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"AMERICAN COUNTY HISTORIES TO 1900."
The states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania (Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4) and New York (Parts 1 and 2) are now available on-line. Each state collection contains more than 12,000 pages of text, plates and maps from all counties.
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Most of these large county volumes were published between 1870 and 1900 and have long formed the cornerstone of local historical and genealogical research. They are encyclopedic in scope and virtually limitless in their research possibilities.
These books include chapters with detailed coverage of local history, geology, geography, weather, transportation, lists of all local participants in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, government, the medical and legal professions, churches and ministers, industry and manufacturing, banking and insurance, schools and teachers, noted celebrations, fire departments and associations, cemeteries, family histories, health and vital statistics, roads and bridges, public officials and legislators, and many additional subject areas.
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This technology eliminates the cumbersome task of reading each volume page by page to find a specific subject. The serious scholar as well as the casual researcher will find a wealth of useful and interesting materials contained in these unique databases.
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NEW YORK (Part I: Southeast)
1. Scharf, J. Thomas, History of Westchester County,
2 vols., Philadelphia, L.E. Preston, 1886.
772 pp.
2. History of Queens County, 1683-1882, New York, W.W.
Munsell, 1882. 472 pp.
3. History of the Valley of the Hudson, 1609-1930, Ed.
by Nelson Greene, 5 vols. Chicago, S.J.
Clarke Pub. CO., 1931. 2935 pp.
4. Stiles, Henry R., The Civil, Political,
Professional and Ecclesiastical History of the County of Kings and the City
of Brooklyn from 1683 to 1884, 2 vols., Philadelphia, W.W.
Munsell, 1884. 1408 pp.
5 Bayles, Richard M., History of
Richmond County, Staten Island, New York, from its Discovery to the
Present Time, New
York, L.E. Preston & Co., 1887. 741 pp.
6. Green, Frank B., The History of Rockland
County, New York, A.S. Barnes,
1886. 444 pp.
7. Pelletreau, W.S., History of Putnam County, Philadelphia,
Preston & Co., 1886. 771 pp.
8. Ruttenber, E.M. & L.H. Clark, History
of Orange County, 2 vols., Philadelphia,
Everts & Peck, 1881. 820 pp.
9. Quinlan, James E., History of Sullivan County,
Liberty: Beebe & Morgans, 1873. 710 pp.
NEW
YORK COUNTY HISTORY (Part II: Central)
1. Hasbrouck, Frank, The History of Dutchess County,
2 vols., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., S.A. Matthieu, 1909. 791pp.
2. Ellis, Franklin, History of Columbia County, Philadelphia:
Everts & Ensign. 1878. 451 pp.
3. Sylvester, Nathaniel, History of Rensselaer
County, Philadelphia: Everts & peck, 1880. 564 pp.
4. Sylvester, Nathaniel, History of Ulster County, 2
vols., Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1880. 211, 229 pp.
5. Brace, H., History of Greene County, New York:
J.B. Beers, 1884. 462 pp.
6. Howell, G.R., & J. Tenney, Bi-centennial
History of Albany: History of the County of Albany, N.Y. from 1609 to
1886. New York: W.W. Munsell, 1886. 997 pp.
7. Roscoe, William E., History of Schoharie County,
1713-1882., Syracuse: D. Mason&Co., 1882. 470 pp.
8. Delaware County, New York; History of the
Century, 1797-1897. Delhia: W. Clark, 1898. 604 pp.
9. History of Otsego County, Philadelphia:
Everts & Fariss, 1878. 378 pp.
10. Smith, James H., History of Chenango and Madison Counties, Syracuse:
D. Mason&Co., 1880. 760 pp.
11. History of Broome County, Syracuse:
D. Mason & Co., 1885. 630 pp.
12. History
of Cortlandt County, Syracuse:
D. Mason & Co., 1885. 552 pp.
13. Peirce, Henry B., History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and
Schuyler Counties, New York, Philadelphia: Everts & Ensign,
1879. 687 pp.
14. Landmarks of Tompkins County, 3 parts, Syracuse:
D. Mason & Co., 1894. 1051
pp.
15. Towner, Ausburn, Our County and its People; a History of the Valley
and County of Chemung, from the Closing Years of the Eighteenth Century, Syracuse:
D. Mason & Co., 1892. 862 pp.
NEW YORK (Part 3)
1. Edson, Hon. Obed, History of Chautauqua County, 2 vols., Boston, Mass.: W.A. Ferguson, 1894. 983 pp.
2. Ellis, Franklin, History of Cattaraugus County,: L.H. Everts, 1879. 512 pp.
3. Edited by Truman C. White. Our County and Its People; a Descriptive Work on Erie County, ( 2 vols.), Boston, Mass. Boston Hist. Co., 1898.
4. Turner, Orsamus, History of Niagara County, New York: Sanford & Co., 1878. 397 pp.
5. Edited by Hon. Isaac S. Signor, Landmarks of Orleans County, 3 parts, Syracuse: D. Mason & Co., 1894. 978 pp.
6. Edited by S. North. Our County and Its People, Boston, Mass.: N.p., 1899. 731 pp.
7. History of Wyoming County, New York: F.W. Beers, 1880. 310 pp.
8. Edited by Mrs. Georgia D. Merrill. Alfred W.A. Fergusson, Allegany County and Its People: a Centennial Memorial History of Allegany County, 1896. 951 pp.
9. McIntosh, W.H., History of Monroe County, New York 1783-1877, Everts, Ensign&Everts, 1877. 320 pp.
10. Edited by Lockwood R. Doty, Jackson, Mich.: Q.J. Van Deusen, History of Livingston County, from its Earliest Traditions to the Present Time, 1905. 1016 pp.
11. Clayton, W. Woodford, History of Steuben County, New York, (2 vols.), Philadelphia: Lewis, Peck & Co. 460 pp.
12. Edited by Lewis C. Aldrich. History of Yates County, Syracuse: D. Mason & Co., 1892. 671 pp.
13. Edited by Hon. George W. Cowles, Landmarks of Wayne County, Syracuse:D. Mason&Co., 1895. 821 pp
14. Melone, Harry R., History of Central New York, Embracing Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne, Ontario, Tompkins, Cortland, Schuyler, Yates, Chemung, Steuben and Tioga Counties,
(3 vols.), Indianapolis: Hist. Pub. Co., 1932. 1537 pp.
DELAWARE
1. J. Thomas Scharf, A.M., LL.D.,
HISTORY OF DELAWARE. 1609 – 1888.
IN TWO VOLUMES, ILLUSTRATED. (Kent, New Castle and Sussex Counties)
MARYLAND
1. Scharf, John T., History
of Western Maryland; Being a History of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll,
Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties, from the Earliest
Period to the Present Day. 2 Vols. Philadelphia; L.H. Everts, 1882. 1554 pp.
2. Warfield, J.D., The Founders of
Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland.
Baltimore; Kohn & Pollock,
1903, 543pp.
3. Scharf, John T., History
of Baltimore City and County. Philadelphia; Louis H. Everts, 1881. 947 pp.
4. History of Caroline County. Federalsburg; J.W. Stowell Printing Co.,
1920. 348 pp.
5. Johnston, George, History of
Cecil County Elkton; 1881. 548 pp.
6. Jones, Elias, History of
Dorchester County. Baltimore; Williams & Wilkins, 1902. 473 pp.
7. Williams, Thomas J.C., History
of Frederick County
2 Vols. Frederick; L.R. Titsworth, 1910. 1653 pp.
8. Preston, Walter W., History of
Harford County from 1608
Baltimore; Press of the Sun Press Office, 1901. 360 pp.
9. Hanson, George A., Old Kent: the
Eastern Shore of Maryland
Baltimore, J.P. Des Forges, 1876. 383 pp.
10. Tilghman, Oswald, History of Talbot County. 2 vols. Easton,
Md., 1915. 1191 pp.
NEW JERSEY.
1. Hall, John F., The Daily Union History of Atlantic City and County.
Atlantic City. Daily Union Pr. Co., 1900. 517 pp.
2. Clayton, W.W., History of Bergen and Passaic Counties.
Philadelphia. Everts & Peck, 1872. 577 pp.
3. Woodward, E.M., History of Burlington and Mercer Counties.
Philadelphia. Everts & Peck, 1883. 888 pp.
4. Prowell, George R., History of Camden County.
Philadelphia. L.J. Richards, 1886. 769 pp.
5. Stevens, L.T., History of the County of Cape May.
Cape May. L.T. Stevens, 1897. 479 pp.
6. Shaw, William H., History of Essex and Hudson Counties.
Philadelphia, 1884. Everts & Peck, 1884. 1332 pp.
7. Cushing, Thomas, and Charles E. Sheppard, History of the Counties of Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland.
Philadelphia, 1883. Everts & Peck. 740 pp.
8. Snell, James P., History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties.
Philadelphia, 1881. Everts & Peck. 864 pp.
9. Ellis, Franklin, History of Monmouth County.
Philadelphia, 1885. R.T. Peck. 902 pp.
10. Halsey, Edmund D., et al. History of Morris County.
New York, 1882. W.W. Munsell. 407 pp.
11. Salter, Edwin, A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
Bayonne, 1890. E. Gardner. 442 pp.
12. Snell, James P., History of Sussex and Warren Counties.>
Philadelphia, 1881. Everts & Peck. 748 pp.
13. Clayton, W. Woodford, History of Union and Middlesex Counties.
Philadelphia, 1882. Everts & Peck. 885 pp.
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PENNSYLVANIA
(Part I: Eastern Counties).
1. Bean, Theodore W., History of Montgomery County.
Philadelphia. Everts & Peck, 1884 1,197
pp.
2. Ashmead, Henry G., History of Delaware County.
Philadelphia. L.H. Everts, 1884. 767 pp.
3. Futhey, J. Smith & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester
County.
Philadelphia. L.H. Everts , 1881. 782 pp.
4. Battle, J. H., History of Bucks County.
Philadelphia. A. Warner, 1887. 1,176 pp.
5. Montgomery, Morton L., History of Berks County in
Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia. Everts, Peck & Richards,
1886. 1,204 pp.
6. Scharf, Thomas J., & Thompson Westcott, History of
Philadelphia. 1609-1884.
Philadelphia. L.H. Everts & Co., 1884. 3
vol. 2,361 pp
7. Mathews, Alfred & Hungerford A., ., History of the
Counties of Lehigh & Carbon.
Philadelphia, 1884. Everts & Richards,
1884. 802 pp.
8. Capt., Franklin, Ellis, History of the Northampton
County.
Philadelphia, 1877. P. Fritts. 293 pp.
9. Alfred, Mathews, History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe
Counties.
Philadelphia, 1886. R.T. Peck. 1,283 pp.
10. History of Luzerne, Lackawanna & Wyoming Counties. New
York, 1880. W.W. Munsell. 540 pp.
PENNSYLVANIA
(Part II. Central Counties)
1. Battle, J.H., History of Columbia and Montour
Counties.
Chicago: A. Warner, 1887. 894 pp.
2. Bell, Herbert C., History of Northumberland County.
Chicago: Brown, Runk, 1891. 1,256 pp.
3. Bradsby, H.C., History of Bradford County.
Chicago: S.B. Nelson, 1891. 1,320 pp.
4. Egle, William H., History of the Counties of Dauphin and
Lebanon.
Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883. 976 pp.
5. Ellis, Franklin & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster
County.
Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883. 1101
pp.
6. Ellis, F. & A.N. Hungerford, History That Part of the
Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys Embraced in the Counties of Mifflin,
Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886.
7. Gibson, John, History of York County.
Chicago: F.A. Battey, 1886. 979 pp.
8. History of Schuylkill County. New York: W.W. Munsell, 1881. 465
pp.
9. History of Cumberland and Adams Counties. Chicago: Warner,
Beers, 1886. 1,236
10. Ingham, Thomas J., History of Sullivan County.
Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1899.
11. Meginness, John F., History of Lycoming County.
Chicago: Brown, 1892. 1,267 pp.
12. Stocker, Rhamanthus M., Centennial History of Susquehanna
County.
Philadelphia: R.T. Peck, 1887. 851 pp.
PENNSYLVANIA (Part III. Southwest Counties)
1. Bates, Samuel P., History of Greene County. Chicago:
Nelson, Rishforth, 1888. 898 pp.
2. Crumrine, Boyd, History of Washington County. Philadelphia:
L.H. Everts, 1882. 1002 pp.
3. Cushing, Thomas, History of Allegheny County, 2 vols., Chicago:
A. Warner, 1888. 908 pp.
4. Richard, J.F., History of Beaver County, Philadelphia: A.
Warner, 1888. 908 pp.
5. Brown, Robert C., History of Butler County, 2 vols., Chicago:
Brown, 1895. 1360 pp.
6. Smith, Robert W., History of Armstrong County., Chicago:
Waterman-Watkins, 1883. 624 pp.
7. Albert, George D., History of the County of Westmoreland, Philadelphia:
L.H. Everts, 1882. 727 pp.
8. Ellis, Franklin, History of Fayette County, Philadelphia: L.H.
Everts, 1882. 841 pp.
9. History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties., Chicago:
Waterman-Watkins, 1884. 672 pp.
10. Adams, Captain C.T. & E. White., History of Indiana County. Newark,
Ohio: Caldwell, 1880. 540 pp.
11. Storey, Henry W., History of Cambria County. New York: Lewis
Pub. Co.: 1907. 3 vols. 1884 pp.
12. Africa, J. Simpson, History of Huntingdon & Blair Counties. Philadelphia:
L.H. Everts, 1883. 761 pp.
13. Bates, Samuel P., History of Franklin County. Chicago:
Warner, Beers, 1887. 968 pp.
PENNSYLVANIA (Part IV: Northwest
Counties)
1. History of Mercer County, Its Past and Present. Chicago: Brown, Funk,
1888. 1210 pp.
2. Brown, Robert C., History of Crawford County. Chicago: Warner,
Beers, 1885. 1186 pp.
3. Whitman, Benjamin, & N.W. Russell, History of Erie County. Chicago:
Warner, Beers, 1884. 1245 pp.
4. Bell, Herbert C., History of Venango County. Chicago: Brown,
Runk, 1890. 1164 pp.
5. Davis, A.J., History of Clarion County. Syracuse, New York: D.
Mason, 1887. 664 pp.
6. Schenck, J.S. & W.S. Rann, History of Warren County. Syracuse,
New York: D. Mason, 1887. 780 pp.
7. McKnight, William J., Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern
Pennsylvania, Embracing the Counties of Tioga,
Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford,
Venango, Forrest, Clarion. Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence and Mercer.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1904. 748 pp.
8. Scott, Kate M., History of Jefferson County. Syracuse, New
York: D. Mason, 1888. 753 pp.
9. Aldrich, Lewis C., History of Clearfield County. Syracuse, New
York: D. Mason, 1887. 731 pp.
10. Leeson, Michael A., History of the Counties of McKean, Elk,
Cameron and Potter.
Chicago: J.H. Beers & Company, 1890.
1261 pp.
11. Linn, John B., History of Centre & Clinton Counties. Philadelphia:
L.H. Everts, 1883. 672 pp.
12. Meginness, John F., History of Tioga County. Chicago: R.C.
Brown, 1897. 1186 pp.
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