Local Histories

LH/G has county, city, town and village histories and other works arranged by state. LH/G concentrates on New York, The New England States, Pennsylvania and New Jersey but has information on other states as well.

Microfiche Resources

Boston Transcript, Massachusetts Vital Records, Land Ownership Maps for New York State Counties, International Genealogical Index (Mormon Church), Genealogy and Local History Collection – UMI, National Register of Historic Places for New York State.

Other Microfilm Resources

• Revolutionary War Pension Applications
• War of 1812 Pension Applications
• War of 1812 Military Bounty and Land Warrants
• Corbin Manuscript Collections (Massachusetts 1650 – 1850)
• New York County Histories and Atlases
• Pennsylvania County Histories and Atlases
• Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records
• Vosburgh Collection of New York State Church Records
• Onondaga County Surrogate Court Records
• New York Town Clerk’s Registers of Men Who Served (Civil War)
• Local History Pamphlet Collection
• Selected New York Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
• Vermont Vital Records
• City Directories (some years unavailable)
  • Albany 1900, 1902 – 1910, 1912 – 1935
  • Auburn 1902 – 1935
  • Brooklyn 1899 – 1901
  • Buffalo 1900, 1910, 1920
  • Cortland 1902 – 1910, 1912 – 1918, 1921 – 1935
  • New York, NY 1880 – 81, 1899 – 1935
  • Oswego 1902 – 1912, 1914 – 1935
  • Rochester 1900, 1919, 1920
  • Boston 1900, 1910, 1920
  • Philadelphia 1900, 1910, 1920