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*Gordon L. Remington, ''New York Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources'' (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002). | *Gordon L. Remington, ''New York Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources'' (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002). {{WorldCat|50121406|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1047758|item|disp=FHL Book 974.7 D27r}}. Alphabetical list including date founded, if a town history exists, church and cemetery sources, and if a Civil War register (TCR) exists. The codes used under Church and Cemetery are defined in the link above the listing of towns, cities and villages. | ||
An inventory of the county supervisor's records has been published: | An inventory of the county supervisor's records has been published: | ||
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*Ellis, Willard Waldo; Wright, A .H. ''New York historical source studies : studies in history, no. 3 and 4" contains "Supervisors' Proceedings of Various Counties of New York''. Ithaca, New York: A. H. Wright, 1943. (Family History Library book {{FHL|974.7 B4s}}; fiche {{FHL|6093918 }}.) This is Studies in History number 3 of New York Historical Source Studies, and it mentions which county supervisors' proceedings have been preserved in major repositories. The records are mostly for the 1840s to the early 1900s. There are a few county supervisor's records for the 1820s or earlier. | *Ellis, Willard Waldo; Wright, A .H. ''New York historical source studies : studies in history, no. 3 and 4" contains "Supervisors' Proceedings of Various Counties of New York''. Ithaca, New York: A. H. Wright, 1943. (Family History Library book {{FHL|974.7 B4s}}; fiche {{FHL|6093918 }}.) This is Studies in History number 3 of New York Historical Source Studies, and it mentions which county supervisors' proceedings have been preserved in major repositories. The records are mostly for the 1840s to the early 1900s. There are a few county supervisor's records for the 1820s or earlier. | ||
Knowing the town a village belongs to is important since | Knowing the town a village belongs to is important since many records of the village will be in the town records. [http://www.orps.state.ny.us/ref/osc/table4.htm Some villages are located in more than one town], as shown on a 2009 list. | ||
====Local Collections==== | ====Local Collections==== | ||