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TITLE: History of Warren county, New York / edited by by William Howard Brown

AUTHORS: Brown, William Howard, 1894-

PUBLISHED: Glens Falls, NY : Board of Supervisors of Warren County, 1963.

SUBJECT:
Warren County (N.Y.) -- History

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 302 p. : ill., ports., map; cm.

NOTES: Printed by Glens Falls Post Co.

TITLE: Ancestors and descendants of Justus H. Akin of Rensselaer County, New York, by Daphne M. Brownell

AUTHORS: Brownell, Daphne M.

PUBLISHED: [DeLand? Fla.] 1971.

SUBJECT:
Aiken family

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: iv, 251 p. ports. 28 cm.

NOTES: Bibliography: p. 232-233.

TITLE: The Joseph Bledsoe family of Allegany County, New York / by Daphne M. Brownell

AUTHORS: Brownell, Daphne M.

PUBLISHED: DeLand, Florida : author, 1966.

SUBJECT:
Bledsoe family

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 75 p. ; 28 cm.

NOTES: Typescript (photocopy). Includes index.

TITLE: 1790, first federal census of all Dutchess County, New York; comprising 12 towns: Amenia, Beekman, Clinton, Fishkill, Frederickstown, Northeast, Pawling, Philipstown, Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, Southeast, Washington / classified and indexed by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell

AUTHORS: Brownell, Elijah Ellsworth, b. 1872

PUBLISHED: Philadelphia, Pa. [Bertram Press] 1938.

SUBJECT:
Dutchess County (N.Y.) -- Census, 1790
Dutchess County (N.Y.) -- Genealogy -- Sources

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 94, [33] p. 26 cm.

TITLE: Census of the counties of Orange, Dutchess & Albany, 1702, 1714, 1720 / Elijah Ellsworth Brownell

AUTHORS: Brownell, Elijah Ellsworth, b. 1872

PUBLISHED: Philadelphia, Pa., Lithographically reproduced by E. E. Brownell, 1941.

SUBJECT:
Orange County (N.Y.) -- Census, 1702
Dutchess County (N.Y.) -- Census, 1714
Albany County (N.Y.) -- Census, 1720

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: p. [365]-373, 23 cm.

NOTES: Excerpt: New York (State). State, Secretary of. The documentary history of the State of New York. Albany, 1849. Ford Collection.

TITLE: Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century. Ed. by Dwight H. Bruce

AUTHORS: Bruce, Dwight H. (Dwight Hall), 1834-1908, ed.

PUBLISHED: [Boston] The Boston History Company, 1896.

SUBJECT:
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- History
Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- Biography

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 2 v. front., illus., pl., ports., maps. 26 cm.

NOTES: Vol. 1 and [pt. 1] of v. 2 paged continuously. "Biographical": v. 2, pt. 2, 228 p.; "Family sketches": v. 2, pt. 3, 493 p.

TITLE: History of the First Presbyterian Church in Nyack, 1816-1976

AUTHORS: Brucker, Daniel T.

PUBLISHED: Nyack, NY : s.n., 1976.

SUBJECT:
First Presbyterian Church (Nyack, N.Y.) -- History
Church buildings -- New York (State) -- Rockland County -- History

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 13 p. ; cm.

TITLE: Brush family papers, 1812-1916

AUTHORS: Brush, Henry Nielson

PUBLISHED:

SUBJECT:
Brush, Henry Nielson -- Correspondence
Brush family -- Correspondence

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 3.5 linear feet.

NOTES: Henry Nielson Brush was born March 12, 1810 in New York City. He was educated at Columbia College, moving to the town of Moira, Franklin County, New York where he owned two large farms, a stone grist-mill and a sawmill. He was the founder of Brush Mills, which today is called Brushton. He married Juanilla Marie de Jouve of Cuba in 1831. Henry was an active member of the Whig party and was postmaster for several years. Brush died November 2, 1872 in Brushton. This collection consists of correspondence, deeds, land contracts, financial records and their wills.

TITLE: Census of denominations, Sherburne, N.Y., May and June 1892 / Geo. S. Budd

AUTHORS: Budd, George S.

PUBLISHED: [Sherburne, N.Y., 19--?].

SUBJECT:
Sherburne (N.Y.) -- Census
Sherburne (N.Y.) -- Genealogy
Sherburne (N.Y.) -- Church history
New York (State) -- Church history
Churches -- New York (State) -- Chenango County -- History
Religions

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 64, 35 leaves ; 29 cm.

NOTES: A typewritten list of names, with addresses, age, and religious denomination. Denominations included: Congregational, Baptist, Free Baptist, Episcopalian, Methodist, Free Methodist, Roman Catholic, Universalist, and a category for no preference. Includes index.

TITLE: A history of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Saranac, Clinton County, N.Y. / by Henry J. Bull

AUTHORS: Bull, Henry J.

PUBLISHED: [s.l. : s.n.], 1912.

SUBJECT:
United Methodist Church (Saranac, N.Y.) -- History

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 54, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 24 cm.

TITLE: Soldiering : the Civil War diary of Rice C. Bull, 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry

AUTHORS: Bull, Rice C., 1842-1930
Bauer, K. Jack (Karl Jack), 1926-

PUBLISHED: San Rafael, Calif. : Presidio Press, c1977.

SUBJECT:
Bull, Rice C., 1842-1930 -- Diaries
Soldiers -- New York (State) -- Diaries
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
United States Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 123rd (1862-1865) -- Biography

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: x, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

NOTES: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 251-252.

TITLE: Westville : a hamlet in the state of New York / authored by Sandra Martin Bullard, using, among other sources, many notes gathered by the late Frances Hooker Butler

AUTHORS: Bullard, Sandra Martin

PUBLISHED: Cooperstown, N.Y. : printed by Barton Butler Press, 2001.

SUBJECT:
Westville (N.Y.) -- History
Westville (N.Y.) -- Genealogy
Otsego County (N.Y.) -- History
Otsego County (N.Y.) -- Genealogy

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: ca. 300 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 22 cm.

NOTES: Map on inside front cover. "Sources": p. [4].

TITLE: To-wos-scho-hor: the land of the unforgotten Indian; a true story of the Schoharie Creek

AUTHORS: Bulson, Dorwin W.

PUBLISHED: [Albany?] c1961.

SUBJECT:
Iroquois Indians
Palatines -- New York (State)
Schoharie County (N.Y.) -- History
New York (State) -- History
Indians of North America -- New York (State)

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: vi, 35 l. illus., plates, ports., maps, facsim. 30 cm.

NOTES: Bibliography: p. 33.

TITLE: Index to History and directory of Yates County, New York, by Stafford C. Cleveland / index compiled by Bonnie M. Bunce with some assistance from Edward Schiffmacher

AUTHORS: Bunce, Bonnie M.

PUBLISHED: [Aurora, CO? : B. Bunce?], c1995.

SUBJECT:
Yates County (N.Y.) -- History -- Indexes
Yates County (N.Y.) -- Genealogy -- Indexes
Yates County (N.Y.) -- Biography -- Indexes
Cleveland, Stafford Canning, 1822-1885. History and directory of Yates County, New York. 1873

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 170 p. ; 28 cm.

TITLE: Seth Warner Burchard, collector, diaries, 1865-1873

AUTHORS: Burchard, Seth Warner, collector

PUBLISHED:

SUBJECT:

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: .1 cubic ft.

NOTES: Original and typescript "Diary of Lucinda Pamelia Warner Taber, 1870-1875" and typescript copy of "Diary and Letters of Sergeant Seth D. Warner, Co. E, 21st New York Volunteer Cavalry, 1865-1866." Also, bound typescript, "A Glossary of Woodworking Plane Names," by Seth W. Burchard.

TITLE: William F. Burden, born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., March 14, 1830. Died at Troy, N.Y., December 7, 1867

AUTHORS: not stated

PUBLISHED: [Troy, N.Y. : s.n., 1867]

SUBJECT:
Burden, William F. (William Fletcher), 1830-1867
Troy (N.Y.) -- Biography

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 37 p. ; 28 cm.

TITLE: Thorngate-Rood family, 1798-1977 / Margaret Lowther Smitley Burdick

AUTHORS: Burdick, Margaret Lowther Smitley

PUBLISHED: Milton, WI : The Author, 1977.

SUBJECT:
Thorngate family
Rudd family
Crandall family
England -- Genealogy
New York (State) -- Genealogy

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: xiii, 54 leaves : geneal. charts ; 29 cm.

NOTES: Updates "Historical Sketch of the Thorngate-Rood Family, 1798- 1906" by Hosea W. Rood.

TITLE: Love & duty : letters and diaries of the Delord-Webb women, 1794-1913 / [compiled by] by Virginia Mason Burdick

AUTHORS: Burdick, Virginia Mason

PUBLISHED: Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Wiki Publications for the Kent-Delord House, 1987.

SUBJECT:
Delord family -- Correspondence
Webb family -- Correspondence
New York (State) -- Biography
Connecticut -- Biography
New York (State) -- Genealogy
Connecticut -- Genealogy

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: xiv, 161 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

NOTES: Bibliography: p. 157-161. Library copy signed by the author.

TITLE: Burgess remembers Cortland : historical talks on Cortland County businesses and institutions / by Harold Powers Burgess

AUTHORS: Burgess, Harold Powers, 1899-1984

PUBLISHED: Cortland, N.Y. : Cortland County Historical Soci, c1985.

SUBJECT:
Public institutions -- New York (State) -- Cortland County
Cortland County (N.Y.) -- Commerce
Cortland County (N.Y.) -- History

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 82 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

TITLE: Mohawk frontier : the Dutch community of Schenectady, New York, 1661-1710 / Thomas E. Burke, Jr.

AUTHORS: Burke, Thomas E., 1951-

PUBLISHED: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1991.

SUBJECT:
Dutch Americans -- New York (State) -- Schenectady -- History

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: xvii, 252 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

NOTES: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and index.

TITLE: Duell : (Davol, Dewell, Deuel, Duel, etc.) in Warren County, New York / compiled by Christine Culver Duell Burley

AUTHORS: Burley, Christine Culver Duell

PUBLISHED: 1994.

SUBJECT:

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 172 p. ; 28 cm.

NOTES: With ancestors from 1600's Allied Families Bible Records.

TITLE: Uberto Adalbert Burnham Papers, 1857-1928

AUTHORS: Burnham, Uberto Adalbert

PUBLISHED:

SUBJECT:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 76th (1861-1865) Company D
Teachers -- New York (State)
Teachers -- Illinois
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Homer (N.Y.) -- History
Cortland County (N.Y.) -- History

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 2 boxes (.75 cu.ft.)

NOTES: Teacher and Civil War Soldier from Homer, Cortland County, N.Y.

ABSTRACT: This collection consists, predominantly, of correspondence from U.A. Burnham. Most of the correspondence dates from Burnham's Civil War service and contains factual and descriptive accounts of his observations. The collection also contains Burnham's diaries, pension papers, and appointment papers to First Lieutenant and First Sergeant of the 76th Regiment of New York Volunteers. The collection also contains several folders of clippings and other material on Burnham and the 76th Regiment.

TITLE: Historical address, relating to the county of Broome in the state of New York. Delivered at Binghamton, July 3, 1876 / by George Burr, M.D. Published under the direction of the Committee of arrangements

AUTHORS: Burr, George, 1813-1882

PUBLISHED: Binghamton, Carl, Stoppard & co., printers, 1876.

SUBJECT:
Broome County (N.Y.) -- History

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 55 p. 22 cm.

NOTES: "Published under the direction of the committee of arrangements." (Genealogy and local history ; LH3382.) Microfilm. 1 microfilm reel. (Pamphlet collection ; reel 53, no. 1903).

TITLE: Gotham : a history of New York City to 1898 / Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace

AUTHORS: Burrows, Edwin G., 1943-
Wallace, Mike (Mike L.)

PUBLISHED: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

SUBJECT:
New York (N.Y.) -- History

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: xxiv, 1383 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

NOTES: Includes bibliographical references (p. [1263]-1305) and indexes.

ANNOTATION: The first volume in a truly monumental two-volume history of New York City, this magisterial work begins with the earliest Indian tribes and ends with the consolidation of the five boroughs into Greater New York in 1898. 150 photos & linecuts. 15 maps.

TITLE: The history of Glen Eldridge

AUTHORS: Bush, Martha H.

PUBLISHED: Hilton, N.Y. : Author, 1996.

SUBJECT:
Glen Eldridge Club
Seneca Lake (N.Y.) -- History
Schuyler County (N.Y.) -- History

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 v. : ill., maps, photos. ; 22 cm.

NOTES: Includes bibliographical references. Title on cover: The Glen Eldridge Club : Seneca Lake, New York, est. 1896.

TITLE: The New York wilderness : Hamilton County and adjoining territory

AUTHORS: Butler, B. C. (Benjamin Clapp)

PUBLISHED: Albany, N.Y. : Weed, Parsons & Co., 1879

SUBJECT:
Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- Maps
Hamilton County (N.Y.) -- Maps

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 map ; 98 x 128 cm. folded to 25 x 16 cm.

NOTES: Cover title: Map of the New York wilderness.

TITLE: The Kern family : settled in Town of Eaton, Madison County, New York, 1806, and related families of Lynch and Williams

AUTHORS: Butler, Charles E., Mrs.

PUBLISHED: n.d.

SUBJECT:
Kern family
Lynch family
Williams family

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:

NOTES: Typescript.

TITLE: Book of the family and lineal descendants of Medad Butler : late of Stuyvesant, Columbia County, N.Y. / Compiled by William Allen Butler

AUTHORS: Butler, William Allen, 1825-1902

PUBLISHED: New York : printed by Kilbourne Tompkins, [1887].

SUBJECT:

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 55, [6] p. ; 27 cm.

NOTES: Includes index.

TITLE: Monticello, a picture of the past / by Arthur C. Butts ; ill. by W.J. Wilson

AUTHORS: Butts, Arthur C.

PUBLISHED: New York : The Knickerbocker Press, c1898.

SUBJECT:
Monticello (Sullivan County, N.Y.) -- History
Sullivan County (N.Y.) -- History

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: p. ; cm.

TITLE: Land grants / Roy L. Butterfield

AUTHORS: Butterfield, Roy L.

PUBLISHED: [Geneseo, N.Y. : SUNY Geneseo, 1988]

SUBJECT:
Real property -- New York (State) -- Livingston County
Land grants -- New York (State) -- Livingston County

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 sound cassette (ca. 50 min.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, mono.

NOTES: Copy of original sound tape made July 11, 1952, from the collection of the Livingston County Historian, Center Street Museum, Geneseo, N.Y.

TITLE: Western New York

AUTHORS: Buffalo Area Chamber of Commerce

PUBLISHED: Buffalo, N.Y. : Buffalo Area Chamber of Commerce 1976.

SUBJECT:
Ellicott, Joseph, 1760-1826
Genesee County (N.Y.) -- History
Genesee County (N.Y.) -- Biography

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 81p.

NOTES: This is volume 51, number 4, April 1976 of Western New York

CONTENT: Western New York: an historical sketch. Profile: Joseph Ellicott. Western New York: innovators and entrepreneurs. Western New York pioneers

TITLE: 200 years ago, 1774-1783 : revolutionary events in the area now known as Rockland County, New York / compiled by Anne M. Byrne

AUTHORS: Byrne, Anne M.

PUBLISHED: New City, NY : New City Free Library, c1976.

SUBJECT:
Rockland County (N.Y.) -- History

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: p. ; cm.

TITLE: Beekman family papers, 1738-1854

AUTHORS: Beekman family

PUBLISHED:

SUBJECT:
De Revere, Abraham
Beekman, Gerard J.
Tompkins, Daniel D., 1774-1825
Family -- New York (State)
Family -- New York (N.Y.)
Real property -- New York (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.) -- Genealogy
New York (State) -- Genealogy
United States -- Armed Forces
Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- Real property
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Real property

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: .3 cubic ft.

NOTES: The Beekman family lived in New York City.

ABSTRACT: Late-18th to mid-19th century Beekman family deeds, wills, accounts, mortgages, and other documents. Other New York families including the Heath, Taylor, Payne, Roosevelt, Hyans, Ray, and Franklin families are represented. Of note are ca. 20 deeds, 1738-1844, relating to land owned by members of the Beekman family in Manhattan and Queens; accounts, 1838, of Abraham De Revere; miscellaneous business papers of Gerard J. Beekman, 1763-1838; Gerard J. Beekman's commission, 1814, signed by Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins; and Gerard J. Beekman's wills, 1793 and 1816.

LOCATION: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Library, New York, NY.

TITLE: Papers, 1830-1833

AUTHORS: Ballard, Stephen L.

PUBLISHED:

SUBJECT:
Shipping -- Susquehanna River
Broome County (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions
Broome county (N.Y.) -- History
Cortland County (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions
Cortland County (N.Y.) -- History
Susquehanna River Watershed

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 7 items.

NOTES:

SUMMARY: Notes and briefs related to trial proceedings of Broome County Court Case Adin Webb & Eleazer Edgcomb v. Mason Wattles et. al. The case appears to concern navigation rights on waterways in Broome County. Webb and Edgcomb were business partners and merchants in Cortland, New York. They also operated merchant vessels on waterways of the Susquehanna River basin. Stephen Ballard was an attorney working on behalf of Webb and Edgcomb.

LOCATION: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Library, New York, NY.

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