Orange County

Bellvale School Homepage

A collection of historical information about Bellvale, NY, including homes, families, cemeteries, photos, etc.

Brotherhood Winery

"American's Oldest Winery," Washingtonville

The Concise History of Orange County

D & H Canal Historical Society, High Falls

The Erie Railroad - "The Work of the Age"

15th New York Cavalry

Orange County based, Civil War group

1775 Assessment Rolls for Orange County

History of Auto Racing at the Fairgrounds

History of the Town of Wallkill

By Dorothy Hunt-Ingrassia, Historian

Making of America Journals Collection: Cornwall

Making of America Journals Collection: A History of Deerpark

Middletown, A Photographic History

"Middletown: A Retrospect of the Years"

A concise history of Middletown, New York.

"Middletown Firsts"

Learn about when many things first came to be in Middletown, NY, such as the first school, first road, and first settler.

Middletown Thrall Library, Local History

Minisink Valley Historical Society - Maps of the Minisink Region

The 124th New York State Volunteers "Orange Blossoms"

Orange County Historic Sites and Attractions

Orange County, NY, Local History and Genealogy

Pine Island, NY

"Post Cards" - from the Centennial Celebration of Middletown, NY, 1888-1988

Scotchtown Highlander

History, maps, news, government and other information concerning the area in the Town of Wallkill known as Scotchtown. Some of the site is still under construction.

U.S. Military Academy Library Digital Collection

Warwick Valley Facts and History

Hudson Valley

The Catskills Institute

Non-profit organization dedicated to understanding the past and perserving the record of Jewish life in the Catskills

Grapes of the Hudson Valley

"Where Wine Making in America Began"

Historic River Towns of Westchester

Historic Sites of the Hudson Valley

The History of Hudson River Ferry Service

Historic Hudson Valley

Historic Hudson Valley Manuscript Collections, 1585-1938

Hudson River Resource Center

The Hudson River Bookstore

Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area

A federally funded program created by Congress in 1996.The mission of the Heritage Area is to recognize, preserve, protect, and interpret the nationally significant cultural and natural resources of the Hudson River Valley for the benefit of the nation.

Hudson River - Virtual History Tour

The Hudson River PCB Story

Hudson River Valley Heritage

The Hudson River Valley Institute (Marist College)

The digital library contains documents, lesson plans, and related links.

Hudson Valley Books

Hudson Valley Ruins

Hudson Valley Travel

Indians of the Lower Hudson Valley

Local Newspapers

The Loyal American Regiment

New York Loyalists from lower Dutchess and Westchester counties.

Mount Gulian Historic Site, Beacon, NY

They have a Revolutionary War weekend.

New Paltz History

The Northern Campaign

Events celebrating Revolutionary War battles, etc., including Fort Montgomery in Orange County

Replica of the Half Moon Drops Anchor in Croton-on-Hudson

Rockland Room at the New City Library

A Virtual Trip on the Historic Hudson River

Westchester County Archives

New York State

African American History of Western New York

Albany Institute of Historical Art

American Association For State and Local History

Bridges of the Upper Delaware

Colonial Money of New York

Delaware County, New York

A NYGenWeb Site

Existing Railroad Stations in New York

Heritage New York

A program of the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, established to create heritage trails to preserve New York's heritage. Includes timelines, brief histories, and links to historic sites. This website will be useful for students and for those planning trips in New York State. Trail themes include the Revolutionary War, the Underground Railroad, Theodore Roosevelt, and Women's Rights.

History of the Canal System of the State of New York

A History of Kingston

Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial of 2009

The website includes history, exploration and events.

Images of Rochester

History of Rochester

Local Histories by the New York State Library

Making of America

New York History Net

New York State Archives and Records Administration

New York State Canal System

River Resource

New York State Governors

Trolley Museum of NY

Kingston

Ulster County Home Page

The Underground Railroad in Rochester, New York

Orange County

Adirondack History Network

"A site for teachers/students, developed by the Adirondack Museum, to aid in the study of state/local history."

Gomez Mill House Virtual Museum

Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame

History and other information on racing horses. The Museum is located in Goshen, NY.

Museum Village (Monroe, NY)

Neversink Valley Area Museum

O & W Museum

Orange County Firefighters Museum

The museum website includes firematic exhibits, a list of Orange County Fire Departments/Companies, stories and memories, and links to other fire museums.

Town of Minisink Museum

Hudson Valley

Columbia County, NY

Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill

Hudson Valley Museums and Historic Sites

Hudson River Maritime Museum

Mount Gulian

Includes history of the Wappinger Indians and of the Dutch family Verplanck. Mount Gulian was used during the Revolutionary War by Gen. Von Steuben, who helped to create the Society of the Cincinnati.

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail Sites in the Hudson Valley

Click on the red star symbols on the map or the listing.

Roscoe O&W Railway Museum

New York State

Empire State Railway Museum

Old Rhinebeck Museum

Antique Aeroplanes

Strong Museum (Rochester, NY)

Susan B. Anthony House

(Rochester, NY)

Women's Rights National Historical Park

(Seneca Falls, NY)

New York State

Census Online - New York

Cyndi's List: New York

Goshen Public Library: Obituaries

Index to obituary listings of the Goshen Independent Republican from 1813 through the present.

Hints for Starting Your Family Tree

(NYSL)

Long Island Genealogy

Making of America

New York State GenWeb

New York State Library's Genealogy Gollection

New York State Military Records

New York State Wills

Online New York Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

A Genealogy Guide for New York City and State

The Poorhouse Story

Roots-L NY

Sullivan County, NY Genealogy Page

Vital Records Services-NYS Department of Health

Vital Records: Where to Get Copies of Birth and Death Certificates in New York State

From the New York State Department of Health

General Sites

AfriGeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Ancestry.com

The library has a subscription that can be used at the library.

Cemetery Records Online

DAR Library

Daughters of the American Revolution

Deciphering Old Handwriting

Everton's Genealogical Helper Online Edition

Family Search

From the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints

Family Tree Maker

Genealogy.com

Includes genealogy classes and a directory containing over 72,000 genealogy websites.

The Genealogy Home Page

Helm's Genealogy Toolbox

Heritage Quest

Immigration & Ships Passenger List Research Guide

International Society of Sons & Daughters of Slave Ancestry (ISDSA)

Their goal is to identify and preserve African American family history.

Jewish Genealogy: The Home of Jewish Genealogy

Kindred Trails

Library of Congress: Local History & Genealogy Reading Room

National Archives Census Microfilm Rental Program

Native American Genealogy

New England Historic Genealogical Society

North American Genealogy Resources

The Olive Tree Genealogy

Free genealogical data online

Roots Surname List Finder

RootsWeb.com

The Ships List

Treasure Maps, the How-to-Genealogy Site and E-mail Newsletter

U. S. Gazetteer

U. S. GenWeb

Genealogical Societies

Allen County Public Library, Genealogy Department

Delaware County, NY Genealogical and History Site

Federation of Genealogical Societies

Genealogical Societies in New York State

Genealogical Society of Rockland County

International Genealogy Society

National Genealogy Society

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

Northeastern New York Genealogy

Orange County Genealogical Society

Polish Genealogical Society of New York State

Ulster County Genealogy & History

Ulster County Genealogical Society

Ulster County NY Genealogy Forum

Westchester County Genealogical Society

Publishers & Bookstores

Ancestor Spy Catalog of CDs & Microfiche for the State of New York

Genealogy Publishing Company - New York Books

Click here for the main site.

Higginson Book Company

Hope Farm Press & Bookshop

Excellent selection of local history books

Kinship

Publisher of NY genealogies

Willow Bend Book Store

A division of Heritage Books, Inc. Over 12,000 books, CDs, and maps pertaining to history and genealogy from over 200 publishers