Local History & Genealogy
There are many resources on the internet that can help you to discover more about your family and your community. Here are some links to websites that may be of use to you in your research:
Free with your library Card:
HeritageQuest (Under Genealogy & Family Research)
Of particular interest to Seneca Falls residents:
Roberta Halden scrapbook collection (Seneca Falls newspapers)
American Agriculturist Farm Directory of Yates, Schuyler, Tomkins, Seneca Counties New York (1914)
Aqua Festival materials (1961-1971)
Cayuga and Seneca Canal collection (1840-1860)
Centennial Anniversary of Seneca County and Auxiliary Papers (1904)
Churches and Pastors of Seneca County, NY (1895-96)
City Directories and Telephone Book Collection
Civil War Soldiers of Seneca County, NY
Gazetteer and Business Directory of Seneca County for 1867-8 (1867)
Grip’s Historical Souvenir of Seneca Falls, NY (1904)
History of Seneca County, NY (1876)
History of Seneca County (1880)
History of St. Patrick’s Parish, 1831-1979 (1979)
Italian Community of Seneca Falls (1895 – 1998)
Mynderse Academy Yearbook collection (1921 – 2017)
Papers Read Before the Seneca Falls Historical Society (1911-1912)
Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schuyler Counties, NY (1895)
Reference Business Directory of Seneca County, NY (1894-95)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map (1886)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map (1892)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map (1897)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map (1904)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map (1911)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map (1916)
Seneca Falls – A Bicentennial History to 1976 (1976)
Trinity Church, Seneca Falls, NY: A Century of Service (1937)
Waterloo High School Yearbook Collection
Websites:
Digital Public Library of America
FamilySearch.org (Free, but must register)
New York State Historic Newspapers
Newspapers
- The Seneca Falls Library does not maintain physical archives of whole newspapers in any format.
- The Roberta Holden Scrapbook Collection is available online at NYHeritage.org or at the Seneca Falls Library and contains primarily local and family history clippings.
- Early newspapers can be found at New York State Historic Newspapers.
- Finger Lakes Times – The Geneva Public Library (Geneva) and New York State Library (Albany) maintain a microfilm collection that may contain the Finger Lakes Times.
- Reveille – Cornell University Library (Ithaca) and New York State Library (Albany) maintain a microfilm collection that may include the Reveille from 1973-1996. Earlier and later renditions of this paper may be found online and at other libraries.
- The New York State Library maintains a list of Seneca County, NY newspapers on microfilm and paper and where these are collections are maintained in New York State.
- Please note that it is the responsibility of the researcher to confirm accuracy of resources.
- The Seneca Falls Library is not responsible for content.
- Records may reflect inherent biases of their time.