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December 2013

• Representatives in the Colonial Assemblies

April 2013

• VERDICT IN TUNNEL WRECK INQUEST, The New York Times, January 25, 1902
• TUNNEL INQUEST OPENED, New-York Tribune, January 17, 1902
• Coroner's Jury Places Blame, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday, January 25, 1902
• INQUIRY INTO DISASTER BEGUN, New-York Tribune, January 10, 1902
• JURY IN THE TUNNEL WHERE VICTIMS DIED, The New York Times, January 16, 1902.
• The Tunnel Inquest, Opening of Coroner's Inquiry, The Rome Citizen, Jan. 17, 1902,
• Text of the Indictment No. 38497 filed by District Attorney William Travers Jerome against John M. Wisker for manslaughter.
• Parties to Wisker's Trial for Manslaughter
• "WISKER IS OUT ON BAIL, The New York Times, March 2, 1902.

September 2012

• A Muster Roll of Men Rais'd and Pas'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. Benjamin Stevens Company, 20 June 1762.
• A Muster Roll of Men Raised and Pass'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. Jonathan Haight's Company, May 21, 1762
• A Muster Roll of Men Rais'd and Pas'd Muster in the Countys (sic) of New York, Queens & Westchester for Capt. Dunbar's Company, June 17, 1761.
• A Muster Roll of Men Raised and Pass'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. Jonathan Haight's Company, 1st June 1761
• A Muster Roll of Men Raised and Passed Muster in the County of New York & Westchester for Capt. Abraham De Forest's Company, May 15th 1762
• Military Rosters for the Colonial Wars

May 2012

• New Rochelle: City Directories and Newspapers
• NY Sixth Heavy Artillery in the War of the Rebellion: Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with the Letter D

April 2012

• Cemeteries in New Rochelle
• Map of Cemetery locations in New Rochelle
• Map of The Manor of Cortlandt
• Map of The Manors of Westchester County

December 2011

• Directory of Postmasters in Westchester County, as of December 15, 1907

November 2011

• Research Journal for Winfield Slutz

September 2011

• NY Sixth Heavy Artillery in the War of the Rebellion:
  • Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with the Letter C

August 2011

• NY Sixth Heavy Artillery in the War of the Rebellion:
  • Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with Letters I, J, & K

July 2011

• NY Sixth Heavy Artillery in the War of the Rebellion:
  • Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with Letter L
  • Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with Letter M
  • Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with Letter N

June 2011

• NY Sixth Heavy Artillery in the War of the Rebellion:
  • Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with Letter O
  • Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with Letter P–Q

May 2011

• Research Journal for Frank Washburn
• Research Journal for William Leys
• Research Journal for Charles B. Mars

February 2011

• Research Journal for Oscar W. Meyrowitz

January 2011

• Research Journal for George D. Winter
• NY Sixth Heavy Artillery in the War of the Rebellion:
  • Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with Letter R
• Research Journals for 1902 Park Avenue Tunnel Collision Research

December 2010

• 1902 Park Avenue Tunnel Collision
• Greenwich Residents Hurt
• Identifying the Dead
• At The Hospitals
• Question of Responsibility – Every Possible Precaution Taken to Prevent It, According to Trainmen and Railway Officials
• Events of the Day

November 2010

• NY Sixth Heavy Artillery in the War of the Rebellion:
  • Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with Letter S thru Sma
  • Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with Letter Sme thru Sz

August 2010

• NY Sixth Heavy Artillery in the War of the Rebellion:
  • Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with Letter T
  • Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with Letter U-V

June 2010

• NY Sixth Heavy Artillery in the War of the Rebellion —Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with Letter B

April 2010

• Biographical History of Westchester County, New York, Index of Biographical Sketches in Volume 1

March 2010

• Revolutionary War Pensioners in Westchester county, NY

February 2010

• Sixth Artillery in the War of the Rebellion — Muster Roster — Surnames beginning with Letter A
• Explanation of the Word "Deserted" in the Muster Rolls
• Sixth Artillery in the War of the Rebellion — Overview

January 2010

• Westchester Chasseurs, Seventeenth Infantry — Civil War Muster Rolls
• Fourth New York Cavalry — Civil War Muster Rolls
• Fifth Independent Battery — Civil War Muster Rolls
• The First Regiment Mounted Rifles — Civil War Muster Rolls
• Sixth Heavy Artillery — Civil War Muster Rolls (partial)
• Sixteenth (Sprague Light) Cavalry — Civil War Muster Rolls
• The Jay Cemetery, Rye, New York
• Fordham, a village formerly in Westchester County, now part of The Bronx.

December 2009

• A Muster Roll of Men Raised and Passed Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. Joshua Bloomer His Company, May 13^th, 1760.
• A Muster Roll of Men Raised and Passed Muster in the County of West Chester for Capt. —— Company, April, 1760

October 2009

• Westchester County in Print — a new web page added to this site.
• A listing of articles published in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.

August 2009

• Portraits of World War II Soldiers by New Rochelle Artists and Illustrators, ca. 1940s

The following rosters also include place of birth and age at enlistment. Additionally, the rosters from the 1760s may also have each person's height and possibly a description.

• A Muster Roll of Men Raised and Pass'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. Jonathan Haight's Company, May Ye 13th 1760.
• A Muster Roll of Men Rais'd and Pas'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. Jonathan Fowlers Company, April 30th 1758.
• A Muster Roll of Men Rais'd and Pas'd Muster in the County of West Chester for Capt. Bayeaux's Company, May 13th 1760
• A Muster Roll of Men Rais'd and Pas'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. Gilchrist's Company, May 13th 1760.
• A Muster Roll of Men Rais'd and Pas'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. Joshua Bloomer His Company, April 30th 1759.
• A Muster Roll of Men Rais'd and Pas'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. Jonathan Haight His Company, April 30th 1759.
• A Muster Roll of Men Rais'd and Pas'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. William Gilchrist His Company, April 30th 1759.
• A Muster Roll of Men Rais'd and Pas'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. James Holmes His Company,April 30th 1759.
• A Muster Roll of Men Rais'd and Pas'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. Jonathan Ogden's Company, April 22d 1758.
• A Muster Roll of Men Rais'd and Pas'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. John Verplank's Company, April 24th 1758.
• Westchester in the Military -- updated this web page and added and updated links.

July 2009

• Westchester in the Military page
• A Muster Roll of Men Rais'd and Pas'd Muster in the County of Westchester for Capt. Ruben Lockwood's Company, April 22d 1758 — includes place of birth and age at enlistment.

June 2009

• Revolutionary War: Westchester County Militia — Land Bounty Rights

October 2007

• NYC Park Avenue Tunnel Collision: A New Rochelle Tragedy Research into the train wreck and the genealogies of the seventeen people from New Rochelle who died in 1902.

September 2004

• Table of Contents of Volume 3 only of Westchester County And Its People: A Record. [New York, NY: The Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1946].
• Table of Contents for Volume 2 only of Biographical History of Westchester County, New York [Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company,1899]

August 2004

• Microfilm Reel List for New York State 1905 Census for Westchester County.

February 2004

• Some manuscript holdings of The New-York Historical Society.

January 2004

• The Manor of Philipsburgh, A Paper Read Before The New York Historical Society by T. Astley Atkins,
  Vice-President of the Yonkers Historical and Library Association, June 5th, 1894 [Published by the Yonkers Historical and Library Association, 1894]

August 2003

• Pryer, Charles. The "Neutral Ground" [New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898], Half Moon Series, Vol. II, No. 12, December 1898.
• Westchester GenWeb's History page has moved.

July 2003

• Wayside Cottage photographs, Scarsdale
  

May 2003

• Annexed to New York, an article from an 1873 issue of Harper's Weekly, concerning the annexation of the towns of Morrisania, West Farms, and Kings Bridge by New York City.
• Turner's New York & Harlem Railroad Directory between New York City and Brewster for the Years 1891-1892; Published by E.F Turner & co. of 217 Elm St., Yonkers, N.Y. (See more listings for this directory below and on the City Directory page of this site.)
  • White Plains
    • A – B
    • C – D – E
    • F –G
    • H – I – J – K
    • L – M
    • N – O – P – Q – R
    • – S –
    • T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z

April 2003

• Turner's New York & Harlem Railroad Directory between New York City and Brewster for the Years 1891-1892; Published by E.F Turner & co. of 217 Elm St., Yonkers, N.Y.
  • Bronxville
  • Brewster, Putnam county
  • Hartsdale
  • Scarsdale
  • Tuckahoe
• Unionville Cemetery — Part 2 of 4

March 2003

• Unionville Cemetery — Part 1 of 4
• The Heathcote Manor of Scarsdale — Address Written for the Tenth Annual Meeting of the The New York Branch of The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America Held in the City of New York, April 27, 1922 by Hon. Charles B. Wheeler of the New York Supreme Court [Baltimore: Williams & Wilkens Company, 1923]
• The Manor of Philipsborough — Address Written for The New York Branch of The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America by Edward Hagaman Hall, L.H.D. [Baltimore, 1920]
• Turner's New York & Harlem Railroad Directory between New York City and Brewster for the Years 1891-1892; Published by E.F Turner & co. of 217 Elm St., Yonkers, N.Y.
  • Croton Falls
  • Purdys Station

February 2003

• Miller Cemetery, Mamaroneck
• Inscriptions from Haines Cemetery, Harrison
• Ryder Cemetery, two miles back of Ossining
• Inscriptions from Cemetery in the Village of Harrison
• Inscriptions from Hobby-Peak on Amos Hobby farm, Poundridge
• Inscriptions from Travis Cemetery near Mt. Kisco and Bedford Village
• Cemetery Inscriptions from Cooke Property, Hastings-on-Hudson

January 2003

• Photos of the County of Westchester Records Office which houses both the Westchester County Archives and the Westchester County Historical Society.

December 2002

• Kidd and Rankin photos
• Turner's New York & Harlem Railroad Directory between New York City and Brewster for the Years 1891-1892; Published by E.F Turner & co. of 217 Elm St., Yonkers, N.Y.
  • Pleasantville
  • Unionville
  • Goldens Bridge
  • Katonah
  • Kensico
• Lincoln Society of Peekskill, NY; February 13, 1911 — with some photographs

November 2002

Turner's New York & Harlem Railroad Directory between New York City and Brewster for the Years 1891-1892; Published by E.F Turner & co. of 217 Elm St., Yonkers, N.Y.

• Chappaqua
• Mount Kisco
• Bedford Station

October 2002

• Poorhouses of Westchester County, 1886
• Roster of the John C. Fremont Post No. 590 GAR, Yonkers
• Slave Census for 1755
• Philipsburgh
• Morrisania
• Burrough of Westchester
• Pelham
• Scarsdale & Mamaroneck
• Rye
• Westchester County
• North Castle
• The Marriage Records of the Society of Friends in the Town of Harrison, N. Y.
• Slave Census of 1755 – Morrisania
• Elmsford Reformed Church Cemetery

July 2002

• Revised Census page with information about the 1930 Federal Census as well as Obtaining EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities).
• The 1899 Membership Register for The Empire State Society, S.A.R. — All entries for any member who either resided in or was born in a town in Westchester county have now been completed and cross-linked to their respective Revolutionary War ancestor.

June 2002

• 1963 Peekskill City directory -- A volunteer has offered to do lookups in this directory.
• Colonial Cemetery of Elmsford (Elmsford Reformed Church Cemetery) microfilm information added to following pages:
  • Cemetery main page
  • Town of Greenburgh
  • Village of Elmsford

February 2002

• Other Resources — All links were verified and updated.
• The Borough Town of Westchester -- An Address Delivered by Fordham Morris, on the 28th day of October, 1896, before the Westchester County Historical Society, in the Court House, at White Plains, N.Y.
• List of Cemeteries was updated to include zip codes.

June 2000

• The 1899 Membership Register for The Empire State Society, S.A.R. -- Added the full entries for G and H for those members either residing in or having been born in Westchester County.

May 2000

• Note: Cornell University's Making of America series of scanned books relating to New York State's history is no longer available in list format. They've changed their pages to a searchable database.
• A List of Dogs (Owners) in Lewisboro in 1848.
• Cedar Hill Cemetery listing donated by Joan Gerrits.
• Scanned Map of New Rochelle onto two images which can be placed side by side. Donated by Maggie Parnall.
• Abroise Sicard house, with sketch by Edwin Secord (deceased) and background image of Family Chart. Donated by Maggie Parnall.
• Jenkins Map from 1846 for North Salem donated by Robert Vail.
• The 1899 Membership Register for The Empire State Society, S.A.R. now shows the full entries for those surnames from A through F for those members either residing in or having been born in Westchester County.

January 2000

• The Military and War Links page was reorganized.
• The URL for the Mailing List Archives was added to the Mailing List Instructions page.
• On The 1899 Membership Register for The Empire State Society, S.A.R. page, have completed the "C" members' entries and added them to the site. Have also added all "D" entries showing Westchester locations. See the December 1999 entry for further info.
• Added two picture postcards of Philipse Manor house in Yonkers to the Philipse Manor page and to the Yonkers city page.

December 1999

• Where previously only the list of names relating to Westchester towns was shown on the The 1899 Membership Register for The Empire State Society, S.A.R. page, links to the full entries have now been added for those surnames beginning with A, B, and some with C. Both the members' names and their corresponding ancestors' names have been added with full entries for both. The other entries for names on that list will be added as time permits.
• Official governmental town/village web site URLs have been added to a number of individual town and village pages.
• Lent Cemetery survey donated by Jean Ann Orser Lupinetti has been uploaded to the site.
• Main Cemetery page was redesigned.
• I've corrected the link on Lookups page to Early Wills of Westchester County.
• Descriptions of Cemeteries in Rye have been added.
• New Town pages for each city, town and village in the county have been broken out and added.
• A "What's New!" page has been added to the site, namely, this page. It will show what has been added on a monthly basis to make things easier for researchers.

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