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This page was last updated: Saturday, 24-Oct-2009 12:16:04 MDT

October 2009

Westchester County in Print — a new web page added to this site.
A listing of articles published in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.

August 2009

Portraits of World War II Soldiers by New Rochelle Artists and Illustrators, ca. 1940s

The following rosters also include place of birth and age at enlistment. Additionally, the rosters from the 1760s may also have each person's height and possibly a description.

July 2009

Westchester in the Military page
A Muster Roll of Men Rais'd and Pas'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. Ruben Lockwood's Company, April 22d 1758 — includes place of birth and age at enlistment.

June 2009

Revolutionary War: Westchester County Militia — Land Bounty Rights

October 2007

NYC Park Avenue Tunnel Collision: A New Rochelle Tragedy Research into the train wreck and the genealogies of the seventeen people from New Rochelle who died in 1902.

September 2004

Table of Contents of Volume 3 only of Westchester County And Its People: A Record. [New York, NY: The Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1946].
Table of Contents for Volume 2 only of Biographical History of Westchester County, New York [Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company,1899]

August 2004

Microfilm Reel List for New York State 1905 Census for Westchester County.

February 2004

Some manuscript holdings of The New-York Historical Society.

January 2004

The Manor of Philipsburgh, A Paper Read Before The New York Historical Society by T. Astley Atkins,
Vice-President of the Yonkers Historical and Library Association, June 5th, 1894 [Published by the Yonkers Historical and Library Association, 1894]

August 2003

Pryer, Charles. The "Neutral Ground" [New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898], Half Moon Series, Vol. II, No. 12, December 1898.
Westchester GenWeb's History page has moved.

July 2003

Wayside Cottage photographs, Scarsdale

May 2003

Annexed to New York, an article from an 1873 issue of Harper's Weekly, concerning the annexation of the towns of Morrisania, West Farms, and Kings Bridge by New York City.
Turner's New York & Harlem Railroad Directory between New York City and Brewster for the Years 1891-1892; Published by E.F Turner & co. of 217 Elm St., Yonkers, N.Y. (See more listings for this directory below and on the City Directory page of this site.)
- White Plains

April 2003

Turner's New York & Harlem Railroad Directory between New York City and Brewster for the Years 1891-1892; Published by E.F Turner & co. of 217 Elm St., Yonkers, N.Y.
Unionville Cemetery — Part 2 of 4

March 2003

Unionville Cemetery — Part 1 of 4
The Heathcote Manor of Scarsdale — Address Written for the Tenth Annual Meeting of the The New York Branch of The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America Held in the City of New York, April 27, 1922 by Hon. Charles B. Wheeler of the New York Supreme Court [Baltimore: Williams & Wilkens Company, 1923]
The Manor of Philipsborough — Address Written for The New York Branch of The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America by Edward Hagaman Hall, L.H.D. [Baltimore, 1920]
Turner's New York & Harlem Railroad Directory between New York City and Brewster for the Years 1891-1892; Published by E.F Turner & co. of 217 Elm St., Yonkers, N.Y.
- Croton Falls
- Purdys Station

February 2003

Miller Cemetery, Mamaroneck
Inscriptions from Haines Cemetery, Harrison
Ryder Cemetery, two miles back of Ossining
Inscriptions from Cemetery in the Village of Harrison
Inscriptions from Hobby-Peak on Amos Hobby farm, Poundridge
Inscriptions from Travis Cemetery near Mt. Kisco and Bedford Village
Cemetery Inscriptions from Cooke Property, Hastings-on-Hudson

January 2003

Photos of the County of Westchester Records Office which houses both the Westchester County Archives and the Westchester County Historical Society.

December 2002

Kidd and Rankin photos
Turner's New York & Harlem Railroad Directory between New York City and Brewster for the Years 1891-1892; Published by E.F Turner & co. of 217 Elm St., Yonkers, N.Y.
Lincoln Society of Peekskill, NY; February 13, 1911 — with some photographs

November 2002

Turner's New York & Harlem Railroad Directory between New York City and Brewster for the Years 1891-1892; Published by E.F Turner & co. of 217 Elm St., Yonkers, N.Y.

October 2002

July 2002

Revised Census page with information about the 1930 Federal Census as well as Obtaining EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities).
The 1899 Membership Register for The Empire State Society, S.A.R. — All entries for any member who either resided in or was born in a town in Westchester county have now been completed and cross-linked to their respective Revolutionary War ancestor.

June 2002

1963 Peekskill City directory -- A volunteer has offered to do lookups in this directory.
Colonial Cemetery of Elmsford (Elmsford Reformed Church Cemetery) microfilm information added to following pages:

February 2002

Other Resources — All links were verified and updated.
The Borough Town of Westchester -- An Address Delivered by Fordham Morris, on the 28th day of October, 1896, before the Westchester County Historical Society, in the Court House, at White Plains, N.Y.
List of Cemeteries was updated to include zip codes.

June 2000

The 1899 Membership Register for The Empire State Society, S.A.R. -- Added the full entries for G and H for those members either residing in or having been born in Westchester County.

May 2000

Note: Cornell University's Making of America series of scanned books relating to New York State's history is no longer available in list format. They've changed their pages to a searchable database.
A List of Dogs (Owners) in Lewisboro in 1848.
Cedar Hill Cemetery listing donated by Joan Gerrits.
Scanned Map of New Rochelle onto two images which can be placed side by side. Donated by Maggie Parnall.
Abroise Sicard house, with sketch by Edwin Secord (deceased) and background image of Family Chart. Donated by Maggie Parnall.
Jenkins Map from 1846 for North Salem donated by Robert Vail.
The 1899 Membership Register for The Empire State Society, S.A.R. now shows the full entries for those surnames from A through F for those members either residing in or having been born in Westchester County.

January 2000

The Military and War Links page was reorganized.
The URL for the Mailing List Archives was added to the Mailing List Instructions page.
On The 1899 Membership Register for The Empire State Society, S.A.R. page, have completed the "C" members' entries and added them to the site. Have also added all "D" entries showing Westchester locations. See the December 1999 entry for further info.
Added two picture postcards of Philipse Manor house in Yonkers to the Philipse Manor page and to the Yonkers city page.

December 1999

Where previously only the list of names relating to Westchester towns was shown on the The 1899 Membership Register for The Empire State Society, S.A.R. page, links to the full entries have now been added for those surnames beginning with A, B, and some with C. Both the members' names and their corresponding ancestors' names have been added with full entries for both. The other entries for names on that list will be added as time permits.
Official governmental town/village web site URLs have been added to a number of individual town and village pages.
Lent Cemetery survey donated by Jean Ann Orser Lupinetti has been uploaded to the site.
Main Cemetery page was redesigned.
I've corrected the link on Lookups page to Early Wills of Westchester County.
Descriptions of Cemeteries in Rye have been added.
New Town pages for each city, town and village in the county have been broken out and added.
A "What's New!" page has been added to the site, namely, this page. It will show what has been added on a monthly basis to make things easier for researchers.