Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site

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CONTACT: Joyce Riedinger, Manager of dcnyhistory.org

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E-mail address for this website is: 19towns@dcnyhistory.org

E-mail address for Delaware County Historical Association: dcha@delhi.net

HOURS OF OPERATION
at DCHA (Delaware County Historical Association)

TRAIN WRECK at DEPOSIT - 1852 - Killing SA SA NA Loft among others.21 FEB 2020

CANNONSVILLE SEYMOURS - Includes Photos and Bios21 FEB 2020

SIDNEY BASEBALL TEAM 1912 - Photo13 FEB 2020

MARGARETVILLE VILLAGE CEMETERY - Database updated 3 FEB 2020

MONROE - Miss Isabelle, B.S. In Nursing11 JAN 2020

ORMISTON - Clippings for Margaret11 JAN 2020

BOGGS - James A. - Death Notice11 JAN 2020

BOVINA BRIDGE - Old News Article11 JAN 2020

COAN'S HALL - Bloomville - rcv'd confirming info info6 JAN 2020

TREADWELL 1930-31 FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO - need help with id5 JAN 2020

DAVIDSON - News Clipping, Prisoner, Lieut. Edwin Davidson3 JAN 2020

WALTON ARMORY - Need id on this event1 JAN 2020

WERT BOY DEATH - trying to locate farm in Sanford/Deposit area 1 JAN 2020

HARVEY HALCOTT - and daughter1 JAN 2020

Thank you all for taking part! To help honor this website, please look into your records now and see what additional information you have that might be of help to others in their research. DONATIONS6 FEB 2020 - welcome anytime to help with server costs!

• SECTIONS FOR OUR 19 TOWNS13 FEB 2020
  
  
• MAP COLLECTION
  
  
• TOWNSHIP NOTES & Local Government Structure
  
  
• PLACE NAMES/TOWNS DATABASE
  
  
• OLD NAMES in DELAWARE COUNTY
  
  
• FEATURE NAMES - result of query to GNIS
  
  

• DELAWARE COUNTY PHOTO ALBUM - Family & Historical photos21 FEB 2020
  
  
• FAMILY GROUP SHEETS, CHARTS and BIO INFO - also see data in Delaware County Photo Album11 JAN, 6 FEB 2020
  
  
• CEMETERY RECORDS - also linked to from individual town pages10 FEB 2020
  
  
• CENSUS INDEXES - also linked to from individual town pages
  
  
• MILITARY RELATED - all the Wars3 JAN 2020
  
  
• SCHOOL RELATED - more information on individual town pages
  
  
• DEEDS/LEASES, WILLS/PETITIONS, BIBLE, OLD LETTERS
  
  
• MISC. COUNTY-WIDE - Huge amount of information - Naturalizations, County Records of Supervisors, Jury Lists,
  Tax, Assessment, Lease & Mortgage Records and MORE.
  
  
• VITAL RECORDS - Varied birth, marriage & death
  
  
• HELPFUL INFO RE: NYS VITAL RECORDS - by Ruth Messick
  
  
• OBITUARIES - others found in Family Bios section and news clippings
  
  
• OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS - plus other collections containing varied items
  
  
• MIGRATION DATABASE
  
  
• SEARCHING & REMEMBERING - Interesting Stories
  
  

• SURNAME-QUERY INDEX - view queries (ca. 4,000 queries)
  or skip the index & go directly to Letter of Query next line
  
  24 FEB 2020

• SPECIAL QUERIES - 2019 - 1 Jan 2020 - queries that do not specifically relate to an individual surname, but to places, events or happenings.

  SPECIAL QUERIES 1998-2018
  
  

• 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, NY: 1797-1897 - edited by David Murray, LL.D.
  
  
• HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY - by Jay Gould - 1856
  
  
• CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY, NY - by John D. Monroe, published by DCHA - pdf files
  
  
• RECORDS OF THE SUUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF DELAWARE - links to 16 pdf files for years 1813 - 1869; transcribed by Linda L. Ogborn
  
  
• IN THEIR OWN WORDS - compiled by Linda L. Ogborn - pdf files
  
  
• THESE HILLS ARE NOT BARREN - by George D. Taylor - text and pdf versions
  
  
• HISTORICAL SKETCHES - by Lincoln R. Long
  
  
• DELAWARE COUNTY FROM FRENCH'S GAZETTER - -State of NY html file - pdf file of full version
  
  
• DAVENPORT, FACT AND FANCY - The Story of One Small Town in Delaware County, NY
  
  
• STORIES OF EARLY SETTLER 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
  
  
• BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THIS WEBSITE
  
  

• LIST OF BOOKS AT DCHA
  
  
• ONLINE AT GOOGLE - Index to Books of Delaware County Interest
  
  

• COUNTY, TOWN & VILLAGE CLERKS, & and HISTORIANS
  
  
• NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS - Search Delaware County Newspapers - exterior site
  
  
• NEWSPAPERS -- MICROFILM & 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
  
  
• LOOKUPS - volunteers will do lookups
  
  
• OTHER WEBSITES OF INTEREST - further valuable resources - local newspapers, libraries, etc.
  
  

• INFORMATION FOR JOINING MAILING LIST - this tool courtesy of Rootsweb of Ancestry.com

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