T. Vanderzee, farmer, Hector, 1857-66; M. Fremont Vanderzee, 1882-89; insurance accounts of D.H. Ayers, Troy, 1899-1904; A.S. Nixon, sawmill and tannery, Van Etten, 1868-89. Other items are a school commissioner's log book of Henry H. Houpt, Seneca County, 1845-46, with a schedule of undertaking accounts, c.1849-51, giving death dates for persons in Seneca County. Accounts of investments by Thomas Vermilya of New York City, in real estate, Morris Canal, Morris Canal & Banking Company, also household accounts and family record, 1828-35.
- ABSTRACT: Account books with no place indicated include ones of Herman Slaght, 1882-91; Nathan Wakeman, farmer, 1831-45; John Brown, farmer, 1849-63, with estate accounts; A.H. Hixson, store, 1882-87; Henry Brown, store, 1882-89; E.B. Nichols, farmer, 1834-73; Charles Babcock, livery stable, 1849-52; estate of Alexander C. Kellogg, 1846-63. There are also several unidentified store books; a timebook for a railroad section gang, 1889-91; accounts of a farm and milk route and notes of pastoral visits, 1855-82; a sawmill ledger, probably Cortland County, 1837-50; and accounts of sales of goods to Indians, 1793-95.
- LOCATION: DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Clinton House, 116 North Cayuga St., Ithaca, New York 14850
- HOLDINGS: Go to the home page and do a search to locate this title, the libraries that has this title and its call number.
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- TITLE: Cantine Letter Collection, 1794-1827
- SUBJECT:
Tompkins County, New York -- Local history
Tioga County, New York -- Local history
France
Brooktondale, New York
Slaterville Springs, New York
Speedsville, New York
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 0.6 cubic ft.
- NOTES: Arrangement: Chronological.
- ABSTRACT: Letters from Jean Jacques Cart of France to his daughter Jacqueline (Jane) Cantine (1782-1859) of Tompkins and Tioga Counties, Brooktondale, Slaterville Springs and Speedsville. The letters are in French. Also letters from Bernard F. Nordhoff of Switzerland to the DeWitt Historical Society, 1966, regarding research on the Cantine letters; a typed translation of the letters into English, possibly by Othon Guerlac; and miscellaneous materials.
- LOCATION: DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Clinton House, 116 North Cayuga St., Ithaca, New York 14850
- HOLDINGS: Go to the home page and do a search to locate this title, the libraries that has this title and its call number.
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- TITLE: D. Boardman Lee, Collector papers, 1794(ca.)-1966, 1820-1910 (bulk)
- SUBJECT:
Ithaca, New York -- Bridges
Fairs and exhibitions -- Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, New York
Presbyterians -- Presbyterian Church, Ithaca, New York
Renwick Tract, Ithaca, New York
Land records, deeds and surveys
Ithaca, New York -- Religious activity
Women Organizations
Civil War
Ithaca, New York -- Legal profession
Charities
Tompkins County, New York -- Military history
Mesmerism
Education
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 2.6 cubic ft.
- ABSTRACT: Deeds, abstracts, legal opinion and maps of the Renwick Tract; materials on the Presbyterian Church of Ithaca including sermons by Rev. William Wisner and Sunday School attendance book, 1854-58; records of the Ithaca Ladies Volunteer Aid Association, 1861-65 and the West Hill Women's Prayer Meeting, 1892-1911; scrapbook and diary of George R. Williams, 1894-1903, 1865; legal documents, business records and personal correspondence of Ben Johnson, Ithaca lawyer; records of the New York Militia in Tompkins County, c.1837-40; miscellaneous wills, deeds and abstracts; typed history of Ithaca Calendar Clock Company by John G. Brooks; Ithaca Bridge Commission notes and map, 1896; arithmetic practice book, c.1794; anonymous notes on a visit to the Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901; and petition to Governor William L. Marcy, 1836.
- ABSTRACT: Scrapbooks of John Reynolds on mesmerism, 1870's and '80's; Duncan C. Lee on local and state Democratic politics, 1903-04; Ithaca High School athletic teams and Cornell scenes. Also miscellaneous photos, clippings, programs and pamphlets relating to Ithaca and Cornell University.
- LOCATION: DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Clinton House, 116 North Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850
- HOLDINGS: Go to the home page and do a search to locate this title, the libraries that has this title and its call number.
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- TITLE: Government Records Collection, 1795-1938
- SUBJECT:
Ovid, New York -- Judicial activity
Tompkins County, New York -- Election records
Tompkins County, New York -- Taxation
Tompkins County, New York -- Judicial activity
Ithaca, New York -- Judicial activity
Ithaca, New York -- Taxation
Ithaca, New York -- Local government
Ulysses, New York -- Local government
Lansing, New York -- Election records
Dryden, New York -- Judicial activity
Trumansburg, New York -- Judicial activity
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 33 v.
- ABSTRACT: Records of Tompkins County include an unidentified book of licenses, 1876-81; minutes of election commissioners, 1911-38; oaths of office, 1817-22, also list of grand jurors, 1829; and a record of state and county taxes
collected, 1928-36. Records of City of Ithaca include road tax assessment books for 1840 and c.1845; police dockets, 1855-60, 1868-75; an undated assessor's book, draft; cash books for wages, 1887-99; and ledger of city treasurer, mostly blank, 1908. There are also accounts of Ithaca town supervisors, 1830-63; record book of town of Ulysses, 1795-1859; record of animals estrayed, Lansing, 1817-50, also a register of voters, 1866. Justice dockets, 1845-63, include those of Abraham Tanner of Dryden, 1845-63; Henry D. Barto of Trumansburg, 1816-38; Stephen Bishop of Ovid, Seneca County, 1810-13; and an unidentified one for Ithaca, 1867-69.
- LOCATION: DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Clinton House, 116 North Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850
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- TITLE: Town of Ulysses Collection, 1796-1972, 1802-1900(approx.) (bulk)
- SUBJECT:
Ulysses, New York -- Roads
Trumansburg, New York -- Local government
Covert, New York -- Education
Trumansburg, New York -- Religious activity
Trumansburg, New York -- Local history
Ulysses, New York -- Local history
Methodists -- Trumansburg Methodist Episcopal Church
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 2.4 cubic ft.
- NOTES: Finding aids: Card catalog.
- ABSTRACT: Broadsides, clippings, pamphlets, photographs, programs, and miscellaneous papers concerning the history of Ulysses and Trumansburg. Collection includes a ledger of road surveys, town of Ulysses, 1796-1843; miscellaneous legal and financial papers, including indentures and town accounts, 1802-95; clerk's book, school district no. 3, Covert, 1886-1926; and miscellaneous papers on the history of Trumansburg, 1886-1966. Also records of the Methodist Episcopal Church, including minute books of the Home Missionary Society, 1913-30, and secretary's book of the Foreign Missionary Society, 1926-32.
- LOCATION: DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Clinton House, 116 North Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850
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- TITLE: Wilbur George Fish papers, 1800-1964, 1817-1900(approx.) (bulk)
- SUBJECT:
Tompkins County, New York -- Genealogical records
Family history
Ludlowville, New York
Ithaca, New York -- Historical societies
Photographs -- Family
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 3.0 cubic ft.
- NOTES: Physician.
- ABSTRACT: Autograph books of Wilbur G. Fish and his wife, Jessie Landon Fish, 1879-84; diaries of Wilbur G. Fish, 1875-88, and his father John D. Fish, 1887; miscellaneous certificates of John D. Fish, Wilbur G. Fish, and Elosia Bella Fish, 1854-1938; correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Wilbur G. Fish, 1880-1918; and photographs of the Fish, Landon, Holcomb, Ball and Van Kirk families, c.1890-c.1950. Papers of other Fish family members, including correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1826-70; account books of W.G. Fish, 1817-19; account books of Carey B. Fish, 1883-84; and correspondence of Elosia Fish Hoseman with the DeWitt Historical Society, 1964. Also genealogical data on the Fish family; miscellaneous printed material, 1800-70; memorabilia, 1917-34; and a deed, Ebenezer Brown to James M. Brown, Lansing, 1842.
- LOCATION: DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Clinton House, 116 North Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850
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- TITLE: Historical record of Ithaca and Tompkins County / read by Horace Mack at the centennial celebration, July 4th, 1876.
- AUTHORS: Mack, Horace
- PUBLISHED: [S.l. : s.n., 1876]
- SUBJECT:
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- History
Ithaca daily journal (N.Y.)
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: [40] p.
- NOTES: Caption title. Contains newspaper articles from Ithaca daily journal mounted and bound in one volume. Microfiche. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1986. 1 microfiche ; 11 x 15 cm. (Genealogy and local history ; LH3044)
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- TITLE: Horace Mack, Collector papers, 1800(ca.)-1936
- SUBJECT:
Ithaca, New York -- Local history
Ithaca, New York -- Religious activity
Manufacturing -- Woolen goods
Agriculture
Forest County, Pennsylvania -- Maps
San Francisco, California -- Maps
Genealogical records
Canals -- Sodus Bay Canal
Unitarians -- First Unitarian Society of Ithaca
Scientific societies
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 6.0 cubic ft.
- NOTES: Businessman.
- ABSTRACT: Paper on the streams of Tompkins County, by Horace Mack, and on the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca; scrapbook of newspaper clippings pasted over a stub-receipt book of Ithaca Falls Woolen Manufacturing Company, c.1860; map of Forest County, Pa., c.1866; Spencer farm ledger, 1839; miscellaneous correspondence, deeds, notes and clippings; map of San Francisco, 1851; minutes of the Young Men's Webster Association, 1858-62, the Centennial Club, 1876, the Fillmore and Donelson Club, 1856, and the Scientific and Historical Society of Ithaca. Also diary of Willard King, 1834-36; scrapbook of Catherine Jane King; genealogical material on Catherine Jane King, Fred Baker and the Stanton family; and materials on the Sodus Bay Canal.
- LOCATION: DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Clinton House, 116 North Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850
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- TITLE: The Cayuga Indian reservation and Colonel John Harris
- AUTHORS: Van Sickle, John
Harris, John, 1760?-1824
DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County
- PUBLISHED: Ithaca, N.Y. : DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County.
- SUBJECT:
Indians of North America -- New York (State)
Cayuga Indians
Cayuga County (N.Y.) -- History
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 19 p.
- HOLDINGS: Go to the home page and do a search to locate this title, the libraries that has this title and its call number.
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- TITLE: A History of Caroline Township in Tompkins County, State of New York, United States of America / editor, Eunice D. Weber ; art editor, Carl English ; assisting editors, Prudence Hotaling Mix, William Osborn, James Pickens
- AUTHORS: Weber, Eunice D.
- PUBLISHED: [Caroline, N.Y. : Historical Association of Caroline Township, 1977?]
- SUBJECT:
Caroline (Town : N.Y.) -- History
Caroline (Town : N.Y.) -- Biography
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 v. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
- NOTES: Loose-leaf for updating. Includes bibliographical references.
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- TITLE: Cayuga Bridge
- AUTHORS: Wells, John West, 1907-
DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County
- PUBLISHED: Ithaca, N.Y. : DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, 1966.
- SUBJECT:
Seneca County (N.Y.) -- History
Bridges -- New York (State) -- Seneca County
Cayuga County (N.Y.) -- History
Bridges -- New York (State) -- Cayuga County
Bridges -- New York (State)
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 18 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
- HOLDINGS: Go to the home page and do a search to locate this title, the libraries that has this title and its call number.
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- TITLE: Echoes of Lansing yesteryears / by Jennie H. Conlon
- AUTHORS: Conlon, Jennie H.
DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County
- PUBLISHED: Ithaca, N.Y. : The Author, in cooperation with DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Inc., 1970.
- SUBJECT:
Lansing (N.Y.) -- History -- History
Lansing (N.Y.) -- Genealogy
Tompkins County (N.Y.) -- History, Local
Tompkins County (N.Y.) -- Genealogy
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 69 pg.
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- TITLE: Silently they stand / by Jennie H. Conlon
- AUTHORS: Conlon, Jennie H.
DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County
- PUBLISHED: Ithaca, N.Y. : The Author / DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins Couny, Inc., 1966.
- SUBJECT:
Churches -- Tompkins County (N.Y.)
Methodist Church -- New York (State)
Tompkins County (N.Y.) -- Church history
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 26 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- HOLDINGS: Go to the home page and do a search to locate this title, the libraries that has this title and its call number.
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