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AMERICAN COUNTY HISTORY TO 1900. |
"AMERICAN COUNTY HISTORIES TO 1900." The State of New
Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania (Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4) and Maryland, and New
York (Part 1:Southeast) are now available on-line. Each
part contains over 12,000 pages of text, plates and maps, from all counties.
Most of these large 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 which cover in great detail: local
history, geology, geography, weather, transportation, lists of all local
participants in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, government, medical and
legal professions, churches and ministers, industry and manufacturing,
banking and insurance, Schools and teachers, noted celebrations, fire
departments and associations, cemeteries, family history, Health and vital
statistics, roads and bridges, public officials and legislators, and many
others.
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. 700 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. History of
Broome County, Syracuse: D. Mason & Co., 1885. 630 pp.
11. History of
Cortlandt County, Syracuse:
D. Mason & Co., 1885. 552 pp.
12. Peirce, Henry B., History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and
Schuyler Counties, New York, Philadelphia: Everts & Ensign, 1879.
687 pp.
12. Landmarks of Tompkins County, 3 parts, Syracuse: D.
Mason & Co., 1894. 1051 pp.
13. 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.
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, 1905. 543 pp.
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.
PENNSYLVANIA (Part 1: East)
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.W.W. Munsell, History of
Luzerne, Lackawanna & Wyoming Counties.
New York, 1880.
540 pp.
PENNSYLVANIA (Part II: Central)
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 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. 1,236pp.
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)
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)
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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This technology will eliminate 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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