Books and Other References




Our library includes pertinent books covering topics of interest to Herkimer and Montgomery Counties. Some of these books may be out of print or available only in libraries so the listing on this page is for your information only. We do not own these books ourselves. Many books are offered by companies who have their own web pages, listed below in the link to our Commercial Resources section. We do not endorse any particular genealogy or rare book services.




9/19/00
Books and Other References From Commercial Resources


Book and Microfilm Resources From the Family History Library Catalog


Becker, Edith V.

Abstracts and Indexes of Montgomery County, N.Y., Wills, 1782-1838/ copied, abstracted and indexed by Edith Van Heusen Becker (Mrs. Frank N. Becker)

NOTES: Microfilm of transcripts (187 leaves in various foliations) corresponding to the six volumes of original records and in possession of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City. Includes indexes to volumes 1 and 2 corresponding to volumes 1 and 2 of the original records. [Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941] One reel.
FHC CALL#: 0017760 item 3
Another filming, 1985.....FHC CALL#: 1405478


Benton, Nathaniel Soley

A history of Herkimer County, including the upper Mohawk Valley, from the earliest period to the present time: with a brief notice of the Iroquois Indians, the early German tribes, the Palatine immigrations, also biographical notices of the most prominent men of the county; with important statistical information

Albany: J. Munsell, 1856. V. [5]-497 p. : ill., maps, port.
FHC CALL#: 974.761 H2b
ADDITIONAL FORMAT: microfilm [Tucson, Arizona: filmed by W.C.Cox Co.,1974]. One reel.
FHC CALL#: 0934832


Montgomery County Department of History and Archives, Fonda, N.Y.

Catalog of Records on FIle in the Montgomery County Department of History and Archives, Fonda, N.Y.

NOTES: 1944, 63 leaves, typescript [photocopy]
FHC CALL#: 974.7 A1 no. 21
ADDITIONAL FORMAT: microfilm [Salt Lake City: filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971]. One reel.
FHC CALL#: 0824286


Montgomery County Department of History and Archives, Fonda, N.Y.

List of Pensioners of War of 1812, New York State; and Soldiers Buried in Oneida County

NOTES: microfilm of typescript in the Montgomery County Department of History and Archives, Fonda, N.Y. [Salt Lake City: filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980]. One reel.


Contains also cemetery inscriptions of: Sangerfield, Oneida County; Jerusalem Hill Cemetery, Town of Litchfield, Herkimer County; Swezey-Bromley Cemetery, east of Cold Brook, Town of Russia, Herkimer County; Wetmore Cemetery, four miles from Utica, Town of Frankfort, Herkimer County; and records of the Lutheran Church east of Columbia Center, N.Y.
FHC CALL#: 1294873 item 11


Daughters of the American Revolution. Oneida Chapter (New York)

Vol. 1: Bible, Cemetery and Church Records, ca. 1744-1921

NOTES: Microfilm of typescript, made in 1925-1926, at the Utica Public Library, Utica, New York. [Salt Lake City: filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985] One reel.
FHC CALL#: 1435190 item 1.

CONTENTS:

Contains Parish Registers Of:

  • Calvary Episcopal Church (baptisms 1859-1865), marriages 1859-1875, burials 1859-1875)
  • United Presbyterian Church (births and baptisms 1803-1818)
  • Old Welch Baptist Church (marriages 1832-1839)
  • Old Trinity Episcopal Church (baptisms 1806-1857, marriages 1807-1857, burials 1809-1829)

Contains Records Of: Olden Barneveld, Brown Family, Universalist, North Bridgewater, Babcock's Mills, Welch, De Lancey's Corners, Old clinton on Water Street, Middle Settlement, Old Baptist, St. Peter's, Cemetery back of Old Giles Smith farm, Old Weaver, Old Whitney, Old Neighborhood on farm of Arthur Fenton (East Winfield), West Winfield, East Hill, Ensworth Family, French's, Old Cemetery - New Hartford, Marcy, Gary's Corners, Crane Family, North Watertown, Old Cemetery in Jordonville, Ryder's, Cemetery of left side of the State Road going north, Sherman Family, Bronson, Skinner, and Twichell cemeteries.

Contains Bible records of the families of: Addington, Amesden, Batsford, Brownell, Burnham, Casler, Crist, Day, Doolittle, Fenton, Gleck, Fuller-Merry, Gaston, Gillet & Ross, Hamilton, Howland, Hubbard, Hunt, Lackey, Lansing, Loomis and Bass, Mairs, Marshall, Moore, Martin, Merritt, Ney, Osborn, Owens, Park, Parkhurst, Sanders, Tucker, Walts, Wetmore, Wyatt, Latimer, and Petty.



Daughters of the American Revolution. Oneida Chapter (New York)

Vol. 2: Bible, Cemetery and Church Records, ca. 1744-1919

NOTES: Microfilm of typescript, made in 1926-1927, at the Utica Public Library, Utica, New York. [Salt Lake City: filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985] One reel. The Town of Hartford was formed from Whitestown, April 12, 1827.
FHC CALL#: 1435190 item 2

CONTENTS:

Contains cemeteries of Herkimer County: Columbia Reformed Church, Gorsline, Haner Settlement, Hazelton, George Purchase Farm, Herkimer Homestead, Frankfort, Fort Herkimer, Oak Hill, Crossett-Tanner, Staring-Sterling, Bettinger-Ellis, Rose family, Bloomfield, Little Lakes, Paul Crim, Old Cemetery, Jordanville, Marshall-Hicks Burrying-ground and Methodist Episcopal Church.

Contains cemeteries of Madison County: Whipple-Clarke-Babcock Farm (Hamilton Township), Oneida Valley, John Taft Farm, William Ray Farm (Lenox and Sullivan Township)

Contains cemeteries of Oneida County: South Augusta (Augusta Township), East Street Cemetery, Fairview (Bridgewater Township), Sherman (Deerfield Township), Brimfield Street, Clinton, Old Kirkland (Kirkland Township), Cleaver (Mercy Township), Old South Street or Oxford Road (New Hartford Township), Sangerfield (Sangerfield Township), Old Cemetery (Steuben Township), Carmichael (Western Township).

Contains cemetery records from: Ryder Cemetery (Salina Township, Onondaga County).

Contains cemetery records from Otsego County: Angell-Lewis (Exeter Township), Church Street, Richfield Springs, Episcopal Church, Lakeview, M.E. Church, Richfield Hill, Schuyler Lake Village, Herkimer family, Monticello Colwell Farm, Monticello Hilltop and Monticello St. Luke's (Richfield Township).

Contains church records of:

  • Presbyterian Church of New Hartford: which was first organized as a Congregational Church called The First Religious Society of Whitestown; changed to Presbyterian in 1809. Baptisms, 1791-1800, 1835-1872. Marriages, 1792-1803, 1835-1870. Burials, 1792-1797, 1835-1870.
  • The Reformed Church of Columbia (Columbia, Herkimer County). Baptism, 1802-1836. Marriages 1803-1836.

Contains Bible and miscellaneous records of Revolutionary soldiers' and officers' graves and historic spots. Revolutionary soldiers' graves listed in 1926 are: Bridgewater, Deerfield, Floyd, Town of Kirkland, Town of Marcey, Town of Hartford, Town of Paris, Town of Sangerfield, Town of Trenton, City of Utica, Town of Vernon, Town of Verona, Town of Westmoreland, Terrytown, Unadilla Forks and Town of Plainfield.

Contains Bible records of: Stephen Atwater, William Benjamin, Bowne family, John Camp, Elisha Clapp, Edwards family, Burton John Hawley, Jeremiah B. Hawley, Sidney M. Hawley, John (Jalley) Hawley, Elisha Hinman, Holmes and Brester, Honeywell family, Benjamin Johnson, Robert S. Latimer, Meeker family, Emanuel and Thomas H. Overocker, Thomas and Jane Owens, Elizabeth (Hunt) Palmer, Warren Petty, Samuel Pitman, Pitman-Wheeler, Sawin, Somers, Amos Trowbridge, Twitchel family, Weed-Wright, Elisha Wetmore, Simeon Whitney, and Wright.

Contains records copied from Henderson Chapter, Jordanville, New York: Dr. Rufus Crain family, Jacob Crim-Elizabeth Frank family, Marshall family, Osterhout family, Old Church at Bloomfield, Crim Cemetery, Old Jordanville Cemetery, Otsquago Cemetery, Paine Cemetery, and Paines Hollow Cemetery.


Daughters of the American Revolution. Oneida Chapter (New York)

Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Columbia, Herkimer County, New York, 1806-1836, and Columbia Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, etc./ transcribed from cemetery, church and town records by N.S.D.A.R. and Oneida Chapter

NOTES: 58 leaves, typescript [photocopy]; also paged 107-65. Title page lists vol. 4 and vol. 2.
Includes baptisms (1806-1836) and marriages (1825-1828, 1834-1836).
FHC CALL#: 974.7 A1 no. 89
ADDITIONAL FORMAT: microfilm [Salt Lake City: filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974]. One reel.
FHC CALL#: 0962643


Hardin, George Anson

History of Herkimer County, New York: illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens/ edited by George A. Hardin; assisted by Frank H. Willard

Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason, 1893. 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.
FHC CALL#: 974.761 H2h
ADDITIONAL FORMAT: microfilm [Salt Lake City: filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. One reel.
FHC CALL#: 0874117
ANOTHER FILMING:
FHC CALL#: 0934833


Herkimer County, New York. County Clerk.

Marriages 1908-1927;  marriage index 1908-1935

NOTES: microfilm of original records at the Herkimer County Courthouse, Herkimer, N.Y. Four reels.

CONTENTS:

  • Marriage index; 1908-1935
    • FHC CALL#: 0845869
  • Marriages v.1-2; 1908-1919
    • FHC CALL#: 0845870
  • Marriages v.3-4; 1918-1922
    • FHC CALL#: 0845871
  • Marriages v.5-6; 1922-1927
    • FHC CALL#: 0845872



Herkimer County, New York. County Clerk.

Declarations of Intention, 1821-1923;  index, 1821-1879

NOTES: microfilm of original records at the Herkimer County Courthouse, Herkimer, New York. [Salt Lake City: filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978] Eight reels. Includes indexes at beginning of volumes for years 1879-1923.

CONTENTS:

  • Index; 1821-1879
    • FHC CALL #: 1023192 item 4
  • Declarations of Intention; 1821-1852
    • FHC CALL#: 1023203
  • Declarations of Intention; 1852-1858
    • FHC CALL#: 1023204
  • Declarations of Intention;1858-1871
    • FHC CALL#: 1023205
  • Declarations of Intention; 1872-1892
    • FHC CALL#: 1023206
  • Declarations of Intention v.1-2; 1879-1906; no.1-653; 1906-1911
    • FHC CALL#: 1023187
  • Declarations of Intention, no. 654-1918
    • FHC CALL#: 1023188
  • Declarations of Intention, no. 1919-3295
    • FHC CALL#: 1023189

Citations above taken from the Family History Catalog, Copyright 1987, February 1996 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All Rights Reserved.



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