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This summary was provided by the donor of the records, W. Scott Fisher: In 1882, George W. Sheldon published his iconic “The Story of the Volunteer Fire Department of the City of New York.” (Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York. Available online through Google Books.) In it, the author...
Michael William Divine was born in Tallow, County Waterford, Ireland in December of 1828. He immigrated as a young boy and is found in New York City as early as 1850. By 1864, he was working as an attorney at a firm located at 52 Exchange Place; it was during his time at this firm that he created...
This is a collections of 19th-century letters written to Ozias Ansley of Staten Island, primarily from his children. There are 15 sub-collections of letters. Thirteen of those collections are letters to Ansley from his children, with two other miscellaneous collections of dated and undated materials...
This volume of select biographies of Chemung county Civil War veterans was extracted from Presidents, Soldiers and Statesmen Vol. II, with an index compiled by Judy Bliss Slade. This chapter of the book also includes families from Schuyler, Steuben, Tompkins, and Tioga counties. In addition to...
Details about this book The account book belonged to the family of Dennis Church, the second generation of the family that the town of Churchville was named after. Transactions found in this volume took place in the towns of Riga and Churchville, Monroe County. Flour milling seems to have been the...
The Church of the Transfiguration collection consists of marriage certificates and register books organized by year for the Episcopalian parish located at 1 East 29th Street, New York, NY. While both record types can be browsed by clicking on each year, the marriage certificates can also be searched...
This collection consists of a searchable index of the interred at Danby Rural Cemetery, an active cemetery in Tompkins County, New York. It includes individuals with dates of death from the early 19th century through 1951. In addition to a searchable index of names, this rich dataset includes...
This collection of Onondaga Cemetery records contains four sub-collections, which can be browsed individually. Most of the sub-collections are image browse only, while Old Village Cemetery, Marcellus is searchable. Revolutionary Soldiers Cemetery Old Village Cemetery, Marcellus Warners Grave Yard...
The Onondaga Court Records collection consists of two searchable collections containing Supreme Court judgements and Surrogate records. Onondaga Supreme Court Judgements Onondaga County Surrogate Records, 1795-1834 Some of these records were scanned offsite by the Town of Onondaga Historical Society...
The Onondaga Religious Records collection consists of a volume of records of the Oakland Religious Society from 1845 to 1920, First Onondaga Religious Society Records , and Records of the First Congregational Church of Onondaga, Vol. IV . Additions to the collection from other religious...
This collection of manuscript images dated from 1794 to 1832 includes a shop ledger, account book, and cipher book belonging to James Pine of Rye, New York. Shop Ledger of James Pine This title is dated from 1794 and is James Pine's shop ledger. Goods like rum, tobacco, and sugar are frequently...
Background on the Collection Details Included in the Documents Pupils who attended school during each 16 week term The number of days students attended class during a term The names of the teachers and superintendent of the district during the given terms The ages of some pupils (ranging from 5-16)...
The first book includes handwritten records of 150 patient names and fees/expenditures of Dr. Amaziah Church Sherwood's, the second book is Orlando Sherwood's account ledger, and the third book is the latter's medical journal. It is unclear if the medical journal represents the same patients that...
The Town of Sterling, which is located in Cayuga County, was named after American Revolutionary War general William Alexander, Lord Stirling. As a revolutionary town, Sterling has a rich history and offers a wealth of materials to researchers. As part of our Statewide Initiative program, we worked...
Union Hill Cemetery, Cato, is an active cemetery which dates back to the 19th century and covers over 200 years of burial records, from the time that Cato was established in 1802. The Cemetery records include various family plots and inform researchers about who owned them, the date the deed was...