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=== Societies  ===
=== Societies  ===


[http://www.cl-hs.org/index.html Crystal Lake Historical Society ]<br> PO&nbsp;Box 1151<br> Crystal Lake, IL&nbsp; 60039-1151
[[Www.adkhistorycenter.org/res/research.html|Essex County Historical Society/Brewster Memorial Research Library &amp; Archives ]]<br>  


The [http://www.cl-hs.org/index.html Crystal Lake Historical Society] is located in the Colonel Palmer House at the intersection of Illinois Route 176 and Terra Cotta Road in Crystal Lake. Their Research/Archives Room resources include newspapers from 1875, published county and local histories, atlases, maps and family files. On-line resources include the [http://www.cl-hs.org/resources/Death+Index+Current.pdf Index to Death Notices/Obituaries in the Nunda/Crystal Lake Herald], which provides details of name, age, date of death and date of burial for more than 33,000 people, dating back to 1875. The Crystal Lake Newsletter is bi-annual.&nbsp; <br>
Adirondack History Center Museum<br> 7590 Court St.<br> P.O. Box 428<br> Elizabethtown NY, 12932 <br> Phone: 518-873-6466 <br>
 
Call for hours. Holdings include vertical files (biography &amp; subject oriented), newspaper collection, photographs, manuscripts, maps, cemetery index, some census on microfilm only, special collection library, historical documents relating to the history of Essex County. There are no birth, death, or marriage certificates. Research room rules, access regulations and fees for use of library apply