LibGuides: Local History: General Reference

Biographical Indexes

These books are available in our catalog to be loaned or viewed at our library. Those in the Public Domain that have been digitized can be viewed by clicking on the "Digital Copy" link below the book title.

Portrait and biographical record of Orange County, New York
Publication Date: 1895

Digital Copy
Original from the Library of Congress

Genealogical and family history of southern New York and the Hudson River Valley by Cuyler Reynolds
Publication Date: 1913

In three volumes.

Digital Copy (Volume 1)
Original from Harvard University.
Digital Copy (Volume 2)
Original from the University of California
Digital Copy (Volume 3)
Original from Yale University

Ancestors of Orange County New York by D.G. Van Curen
Publication Date: 2003
Genealogical history of black families of Orange County, New York by Robert W. Brennan
Publication Date: 2001

In two volumes.

Digital Media

Genealogy and history of Orange County, New York
1 CD-ROM: Graveyard Inscriptions of Orange County, NY -- The History of Orange County, NY -- An Outline History of Orange County -- Index to Eager's History of Orange County -- Portrait and Biographical Record of Orange County, NY -- Orange County Patriot: a newspaper published at Goshen NY: Marriages and Deaths from May 1828 to Dec. 1831 -- St. James Protestant Episcopal Church Records

Regional Genealogy Associations

Dutchess County Genealogical Society
Official website of the Dutchess County Genealogical Society.
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Official website of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
Orange County Genealogical Society
Official website of the Orange County Genealogical Society.
Genealogical Society of Rockland County
Official website of the Genealogical Society of Rockland County.
Sullivan County Historical Society
Official website of the Sullivan County Historical Society.
Ulster County Genealogical Society
Official website of the Ulster County Genealogical Society.