Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site

BOVINA'S BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION!

Bovina is belatedly celebrating its 200th birthday on July 30 and 31, 2022, in the Bovina Center Hamlet at McIntosh’s Flat, next to the creamery. There will be a parade, food, demonstrations, a vintage baseball game and music

For more information, go to http://bovinany.org/Bovina2020.html or contact Ray LaFever at bovinahistorian@gmail.com or at 607-832-4609.

• e-mail: Ray LaFever, TOWN of BOVINA HISTORIAN
  
  
• BOVINA HISTORY BLOG - exterior site
  
  
• Brief History of Bovina - by Ray LaFever
  
  
• October 28 2008 Snowstorm Photos
  
  
• Bovina - from Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New York State by J. H. French, LL.D. - 1860
  
  
• Early Bovina Families & their descendents
  
  
• Autobiography and Reminscences of Rev John Graham
  (provides a good picture of Bovina in the early to mid 19th century)
  
  
• Signers of the Covenant of the Reformed Presbyterian Church - 1871
  
  
• Transcript of Baptisms & Marriages - United Presbyterian Church of Bovina - 1852 to 1886
  
  
• Bovina Reformed Presbyterian Church
  
  
• Past Members of the Bovina United Presbyterian Church
  
  
• Index to Assessment Roll - 1821 - 1859
  
  
• WWII Honor Roll
  
  
• Diary of Howard Fletcher Davidson - May 20, 1917 - August 13, 1919
  
  
• Frequent Contributors of data to this website
  
  

• Early 1900s Map of Bovina - pinpointing schools
  
  
• Rural Schools by Lois Davidson
  
  
• Districts # 1 - 11 - photos of Schools
  
  
• District #3 - Sunny Slope School Program 1910
  
  
• District #4 - Bovina School - 1909-10
  
  
• District #4 - Bovina School - 1938-39
  
  
• District #8 - Bovina School 1881-82
  
  
• District #9 - School record for the year 1905 - graphic
  
  
• Common School Districts - Jan 1 - Dec 31, 1855
  
  
• PHOTO - Biggar Hollow School (Bovina Dist. 8), June 1900
  
  

• Map Showing all Cemetery Locations
  
  
• 1869 Bovina Map with sticky notes
  
  
• Introduction to the Bovina Burial Sites - with maps - pdf format
  
  
• Alphabetical Listing of all Burials in Bovina Cemeteries - pdf format
  
  
• Veterans buried in Bovina Cemeteries - pdf format
  
  
• Bovina Cemeteries - photos of Nichols, Old UP, Old RP and New UP
  
  
• Bovina New UP Cemetery photo
  
  
• Bovina New UP Cemetery - winter shot
  
  
• Ballentyne Cemetery photo
  
  
• Ballentyne Cemetery photo - closeup of stone
  
  
• Brush Cemetery photo
  
  
• Burgin Cemetery photo
  
  
• Gerry Cemetery photo
  
  
• Scott Infant Burial photo
  
  
• Scott Infant Burial Closeup photo
  
  

• 1800 Federal Census - All Towns
  
  
• Town of Bovina - 1855 State Census - pdf format
  
  
• Town of Bovina - 1865 State Census - pdf format
  
  
• Town of Bovina - 1880 Federal Census
  
  
• Town of Bovina - 1900 Federal Census
  
  
• Town of Bovina - 1905 State Census
  
  

• This photo is from Ray LaFever:
  "It's my grandfather, Ben LaFever and his brother Clarence. Grandpa told me that they are pretending that the cow is a phone!"
  
  
• Old Stone Bridge - Walton Reporter Article11 JAN 2020
  
  
• Bovina Cornet Band - need id
  
  
• Aerial View of Bovina Center - ca. 1946
  
  
• Aerial View of Bovina Center - old postcard
  
  
• Birdseye View of Bovina Center
  
  
• Bovina Center from Pink Street
  
  
• Down the Valley at Bovina Center
  
  
• Main Street
  
  
• Stone Arch Bridge
  
  
• Bovina RP Church Group
  
  
• Photos of Bovina people - from an album of Marjorie Ormiston Walley
  
  
• Davidson-Hoy-Ormiston Families
  
  
• Bovina Center - Maple Avenue; U.P. Church, Bovina Center, N.Y.
  
  
• The New Bridge at Lake Delaware, N.Y.
  
  
• Residence of Peter G. Gerry, Lake Delaware, N.Y
  
  
• Lake Mahikan
  
  
• 21st Century Photos by Joyce Riedinger
  
  

• BOVINA HISTORY BLOG
  
  
• Official Website for Town of Bovina
  
  
• Bovina Public Library
  
  
• Town of Bovina