Counties of New York State

Counties of New York State

Note: See also New York City and Its Borough (County) Histories web page (for Bronx,

Kings [Brooklyn], New York [Manhattan], Richmond [Staten Island],

and Queens Counties)

Long Island Counties web page (for Nassau, and some links on Kings

and Queens Counties)

Suffolk County History web page

Counties - General

Counties (New York State Association of Counties) - NYSAC has many informative, useful links
List of Counties in New York (Wikipedia) - includes a handy chart of basic facts and county origins, including origin of county names
New York Counties (University of the State of New York at Albany. University Libraries) -- a series of pull-down tabs, one on counties in general, the other in alphabetic sections, sometimes including links to county histories and related reference works
New York Counties and Regions (New York - Visitors' Network)
New York State Counties [clickable map] (New York State Library)

-- Associations

New York State Association of Counties (The Association)

-- Boundaries & boundary changes

County Formation Maps (NY Genealogy.com. FamilyHistory101.com) - animation of boundary changes

-- Poorhouses

Poorhouses by County (Poorhouse History.com. Poorhouses by State. New York)

Counties - Individual

Note: Counties, listed alphabetically, follow this section; with links to NYC Counties

(Boroughs), to Long Island Counties, and to Suffolk County, specifically

Alphabetical List of NY State Counties (New York State. State Agencies. Government)
Direct Link to County Websites / New York (State)
New York / Newberry Library. Publications. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries)
New York Counties and Regions / New York - Visitors Network
New York State History - Towns and Counties / New York State Library

Note: Histories and selected records of individual counties can usually be found in resources of the individual counties: e.g., the offices of the county clerk, county historian (if one has been designated), county archivist or recordskeeper (if and as appointed), often in county, municipal, and academic libraries and archives (within the county, nearby counties, and other locations futher afield), as well as a great many classic county histories often in the Texts section of www.archive.org, in Google Books, and e.g., in Cornell University's New York State Historical Literature Collection. The New York State Library, Archives, and Museum are rich sources of county historical information, as is their seachable combined Excelsior Online Catalog, with its N.Y.S. Historical Documents Inventory bibliographic and respository descriptive listings. Historical societies with collections relating to a county's history, whether located near or far, are often valuable sources of information, as are knowledgeable staff.

See also New York City & Its Boroughs web page

under names of its individual boroughs (counties);

Long Island Counties web page

under names of its individual counties

Suffolk County History web page

-- Albany County

Albany County (New York State Museum)
Annals of Albany, v. 1, [full text], by Joel Munsell. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1850 (Internet Archive)
Annals of Albany, v. 2, [full text], 2nd ed. by Joel Munsell. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1870 (Internet Archive)
Annals of Albany, v. 3, [full text], by Joel Munsell. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1852 (Internet Archive)
Annals of Albany, v. 4, [full text], by Joel Munsell. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1853 (Internet Archive)
Annals of Albany, v. 5, [full text], by Joel Munsell. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1854 (Internet Archive)
Annals of Albany, v. 6, [full text], by Joel Munsell. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1855 (Internet Archive)
Annals of Albany, v. 7, by Joel Munsell. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1856 (Internet Archive)
Annals of Albany, v. 8, [full text], by Joel Munsell. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1857 (Internet Archive)
Annals of Albany, v. 9, [full text], by Joel Munsell. Albany, NY: Munsell and Rowland, 1858 (Internet Archive)
Annals of Albany, v. 10, [full text], by Joel Munsell. Albany, NY: Munsell and Rowland, 1859 (Internet Archive)
Bi-centennial History of Albany. History of the County of Albany, N.Y., from 1689-1886. With Portraits, Biographies and Illustrations, [full text], by George Rogers Howell and Jonathan Tenney, Assisted by Local Writers. New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., Publishers, 1886 (Internet Archives)
Early Records of the City and County of Albany, and Colony of Rensselaerswyck, [v. 1](1656-1675), [full text], tr. from the original Dutch, with notes, by Jonathan Pearson. Albany: J. Munsell, 1869 (Internet Archive)
Early Records of the City and County of Albany, and Colony of Rensselaerswyck, v. 2: (Deeds 3 and 4, 1678-1704), [full text], tr. from the original Dutch, with notes, by Jonathan Pearson. Albany: University of the State of New York. History Bulletin 9. 1916 (Internet Archive)
Heroes of Albany: A Memorial of the Patriot-Martyrs of the City and County of Alban, Who Sacrificed Their Lives in the Late Defense of Our Nation, 1861-1865, With a View of What was Dne in the County to Sustain the United States Government, and also Brief Histories of the Albany Regiments, [full text], by Rufus W. Clark, D.D. Albany, NY: S.R. Gray Publisher, 1867 (Internet Archive)
Historic Albany County (AlbanyCounty.com)
History (Lo Faber. All About Albany)
History of Albany County Penitentiary, by David Dyer. Albany: J. Munsell, 1867 [full text] (Internet Archive)
Index to Historical Records (Albany County, NY. County Clerk Office)
Landmarks of Albany County, [full text], by Amasa Junius Parker, of Albany, N.Y. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., 1887 (Internet Archive)
Rocky's Last Erection: The Architectural, Economic, and Urban Planning Fiaso that is Albany's Empire State Plaza (Lo Faber. All About Albany)
Ten Broeck Mansion (Albany County Historical Association)

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Early Records of the City and County of Albany, and Colony of Rensselaerswyck... / tr. from the original Dutch, by Jonathan Pearson; rev. and ed. by A.J.F. van Laer
Guide to Historical Resources in Albany County, New York, Repositories, 3 v. / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Allegheny County

Allegeny Co., NY GenWeb History Page (Allegeny County, NY GenWeb)
Allegany County and Its People: A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany County, New York, Illustrated, [by] John S. Minard, Allegany County Historian; President, Allegany County Historical Society; Also Histories of the Towns of the County, [full text], Georgia Drew Merrill, gen. ed. Alfred, N.Y.: W.A. Ferguson and Co., 1896 (Internet Archive)
Allegheny County Historical Society (The Society)
County Historian (Allegheny County Government)
County History Items (Allegheny County Historical Society)
History (Discover Allegheny County)
National Register of Historic Places Listings in Alleghany County, New York (Wikipedia)
Recollections of the Log Schoolhouse Period, and Sketches of Life and Customs in Pioneer Days, [full text], by Jno. [i.e., John] S. Minard. Cuba, NY: Free Press Print, 1905 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Allegany County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Lamb's Sectional Histories of New York State, teachers' ed. / by Wallace Emerson Lamb; ed. by H. Robinson Shipherd.

-- Bronx County [one of the 5 counties of Greater New York City]

See New York City & Its Boroughs web page

under Bronx County (Borough)

-- Broome County

Broome County Historian (Broome County, N.Y.)
Broome County Historical Society (The Society)
Broome County, NY, History and Genealogy (U.S. GenNet)
The Equal Distribution of Wealth: A Discourse Delivered Before the Broome County Polytechnic Association, Binghamton, N.Y., June 26, 1872, [full text], by David E. Cronin, Counselor at Law; editor of the Binghamton Times. Binghamton, NY: Printed and the Offices of the Binghamton Times, 1874 (Internet Archive)
Historical Address Relating to the County of Broome, in the State of New York, Delivered at Binghamton, July 3, 1876, [full text], by George Burr, M.D. Binghamton: Carl Stoppard and Co., Steam Job Printers, 1876 (Internet Archive)
Local History and Genealogy Center (Broome County Public Library)
Welcome to Broome County, New York (NY GenWeb)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Broome County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Picture Post-Card History of New York's Broome County Area - Binghamton, Johnson City, Endicott, Owego, and Surrounding Communities / comp. by the Kiwanis Club of Binghamton, New York, in cooperation with Vestal Press

-- Cattaraugus County

Cattaraugus County [computer file]: Embracing Its Agricultural Society, Newspapers, Civil List...Biographies of the Old Pioneers...Colonial and State Governors of New York, Names of Towns and Post Offices, , with the Statistics of Each Town [full text] / comp. by John Manley
Cattaraugus County Historical Museum and Research Center (Cattaraugus County, N.Y.)
The Grass Family: An Address Delivered Before the Agricultural Society of Cattaraugus County, at Their Annual Fair at Randolph, N.Y., September 14, 1877 [full text], by Prof. James Thomas Edwards. Randolph, N.Y.: Published by The Society, F.J. and D.D. Lockwood, Printers, 1877 (Internet Archive)
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus County, N.Y., with Map and Illustrations, [full text], ed. by William Davis. Syracuse, N.Y.: Lyman, Horton, and Co., Ltd., October 1893 (Internet Archive)
Historical Photos of Cattaraugus County (Cattaraugus County, NY)
History of Cattaraugus County (Cattartaugus County, N.Y.)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Cattaraugus County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Lamb's Sectional Histories of New York State, teacher ed. / ed. by H. Robinson Shipherd, et al.
Late Prehistoric Occupation in Southwestern New York: An Interpretive Analysis / Alfred K. Guthe

-- Cayuga County

Cayuga County Genealogy / Local History Resources (Ancestry.com. Rootsweb)
Cayuga County Historian's Office (Cayuga County, N.Y.) - some excellent links
History of Cayuga County, New York: Compiled from Papers in the Archives of the Cayuga County Historical Society, with Special Chapters by Local Authors, from 1775-1908. [full text]. Rochester, NY: John P. Smith Printing Co., 1908 (Internet Archive)
Collections of the Cayuga County Historical Society (Internet Archive)
Ezra Cornell Papers (Cornell University. Library)
Inventors and Inventions of Cayuga County, N.Y., by Cyrenus Wheeler, Jr., with a Supplement by David M. Osborne, Read Before the Cayuga County Historical Society at Auburn, N.Y., December 21, 1880, and forming a part of their publication, "No.2" [full text]. Auburn, NY: The Author, 1882 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Cayuga County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Chautauqua County

Chautauqua County Schools and Education, 1802-1902. [full text]. Westfield, NY: Historical Society of Chautauqua County. Centennial Committee (Internet Archive)
County Overview (Chautauqua County Government)
Early History of the Town of Ellicott, Chautauqua County, N.Y., [full text], compiled Largely from Personal Recollections of the Author, by Gilbert W. Hazeltine, M.D. Jamestown, NY: Journal Printing Co., 1887 (Internet Archive)
History of Chautauqua County, New York, and Its People, v. 1. [full text], John P. Downs, ed.-in-charge; Fenwick Y. Hedley, ed.-in-chief, et al. Boston; New York; Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921 (Internet Archive)
History of Chautauqua County, New York, and Its People, v. 2. [full text], John P. Downs, ed.-in-charge; Fenwick Y. Hedley, ed.-in-chief, et al. Boston; New York; Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921 (Internet Archive)
History of Chautauqua County, New York, and Its People, v. 3. [full text], John P. Downs, ed.-in-charge; Fenwick Y. Hedley, ed.-in-chief. Boston; New York; Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Chautauqua County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Guide to Historical Resources in Chautauqua County, New York, Repositories, Update No. 1 / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Lamb's Sectional Histories of New York State, teacher ed. / ed. by H. Robinson Shipherd, et al.
Late Prehistoric Occupationof Southwestern New York: An Interpretive Analysis / Alfred K. Guthe

-- Chemung County

Chemung County History (ChemunCountyHistory.com)
Chemung Valley History Museum (The Museum)

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Chemung County, 1890-1975 / Thomas E. Byrne, et al.; Chemung County Historical Society
Chemung County, New York: Bottles, Bottlers, and Their Stories; An Interesting Study and History of this Area / Mabel C. Wood
Chemung County History, Elmira, New York (Chemung County History.com) - interesting pull-down menus and clickable sites
History of Chemung County, New York: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers / Henry B. Peirce
Our County and Its People, A History of the Valley and County of Chemung: From the Closing Years of the Eighteenth Century / Ausburn Towner; Chemung County Historical Society
Guide to Historical Resources in Chemung County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Chenango County

Chenango County Government (Chenango County, N.Y.)
Did You Know? (Chenango County Government)
History of Chenango County, Containing the Divisions of the County, and Sketches of the Towns, Indian Tribes and Titles; Gov. Clinton's Purchase of the Twenty Townships, Early Inhabitants and Settlements; Also: Land Patents; Rise and Progress of Agriculture, Manufactures and Trade; Annals of the Chenango Canal; Church History; Eminent Men and Statesmen, Professions, Etc., Etc., [full text], by Hiram C. Clark. Norwich, N.Y.: Thompson and Pratt, 1850 (Internet Archive)
Oxford Academy Jubilee, Held at Oxford, Chenango County, N.Y., August 1st and 2nd, 1854. [full text]. New York: Baker and Godwin, Printers, 1856 (Internet Archive)
Welcome to Chenango County, New York (New York GenWeb)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Chenango County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Clinton County

Clinton County Historical Association (The Association) - contains many useful links
Clinton County Historical Museum (Clinton County Historical Association)
Clinton County Local Historians and Images (Clinton County Historian's Office)
County Historian's Office (Clinton County, NY)
Historic Sites in Clinton County (Clinton County Historical Association)
North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association (The Association)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Clinton County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Columbia County

Columbia County Historical Society (The Society)
Columbia County, New York Genealogy & History (USGenNet.org)
History (Columbia County, NY)
History of Columbia County, New York, by Captain Franklin Ellis. Philadelphia: Everts and Ensign, 1878: pp. 56-73 (USGenNet.org)
History Vacations (Columbia County, NY. Department of Tourism)
Online Columbia County, New York Library (Susan Stalker Mulvey)

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Columbia County's Historic Sites (Columbia County, N.Y.)
Columbia County Historical Society (The Society)
Edna St. Vincent Milllay Society at Steepletop (The Society)
Guide to Historical Resources in Columbia County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
History (Columbia County, N.Y.)
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site (U.S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service)
Olana (The Olana Partnership) - architectural gem

-- Cortland County

Cortland County Historian (Cortland County, N.Y.)
Cortland County Historical Society (The Society)
Guide to Historical Resources in Cortland County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
History of Cortland County, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, [full text], ed. by H.P. Smith. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., Publishers, 1885 (Internet Archive)
Pioneer History; Or, Cortland County and the Border Wars of New York. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, [full text], by H.C. Goodwin. New York: A.B. Burdick, Publisher, 1859 (Internet Archive)

-- Delaware County

The Beaverkill: The History of a River and Its People / Ed van Put
County Historian (Delaware County, N.Y.)
Delaware County, New York: History of the Century, 1797-1897: Centennial Celebration, June 9 and 10, 1897, [full text], ed. by David Murray, LLD.Delhi, N.Y.: William Clark, Publisher, 1898 (Internet Archive)
Delaware County Historical Association (The Association)

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Free Soil - A Free People: The Anti-Rent War in Delaware County, New York / Dorothy Kubik
Guide to Historical Resources in Delaware County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Dutchess County

Dutchess County, Paper by Hon. Alfred T. Ackert, Read Before the Dutchess County Society, in the City of New York at Its Third Annual Banquet, Held at Delmonico's, Borough of Manhattan, Friday Evening, February 24, 1899 [full text.] [Tarrytown, NY: Tarrytown Press-Record Print], 1899 (Internet Archive)
Federal Writer's Project, Dutchess County, N.Y. Dutchess County (American Guide Series), [full text], sponsored by the Women's City and County Club of Dutchess County, New York. Philadelphia: William Penn Association, 1937 (Internet Archive)
Dutchess County Historical Society (The Society)
General History of Dutchess County, 1609 to 1876, Inclusive, Illustrated with Numerous Wood-cuts, Maps and Full-Page Engravings, [full text], by Philip H. Smith. Pawling, N.Y.: The Author, 1877 (Internet Archive)
Index to Philip H. Smith's General History of Dutchess County, New York, [full text], by Grace H. Pierce (Internet Archive)
Half of My Heart: True Stories Told by Immigrants in Dutchess County, New York = La Mitad de Mi Corazon: Historias Verdicas por Immigrantesdel Condado de Dutchess, New York [full text], ed. by Jo Salas and Leslie Gauna; photos by Elissa I. Davidson
History of Dutchess County (Dutchess County, New York. Tourism/Recreation)
History of Dutchess County, New York, [full text], ed. by Frank Hasbrouck. Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: S.A. Matthieu, 1909 (Internet Archive)
Landmarks of Dutchess County, 1683-1867: Architecture Worth Saving in New York State / Dutchess County. Planning Board
Locust Grove: The Samuel Morse Historic Site - A National Historic Landmark (Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, NY)
Report of the Dutchess County and Poughkeepsie Sanitary Fair, Held at Sanitary Hall, in the City of Poughkeepsie, from March 15 to March 19, 1864. [full text]. Poughkeepsie, NY: Printed by Platt and Schram, Daily Eagle Office, 1864 (Internet Archive)
Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent / Frank J. Doherty
Southeastern New York: A History of the Counties of Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Putnam / comp. and ed. by Louise Hasbrouck Zimm, et al.
Vanderbilt Mansion / Richard Cheek; Hyde Park Historical Association
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historical Site, New York / Charles W. Snell

-- Erie County

Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society (The Society)
Centennial History of Erie County, New York; Being Its Annals from the Earliest Recorded Events to the Hundredth Year of American Independence / Chrisfield Johnson. Buffalo, N.Y.: Printing House of Matthews and Warren, 1876 (Internet Archive)
Clinical Reports on Continued Fever, Based on Analyses of One Hundred and Sixty-Four Cases; with Remarks on the Management of Continued Fever; the Identity of Typhus and Typhoid Fever; Relapsing Fever; Diagnosis, Etc. To Which is Added a Memoir on the Transportation and Diffusion by Contagion of Typhoid Fever as Exemplified in the Occurrence of the Disease at North Boston, Erie County, N.Y. / Austin Flint, M.D. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1855 (Internet Archive)
Cost of Tuberculosis to the County of Erie / Francis E. Fronczak, M.D.; Buffalo, N.Y. Department of Health, 1910 (Internet Archive)
Digital Projects (Buffalo and Erie County Public Library)
Erie County Historian Office (Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System)
Local History in the Grosvenor Room (Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System)
Mark Twain Room (Buffalo and Erie County Public Library)
Memorial of the City and County Hall Opening Ceremonies, Buffalo, N.Y. / ed. and pub. by F.F. Fargo. Buffalo, N.Y.: The Courier Co., Printers, 1876 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Erie County, New York, Repositories, 2 v. / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
History of Northwestern New York: Erie, Niagara, Wyoming, Genessee, and Orleans Counties, 3 v. / John Theodore Horton, Edward T. Williams, and Harry S. Douglas

-- Essex County

Arbitrary Arrests. Speech of Hon. P[almer]. E. Havens, of Essex County, in the Hous of the Assembly. In the House of Assembly, March 5, 1863 / Documents from New York State Union Central Committee, No. 11 (Internet Archive) - suspension of habeas corpus in states not in rebellion
Essex County Historical Society Adirondack History Center Museum (The Society and Museum) - very nice site with interesting links
Fort Ticonderoga (FortTiconderoga.org)
History (Ausable Chasm.org)
Military and Civil History of the County of Essex, New York; and a General Survey of Its Physical Geography, Its Mines and Minerals, and Industrial Pursuits, Embracing an Account of the Northern Wilderness; and also the Military Annals of the Fortresses of Crown Point and Ticonderoga, by Winslow C. Watson. Albany, NY: j. Munsell, 1869 (Internet Archive)
On the Trail of John Brown: What Mary Brown Saw: A Self-Guided Tour (Essex County Historical Society Adirondack History Center Museum)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Essex County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Franklin County

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Franklin County Historical and Museum Society (The Society)
Franklin County (NY) Historian [blog] (The Historian)
Heydays of the Adirondacks / Maitland C. de Sormo
Historical Sketches of Franklin County and Its Several Towns, with Many Short Biographies / Frederick J. Seaver. Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon Co., Printers, 1918 (Internet Archive)
History of St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties, New York, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time / Franklin Benjamin Hough

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Guide to Historical Resources in Franklin County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Fulton County

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Hometown Association (The Association)
Fulton County Historian's Office (Fulton County, N.Y.)
Fulton County Historical Society and Museum (The Society and Museum)
Fulton County Museum and Historical Society (Adirondack North Country Association. Scenic Byways)
History of Fulton County, Embracing Early Discoveries; the Advance of Civilization; the Labors and Triumphs of Sir William Johnson; the Inception and Development of the Gove Industry; with Town and Local Records; also Military Achievements of Fulton County Patriots / rev. and ed. by Washington Frothingham. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason and Co., Priters and Publishers, 1892 (Internet Archive)
History of Montgomery and Fulton Counties, N.Y., with Illustrations Descriptive of Scenery, Private Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Important Manufactories, from Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability; and Portraits of Old Pioneers and Prominent Residents. New York: F.W. Beers and Co., 1878 (Internet Archive)
Information About Fulton County, New York: History and Genealogy (Schenectady Digital History Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Fulton County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Three Sixteenth-Century Mohawk Iroquois Village Sites / Robert E. Funk and Robert D. Kuhn

-- Genessee County

County History (Genessee County, N.Y.)
Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genessee County, N.Y., 1788-1890, Part 1st / ed. by F.W. Beers. Syracuse, NY: J.W. Vose and Co., Publishers, 1890
History Department (Genessee County, N.Y.) - note clickable items in left-hand column
Holland Land Office Museum, Genessee County, New York (The Museum)

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The Genessee / Henry W. Clune
Guide to Historical Resources in Genessee County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
History of Northwestern New York: Erie, Niagara, Wyoming, Genessee, and Orleans Counties, 3 v. / John Theodore Horton, Edward T. Williams, and Harry S. Douglas
Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison / James E. Seaver
Notices of Sullivan's Campaign; Or, the Revolutionary Warfare in Western New York: Embodied in the Addresses and Documents Connected with the Funeral Honors Rendered to Those Who Fell with the Gallant Boyd in the Genessee Valley, Including the Remarks of Gov. Seward at Mount Hope / Henry O'Reilly

-- Greene County

An Oration, Delivered atWindham Centre, Greene County, N.Y., July 4, 1859, by the Late Col. William Ayrault Jackson, of the Eighteeenth Regiment of New York Volunteers. Albany, NY: C. van Benthuysen, Printer, 1863
Greene County Historical Society (The Society)
Greene County Overview (Greene County, NY)

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The Greene County Catskills: A History / Field Horne; for the Greene County Historical Society

-- Hamilton County

Historian (Hamilton County, N.Y.)
History of Hamilton County, NY (HamiltonGenWeb.net)
Resources for Hamilton County (NY GenWeb)

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Adirondack Resort in the Nineteenth Century, Blue Mountain Lake, 1870-1900; Stagecoaches and Luxury Hotels / Harold K. Hochschild
Guide to Historical Resources in Hamilton County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Herkimer County

Herkimer County: A Brief History (Herkimer County Historical Society)
Herkimer County Historical Society (The Society) - note links in left-hand column
Herkimer County Murders: This Book Contains an Accurate Account of the Capital Crimes Committed in the County of Herkimer, from the Year 1783 Up to the Present Time. Among Those of Recent Date are: The Wishart Murder, the Druse Butchery, and the Middleville Tragedy: The Facts Were Gathered from the Official Records of Herkimer County, and Other Reliable Sources / W.H. Tippets Herkimer, NY: H.P. Witherstine, 1885 (Internet Archive)
Herkimer Home State Historic Site (New York State. Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation)
History of Herkimer County, Including the Upper Mohawk Valley, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: With a Brief Notice of the Iroquois Indiansthe Early German Tribes, the Palatine Immigrations into the Colony of New York, and Biographical Sketches of the Palatine Families, the Patentees of Burnetsfield in the Year 1725. Also Biographical Notices of the Most Prominent Public Men of the County: With Important Statistical Information / Nathaniel S. Benson. Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1856 (Internet Archive)
History of Herkimer County, New York, Illustrated with Portraits of Many of Its [Citizens] / ed. by George A. Hardin, assisted by Frank H. Willard. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., 1893 (Internet Archives)
Nicholas Herkimer: Hero of Oriskany (Gregory F. Ketcham)
Oration, Delivered Before the Washington Benevolent Society, of the County of Herkimer, on the 22d February, 1817, by Nathaniel G.M. Senter. Herkimer, NY: Edward P. Seymour, 1817 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Herkimer County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Jefferson County

Genealogical and Family History of the County of Jefferson, New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People and the Phenomenal Growth of Her Agricultural and Mechanical Industries, v. 1, comp. under the supervision of the late R.A. Oakes. New York; Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1905 (Internet Archive)
Genealogical and Family History of the County of Jefferson, New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People and the Phenomenal Growth of Her Agricultural and Mechanical Industries, v. 2, comp. under the supervision of the late R.A. Oakes. New York; Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1905 (Internet Archive)
Geographical Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N.Y., 1684-1890, ed. by William H. Horton; comp. by Hamilton Child. Syracuse: Syracuse Journal Co., 1908 (Internet Archive)
Growth of a Century, as Illustrated in the History of Jefferson County, New York, from 1793 to 1894, comp. from State, County, and Town Records with Many Original Articles Upon Interestig Subjects, by John A. Haddock. Albany, NY: Weed-Parsons Printing Co., 1895 (Internet Archive)
History of Jefferson County in the State of New York, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, by Franklin Benjamin Hough. Albany, NY; Watertown, NY: Joel Munsell; Sterling and Riddell, 1854 (Internet Archive)
History of the Jefferson County Region (Mark EM)
Jefferson County Clerk's Office (The Office) - also includes contact information for the County Historian (in the left-hand column)
Jefferson County Historical Society (The Society)
Jefferson County Interesting Facts and Trivia (The County) - note "Brief History of Jefferson County" appears on pages 6-7
Jefferson County Wiki (Creative Commons and Tangient, LLC)
Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Jefferson County, New York, ed. by Ed
Stories in Stone (Northern New York Genealogy)

-- Kings County (Brooklyn)

See New York City & Its Boroughs web page

under Kings Borough (or County)

See also Long Island Counties web page

under Kings (or Brooklyn) County

-- Lewis County

Army Archaeologists Discovering History at Fort Drum Source (Free Republic)
County Historian (Lewis County, N.Y. Departments)
Lewis County Historical Society (The Society)
Our Area - Lewis County (Lewis County Chjamber of Commerce) - includes section on historic sites, societies and museums
Soldiers of Osceola, Lewis County, New York, in the Great War of 1914-1918, by William D. Barnes. Camden, NJ: Advance Journal Print [for] Osceola (N.Y. : Town). (Internet Archive)
Stories in Stone (Northern New York Genealogy)

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Osceola, "Jewel of Tug Hill": A Pictorial History of Osceola, Lewis County, New York / Lola Moore and Elizabeth Quinn; ed. by Helen Quinn

-- Livingston County

Conesus Lake in History, by Hermon Wells DeLong. [Livingstron County Historical Society], 1915 (Internet Archive)
County Historian (Livingston County, N.Y. Departments)
Descriptive, Historical, Chemical, and Therapeutical Analysis of the Avon Sulphur Springs, Livingston County, N.Y., with Directions for Their Use, by Samuel Salisbury, Jr., M.D. Rochester, NY: D.M. Dewey, 1845 (Internet Archive)
Genessee Valley Historical Collection (State University of New York at Geneseo. Milne Library)
History of Livingston County, New York, 1687-1881, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, by James H. Smith. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., 1881 (Internet Archive)
History of Livingston County, New York, from Its Earliest Traditions to Its Part in the War for Our Union; with an Account of the Seneca Nation of Indians, and Biographical Sketches of Earliest Settlers and Prominent Public Men: Illustrated by Portraits on Steel, and Engravings on Wood, by Lockwood L. Doty. Geneseo, NY: Edward E. Doty, 1876 (Internet Archive)
Livingston County Historical Society. History of the Treaty of Big Tree: And an Account of the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Making of the Treaty, Held at Geneseo, N.Y., September the Fifteenth, Eighteen Hundred Ninety-Seven. Dansville, NY: A.G. Bunnell, Printer, [1897] (Internet Archive)
Livingston County Historian's Office (Livingston County, N.Y.) - temporary closing
Livingston County Historical Society and Museum (The Society and Museum)
Livingston County, New York History and Genealogy (New York American Local History Network and American History Genealogy Project New York)
Special Collections (State University of New York at Geneseo. Milne Library)

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An American Artistocracy, the Livingstons / Clare Brandt
Guide to Historical Resources in Livingston County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Xenophobia and Prohibition Enforcement in Two New York State Communities, 1919-1933 / Lenora M. Henson

-- Madison County

Birds of Madison County, New York: Presented as a Thesis for the Degree of Master of Science, Colgate University, by George Charles Embody. Hamilton, NY: The University, 1901 (Internet Archive)
Charter, Constitution, and By-Laws of the Madison County Historical Society. Incorporated March 29, 1900. Oneida, N.Y.: Baker and Maxon, Printers, [for The Society], 1902 (Internet Archive)
Explore Madison County History (Madison County, N.Y. Historian)
Madison County Historical Records (New York Genealogy)
Madison County Historical Society Cottage Lawn Museum (The Society and Museum) - note the link in the left-hand column, which reward exploration

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Guide to Historical Resources in Madison County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Monroe County

County Records - Monroe County, New York Records (Ancestry.com. RootsWeb)
Monroe County Historical Records (New York Genealogy)
Municipal Historians of Monroe County, NY (MCNYgenealogy.com)
New Courthouse of Monroe County, New York. Rochester, NY: Rochester Publishing Co., 1896 (Internet Archive)
On the Origin of Names of Places in Monroe County, New York (Publications of the Scottsville Literary Society, No. 5), by Franklin Hanford. Scottsville, NY: Isaac van Hooser, Printer, 1911 (Internet Archive)
Rochester and Monrie County / Federal Writers' Project. Work Projects Administration. State of New York, sponsored by the City of Rochester and Genessee Book Club. American Guide Series) Rochester, NY: Scrantom's, 1937 (Internet Archive)
Struggle for Monroe County, by Howard Lawrence Osgood. Read Before the Rochester Historical Society, May 13, 1892. Rochester, NY: [The Society?], 1892 (Cornell University. New York State Historical Literature)
Wheatland, Monroe County, New York; A Brief Sketch of Its History, by George E. Slocum. Scottsville, NY: Isaac van Hooser, 1908 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Monroe County, New York, Repositories, 3 v. / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Montgomery County [formerly Tryon County]

Border Warfare of New York, During the Revolution; Or, the Annals of Tryon County, by William W. Campbell. New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849 (Internet Archive)
Descriptive Geography of Montgomery County, with Historical Explanations and Notes, by William H. Barkley. Amsterdam, NY: Daily Democrat Print, 1892
Montgomery County Farm Bureau Association; U.S. Department of Agriculture; New York (State). Department of Agriculture; New York (State). College of Agriculture. Farm Management Analysis of 76 Montgomery County (N.Y.) Farms, for the Year 1914, by Allen S. Merchant and C.P. Clark. Montgomery County Farm Bureau. Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics, April 1916 (Internet Archive)
History of Montgomery and Fulton Counties, N.Y., with Illustrations Descriptive of Scenery, Private Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Important Manufactories, from Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability; and Portraits of Old Pioneers and Prominent Residents. New York: F.W. Beers and Co., 1878 (Internet Archive)
History of Montgomery County, Embracing Early Discoveries; the Advance of Civilization; the Labors and Triumphs of Sir William Johnson; the Inception and Development of Manufactures; with Town and Local Records; also Military Achievements of Montgomery Patriots, [v. 1], rev. and ed. by Washington Frothingham. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., Publishers and Printers, 1892 (Internet Archive)
History of Montgomery County, Embracing Early Discoveries; the Advance of Civilization; the Labors and Triumphs of Sir William Johnson; the Inception and Development of Manufactures; with Town and Local Records; also Military Achievements of Montgomery Patriots, v. 2, rev. and ed. by Washington Frothingham. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., Publishers and Printers, 1892 (Internet Archive)
Montgomery County, N.Y., Marriage Records, Performed by Rev. Elijah Herrick,1795-1844; also Records of Rev. John Calvin Toll, 1803-1844, comp. from the originals by Melvin L. Lethbridge. St. Johnsville, NY: Enterprise and News, 1922 (Internet Archive)
Tryon County, New York (Wikipedia)
Welcome to Montgomery County Department of History and Archives (The Department)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Montgomery County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Records Center

-- Nassau County

See Long Island Counties web page

under Nassau County

-- New York County (Manhattan)

See New York City & Its Boroughs web page

under New York Borough (County)

-- Niagara County

History of Niagara County, N.Y., with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Private Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Important Manufactories, and Portraits of Old Pioneers and Prominent Residents. New York: Sandford and Co., 1878 (Internet Archive)
Landmarks of Niagara County, New York, ed. by William PoolD. Mason and Co., Publishers, 1897 (Internet Archive)
Niagara County Historian (The County)
Niagara County Historical Society (The Society)
Niagara County Historical Society's Bicentennial Moments, 1808-2008 (The Society)
Old Niagara County's Share in the Battle of Lake Erie, by Peter A. Porter. Niagara Falls, NY: Niagara Frontier Historical Society, 1913 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Niagara County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
History of Northwestern New York: Erie, Niagara, Wyoming, Genessee, and Orleans Counties, 3 v. / John Theodore Horton, Edward T. Williams, and Harry S. Douglas
History of the Niagara River / Archer Butler Hulbert
Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, Lies / Ginger Gail Strand
Niagara: A History of the Falls / Pierre Berton
Niagara, 1814: America Invades Canada / Richard V. Barbuto
Old Fort Niagara in Four Centuries: A History of Its Development / Brian Leigh Dunnigan; Old Fort Niagara Association
Siege - 1759: The Campaign Against Niagara / Brian Leigh Dunnigan; Old Fort Niagara Association
War Out of Niagara; Walter Butler and the Tory Rangers / Howard Swiggett

-- Oneida County

Historical Records (Oneida County, NY)
History of Oneida County, New York, from 1700 to the Presetn Time, v. 1 , pt. 1 / Henry J. Cookinham. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., [1912] (Internet Archive)
History of Oneida County, New York, from 1700 to the Presetn Time, v. 2 / Henry J. Cookinham. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., [1912] (Internet Archive)
Oneida County Historical Society (The Society)
Oneida County Freedom Trail: The History of the Underground Railroad in Central New York (The Freedom Trail)
Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Oneida County / ed. by Daniel F. Wager. [Boston:] Boston History Co., Publishers, 1896 (Internet Archive)
Things Worth Knowing About Oneida County / by W.W. Canfield and J.E. Clark. Utica, N.Y.: Thomas J. Griffiths, 1909 (Internet Archive)

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Early Histories and Descriptions of Oneida County, New York / comp. and ed. by G. Martin Sleeman
Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution / Joseph T. Glatthaar and James Kirby Martin
God's Blueprints: A Sociological Study of Three Utopian Sects / John McKelvie Whitworth
Guide to Historical Resources in Oneida County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
My Father's House: An Oneida Boyhood / Pierrepont Noyes
Oneida Land Claims: A Legal History / George C. Shattuck

-- Onondaga County

History of Onondaga County, New York, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, by Prof. W.W. Clayton. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason and Co., 1878 (Internet Archive)
Geschichte der Deutschen in Syracuse und Onondaga County Nebst Kurzen Biographien von Beamten Hervorragenden Buergern. Illustrirtes Hanbuch Wissenswerthen Inhaltes. Syracuse, NY: Druck von P.J. Pinzer, 1897 (Internet Archive)
Local History and Genealogy Department (Onondaga County Public Library)
Moravian Journals Relating to Central New York, 1745-66, arranged and ed. by Rev. Wm. M. Beauchamp. Syracuse, NY: Onondaga Historical Association, 1916 (Internet Archive)
Onondaga County Historical Records (New York Genealogy)
Onondaga Historical Association, Museum and Research Center (The Association)
Onondaga's Soldiers of the Revolution, Official Records Compiled by Franklin H. Chase, Secretary of the Onondaga Historical Association. Syracuse, NY: The Assn., 1895 (Internet Archive)
Revolutionary Soldiers Resident or Dying in Onondaga County, N.Y., with Supplementary List of Possible Veterans: Based on a Pension List of Franklin H. Chase, Syracuse, N.Y., prepared by Rev. W.M. BeauchampSyracuse, NY: Onondaga Historical Association, 1913 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Onondaga County, New York, Repositories, 3 v. / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
History of Onondaga County, New York: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers / W. Woodford Clayton
Onondaga Iroquois Prehistory: A Study in Settlement Archaeology / James A. Tuck
People and Places: Fayetteville, Manlius, Minoa, and Neighbors, 3 v. / Manlius Historical Society

-- Ontario County

A Sermon on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1865, Preached in the First Congregational Church, Canandaigua, N.Y., Sunday Morning, April 16th, 1865, by the Pastor, O.E. Daggett. Canandaigua, NY: N.J. Milliken, Printer - Ontario County Times Office, 1865 (Internet Archive)
History of Ontario County, New York, and Its People, v.1, by Charles F. Milliken. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1911 (Internet Archive)
History of Ontario County, New York, with Illustrations and Family Sketches of Some of the Prominent Men and Families., comp. by Lewis Cass Aldrich; ed. by John S. Conover. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., 1893 (Internet Archive)
Ontario County Historical Museum (Ontario County Historical Society)
Ontario County Records and Archives Center (Ontario County, N.Y. Department of Records, Archives and Information Management Services)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Ontario County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Orange County

The Bench and Bar of Orange County, by William Vanamee; repr. from The History of Orange County, N.Y., ed. by Russel Headley. New York: Berkeley Press, 1908 (Internet Archive)
Constitution Island: Written for the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, at Newburgh, in the County of Orange, New York, by Stuyvesant Fish [repr. from the Twentieth Annual Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society]. Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon, Printers, 1915 (internet Archive)
Orange County Historian (Orange County, NY)
Historic Sites (Hudson Valley Tourism. Orange County)
History of the County of Orange: With a History of the Town and City of Newburgh, by Edward manning Ruttenber. Newbergh, NY: E.M. Ruttenber & Son, Printers, 1875 (Internet Archive)
History of the Minisink Region: Which Includes the Present Towns of Minisink, Deerpark, Mount Hope, Greenville, and Wawayanda, in Orange County, New York, from Their Organization and First Settlement to the Present Time, also Incliding a General History of the First Settlement of the County, by Charles E. Stickney. Middletown, NY: Coe, Finch, and I.F. Guiwits, Pubrs., 1867 (Internet Archive)
Orange County; A History. Goshen, NY: National Bank of Orange County, 1922 (Internet Archive)
Portrait and Biographical Record of Rockland and Orange Counties, New York: Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties. Together with Biographies and Portraits of All of the Presidents of the United States. New York: Chapman Pub. Co., 1895 (Internet Archive)
Preston Genealogy, Orange County Branch, and Sketch of the Life of the Author, David C. Preston. Middletown, NY: Stivers Publishing Co., 1909 (Internet Archive)
Southeastern New York: A History of the Counties of Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Putnam / comp. and ed. by Louise Hasbrouck Zimm, et al.
Walkill Valley in Art and Story: Its People, Its River, Its Environment, and Its History. Walden, NY; Newburgh, NY: Walkill Valley Farmers' Association; Press of Johnson and Peck, 1899 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Orange County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
History of Orange County, New York: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, 2 v. / comp. by Edward Manning Ruttenber and L.H. Clark, and a Corps of Biographical Writers
Legends of the Shawangunk (Shon-Gum) and Its Environs: Including Historical Sketches, Biographical Notices, and Thrilling Border Incidents and Adventures Relating to Those Portions of the Counties of Orange, Ulster, and Sullivan Lying in the Shawangunk Region / Philip Henry Smith

-- Orleans County

Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Illustrated, ed. by Hon. Isaac S. Signor, assisted by H.P. Smith, et al. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason and Co., 1894 (internet Archive)
Pioneer History of Orleans County, New York. Containing Some Account of the Civil Divisions of Western New York, with Brief Biographical Notices of Early Settlers, and of Hardships and Privations They Endured, the Organization of the Towns in the County, Together with Lists of Town and County Officers, Since the County was Organized, with Anecdotes and Reminiscences, Illustrating the Character and Customs of the People, by Arad Thomas. Albion, NY: H.A. Bruner, American Steam Press Print, 1871 (Internet Archive)

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History of Northwestern New York: Erie, Niagara, Wyoming, Genessee, and Orleans Counties, 3 v. / John Theodore Horton, Edward T. Williams, and Harry S. Douglas

-- Oswego County

History of Oswego County, New York. With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, [by Chrisfield Johnson]. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts and Co., 1877 (Internet Archive)
Oswego County, Fifty Years Ago, address delivered by Hon. Ransom Hebbard Tyler, before the Old Settlers Association, at Mexico, Thursday, August 21st, 1879. Fulton, NY: Morrill Bros., Printers, 1880 (Internet Archive)
Swamps of Oswego County, N.Y., and Their Flora, by W.W. Rowlee, repr. from American Naturalist, August and September 1897: pp. 690-699; 792-800 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Oswego County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Oswego: Its People and Events / Anthony M. Slosek

-- Otsego County

Centennial Celebration at Cherry Valley, Otsego County, N.Y., July 4th, 1840. The Address of William W. Campbell, Esq. and Gov. W.H. Seward, with Letters, Toasts, &c., & c. New York: Taylor and Clement, 1840 (Internet Archive)
Grand Army of the Republic. History of the Order in the U.S. by Counties. Otsego County Posts, Department of New York: Including a Complete Record of Soldiers Surviving and Buried in the County, with Company and Regiment, Together with Valuable Statistics and Miscellaneous Matter, comp. by D.A. Ellis. [Otsego?, N.Y.:] Historical Publishing Co., 1892 (Internet Archive)
Legends and Traditions of a Northern County, by James Fenimore Cooper, Cooperstown, May 1920. New York; London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Knickerbocker Press, 1921 (Internet Archive)
Otsego, New York: Geographical and Historical, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, with County and Township Maps from Original Drawings, by Edwin F. Bacon, Ph.B. Oneonta, NY: Oneonta Herald Publishers, 1902 (Internet Archive)
Reminiscences; Personal and Other Incidents; Early Settlement of Otsego County; Notices and Anecdotes of Public Men; Judicial, Legal and Legislative Matters; Field Sports; Dissertations and Discussions, by Levi Beardsley, Esq., Late of the New-York Senate, and President Thereof. New York: Charles Vinten, 1852 (Internet Archive)

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Landmarks of Otsego County / Diantha Dow Schull

-- Putnam County

History of Putnam County, New York, with Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men, by William S. Pelletreau. Philadelphia: W.W. Preston, 1886 (Internet Archive)
History of Putnam County, N.Y.; with an Enumeration of Its Towns, Villages, Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Ponds, Mountains, Hills, and Geological Features; Local Traditions; and Short Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers, Etc., by William J. Blake, Esq. New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849 (Internet Archive)
Life of General Israel Putnam, by George Canning Hill; ed. with notes by Henry Ketcham. New York: A.L. Burt Co., Publishers, 1903 (Internet Archive)
When Israel Putnam Served the King, by James Otis. Bosto: Estes and Lauriat, 1898

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Guide to Historical Resources in Putnam County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Southeastern New York: A History of the Counties of Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Putnam / comp. and ed. by Louise Hasbrouck Zimm, et al.

-- Queens County

See New York City & Its Boroughs web page

under Queens Borough (County)

-- Rensselaer County

Abstracts of Wills Proved in the Common Court of Pleas of Rensselaer County, New York, from 1794 to 1822, Together with One Will from Washington County, New York [typescript], by Charles Shepard. Troy, NY: C. Shepard, 1921
History of Rensselaer County, New York. With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, by Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester. Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1880 (Internet Archive)
History of the Seventeen Towns of Rensselaer County, from the Colonization of the Manor of Rensse;aerwyck to the Present Time, as Published in the Troy Daily Times, by A.J. Weise. Troy, N.Y.: J.M. Francis and Tucker, 1880 (Internet Archive)
Landmarks of Rensselaer County, New York, by George Baker Anderson. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason and Co., Publishers, 1897 (Internet Archive)
War Meeting. Speech of L. Chandler Ball, of Rensselaer County, Delivered at Hoosick Falls, April 24, 1861. Troy, NY: From the Steam Presses of the Daily Whig, 1861 (Internet Archive)
William F. Burden, Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., March 14, 1830, Died at Troy, N.Y., December 7, 1867. [Troy, N.Y.: s.n.], 1867 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Rensselaer County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
History of Rensselaer Co., New York, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers / Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester
Mills on the Tsatsawassa: A Case Study Illustrating the Coordinated Use of Maps, Deeds, and Archeological Survey to Reconstruct the Locations and Interrelationships of Early Industrial Sites, and to Reveal Previously Undocumented Elements of Local Water Power Technology / Philip L. Lord, Jr.; New York (State). Education Department. Division of Historical and Anthropological Services

-- Richmond County (Staten Island)

See New York City & Its Boroughs web page

under Richmond County (Borough) [Staten Island]

-- Rockland County

Historical Record, to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, of Rockland County, New York, Illustrated, ed. by Arthur S. Tomkins. Nyack, NY: Van Deusen and Joyce, Publishers, 1902 (Internet Archives)
History of Rockland County, by Frank Bertangue Green. New York: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1886 (Internet Archive)
History of Rockland County, New York, with Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men, ed. by Rev. David Cole. New York: J.B. Beers and Co., 1884 (Internet Archive)
Portrait and Biographical Record of Rockland and Orange Counties, New York: Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties. Together with Biographies and Portraits of All of the Presidents of the United States. New York: Chapman Pub. Co., 1895 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Rockland County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Southeastern New York: A History of the Counties of Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Putnam / comp. and ed. by Louise Hasbrouck Zimm, et al.

-- Saratoga County

Analysis of the Mineral Waters of Saratoga and Ballston, with Practical Remarks on Their Medical Properties; Together with a History of the Discovery and Settlment of These Celebrated Watering Places, and Observations on the Geology and Minerology of the Surrounding Country, 2nd ed., by John H. Steel, M.D. Saratoga Springs, NY: G.M. Davison, 1838 (Internet Archives)
Bench and Bar of Saratoga County; Or, Reminiscences of the Judiciary, and Scenes in the Court Room, from the Organization of the County to the Present Time, by E.R. Mann, Attorney-at-Law. Ballston, NY: Waterbury and Inman,, 1876 (Internet Archive)
Geography of Saratoga County, State of New York, by Adelbert A. Lavery, 1905 (Internet Archive)
History of Round Lake, Saratoga County, N.Y., by ASrthur James Weise. New York: Press of Douglas Taylor, 1887 (Internet Archive)
Saratoga, the Battle - Battle Ground - Visitor's Guide, with Maps, by Ellen Hardin Walworth. New York: American News Co., 1877 [centennial year of the battle] (Internet Archive)
State of New York. Report of the Saratoga Battle Monument Dedication Commission, Transmitted to the Legislature, May 1, 1913. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Co., Printers, 1913 (Internet Archive)
Visits to the Saratoga Battle-Grounds, 1780-1880, with an Introduction and Notes, by William L. Stone. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1895 (Internet Archive)

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Gazetteer and Business Directory of Saratoga County, N.Y., and Queensbury, Warren County, for 1871 / comp. and pub. by Hamilton Child
History of Saratoga County, New York; With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers / Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester
Pioneer American Railroads: Mohawk and Hudson and the Saratoga and Schenectady / F. Daniel Larkin

-- Schenectady County

History of the County of Schenectady, from 1662 to 1886. With Portraits, Biographies and Illustrations, Howell, Munsell, assisted by Local Writers. New York: W.W. Munsell and Co., Publishers, 1886 (Internet Archive)
History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times; Being Contributions Toward the History of the Lower Mohawk Valley, by Prof. Jonathan Pearson, et al.; ed. by J.W. MacMurray. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, Printers, 1883 (Internet Archive)
[Schenectady County Teachers' Association.] History of the City and County of Schenectady, N.Y., Originally Prepared in 1887 for Use in the Public Schools of the City, Now Revised and Brought Down to Date. Schenectady, NY: [The Association,] 1913 (Internet Archive)
[Rotterdam], N.Y. Second Reformed Dutch Church. Schenectady County Cemetery Records [typescript], [comp. by] Charlotte Taylor Luckhurst. [s.l.: The Church,] 1919 (Internet Archive)
Union University. Catalogue of the Officers and Alumni of Union College, in the City of Schenectady, from 1797 to 1884. Albany, NY: C. van Benthuysen and Sons, Printers, 1884 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Schenectady County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Pioneer American Railroads: Mohawk and Hudson and the Saratoga and Schenectady / F. Daniel Larkin

-- Schoharie County

Brief Sketch of the First Settlement of the County of Schoharie, by the Germans: Being an Answer to a Circular Letter, Addressed to the Author, by "The Historical and Philosophical Society of the State of New-York," by John M. Brown. Schoharie: Printed for the Author by L. Cuthbert, 1823 (Internet Archive)
Constitution and By-laws of the Schoharie County Historical Society, at Schoharie, N.Y. Founded Nov. 29, 1888. Incorporated March 4, 1889. Schoharie, NY: Printed at the Republican Office, 1889 (Internet Archive)
Deeply Interesting Story of General Patchin, of Schoharie County, Stolen When a Lad by Brant and His Indians, by Josiah Priest. Lansingburg: W. Harkness, 1840 (Internet Archive)
History of Schoharie County, New York, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Som of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers,1713-1882, by William E. Roscoe. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., 1882 (Internet Archive)
Military Reocrds of Schoharie County of Four Wars, comp. by George H. Warner. Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons, and Co., Printers, 1891 (Internet Archive)
Summary od Schoharie County, Giving the Organization, Geography, Geology, History. Prepared at the Request of the County Teachers' Association, by Solomon Sias. Middleburgh, NY: Press of Pierre W. Danforth, 1904 (Internet Archive)
Summer Home: The Pavilion Hotel, Howe's CaveSchoharie County, N.Y. Albany, NY: van Benthuysen Printing House, 1889 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Schoharie County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Schuyler County

Life of General Philip Schuyler, 1733-1804, by Bayard Tuckerman. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1903 (Internet Archive)
Major General Philip Schuyler and the Burgoyne Campaign, in the Summer of 1777: The Annual Address Delivered Tuesday Evening, 2d January 1877, Before the New York Historical Society, by Gen. John Watts de Peyster. New York: Holy Brothers, Printers, 1877 (Internet Archive)
Historian (Schuyler County Government)
Track History (Watkins Glen International)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Schuyler County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Revolutionary Enigma: A Re-appraisal of General Philip Schuyler of New York / Martin H. Bush

-- Seneca County

Centennial Anniversary of Seneca County and Auxilliary Papers Published by the Seneca Falls Historical Society, 2nd annual. [Seneca Falls, NY:] The Society, 1884 (Internet Archive)
County Historian (Seneca County)
History of Seneca County, N.Y., with Illustrations Desciptive of Its Scenery, Palatial Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Important Manufactories, from Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability, 1786-1876. Philadelphia: Everts, Ensign and Everts, 1876 (Internet Archive)

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Cornplanter: Chief Warrior of the Allegany Senecas / Thomas S. Abler
County Between the Lakes: A Public History of Seneca County, New York, 1876-1982 / Hilda J. Watrous
Death and Rebirth of the Seneca / Anthony F.C. Wallace, with Sheila C. Steen
Friend Among the Senecas: The Quaker Mission to Cornplanter's People / David Sawtzler
Guide to Historical Resources in Seneca County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
History of the Seneca Indians / Arthur C. Parker
Land of the Senecas / Arch Merrill

-- Steuben County

Early History of Hornellsville, Steuben County, New York: An Address Made at the Centennial of the First Settlement of Hornellsville, on September 25, 1890, by Irwin W. Near. Hornellsville, NY: Evening Tribune and Printing House, 1890 (Internet Archive)
Farm Practice in the Production of Hay in Steuben County, N.Y., and Washingto County, Pa. (A Detailed Study of the Amout of Labor Required Per Acre and Per Ton for Each Operation, and the Machinery Charges Per Acre and Per Ton), by H.B. McClure, Agriculturalist In United States Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary. Bulletin No. 61 (March 4, 1918) (Internet Archive)
Historical Gazetteer of Steuben County, New York, with Memoirs and Illustrations, Part 1, comp. and ed. by Millard F. Roberts. Syracuse, NY: Millard F. Roberts, 1891 (Internet Archive)
History of the Settlement of Steuben County, N.Y.; Including Notices of the Old Pioneer Settlers and Their Adventures, by Guy H. McMaster. Bath, NY: R.S. Underhill and Co., 1853 (Internet Archive)
Landmarks of Steuben County, New York, ed. by Hon. Harlo Hakes, assisted by L.C. Aldruich, et al. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., Publishers, 1896 (Internet Archive)
Minor Thesis on Potato Machinery Efficiency, as Applied to Production in Steuben County. Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requireents for the Degree of Master of Science in Agriculture, by Earle Volcart Hardenberg. [Ithaca, NY: Cornell University. School of Agriculture,] 1915 (Internet Archive)

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Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army / Paul Lockhart
Guide to Historical Resources in Steuben County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- St. Lawrence County

Genesis of the Zinc Ores of the Edwards District, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., by C.H. Smyth, Jr. (New York State. University fo the State of New York. State Museum. New York State Museum Bulletin, n. 201 (Se 1, 1917) (Internet Archive)
Local Municipal Historians in St. Lawrence County, New York (St. Lawrence County Historical Association) - Contact information for the County Historian and Deputy County Historian is located at the bottom of the initial part of the list; town historians follwo
Our County and Its People: A Memorial Record of St. Lawrence County, New York. Illustrated, ed. by Gates Curtis. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., Publishers, 1894 (Internet Archive)
Quinquennial Catalogue of the Trustees, Officers, and Graduates, and of the Students Not Graduates of the Saint Lawrence University, 1856-1890. Canton, NY: Published by the University, 1890 (Internet Archive)
St. Lawrence County Historical Association (The Association)

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History of St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties, New York, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time / Franklin Benjamin Hough

-- Suffolk County

See Suffolk County History web page

-- Sullivan County

Conesus Lake in History, by H.W. DeLong. [Geneseo?, NY: s.n.,] 1915 (Internet Archive)
History of Sullivan County: Embracing an Accounty of Its Geology, Climate, Aborigines, Early Settlement, Organization; The Formation of Its Towns, with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Residents, Etc., Etc., by James Eldridge Quinlan. Liberty, NY: Pub. by G.M. Beebe and W.T. Morgans; W.T. Morgans and Co., Printers and Stereotypers, 1873 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Sullivan County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Legends of the Shawangunk (Shon-Gum) and Its Environs: Including Historical Sketches, Biographical Notices, and Thrilling Border Incidents and Adventures Relating to Those Portions of the Counties of Orange, Ulster, and Sullivan Lying in the Shawangunk Region / Philip Henry Smith
Military Services and Public Life of Major-General John Sullivan of the American Revolutionary Army / Thomas Coffin Amory
Retrospect: An Anecdotal History of Sullivan County, New York / John Conway
River and the Mountains: Readings in Sullivan County History / ed. by David M. Gold

-- Tioga County

Gazetteer and Business Directory of Broome and Tioga Counties, N.Y., for 1872-3, comp. and pub. by Hamilton Child. Syracuse, NY: Printed at The Journal Office, 1873 (Internet Archive)
Historical Gazetteer of Tioga County, New York, 1785-1888, comp. and ed. by W.B. Gay. Syracuse, NY: W.B. Gay and Co., [1888?] (Internet Archive)
Owego. Some Account of the Early Settlement of the Village in Tioga County, N.Y., Called Ah-wa-ga by the Indians, which Name was Corrupted by Gradual Evolution into Owago, Owega, Owegy and Finally Owego, by LeRoy Wilson Kingman. Owego, NY: Owego Gazette Office, 1907 (Internet Archive)
Writ of Habeas Corpus: Speech by Hon. Nath'l W. Davis, of Tioga County, in the House of Assembly March 5, 1863 [New York: New York State Union Central Committee,] 1863 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Tioga County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Tompkins County

Country Church in Colonial Counties: As Illustrated by Addison County, VT., Tompkins County, N.Y., and Warren County, N.,Y., by Marjorie Patten. New York: Town and County Department. Committee on Social and Religious Surveys; George H. Doran Co., 1922 (Internet Archive)
Gazetteer and Business Directory fo Tompkins County, N.Y., for 1868. Syracuse, NY: Printed at The Journal Office, 1868 (Internet Archive)
Falls of Taughannock: Containing a Complete Description of the Highest Fall in the State of New York, with Historical and Descriptive Sketches, Illustrated by Views of the Falls, by Lewis Halsey. New York: John A. Gray and Green, Printers, 1866 (Internet Archives)
Farm Woodlots of Tompkins County, by F.E. Robertson [Ithaca, NY: s.n.,] 1909 (Internet Archive)
Rulloff: The Great Criminal and Philologist (Publications. No. 1), by Hon. Samuel D. Halliday and William Elliot Griffis. Ithaca, NY: DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, NY, 1905 (Internet Archive)
Simeon DeWitt and Military Tract Township Names, by Albert Hazen Wright. Ithaca, NY: Pub. by the Author for DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, Inc., 1961 (Internet Archive)
Tompkins County, New York, Church and Community Survey, A Preliminary Abstract, by Marjorie Patten. New York: Committee on Social and Religious Surveys, 1921 (Internet Archive)

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Daniel D. Tompkins: Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States / Ray W. Irwin
Guide to Historical Resources in Tompkins County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Peopling of Tompkins County: A Social History / Carol Kammen
Short History of Tompkins County / Jane Marsh Dieckmann

-- Tryon County

See Montgomery Co.

-- Ulster County

Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (Formerly Named Wiltwyck, and Often Familiarly Called Esopus or 'Sopus), for One Hundred and Fifty Years from Their Commencement in 1660, transcribed and ed. by Roswell Randall Hoes, Chaplain, U.S.N. New York: Printed for the Transcriber and editor by the De Vinne Press, 1891 (Internet Archive)
DeWitt Family, Ulster County, New York, by Thomas G. Evans. New York: Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Co; repr. from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, October 1886, 1886 (Internet Archive)
Documents and Genealogical Chart of the Family of Benjamin Dubois, of Catskill, New York, Being and Addition to the History of the Descendants of Louis and Jacques Dubois, as Given at the Bi-Centenary Reunion, Held at New Paltz, Ulster County, N.Y. 1875, comp. by Anson DuBois and James G. DuBois. New York: Press of Peter Eckler, 1878 (Internet Archive)
The Dutch Records of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (Esopus, Wildwyck, Swanenburgh, Kingston) 1658-1684, with Some Later Dates, Part I: May 31, 1658-November 18, 1664, Esopus-Wildwyck, rev. tr. for New York State Historical Association, by Samuel Oppenheim [The Association, 1912] (Internet Archive)
Lake Minnewaska Mountain Houses, E.A. and G.H. Smiley, Proprietors: Season of 1918, May 29 to October 1. Fulton, NY: Morrill Press, 1918 (Internet Archive)
Moffat Genealogies: Descent from Rev. John Moffat of Ulster County, N.Y., by R. Burnham Moffat. Privately Printed, 1909 (Internet Archive)
Old Court Houses of Ulster County, New York, and Interesting Incidents Conntected with Their History; An Historical Discourse Delivered by Chaplain Roswell Randall Hoes, U.S.N., by Invitation, by the Board of Supervisors of Ulster County, Convened at the Court House on the 26th of November 1918, to Commemorate the Centenary of the Erection of the Present Edifice. Kingston, NY: Freeman Publishing Co., 1918 (Internet Archive)
Olde Vlster, 2(1) January, 1906 [periodical] (Internet Archives)
Olde Vlster, 6(4) April, 1910 [periodical] (Internet Archive)
Olde Vlster, 6(8) August, 1910 [periodical] (Internet Archives)
Olde Vlster, 9(1) January, 1913 [periodical] (Internet Archives)
Olde Vlster - note: additional issues are also available via Internet Archives
Ulster County, N.Y. Probate Records in the Office of the Surrogate, and in the County Clerk's Office at Kingston, N.Y.: A Careful Abstract and Translation of the Dutch and English Wills, Letters of Administration After Intestates, and Inventories from 1665, with Genealogical and Historical Notes, and List of Dutch and Frisian Baptismal Names, with Their English Equivalents, v. 1: Exhaustive Indexes of Persons and Localities, Fac-Similies of Wills, Etc., by Gustave Anjou New York: The Author, 1906 (Internet Archive)
Ulster County, N.Y. Probate Records in the Office of the Surrogate, at Kingston, N.Y., in the Surrogate's Office, New York, and in the Library of the Long Island Historical Society: A Careful Abstract and Translation of Dutch and English Wills, Letters of Administration After Intestates, and Inventories, with Genealogical and Historical Notes, v. 2: Exhaustive Indexes of Persons and Localities, Fac-Similes of Signatures, Etc., by Gustave Anjou. New York: Gustave Anjou, 1906 (Internet Archive)

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Beaverkill: The History of a River and Its People / Ed van Put
Early History of Kingston and Ulster County, N.Y. / Marc B. Fried
Guide to Historical Resources in Ulster County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
Legends of the Shawangunk (Shon-Gum) and Its Environs: Including Historical Sketches, Biographical Notices, and Thrilling Border Incidents and Adventures Relating to Those Portions of the Counties of Orange, Ulster, and Sullivan Lying in the Shawangunk Region / Philip Henry Smith
Southeastern New York: A History of the Counties of Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Putnam / comp. and ed. by Louise Hasbrouck Zimm, et al.

-- Warren County

Country Church in Colonial Counties: As Illustrated by Addison County, VT., Tompkins County, N.Y., and Warren County, N.,Y., by Marjorie Patten. New York: Town and County Department. Committee on Social and Religious Surveys; George H. Doran Co., 1922 (Internet Archive)
History of Warren County, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, ed. by H.P. Smith. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., Publishers, 1885 (Internet Archive)
Warren County, A History and Guide, comp. by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York (American Guide Series, Illustrated) [Glens Falls, NY:] Pub. by the Warren County Board of Supervisors; printed by the Glens Falls Post Co., 1942 (Internet Archive)

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Gazetteer and Business Directory of Saratoga County, N.Y., and Queensbury, Warren County, for 1871 / comp. and pub. by Hamilton Child
Guide to Historical Resources in Warren County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center
History of Warren County: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers / ed. by H.P. Smith

-- Washington County

In Chancery: Before the Chancellor of the State of New York: William Stevenson, and Others, Complainants vs. Alexander Bullions, and Others, Defendants: Pleadings and Proofs. Salem [N.Y.]: Printed by William B. Harkness, 1844 (Internet Archive)
History and Biography of Washington County, and the Town of Queensbury, New York, with Historical Notes on the Various Towns, arranged and ed. by the Gresham Publishing Co.. New York; Chicago; Richmond, Ind.: Gresham Pub. Co., 1894 (Internet Archive)
Washington County, New York: Its History to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, historian and ed.-in-chief, William L. Stone; Associate ed., Hon. A. Dallas Wait. [New York:] New York History Co, 1901 (Internet Archive)

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Guide to Historical Resources in Wayne County, New York, Repositories / Cornell University. Olin Library. New York Historical Resources Center

-- Wayne County

Apple Orchard Survey of Wayne County, New York (Bulletin 226), under the direction of John Craig. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. College of Agriculture. Agricultural Experiment Station. Department of Horticulture (Extension Work), 1905 (Internet Archive)
Brief History of Wayne County, New York (Wayne County, N.Y. Historian)
Gazetteer and Business Directory of Wayne County, New York, for 1867-8, comp. and pub. by Hamilton Child. Syracuse, NY: The Journal Office, 1867 (Internet Archive)
General Anthony Wayne (Paoli Battlefield)
Office of the County Historian (Wayne County, N.Y.)
Landmarks of Wayne County, Illustrated, ed. by Hon. George Washington Cowles, of Clyde, N.Y., assisted by H.P. Smith, et al. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., Publishers, 1895 (Internet Archive)
Military History of Wayne County, N.Y.: The County in the Civil War, by Lewis H. Clark. Sodus, NY; Syracuse, NY: Publishers, Lewis H. Clark, Hulett and Gaylord; Truair, Smith and Bruce, Printers and Binders, 1863 (Internet Archive)
Wayne County Historical Society / Museum of Wayne County History (The Society and Museum)