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Background on the Collection These records represent over 25 years worth of applications, beginning with the 1892 incorporation of the society. Applications document pertinent information from the colonial period, such as birth, immigration, and military service records. Additionally, these...
Foreword Niagara County in History History of the Towns and Cities Autobiographies
This collection consists of a searchable database of abolitionists in St. Lawrence county from the 1830s to the 1850s. The core data is a log of all individuals who signed a petition or took another deliberate public action demonstrating their support for abolishing slavery in the United States...
This collection of inscriptions, index, and illustrations includes the following Staten Island cemeteries: Introduction, Volume One Sylvan Grove Cemetery Merrell Cemetery Hillside Cemetery Church of the Ascension Burying Ground The Staten Island Cemetery Fountain Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions...
Digitized histories of Steuben County, New York. These volumes provide crucial historical context and contain information on many individuals who lived in Steuben County. Researchers can search all volumes or browse volumes individually. The collection description contains an overview of each volume.
Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Suffolk 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.
Early Long Island Wills of Suffolk County, 1691-1703 This title, originally published in 1897 by F. P. Harper, is accessible to us today thanks, in no small part, to some canny recognition of its value. The book's editor, William S. Pelletreau, recounts: Up to 1844 the County Clerk's office was...
Compiled by Joseph Swart, attorney at law, in Medina, New York, in 1894. This volume's complete subtitle reads: "Containing the names of the adult residents of the county, in alphabetical order, giving the town, post office address, number of acres assessed for, and the amount of each person's...
This volume, published in 1869 by Joel Munsell, contains a detailed history of Albany up to 1848. Notable chapters include the Colony of Rensselaerswyck, 1614 to 1646, the Celebration of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, 1788, and the Scene of the Revolution in Albany. Chapters include: •...
The Capital, a quarterly periodical created and edited by Arthur C.M. Kelly, founder of Kinship Books, includes rare and essential record extracts and transcriptions from Albany and Rensselaer counties. Individual issues cover a wide range of materials documenting families who lived in (and around) Albany and Rensselaer counties in the 1700s and 1800s.
This text is the third volume in an eight-volume series created in celebration of the Golden Jubilee under Pope Pius X. It was written by a number of Church authorities, including the Reverend Michael J. Riordan, the Very Reverend P.L. Duffy and the Very Reverend F. Joseph Magri. As noted in the...
This volume, published by John Gilmary Shea in 1878, contains lists of the archbishops, bishops, and Catholic churches of New York City as well as illustrations of its prominent religious figures and sites. View the full file.
This volume contains detailed descriptions of Protestant Episcopal church proceedings in the diocese of New York between 1785 and 1885. Lists of attendees of these proceedings, sermons, addresses, and sketches of Bishops can also be found. Chapter highlights include: • Proceedings at Trinity Church...
The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution is a fully searchable volume that includes the Charters to the Duke of York, the Commissions and Instructions to Colonial Governors, the Duke's Laws, the Laws of the Dongan and Leisler Assemblies, the Charters of Albany and New York...
Issues of The Columbia contain a variety of extracted and transcribed records from Columbia County and beyond—many of which cannot be found anywhere else online. These materials often represent previously unpublished records from private individuals, churches, and other record holders.