Below you will find a complete list of each online collection. Click the title of each collection to view a full description and search the collection individually.
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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 These materials often represent previously unpublished records from private individuals, churches, and other record holders.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...
These records are from the town of Sheldon, located on the western border of Wyoming County. The land was originally deeded to Oliver Phelps and Lemuel Chipman in 1804 from the Holland Land Company. The Town of Sheldon was founded in 1808 when it was separated from its parent Town of Batavia. It was...
This newly digitized volume records the details of the early town government for the town of Summit from 1820-1830. Details include the first elected officials of the town— Supervisor, Town Clerk, Assessors, Poor Master, Commissioner of Highways, Commissioner of Common Schools, Inspector of Common...
The Town of Sterling, which is located in Cayuga County, was named after American Revolutionary War general William Alexander, Lord Stirling. As a revolutionary town, Sterling has a rich history and offers a wealth of materials to researchers. As part of our Statewide Initiative program, we worked...
This volume, published by Arthur James Weise, contains a centennial history of Troy from 1789 to 1889. Included in Weise’s investigation are Troy’s growth and prosperity, its multiplication of churches, and its village and city officers. Chapter highlights include: • New France and New Netherland •...
Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Ulster 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.