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Genealogical, historical, and general reference
links
Government links
Maps, atlases, gazetteers, postcards, photos
Articles and research papers
Directories
Databases
Cole, History of Rockland County
Genealogical, historical, and general reference links. The first section includes what the editor considers to be "must visit" sites.
- Genealogical Society
of Rockland County (GSRC)
NOTE: many members of GSRC do not have e-mail or Web access. Serious Rockland researchers should join GSRC and submit their queries to its newsletter.
GSRC links of particular interest include: - Historical Society
of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Road, New City, NY 10956
914-634-9629
They sell a number of books and maps covering Rockland County history. Membership, including their quarterly journal South of the Mountains, is $35 family, $30 individual, $20 senior (over 65), $20 student (to age 22).
- Historical
records repositories of Rockland County, a project of the
Southeastern New York Documentary Heritage Program
- New City Library,
especially the Rockland
Room, and the GSRC list of genealogies in the New City Library
- Newspapers
- Journal News, Rockland area headlines | Journal News obituaries
- Newspapers in microfilm:
at the New York State Library
at other locations - Wouldn't you like to volunteer to help add Rockland
Co. to the Newspaper
Abstract project for newspapers prior to 1923?
- For New Netherland information (Dutch settlers in the
17th and 18 centuries), see:
- Donna Speer Ristenbatt's Dutch Research Corner
- Regina Haring's Dutch
Door Genealogy, which includes transcriptions of the 1800
US Census for Rockland Co.
- New
York State Off-line Sources: A researcher's guide to New York State
genealogical and historical sources found at various libraries across
the USA.
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- Portal sites for Rockland genealogy
- RootsWeb. A single page from which you can search mailing lists, GenConnect boards, etc.
- AccessGenealogy
- Cyndi's List
- Linkpendium
- NYgenealogy.com
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- Alumni directories
- Bergen County Historical Society (NJ)
- Books We Own: if you own a Rockland-related history or genealogy book and would be willing to do lookups for people, please sign up here.
- Cemeteries
- GSRC cemetery directory. Comprehensive listing of locations and sizes, but no specific interment records.
- Cemeteries of Rockland County, part of the Interment.net Cemetery Transcription Library website. Includes records and photos submitted by individuals. This is part of a large website focused on cemeteries, and includes links to cemetery records all over the world.
- RootsWeb cemetery database: Mount Repose. A database of over 3000 interment records can be searched. Pull down the "Location" menu and select "Rockland Co, NY". Then fill in your desired surname and select "Search". Unfortunately, you can only search for one surname at a time, and cannot simply browse the database. You can add personal notes to individual records.
- Oak Hill cemetery, Nyack. Approx. 100 interment records.
- A Brief History of Rockland County by Thomas F. X. Casey, Rockland County Historian
- City directories in New York State. A partial inventory of both library holdings and Web-based historical city directories.
- Family History Library Catalog. If you follow this link, be sure to click on "View Related Places" to search at both the county and the town/ village level. Films and fiches can be ordered from your local Family History Center. Maintained by the LDS Church, the Family History Library in Salt Lake City is the world's largest genealogical library. Family History Centers around the world are branches of the library in Salt Lake City and are free and open to the general public.
- GAR Posts in Rockland County (post-Civil War)
- Genealogical Society of Bergen County (NJ)
- Gravestones. New York Gravestones. View and add photos of gravestones.
- Historic sites
- Historic markers in Rockland County, locations and text
- Historical sites and landmarks (Rockland)
- Historical museums, societies, and town historians (HVnet)
- NY State Census
- Obituary index. A birth and death index derived from obituaries and maintained by José Rivera Nieves. Many entries are from the Middletown Times Herald-Record. This index consists mainly of people who died in 1998 or later in Orange Co. who were born in Rockland Co.
- Old '76 House (Mabie Inn), Tappan
- Orange County Genealogical Society (NY)
- Penny Postcards
- Politicians born and buried in Rockland County
- Poorhouse / Almshouse
- Researchers specializing in Rockland County
- Rockland Byways, a driving tour of various historic sites
- Smith / Heine family history
- Summary of Rockland Co. resources at RootsWeb. A single page from which you can search mailing lists, GenConnect boards, etc.
- Suffern Police Dept. history
- US Post Offices: 1851 1870
- USGS GNIS Geographic Names Information System. Enter a feature type and county and get back a list of exact locations by latitude and longitude.
- USGenWeb archives for Rockland
- Vital records (births, marriages, deaths)
- Marriages performed by Rev. Isaac D. Cole in 1857-1859
- Wills (SAMPUBCO , commercial service)
- Wills (Abstracts through 1850 from the Budke Collection, BC-68)
Government links
- Rockland Co. government Click on County Clerk for records information
- Town of Orangetown
- Town of Ramapo
- list of New York State Towns and Villages
- CapitolImpact (formerly Harden Political InfoSystems (education, government, statistics)
- Town and Village Courts
Maps, atlases, gazetteers, postcards, photos
- 1860 J. H. French description of Rockland Co., from Gazetteer of the State of New York
- 1895 New York atlas image
- 1914 Rockland Co. map
- David Rumsey Map Collection has some 19th-century maps
- View a map of Rockland County from the census bureau.
- Rockland County place names (alphabetical) from the US Geological Survey. You can view a map of any place.
- Changes in town names in New York State
- County outline maps: county formation and Census
- ePodunk: Rockland Co. Nyack
- Maps in the Library of Congress American Memory Collection
- NY Public Library: Hudson River Portfolio: Haverstraw Nyack
- Rockland Images Project (LARC - Library Association of Rockland County)
- The following free Yahoo and Delphi forums have quite a few
photos:
Congers
Haverstraw (including: Stony Point, Thiells, Tomkins Cove)
Nyack (including: West Nyack, Piermont)
Suffern (including: Spring Valley)
Valley Cottage (including: Rockland Lake)
Rockland County (all other towns)
Articles and research papers
- County
Archivist newsletters
Nyack Turnpike by Lynn Nannarillo
October 1990: 1950s; Civil War; ...
May 1993: ferries; alms house (1862); ...
July 1995: population growth; Revolutionary War pensions; Finkelstein Memorial Library; ... - The Jackson Whites (Ramapo Mountain People) by Randy D. Ralph
Directories
- HV/Net Rockland Co. page
- Planet Rockland, sponsored by the Computer and Telecommunications Initiative of Rockland, Inc.
- Rockland.org
- Uniquely Rockland
- Yahoo Rockland Co. page
Naturalizations: Index of Declarations of Intent and Final Papers compiled by the Rockland County Archivist
US-wide databases useful for finding deceased Rockland County people
David Cole, History of Rockland County. New York: J. B. Beers, 1884 (including 1986 every-name index)
In October 1996 sheil@fredonia.edu wrote to GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com:
"I have recently acquired History of Rockland County New York, which is a reprint of the old Beers edition, with an every name index. An Appendix has been added to the volume with baptisms from Tappan and from Clarkstown. There are 4035 baptisms at Tappan, covering the years 1694-1816; another 164 "irregular" baptisms at Tappan covering the years 1767-1778; and 1853 baptisms at Clarkstown covering the years 1749-1794. The information included the name of the child, the name of his parents (with the maiden name of the mother), the date of baptism, and the sponsors (again, with the maiden name of the woman sponsor given). I will be happy to do any lookups."
[Ed. Note: This reprint is available for $45.00 + $2.50 shipping charges (+$3.26 sales tax for NY residents). The index alone is available at $10.15 + $3.00 tax & shipping. Order from Historical Society of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Road, New City, NY 10956. 914-634-9629. Confirm the price and availability before ordering.
Also, the book (sans index) is available as LDS film #0017887 and that microfilm can be ordered on interlibrary loan from your nearest Family History Center.]
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