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Document updated: Wednesday, 05-Nov-2008 15:25:50 MST
Other Organizations of Genealogical Interest
The Bronx County Historical Society
- 3309 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467
- Phone: 718-881-8900
Membership includes subscriptions to The Bronx County Historical Journal, published semi-annually, and The Bronx Historian Newsletter. There are a variety of membership categories, each having a different fee. Two categories are individual for $20 and Senior Citizen for $15. Write the Society for details of other categories. The Society also has a large selection of publications for purchase. Ask for their brochure which gives details of available publications and their respective pricings.
Museum of Migrating People
- 750 Baychester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475
- Phone: 718-379-1600
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LDS Family History Centers
- Scarsdale Family History Center
60 Wayside Way, Scarsdale, NY 10583
- Yorktown Family History Center
Route 134 East, Yorktown, NY 10598
National Maritime Historical Society
- 5 John Walsh Blvd., Peekskill, NY 10566
- Phone: 914-737-7878
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Society is located in Boston, Mass. HOLDINGS include: correspondence, wills, deeds, genealogies, and family papers of William NICKERSON (died circa 1689) and Ann (BUSBY) NICKERSON and their descendants.
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
- 122 East 58th Street, Suite 303, New York, NY 10022-1939
- Phone: 212-753-8532
- Membership includes a subscription to The Record, a quarterly publication; The G&B Newsletter, also published quarterly, and full access to their Library which houses over 100,000 books, periodicals, manuscripts and microforms.
- The web site of the New York G&B can be found at: http://www.nygbs.org/.
SOME WESTCHESTER HOLDINGS: Besides microfilms of both Federal and State Census records, the NY G&B holds microfilms for Westchester for Will Libers (1788-1811); Letters of Administration (1787-1825); Index to Wills (1788-1896); Index to Administrations (1788-1896); Deeds (1774-1817); and Mortgages (1773-1798).
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Dept.
- 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
- Phone: (212) 873-3400
- Holdings include: company and legal records relating to Peter Hasenclever and The American Iron Company (1744-1806).
The New York Public Library
- Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
- Phone: 212-930-0828
- Some web pages of interest at this Library are:
The U.S.History, Local History & Genealogy Division at the Center for the Humanities has one of the largest genealogical collections in the collection. You can also view some of the Library's catalogs on the web. The Rare Books and Manuscripts Division includes families on te PALMER, HOWELL, SANDS, and related families.
Raynham Hall Museum
- 20 West Main Street, Oyster Bay, NY 11771-2216
- Phone: (516) 922-6808
- Holdings include: Estate papers of Joseph STORRS and related family members; deeds, wills, and estate inventories of LEVERICH family and related familes.
Underhill Society of America
- P.O. Box 712, Oyster Bay, NY 11771
- Holdings include: deeds, wills, family papers relating to the UNDERHILL family of Westchester and Long Island. The society also prints a periodical containing articles of interest to researchers of this family.
Westchester County Archives
- 2199 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford, NY 10523
- Phone: 914-231-1500
- Be sure to check out some of the web pages provided by the Archives, including the following:
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Westchester County Genealogical Society
- P.O. Box 518, North White Plains, NY 10603
Be sure to visit the home pages of the Westchester County Genealogical Society Additionally, the Society has provided a page with links of interest to Westchester researchers at Westchester County Genealogical Resources.
NOTE: The library of the Yorktown Family History Center holds the book collection of the Westchester County Genealogical Society.
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- 2199 Saw Mill Road, Elmsford, NY 10523
- Phone: Library 914-592-4338
- Office: 914-592-4323
HOLDINGS include: Papers relating to the VAN CORTLANDT and VAN WYCK families. Indexes to naturializations. Also, they have a number of church records on microfilm.
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Westchester Library System
You can search any of the town libraries through the WLS catalog on the Internet either via the Web or by Telenet. Click on the WLS name above to see their web pages. There you can search for a book or determine the availability of any of the books listed in the attached bibliography.
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Other Web Sites of Interest
Westchester County Government Home Pages. Their pages list much information about the county and the resources within the county. Of special interest to genealogists are
- Westchester County Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Maps & Aerial Photographs of Westchester County;
- HISTORY of the County;
- tourism a listing of the county's Museums, Cultural and Historic Sites.
Hudson River Valley created by journalists interested in the history and lore of the Hudon River and Hudson Valley.
New York History Net is a site devoted to the history of New York State and incorporates both educational and commercial aspects.
The following book sellers have many genealogical and historical references for Westchester County as well as New York State.
Some other vendors are:
- Heritage Books, Inc.
- Repeat Performance sells genealogical and historical audio tapes. Audiotapes.com also sells audio tapes of genealogical conferences.
- AncestorSpy sells CDs and Microfiche .
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Return to Westchester County's Town Index page.
Return to the main page for Westchester County at NYGenWeb.
Return to the NYGenWeb web site.
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