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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.
Transcribed genealogy records from churches in Cayuga 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 congregations available, including waypoint links to images from each church.
This collection contains digitized cemetery, Bible, and surrogate records from Cayuga and Seneca Counties, New York, transcribed by Lester Card in 1930 and microfilmed in 1941. It documents birth and death dates, marriages, and probate information through cemetery inscriptions, family Bible entries...
Digitized histories and directories of Chemung County, New York. These volumes provide crucial historical context and contain information on the people of Chemung County. Researchers can search all volumes or browse volumes individually. The collection description contains an overview of each volume.
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...
This collection contains church and cemetery records from Chenango County, New York, compiled in 1934. Drawn from local church registers and gravestone inscriptions, the records document baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials across various communities within the county. Entries typically include...
Digitized histories and directories of Chenango County, New York. These volumes provide crucial historical context and contain information on the people of Chenango County. Researchers can search all volumes or browse volumes individually. The collection description contains an overview of each volume.
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 contains genealogical information and biographical sketches of immigrants to New York during the Dutch and English colonial era. Read the collection description for detailed information on each volume and waypoint links.
Digitized histories of Columbia County, New York. These volumes provide crucial historical context and contain information on many individuals who lived in Columbia County. Researchers can search all volumes or browse volumes individually. The collection description contains an overview of each volume.
Transcribed genealogy records from churches in Columbia 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.
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...