Delaware County, NY Genealogy and History Site

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DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT DELAWARE COUNTY AND/OR YOUR OWN PERSONAL RESEARCH ? - click this link to find answers as to where to go for help - Joyce Riedinger cannot take care of personal inquires About Website and list of VolunteersJuly 11 E-mail addresses - e-mail addresses for our volunteers/contributors of dataAug 1 ANNOUNCEMENTS

IMPORTANT NOTE TO RESEARCHERS USING THIS WEBSITE:
To ensure getting any updated page on this website, hit 'refresh' or 'reload' in your browser under "View".

As you use this volunteer site, please keep in mind the difference between primary and secondary sources and the importance of building a preponderance of evidence. Accept nothing without further checking. It is our hope that through this collection of data from many sources, you will find a piece of the puzzle that you are working on and that may lead you to further discoveries. If you find errors relating to your family, please let me know. --Joyce Riedinger

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• Sections for each of our 19 TownsAug 1, 7
• Township Notes
• Local Government Structure - help with town and hamlet names
• Place Names/Towns Database
• Old Names in Delaware County - news article
• Feature Names - result of query to GNIS
• List of Place Names - from Spaulding's Business Directory -1896

• Biographical Review - 1895 - contains sketches of citizens of Delaware County
• History of Delaware County by W.W. Munsell - 1797-1880
• Book Review of Munsell's History - from 1880 issue of Delaware Republican
• Centennial History of Delaware County, New York: 1797-1897 - edited by David Murray, LL.D.
• History of Delaware County - by Jay Gould - 1856
• Chapters in the History of Delaware County, New York - by John D. Monroe, published by DCHA large pdf files - 3-4 MB
• Historical Sketches by Lincoln R. Long - text version - (also online as pdf version - 542KB
• The Evolution of Delaware County - excerpts (includes 15 maps) edited by Shirley A. Houck; pub. 1995
• Delaware County from French's Gazetteer-State of NY - also in large pdf file (1.5 MB)
• Davenport, Fact and Fancy - The Story of One Small Town in Delaware County, NY
• Stories of Early Settlers in the Wilderness - by Josiah Priest, pub 1837 - pdf file
  . . . (preface & acknowledgements by transcriber John H. Beach)
• Lost Villages, Historic Driving Tours in the Catskills - Excerpts
• When the Trains Ran - The Diary of a Delaware County Woman 1877-1928 - pdf file
  
  
• Map Collection

• County, Town & Village Clerks, and HistoriansAug 1
• Delaware County Historical Association
• Bibliography
• Newspapers -- Microfilm and Digitized -also see 'Other Websites of Interest' below
• Searching for records in NYS - postings of Ruth A. Messick
• Research Tips - Melissa Harrison's research experience
• Professional Researchers & Other Services
• Family History Center - an important resource
• Lookups - volunteers will do lookups
• Other Websites of Interest - further valuable resources - local newspapers, libraries, etc.

• Submit Query - for posting on this website

• Surname-Query Index - view queries (over 3,000 queries)Aug 16
  or skip the index & go directly to Queries next line

• A B C D E F G H I & J K L
  M N O P - Q R S T U & V W Y - Z

• Special QueriesAug 1

• General Comments & Success Stories!Jun 14

• Cemetery Records - also linked to from individual town pages
• Census Indexes - also linked to from individual town pages
• Wills - how to get copies
• Abstracts of Early Wills
• Index to Probate Files 1900 or Earlier
• Military RecordsAug 7
• School Records - also linked to from individual town pages
• Deeds - Book A - Recorded June 24, 1797 through June 5, 1804
• Deeds - Book B - Recorded June 6, 1804 through July 9, 1808
• Family Bios, InformationAug 7
• Family Records - Deeds/Leases, Wills/Petitions, Bible, Old Letters, and assortedMay 21
• Migration Database
• Tax, Assessment, Lease & Mortgage Records
• Vital Records - Varied birth, marriage & death
• Obituaries - others found in Family Bios sectionJun 14
• Old Newspaper Clippings - plus other collections containing varied items
• Misc. County-wide Data - Naturalizations, County Records of Supervisors, Jury Lists, etc.
• Interesting Stories
• Delaware County Photo Album - Family & Historical photosAug 7
• List of Photo Studios in Delaware CountyJun 15

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• Delaware County Mailing List - Rene' Treffeisen, Administrator - this tool courtesy of Rootsweb

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• NYGenWeb Sites for: Otsego - Chenango - Broome - Schoharie - Sullivan - Wayne County, PA

• NY State Prison Pardons 1819-1823 - transcribed by Linda Ogborn

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• Upstate New York Genealogy - tips, tricks and sources
• Genealogy Quest - includes glossary of terms (epidemics, occupations, etc.)
• ArchiveGrid -search through historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world.
• Social Security Index - at RootsWeb
• Guide to Tracing Family Trees - at RootsWeb
• Cyndi's List - Genealogy Sites on the Internet - NY
• Scottish History - for those with Scottish Ancestry

• VIRUS Info at Rootsweb.
• Browser News - The importance of keeping your browser up to date

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