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December 2004

The Palmyra Family History Center is open! Read more about hours and location by clicking the link to our research section.

Obits Board 4 update: Vital Records, link at top of Historical Articles Section

Watson Schoolhouse & 1843 Student List - Townships Section, Town of Butler

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 12, Conclusion - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1901 Fairville NY Train Wreck - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 11 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

Marriages at E. Palmyra Methodist Church 1875-1907 - Townships Section, Town of Palmyra

Wayne County Death Notices 1803-1854 - Vital Records, link at top of Historical Articles Section

Ancestral Sightings - From Out of State Resources Part 5

New Web Address: Wayne County Historical Society


November 2004

History of East Palmyra M.E. Church - Townships Section, Town of Palmyra

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 16 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

Will of Jacob P. Garlach - Townships Section, Town of Marion

1843 Proof of Will Jacob P. Garlock - Townships Section, Town of Marion

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 15 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson4

Ancestral Sightings - From Out of State Resources Part 5

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 14 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 13 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 12 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1879 Will of Friend Kenyon - Townships Section, Town of Marion

1887 Petition of Will of Friend Kenyon - Townships Section, Town of Marion

1887 Judicial Settlement of Friend Kenyon - Townships Section, Town of Marion

1887 Friend Kenyon Final Estate Settlement - Townships Section, Town of Marion

Roe's History, Chapter 10 Completed - Historical Articles Section, Mililtary

Obits Board 4 update: Vital Records, link at top of Historical Articles Section

Ancestral Sightings - From NYS Resources Part 5 - updated 11/14/04

Roe's History Typing Project - updated with sample assignments - Historical Articles Section, Mililtary

Roe's History of the 9th Heavy Artillery Typing Project - Historical Articles Section, Mililtary

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 10, 3 more pages - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

Ancestral Sightings - From Out of State Resources Part 5 - updated 11/1/04


October 2004

Kent County MI Residents, Wayne County Connections - Family Bios Section

Ancestral Sightings - From NYS Resources Part 5

Jeffers / Haviland Estate Letter - Townships Section, Town of Rose

News from 4 Issues of the Lake Shore News - Townships Section, Town of Wolcott

Obits Board 4 update: Vital Records, link at top of Historical Articles Section

Ancestral Sightings - From NYS Resources Part 5


September 2004

Ancestral Sightings - From NYS Resources Part 5

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 10, 2 pages only - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1915 Newark High School Publication - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

Early 20th Century Railroad Postcards - Historical Articles Section

Historical Sketch of Great Sodus Bay - Townships Section, Town of Sodus

History of Lincoln Baptist Church - Townships Section, Town of Walworth


August 2004

Index to "Grip's" 1905 Historical Souvenir of Clyde - Townships Section, Town of Galen4

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 9 completed - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

November 2, 1944 Issue of Lake Shore News - Townships Section, Town of Wolcott

Obits Board 4 w/Lake Family and miscellaneous obits: Vital Records, link at top of Historical Articles Section

Hazel Lamb Memories Book, updated w/1922 Wolcott High students - Townships Section, Town of Wolcott

1847 Births, Town of Galen - Townships Section, Town of Galen

1919 Soldiers Welcome Home Reception - Townships Section, Town of Lyons

1906 Lyons School District No. 7 Tax List - Townships Section, Town of Lyons

1874 Newark NY Teachers' Convention - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 11 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1913 Sodus School Tax List - Townships Section, Town of Sodus

1839 Cogswell/Durfee Tavern Keepers Bond - Townships Section, Town of Marion

1874 Arcadia Agricultural Society Advertisers - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 10 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

Wayne County Real Estate in 1886. This newsletter explains how Newark boomed after the West Shore RR came through, and describes types of farms available across the county. - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 9 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1899 Clyde Street Fair & Catholic Carnival - Townships Section, Town of Galen

1885 Newark Presbyterian Newsletter. This includes reminiscences about old Marbletown residents and news about former residents. - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 8 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson


July 2004

1900 Newark Village Directory Pt. 4, Business Directory - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1900 Newark Village Directory Pt. 3, Surnames P - Y - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1900 Newark Village Directory Pt. 2, Surnames G - O - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 7 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1900 Newark Village Directory Pt. 1 Complete, Surnames A - F - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1900 Newark Village Directory Pt. 1 - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 2 Updated with January 1861 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 6 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 4 Updated with March and April 1862 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 2 Updated with March 1861 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 5 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

Ancestral Sightings - From NYS Resources Part 5 - updated 7/12/04

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 4 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 3 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

Obits Board 4 Update: Vital Records, link at top of Historical Articles Section

Rose & Huron School Rosters 1844-1848 - Townships Section, Towns of Rose and Huron

1924 Shaker Tract Land Sale - Townships Section, Town of Sodus

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 2 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1913-14 Leavenworth Academy Catalog - Townships Section, Town of Wolcott


June 2004

1860s Pultneyville Newspaper Notices Part 1 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

Late 1800s Lyons Union School Newspaper Clippings - Townships Section, Town of Lyons

1904 Lyons Union School Banquet - Townships Section, Town of Lyons

Old Ontario NY Newspaper Clippings - Townships Section, Town of Ontario

Ackley/Corwin Marriage Information - Historical Articles Section, under Vital Records

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 9 partial - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1931-32 Newark Directory - Jackson through McCarty - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1931-32 Newark Directory - Holland through Jackson added - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

Ancestral Sightings - From NYS Resources Part 5

1931-2 Newark Directory - Profile and Civic Leaders - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1931-32 Newark Directory - Church through DuPoint - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia:

Kenyons in Blue: Kenyon Men of Marion in the Civil War - Military Section off Historical Articles Page

Mystery Photo: People and Oxen Cart - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia:


May 2004

1931-32 Newark Directory - Richards through Van Schaffel - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

Transcription of the Oct. 7, 1943 Lake Shore News, filled with World War II News - Townships Section, Town of Wolcott

Leavenworth Institute 1918 Commencement - Townships Section, Town of Wolcott:

Ancestral Sightings - From Out of State Resources Part 5

Ancestral Sightings - From NYS Resources Part 5

Ancestral Sightings - From NYS Resources Part 4


April 2004

Obits Board 3 Update: Vital Records, link at top of Historical Articles Section

The Newark Courier, October 28 & November 11, 1869 - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1931-32 Newark Directory - McClellan through Rice - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 8 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1931-32 Newark Directory - Durfee through Holdridge - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

Photo of Lyons High 1913 Graduates - Townships Section, Town of Lyons

1931-32 Newark Directory - Abbott through Christy - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 7 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson


March 2004

Intro to the 1931 Newark Directory - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

Westfall/VanAuken Update to South Lyons Cemetery

1931-32 Newark Business Directory Listings - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1931-32 Newark Directory - Van Tassel through Zinner - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 6 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 5 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

Portrait of Elijah Sherman Mosher - Family Bios Section

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 4 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

Bruinix/ Goossen Family of Marion - Family Bios Section

Obits Board 4 w/Lake Family collection: Vital Records, link at top of Historical Articles Section


February 2004

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 3 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

Obits Board 3 Update: Vital Records, link at top of Historical Articles Section

Call for Typing Volunteers! 1931 Newark Directory - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

Newark Rural Route Residents - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

People Residing Near Newark 1931-32 - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

Newark Rural Residents 1931-32 - Townships Section, Town of Arcadia

The Post Family of Butler - Townships Section, Town of Butler

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 2 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 1 - Townships Section, Town of Williamson

Galen Death Records 1910-1914 - Town of Galen Section

Glenside Cemetery, Shear and Engle additions - Cemeteries Section, Wolcott

Ancestral Sightings - From NYS Resources Part 3

Ancestral Sightings - From Out of State Resources Part 5

The Clemons Family & the Purdy Fruit Farm - Town of Williamson Section


January 2004

Centennial Celebration, 1876, with Historical Sketch of Early History of Palmyra - Town of Palmyra Section

Ancestral Sightings - From Out of State Resources Part 5

1872 Wayne County Business Listings

1917 Lyons Republican Newspaper Part 4
Part 4 consists of World War I articles.

1869-1870 Lyons Business Directory

1869-1870 Newark Business Directory

1869-1870 Clyde Business Directory

1917 Lyons Republican Newspaper Part 3

1917 Lyons Republican Newspaper Part 2

1917 Lyons Republican Newspaper Part 1

Wayne County 1899 Supreme Court Calendar


December 2003

1923 Voter List - Butler, NY

Ancestral Sightings - From Out of State Resources Part 5

Bio of Oscar W. Osborn

1865 Census of Butler, Pt. 3

1865 Census of Butler, Pt. 2

Ancestral Sightings - From NYS Resources Part 3

Bios of Alvah M. and Robert L. Ostrander




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