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Onondaga County and Central New York
New York State History
Changes in Names of New York State Towns
The
Erie Canal: A Brief History
Part of the New York State Canal System website.
The
Erie Canal: A Journey Through History
A multimedia online presentation.
Historical
County Population Data [PDF]
Populations of New York State Counties from 1790
to 1990.
Museumwise (formerly Upstate History Alliance)
National Register of Historical Places—New York
New York History
Net
New York History Net is devoted to New York history
and culture. It is produced by the Institute for
New York State Studies.
New York State and the Civil War
New York State County Formation Maps
New York State
Historical Association
Located in Cooperstown, New York. Premier collections
of American Folk Art, Fine Art, and Indian Art.
New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center
New
York State Newspaper Project
A part of the New York State Library web site, this
section describes the state-wide effort to inventory,
catalog, and microfilm newspapers in all communities,
as well as provide a research catalog of newspapers
held in microfilm both at the New York State Library
and at libraries around New York State.
Origins of New York State's County Names
Places
Where Women Made History
Historic places in New York and Massachusetts.
Rediscovering
New York
Directs users to historical records and resources
in New York State from libraries, museums, historical
societies, and archives.
The Underground Railroad in New York State
Word on Women
A directory of historic records collections documenting the history of women
in upstate New York.
Onondaga County and Central New York History
Central New York Freedom Trail
The Civil War in Central New York
CLRC
Region Digital Collections
Links to Central New York digitized collections
of unique materials relating to the region's history,
culture, natural resources, and cultural tourism.
Erie
Canal Museum
A private, nonprofit corporation located in the
1850 Weighlock Building in Syracuse.
Franklin
Automobile Photograph Collection
Over 150 scanned photographs from the Onondaga Historical
Association Franklin Automobile Collection. The photographs
include selected images from the factory and production
process, sales and advertising, and Franklin cars "on
the road."
The Freedom Trail in Syracuse and Onondaga County
Old Fulton NY Post Cards
Search old newspapers and historic photos from the Oswego County area.
German Immigrant Ancestors in Syracuse and Onondaga County, NY
Historic
Central New York
An online exhibit celebrating Central New York's
contributions to the social reform movement of the
nineteenth century.
Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter Bibliography
The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation
The
Onondaga County Library Postcard Collection
Over 300 digitized historic postcards of Syracuse
and Onondaga County.
Onondaga Historical Association
Oswego County Underground Railroad
The
Political Graveyard: Onondaga County, NY
Politicians who were born in, lived in, or died
in Onondaga County.
The
Post-Standard Archives
The Archives contain staff-written stories from
The Post-Standard, The Herald-Journal and The Herald
American from 1987 to the present. While there is
no fee to search, a fee will be charged to retrieve
the full text of any article in the archives. (Note: If
you are an Onondaga County Public Library cardholder, you
can access the Syracuse Newspapers for free through the
library's online databases.)
Safe
Haven
Read about the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter,
America's only shelter for refugees of the Holocaust.
Skaneateles Historical Society
Spafford Area Historical Society
SUNY Upstate Health Sciences Library Historical Collections
Town of Onondaga Historical Society
Upstate
New York and the Women's Rights Movement
Text and images from an exhibition at the University
of Rochester Library.
Native Americans in New York State
Ganondagan
State Historic Site
Ganondagan is the site of a major seventeenth-century
Seneca town and its palisaded granary. Located in
Victor, NY, it includes a reproduction longhouse,
hiking trails, and a visitor center.
Iroquois
Indian Museum
The Iroquois Indian Museum introduces the public
to Iroquois by featuring their art, past and present,
as a window into their culture. The museum is located
in Howes Cave, NY.
The Iroquois Nations of the Northeast
Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs
The Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne
Ohwejagehká:
Ha`degaénage:
A nonprofit organization established to help preserve
and nurture the Iroquois language and songs.
Peace
4 Turtle Island
Basic information about the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois).
Seneca-Iroquois
National Museum
Located on the Allegany Indian Reservation, within
the city of Salamanca, NY.
U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service: Northeast Region Native
American Relations
Lists federally recognized Indian tribes in the
Northeast Region, their tribal leaders, and contact
information.
Last updated: February 27, 2012