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This collection includes baptisms, marriages, deaths, church membership, and abstracts from church minutes from 1782 to 1867. Introduction Members, 1782? to 1835; 1860; 1867 Abstracts from Minutes, 1782 to 1835 Baptisms, 1782 to 1835 Marriages, 1783 to 1805 Deaths, 1775 to 1806 View the full...
The 1810 federal census in Oneida County, New York features absences in the data that make it difficult to use for genealogical research purposes. The existing documents do not identify the towns of residence for the households, and they only record the initial letter of the first name for heads of...
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...
Published in Catskill, NY in 1915, this history of Greene County contains colonial history, surveys of local landmarks, lists of county officials, and notes on county traditions, industrial developments, and religious sects. It also contains brief biographies of notable citizens and families...
This collection consists of a microfilmed typed manuscript abstracting death and marriage notices published in the Albany Argus between 1818 and 1825. Compiled by Ralph David Phillips, the manuscript preserves early nineteenth-century newspaper notices relating primarily to Albany and surrounding...
This collection consists of a microfilmed typed manuscript abstracting death notices published in the Delhi Gazette of Delhi, Delaware County, New York, between 1819 and 1879. The compilation was copied and arranged by Gertrude A. Barber and preserves early local newspaper death notices from...
This collection consists of 19th century manuscripts documenting the personal, legal, and financial activities of families in Delaware County, New York. Materials include diaries, account books, and family Bibles. The materials provide insight into daily life, local commerce, and civic participation...
Transcribed genealogy records from churches in Delaware County, New York. Some volumes are searchable, others can only be browsed by image. The collection page contains a complete list of all congregations available, including waypoint links to images from each church.
Records in this memorial volume have been collected for the purpose of public celebration of the centennial anniversary, spanning the existence of Delaware County from its founding in 1797. Documentation of this period includes photographs, numerical reports and institutional literature, among...
This 1853 volume contains documents pertaining to New York and its military during colonial America. It includes a detailed summary of the provincial congress proceedings on New York and its military, an index of New York officers in the Continental Army, and an alphabetical roster of the state...
This volume of Douglas City records spans from 1867 through 1878. The bylaws are included in the front cover, followed by the incorporation of the village and election of officers, dated 1867. The volume primarily consists of records of board meetings from the earliest date through 1878. View the...
Gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Dutchess County, New York. Researchers can browse digital images of these records, but they cannot currently be searched. The collection page contains a complete list of all cemeteries available, including waypoint links to view images from each cemetery.
This collection contains volumes of transcribed census records for municipalities in Dutchess County, New York. Transcriptions include the 1810 and 1850 federal censuses and the 1865 New York state census. There is also one volume of transcriptions of the 1870 federal census records from the town of Amenia.
This volume consists of the complete Vosburgh transcription complied by the NYG&B, plus a searchable index created by the Mongomery County Department of History and Archives (Fonda, New York) Index Introduction to Vosburgh Transcriptions Baptisms, 1774–1842 Marriages, 1774–1842 View the full...
This book was written by Rev. Edward T. Corwin, qualified by virtues of his time in Holland and his “thorough knowledge of the Dutch language,”. Corwin begins with a lengthy introduction to establish the nature of his sources. He begins by establishing the desire to have a recorded history that...