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Charles Wells Hayes’ survey of the Protestant Episcopate in Western New York was first published in 1903. This second edition (1904) is organized into 49 chapters over 4 sections and includes historical, geographical and anecdotal information about parishes from Utica to Buffalo. It tracks...
Researched and compiled by William Heard Kilpatrick, this text was released by the United States Bureau of Education in Bulletin 1912, No. 12. It surveys the various schools establish by Dutch colonists in New Netherland beginning in the early 17th century and concluding with the advent of the...
This transcription includes: Introduction Births and Baptisms, 1793 to 1912 Marriages, 1793 to 1888 Deaths, 1795 to 1885 History of the Church and List of Its Pastors Elders, 1793 to 1889 (incomplete) Communicants and Register of Members, 1793 to 1913 Members Received, 1793 to 1850 Members Dismissed...
The History of Ulster County, New York, includes illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. The text also includes lists of men from Ulster County who served in the Civil War. View the full volume.
Edited by James Grant Wilson and published by the New York History Company in 1892, this text marks the first entry in a four-volume series on the history and contemporary life of New York City. It is broken into fifteen chapters and covers major developments between the early 16th and late 17th...
This history of Essex County, written by Winslow C. Watson in 1869, was developed from an agricultural survey researched and compiled by the author around 1852. It explores Essex’s colonial history (beginning in the late 16th century), as well as its geography, economic potentialities, military...
Issues of The Mohawk contain a variety of extracted and transcribed records from Montgomery County, Schenectady 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 These materials often represent previously unpublished records from private individuals, churches, and other record holders.
The Saratoga, a quarterly periodical created and edited by Arthur C.M. Kelly, founder of Kinship Books, includes rare and essential record extracts and transcriptions from Saratoga County. Individual issues cover a wide range of materials documenting families who lived in (and around) Saratoga County in the 1700s and 1800s.
This volume, published by Henry Roback in 1888, recounts the war of the rebellion fought in part by volunteer soldiers from Herkimer and Otsego counties. Roback’s work contains the various battles, sieges, deaths, and eventual end of the war experienced by the ranks. View the full volume.
The collection includes: Introduction Marriages, 1841 to 1855 Births and Baptisms, 1843 to 1855 Church Officers, Woodrow, 1839 and 1840 Births and Baptisms, 1857 to 1869 Adult Baptisms, 1857 to 1861 Marriages, 1855 to 1869 Members, Woodrow and Bethel, 1840 and 1847 Bethel members, 1851 Bethel...
This collection consists of records from the town of Callicoon. Using the waypoints below, researchers can browse images from each volume. The first volume is the 1845 state census for Callicoon, and the second volume is a Supervisor Book that contains accounts payable notes from 1842 through 1879...
These volumes from the Town of Fremont, Sullivan County, New York, contain town records from 1851 through 1918. The records include town board meeting minutes, tax assessment records, justice court minutes, highway commissioner records, road machine tax records, chattel mortgages, and the town...
These records from the town of Inlet, located in Hamilton County, include hotel listings, from 1898 to 1932, and tax assessment rolls, from 1906 to 1929. Hotels include the Arrowhead-Inlet Inn, The Wood Hotel, Camp Deerhurst, Seventh Lake House, and Hess Camp. Use the waypoint links to browse each...
This collection contains historical records from the Town of Conklin, established 1827, and the Town of Kirkwood, which separated from Conklin north of the Susquehanna River and was formed in 1859. These materials provide a detailed view of local governance, property ownership, taxation, education...
The collection Town of Niles, Cayuga County contains town government records documenting the administration and civic life of the Town of Niles from 1779 to 1891. These records provide valuable evidence for genealogical and historical research in Cayuga County, New York. The collection includes...