Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site

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Inquiries and submissions to:
DCHA e-mail address:dchadelhi@gmail.com

WEBSITE OF DCHA:
DCHA (Delaware County Historical Association)
46549 State Hwy 10, Delhi, New York 13753

POST CEMETERY - MeridethMay 2023

GROUP PHOTO PARTIALLY IDENTIFIEDMAR 2023

SURNAMES - MARCH 2023

MARGARETVILLE CEMETERY - Updated database

SHEFFIELD FARMS - photo submitted by Michael Scott Cutler21 SEPT 2022

VITAL RECORDS - Liddle family marriage info added21 SEPT 2022

This site as it sits today is here because so many of you have contributed information and/or photos over the years. Thank you! I most certainly could not have done it without you.

We welcome anyone to look through their records and old photos to see what additional information might be found that may be of help to others in their research. Thanks again, Delaware County researchers - you are the best!

• SECTIONS FOR OUR 19 TOWNS
  
  
• MAP COLLECTION
  
  
• TOWNSHIP NOTES & Local Government Structure
  
  
• PLACE NAMES/TOWNS DATABASE
  
  
• OLD NAMES in DELAWARE COUNTY
  
  
• FEATURE NAMES - result of query to GNIS
  
  

• DELAWARE COUNTY PHOTO ALBUM - Family & Historical photos
  
  
• FAMILY GROUP SHEETS, CHARTS and BIO INFO - also see data in Delaware County Photo Album
  
  
• CEMETERY RECORDS - also linked to from individual town pages
  
  
• CENSUS INDEXES - also linked to from individual town pages
  
  
• MILITARY RELATED - all the Wars
  
  
• SCHOOL RELATED - more information on individual town pages
  
  
• DEEDS/LEASES, WILLS/PETITIONS, BIBLE, OLD LETTERS
  
  
• MISC. COUNTY-WIDE - Huge amount of information - Naturalizations, County Records of Supervisors, Jury Lists,
  Tax, Assessment, Lease & Mortgage Records and MORE.
  
  
• VITAL RECORDS - Varied birth, marriage & death
  
  
• HELPFUL INFO RE: NYS VITAL RECORDS - by Ruth Messick
  
  
• OBITUARIES - others found in Family Bios section and news clippings
  
  
• OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS - plus other collections containing varied items
  
  
• MIGRATION DATABASE
  
  
• SEARCHING & REMEMBERING - Interesting Stories
  
  

• SURNAME-QUERY INDEX - view queries (ca. 4,000 queries)
  or skip the index & go directly to Letter of Query next line3 MAR 2023

• SPECIAL QUERIES - 2019 to date
  
  
• SPECIAL QUERIES 1998-2018

• BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW - 1895 - contains sketches of citizens of Delaware County
  
  
• HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY - by W.W. Munsell - 1797-1880
  
  
• BOOK REVIEW OF MUNSELL'S HISTORY - from 1880 issue of Delaware Republican
  
  
• CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY, NY: 1797-1897 - edited by David Murray, LL.D.
  
  
• HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY - by Jay Gould - 1856
  
  
• CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY, NY - by John D. Monroe, published by DCHA - pdf files
  
  
• RECORDS OF THE SUUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF DELAWARE - links to 16 pdf files for years 1813 - 1869; transcribed by Linda L. Ogborn
  
  
• IN THEIR OWN WORDS - compiled by Linda L. Ogborn - pdf files
  
  
• THESE HILLS ARE NOT BARREN - by George D. Taylor - text and pdf versions
  
  
• HISTORICAL SKETCHES - by Lincoln R. Long
  
  
• DELAWARE COUNTY FROM FRENCH'S GAZETTER - -State of NY html file - pdf file of full version
  
  
• DAVENPORT, FACT AND FANCY - The Story of One Small Town in Delaware County, NY
  
  
• STORIES OF EARLY SETTLER IN THE WILDERNESS - by Josiah Priest, pub 1837 - pdf file
  . . . (preface & acknowledgements by transcriber John H. Beach)
  
  
• LOST VILLAGES, HISTORIC DRIVING TOURS IN THE CATSKILLS - Excerpts
  
  
• WHEN THE TRAINS RAN - The Diary of a Delaware County Woman 1877-1928 - pdf file
  
  
• BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THIS WEBSITE
  
  

• LIST OF BOOKS AT DCHA
  
  
• ONLINE AT GOOGLE - Index to Books of Delaware County Interest
  
  

• COUNTY, TOWN & VILLAGE CLERKS, & and HISTORIANS
  
  
• NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS - Search Delaware County Newspapers - exterior site
  
  
• NEWSPAPERS -- MICROFILM & DIGITIZED -also see 'Other Websites of Interest' below
  
  
• SEARCHING FOR RECORDS IN NYS - postings of Ruth A. Messick
  
  
• RESEARCH TIPS - Melissa Harrison's research experience
  
  
• PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHERS & OTHER SERVICES
  
  
• LOOKUPS - volunteers will do lookups
  
  
• OTHER WEBSITES OF INTEREST - further valuable resources - local newspapers, libraries, etc.>
  
  

• REGARDING MAILING LIST
  
  
• MAILING LIST ARCHIVES - Browse or Search past mailing list (1997 thru March 2020 at Rootsweb of Ancestry.com

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