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== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for New York ==
== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for New York ==
[[Albany Institute of History and Art]]{{·}} [[Bronx County Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Brooklyn Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Buffalo and Erie County Public Library]]{{·}} [[Children's Aid Society]]{{·}} [[Cornell University Library]]{{·}} [[Daniel A. Reed Library at SUNY Fredonia]]{{·}} [[Historic Hudson Valley Library]]{{·}} [[Holland Society of New York]]{{·}} [[Huguenot Society of America]]{{·}} [[Leo Baeck Institute]]{{·}} [[Montgomery County Department of History and Archives]]{{·}} [[National Archives at New York City]]{{·}} [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] (Boston MA){{·}} [[New York City Department of Records]]{{·}} [[New York City Municipal Reference and Research Center]]{{·}} [[New York Foundling Hospital]]{{·}} [[New York Genealogical and Biographical Society]]{{·}} [[New-York Historical Society]]{{·}} [[New York Public Library]]{{·}} [[New York State Archives]]{{·}} [[New York State Council of Genealogical Organizations]]{{·}} New York State Department of Health{{·}} [[New York State Historical Association]]{{·}} [[New York State Library]]{{·}} [[Onondaga Historical Association]]{{·}} [[Queens Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Stadsarchief Amsterdam]] (Netherlands){{·}} [[SUNY Fredonia Reed Library]]{{·}} [[Staten Island Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Steele Memorial Library]]<br>
[[Albany Institute of History and Art]]{{·}} [[Bronx County Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Brooklyn Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Buffalo and Erie County Public Library]]{{·}} [[Children's Aid Society]]{{·}} [[Cornell University Library]]{{·}} [[Historic Hudson Valley Library]]{{·}} [[Holland Society of New York]]{{·}} [[Huguenot Society of America]]{{·}} [[Leo Baeck Institute]]{{·}} [[Montgomery County Department of History and Archives]]{{·}} [[National Archives at New York City]]{{·}} [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] (Boston MA){{·}} [[New York City Department of Records]]{{·}} [[New York City Municipal Reference and Research Center]]{{·}} [[New York Foundling Hospital]]{{·}} [[New York Genealogical and Biographical Society]]{{·}} [[New-York Historical Society]]{{·}} [[New York Public Library]]{{·}} [[New York State Archives]]{{·}} [[New York State Council of Genealogical Organizations]]{{·}} New York State Department of Health{{·}} [[New York State Historical Association]]{{·}} [[New York State Library]]{{·}} [[Onondaga Historical Association]]{{·}} [[Queens Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Stadsarchief Amsterdam]] (Netherlands){{·}} [[SUNY Fredonia Reed Library]]{{·}} [[Staten Island Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Steele Memorial Library]]<br>


== Online Records of New York  ==
== Online Records of New York  ==
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Cornell University<br>Ithaca, NY 14853-5301<br>Telephone: 607-255-3393<br>Fax: 607-255-6788<br>Email: [http://www.library.cornell.edu/ask/email Ask a Librarian]<br>Website: [http://www.library.cornell.edu/ Cornell University Library]  
Cornell University<br>Ithaca, NY 14853-5301<br>Telephone: 607-255-3393<br>Fax: 607-255-6788<br>Email: [http://www.library.cornell.edu/ask/email Ask a Librarian]<br>Website: [http://www.library.cornell.edu/ Cornell University Library]  
:*Cornell University has a large collection of Protestant church records for western New York, as well as histories, maps, newspapers, and New York censuses. Rare books and manuscripts are outstanding, and they publish the best research guides to New York counties.</ref> They also have Africana, American Indian, and Latino collections.<ref>[http://guides.library.cornell.edu/ushistory History: A Guide to United States Historical Research at Cornell] in ''Cornell University Library'' (accessed 23 November 2013).</ref> <br><br>
:*Cornell University has a large collection of Protestant church records for western New York, as well as histories, maps, newspapers, and New York censuses. Rare books and manuscripts are outstanding, and they publish the best research guides to New York counties.</ref> They also have Africana, American Indian, and Latino collections.<ref>[http://guides.library.cornell.edu/ushistory History: A Guide to United States Historical Research at Cornell] in ''Cornell University Library'' (accessed 23 November 2013).</ref> <br><br>
=== [[Daniel A. Reed Library at SUNY Fredonia]]  ===
[[Image:Reed Library Fredonia.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Reed Library at SUNY Fredonia]]State University of New York<br>Fredonia, New York 14063<br>Telephone: 716-673-3184<br>Website: [http://www.fredonia.edu/library/ The State University of New York at Fredonia Daniel A. Reed Library]
:Most of the Holland Land Company (1789-1869) land grant patents for western New York, and northwestern Pennsylvania are found here.</ref> Collections also have American Indians including primarily the Seneca, with some for the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Tuscarora tribes, local histories for Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties, and the bordering counties in New York and Pennsylvania, manuscripts including church papers, and databases.<ref>[http://www.fredonia.edu/library/collections/archives/ Archives and Special Collections] in ''SUNY Fredonia'' (accessed 19 November 2013).</ref><br><br>


=== [[Historic Hudson Valley Library]]  ===
=== [[Historic Hudson Valley Library]]  ===
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=== [[Queens Historical Society]]  ===
=== [[Queens Historical Society]]  ===
Library<br>143-35 37th Ave<br>Flushing, NY 11354<br>Telephone: 718-939-0647<br>Fax: 718-539-988<br>E-mail: [http://queenshistoricalsociety.org/contact.html Contact the Queens Historical Society]<br>Website: [http://queenshistoricalsociety.org/ The Queens Historical Society]  
Library<br>143-35 37th Ave<br>Flushing, NY 11354<br>Telephone: 718-939-0647<br>Fax: 718-539-988<br>E-mail: [http://queenshistoricalsociety.org/contact.html Contact the Queens Historical Society]<br>Website: [http://queenshistoricalsociety.org/ The Queens Historical Society]  
:Large facility with many indexes to biographies, local and American histories, maps, atlases, manuscripts, photographs, family papers, rare books, and genealogies<ref name="DB81" /> <ref>[http://queenshistoricalsociety.org/library-and-collections.html Library and Collections] in ''Queens Historical Society'' (accessed 22 November 2013).</ref><br>[[File:Holland Land Co holdings in NY & PA.png|right|400px]]<br>
:Large facility with many indexes to biographies, local and American histories, maps, atlases, manuscripts, photographs, family papers, rare books, and genealogies<ref name="DB81" /> <ref>[http://queenshistoricalsociety.org/library-and-collections.html Library and Collections] in ''Queens Historical Society'' (accessed 22 November 2013).</ref><br><br>[[File:Holland Land Co holdings in NY & PA.png|right|400px]]
 
=== [[SUNY Fredonia Reed Library]]  ===
=== [[SUNY Fredonia Reed Library]]  ===
SUNY Fredonia<br>280 Central Ave<br>Fredonia, NY 14063<br>Telephone: Library 716-673-3184; Special Collections 716-673-3183;<br>Special Collections Fax: 716-673-3185<E-mail: [mailto:reedref@fredonia.edu reedref@fredonia.edu]<br>Website: [Daniel A. Reed Library news, find, services, collections, about, and ask a librarian.
SUNY Fredonia<br>280 Central Ave<br>Fredonia, NY 14063<br>Telephone: Library 716-673-3184; Special Collections 716-673-3183;<br>Special Collections Fax: 716-673-3185<E-mail: [mailto:reedref@fredonia.edu reedref@fredonia.edu]<br>Website: [Daniel A. Reed Library news, find, services, collections, about, and ask a librarian.
Holland Land Company description, historical background, contents, inventory (downloadable), supplementary collections, and Holland Land Company records in other libraries Daniel A. Reed Library] news, find, services, collections, about, and ask a librarian.<br>Website: [[http://fredonia.libguides.com/archives/holland Holland Land Company]] description, historical background, contents, inventory (downloadable), supplementary collections, and Holland Land Company records in other libraries.
Holland Land Company description, historical background, contents, inventory (downloadable), supplementary collections, and Holland Land Company records in other libraries Daniel A. Reed Library] news, find, services, collections, about, and ask a librarian.<br>Website: [[http://fredonia.libguides.com/archives/holland Holland Land Company]] description, historical background, contents, inventory (downloadable), supplementary collections, and Holland Land Company records in other libraries.
:The '''Daniel A. Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia''' has indexes to, and most of the original patents (first deeds) showing the transfer of land ownership between 1801 and 1840 from the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] to private individuals in western New York and Pennsylvania. Some names on the patents could be fictitious.<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 83. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>
:The '''Daniel A. Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia''' has indexes to, and most of the original patents (first deeds) showing the transfer of land ownership between 1801 and 1840 from the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] to private individuals in western New York and Pennsylvania. Some names on the patents could be fictitious.<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 83. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>
=== [[Daniel A. Reed Library at SUNY Fredonia]]  ===
[[Image:Reed Library Fredonia.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Reed Library at SUNY Fredonia]]State University of New York<br>Fredonia, New York 14063<br>Telephone: 716-673-3184<br>Website: [http://www.fredonia.edu/library/ The State University of New York at Fredonia Daniel A. Reed Library]
:Most of the Holland Land Company (1789-1869) land grant patents for western New York, and northwestern Pennsylvania are found here.</ref> Collections also have American Indians including primarily the Seneca, with some for the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Tuscarora tribes, local histories for Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties, and the bordering counties in New York and Pennsylvania, manuscripts including church papers, and databases.<ref>[http://www.fredonia.edu/library/collections/archives/ Archives and Special Collections] in ''SUNY Fredonia'' (accessed 19 November 2013).</ref><br><br>


=== [[Staten Island Historical Society]]  ===
=== [[Staten Island Historical Society]]  ===
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