Local History: General Reference
In this guide users will find local history resources within the Moffat Library as well as online.
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 CopyOriginal from the Library of Congress
Genealogical and family history of southern New York and the Hudson River Valley by
Publication Date: 1913In 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
Publication Date: 2003Genealogical history of black families of Orange County, New York by
Publication Date: 2001In two volumes.
Digital Media
- Genealogy and history of Orange County, New York1 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 SocietyOfficial website of the Dutchess County Genealogical Society.
- New York Genealogical and Biographical SocietyOfficial website of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
- Orange County Genealogical SocietyOfficial website of the Orange County Genealogical Society.
- Genealogical Society of Rockland CountyOfficial website of the Genealogical Society of Rockland County.
- Sullivan County Historical SocietyOfficial website of the Sullivan County Historical Society.
- Ulster County Genealogical SocietyOfficial website of the Ulster County Genealogical Society.