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This text, written by Samuel W. Eager in 1846-1847, surveys the history, geography, traditions and nomenclature of Orange County from its origins in the late 17th century. Broken into twenty-four chapters, most of which focus on particular towns within the county, it also includes an extensive...
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...
Volume One overview Table of Contents Preface List of Bibliographies Volume Two overview Music — Poetry — Fiction Maps and Pictures Industrial Niagara Preservation of the Falls Open Road — Guides — Railroads — Canals — Bridges Alphabetical List — Bibliography
This 1886 volume, published by George Rogers Howell and Jonathan Tenney, contains a detailed history of Albany from 1609 to 1886. It includes histories of both the county and city of Albany, descriptions of United States buildings and institutions in Albany County, as well as descriptions of state...
Beginning in 1987, the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B) and the American Bible Society undertook this project to make the family records documented in these Bibles accessible to researchers. NYG&B volunteers examined the ABS collection and identified 632 Bibles that contained...
Published in 1891, this title contains brief but densely packed biographies of dozens of prominent figures in Chautauqua County history. A generous number of portraits and historical photos illustrate the text, and a 60-page history of the county, spanning more than 200 years, concludes the volume...
Refer to either Table of Contents to locate the page number of the section you'd like to see. Preface Historical Table of Contents Biographical Table of Contents Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Niagara County, New York was edited by Samuel T. Wiley and W. Scott Garner, and published by...
Compiled by the Biographical Review Publishing Company in 1894, this text contains brief biographical sketches of over 300 notable citizens of Madison County. Sketches are anecdotal and arranged neither alphabetically nor chronologically according to birth/death. Most individuals included in the...
This fully searchable text features biographical sketches of the leading citizens of Chenango County during the 19th century. The volume can also be browsed.
Digitized histories and directories of Broome County, New York. These volumes provide crucial historical context and contain information on the people of Broome County. Researchers can search all volumes or browse volumes individually. The collection description contains an overview of each volume.
This book is a calendar--a chronological itemization of documents--and, according to the author, was modeled after the “Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, preserved in the State Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office”. It draws from the Dutch MSS, with the author noting that these...
Commissioned by the New York State Senate in 1863, this orderly collection of 18th century documents was compiled from an earlier (1822) volume that lacked any organizational principle. It contains addresses, petitions, court martials, muster rolls and other such manuscripts. The creators suggest...
Published by Albany, Weed, Parsons & Co. in 1884, this text contains 63 volumes of colonial land papers indorsed between the years 1642 and 1803. Papers includes petitions, claims, affidavits, maps, reports, private letters and meeting minutes. The text concludes with a detailed index of names and...
This volume, published by William Harper Bennett in 1909, contains a history of Catholicism in New York as well as illustrations of important figures and locations. Bennett’s work spans from Giovanni da Verrazano in the sixteenth century to Catholicity in the beginning of the nineteenth century...
Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Cattaraugus 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.