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1. Research Request (SCHSIRR1): (Request Research); Open a request for Research; Created on 31 December 2015
2. SULLIVAN COUNTY (NY): A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY IN IMAGES (1596296461): Written by County Historian John Conway; Created on 21 December 2015
3. Thompson: (Category); ... native of Litchfield County, Connecticut. He was a miller who arrived in the area in 1794. Thompson bought land and built a settlement near what was then known as Albion. Thompson, who later became a judge, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
4. Rockland: (Category); ... NY A decimated group of Tuscaroras from the Carolinas took refuge in the area. A tribe member by the name of Tunis was brought up in the home of John Osterhout, an Indian scout and guide, living ...; Created on 30 November -0001
5. Research Department: (Category); ... you, but our researchers will make a good faith effort to assist you, and will suggest other areas, organizations, or agencies that may be of help to you. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Neversink: (Category); ... The other four did not. Those folks who stayed in the area brought their pride and work ethic with them. They joined with the families who lived in areas not touched by the reservoirs. That’s how the ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Mamakating: (Category); ... I eagerly accepted the offer and today we have an archive room, a great meeting room with many pictures and histories of all the areas of Mamakating and many artifacts of our area. We have165 members and ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Lumberland: (Category); A BIT OF LUMBERLAND HISTORY By an act of the State Legislature, Lumberland came into existence as a township on March 16, 1798, taking in an area that was bounded in the east by the Mongaup River and ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Liberty: (Category); ... making it the fourth oldest of Sullivan County’s fifteen townships. The area is credited with providing 303 men who fought in the Revolution. Liberty was originally carved from the then large townships ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. Highland: (Category); ... of that war was fought on the headland above Minisink Ford in the town. It was here that the notorious Tory, Joseph Brant, led a bloody massacre on two companies of colonials from the Goshen area. toda ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. Genealogy Department: (Category); ... you, but our researchers will make a good faith effort to assist you, and will suggest other areas, organizations, or agencies that may be of help to you. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Forestburgh: (Category); ... y and store. The railroad was commissioned to serve the area and a post office was necessary. Resorts and summer camps soon emerged. Charles Gilman, nephew, served as Town supervisor from 1891 -93 a ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Fallsburg: (Category); ... They were most likely Dutch and migrated from Ulster County. They probably reached the area by using an old Indian trail that crossed the Neversink River at Denniston�s Ford near Glen Wild. Some of these ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. Delaware: (Category); ... to be known as Callicoon, there were few settlers in the area, none within a mile of his new home. Many years before, hunters from the Hudson Valley had ventured into the valley of the Callicoon Creek ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. County History: (Category); ... “original people”) first arrived in this area over 11,000 years ago. While there is no indication exactly what the place was like at that time, oral tradition (the Lenape had no written language) holds ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. Cochecton: (Category); ... Mamakating, the Town of Cochecton was a part of that town. Later, when Bethel separated from Lumberland, the area now known as the Towns of Cochecton and Delaware were a part of Bethel. Finally, in 1828, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
17. Cemeteries: (Category); ... they remain on our web site. Joan Sholl Francis has listed many cemeteries in our area, some are in New York and some are in Pennsylvania. Contact Joan at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~now1/eldred.html ...; Created on 30 November -0001
18. Callicoon: (Category); ... Farm to the former Leo Hemmer and John Royce farms. Eventually, as others moved into the area, a church was built near the present curve in the road beyond John Bargfrede’s farm going toward Youngsville. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
19. Bethel: (Category); ... a great economic boost for the area at this time. The mid 1800’s saw the beginning of the hotel construction. The very first ones were started as wayside inns and most were developed from ...; Created on 30 November -0001
20. Along The Neversink in the Seventies: (Category); Monroe Wright moved to Livingston Manor from the Town of Neversink late in the nineteenth century, teaching in area one-room schools. He later would become principal for the Livingston Manor high school. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
21. New Exhibit "Early Sullivan County" to Open June 12th: (Museum News); ... has volunteered at the Sullivan County Historical Society for many years creating exhibits in different areas of interest. The current work is a loving effort to put forward vignettes of times of long ...; Created on 22 May 2016
22. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... Upon graduating the normal school at Cortland, New York, in 1932, she began her career as an educator teaching at rural schools in the Delhi and Port Jervis areas . In 1946, she was welcomed to the faculty ...; Created on 17 January 2016
23. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... Tim Hardin, Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin were moving to the area and wanted a state-of-the-art studio. Lang and Kornfeld were searching for seed money for the festival and money to build ...; Created on 04 January 2016
24. Monticello: (Thompson); ... pson called the area around his improved lands Albion Mills. He and his family left the Mills each winter and returned to New York City until 1801 when they moved into a fine frame house and became year- ...; Created on 26 December 2015
25. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); The original white settlers came into the area, which was later named Jeffersonville, in the 1830's. The names DeWitt, Quick, Schermerhorn, Ward, Frederick Scheidell who established a grist mill in 1841 ...; Created on 26 December 2015
26. Hurleyville: (Fallsburg); ... of South Fallsburg. Hurleyville was originally settled by William Hurley. The local economy was originally centered on dairy farming, but gradually became part of the Catskills Borscht Belt resort area. ...; Created on 26 December 2015
27. Genalogy September 2015: (News); ... many visitors have been coming to the museum to see the wonderful Concord Exhibit. Be sure you don't miss that exhibit.. As always we can use volunteers to help in the genealogy and archives areas. W ...; Created on 03 September 2015
28. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... the WhiteLake area in conjunction with Sullivan County Renaissance program. Both Bill and Pat have also volunteered at FortDelawareMuseum, the Mongaup Valley Fire Department and Ladies Auxiliary and on ...; Created on 18 October 2014
29. VOLUNTEERS WANTED: (Announcements); VOLUNTEERS WANTED Do you like history? Do you like genealogy? The Sullivan County Historical Society in Hurleyville (the Museum and Research Center) is looking for volunteers in many areas, especially ...; Created on 28 September 2014
30. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... e congregation was not formerly organized into the Hudson Presbytery until the year 1860. Throughout the next century, the Hortonville church became affiliated with other congregations in the area. Wi ...; Created on 04 April 2012
31. The Stone Arch Bridge: (Cochecton); ... area, tanneries, lumber and agricultural industry. A saw mill was operated just upstream of the Bridge in the late 1800's. In 1882 one of the few Hex murders on record in the Upper Delaware Valley wa ...; Created on 03 November 2011
32. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); The original white settlers came into the area, which was later named Jeffersonville, in the 1830's. The names DeWitt, Quick, Schermerhorn, Ward, Frederick Scheidell who established a grist mill in 1841 ...; Created on 03 November 2011
33. The Hamlet of Swamp Mills: (Tusten); ... However, this community was important in the early days of the Town of Tusten. The first town meeting was held here in 1853 and the small community was an important industrial area. At one time a sawmill, ...; Created on 20 October 2011
34. The Hamlet of Lava: (Tusten); Another community in the Town of Tusten is Lava. The area was not named on the 1875 Beer's map although a school was shown. When applying for a post office, an early group of residents wanted to call th ...; Created on 20 October 2011
35. The Village of Narrowsburg: (Tusten); ... that included the word “Eddy” were so named by the early raftsmen. Narrowsburg was first known as Homans’ Eddy until Mr. Homan left the area. It was then renamed Big Eddy by the raftsmen because it is ...; Created on 20 October 2011
36. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); ... Tusten broke away and each became a town of its own. Tusten was one of the first areas in the county to be settled. The first settlement originated around 1757, founded by the Delaware Company under the ...; Created on 20 October 2011
37. Salmon Steele: (Rockland); ... in the 19th century. Salmon Steele, like so many other early migrants into the area during this era, began as a tenant on land owned by the aristocratic Livingston family. In 1848, Steele purchased lots ...; Created on 07 October 2011
38. Along the Neversink in the Seventies: (Neversink); Monroe Wright moved to Livingston Manor from the Town of Neversink late in the nineteenth century, teaching in area one-room schools. He later would become principal for the Livingston Manor high school. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
39. Salmon Steele and the Morsston Tannery: (Rockland); ... in the 19th century. Salmon Steele, like so many other early migrants into the area during this era, began as a tenant on land owned by the aristocratic Livingston family. In 1848, Steele purchased lots ...; Created on 16 August 2011
40. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... had to spend a lot of time in local archives. He relates that over the years in order to understand the effect of trout fishing on the area he had to read portions of some forty newspapers, as many of ...; Created on 11 August 2009
41. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); ... Antique Center. Then he started his quest of buying and restoring the houses on “The Hill” as they became available. Across from his home, he created a wooded area with mowed lawns and ...; Created on 11 August 2007
42. Paul Gerry: (History Preserver); ... last decades of his life involved with efforts to preserve Sullivan County’s history and to revitalize the area. It was surely appropriate that the Liberty Museum and Art Center which had acquired the ...; Created on 11 August 2007
43. Andrew Neiderman: (History Makers); ... to Sullivan County in the Catskills area of New York. After attending public schools in Fallsburg, he graduated from the State University of Albany where he received his Master’s degree in English. For ...; Created on 01 June 2006
44. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); ... of timber were used up and by the mid-1750's lumbermen had to turn their attention to more distant areas. In 1760 Daniel Skinner, a Connecticut Yankee, came to settle in the vicinity of Cochecto ...; Created on 11 August 2005
45. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... War. At that time transportation in many parts of the country was still limited to slow moving canals and to roads which were often paralyzed by snow and mud. The result was a demand in these areas for ...; Created on 11 August 2005
46. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... promoters scoured the area by air. Seventy miles from Woodstock they found their site, Max Yasgur’s farm. The weather, a prominent part of the Festival itself, also played a part ...; Created on 01 June 2004
47. Beatrice Schoch: (History Preserver); ... slide show program on Bethel history. Using photographs of the area and postcards that her friends lent her, she created a slide show which was shown at different locations in the county such as the Wurtsboro ...; Created on 11 August 2003
48. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... Eastern Europe, but her success in turn helped to transform the resort traditions of the very country which had welcomed her. Jennie was born on June 16, 1892 in the area known as Galatia in th ...; Created on 11 August 2002
49. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... continued to build on the foundation his father had already lain. Besides automobiles and history, John discovered that he had another talent in a completely different area. He enjoyed ...; Created on 11 August 2002
50. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... first job after college in the Union School in Amsterdam, New York as Preceptress (Vice-Principal) in 1890. In 1893, she returned to the Oneonta area to marry Burdelle Chase, who according to the couple’s ...; Created on 11 August 2001
51. Mary Edith Curtis: (History Preserver); ... Upper Delaware Valley as an area which must be studied as a single entity is reflected in her interest in the Upper Delaware Historical Alliance. She missed one meeting and returned to find that she had ...; Created on 11 August 2001
52. Francis S. Currey: (History Makers); ... of 1944. Due to a recently signed executive order which prevented soldiers under age 19 from entering combat areas, Currey was delayed in England until his birthday at the end of June. He then landed a ...; Created on 01 June 2000
53. Lawrence H. Cooke: (History Makers); ... assignment of judges to areas of the state where there was a backlog. There was increased reliance on mediation and arbitration to cut down on the number of court cases and judges who had to retire because ...; Created on 01 June 1998
54. James Burbank: (History Preserver); ... Another area of interest was the Sullivan County Historical Society. After retiring from the Navy, he settled in Narrowsburg. He was appointed Sullivan County Historian September 16, 1948 ...; Created on 11 August 1997
55. Judge Robert C. Williams: (History Makers); ... interests turned to the judicial area and by appointments and general elections he steadily moved up the judicial ladder: Assistant District Attorney (1957), District Attorney (1962), Family Court Judge ...; Created on 11 August 1996
56. Otto Hillig: (History Preserver); ... car conductor in Brooklyn, later as a bartender and still later as a laborer in a brewery in Ellenville. When about twenty-one years of age and virtually penniless, he moved into the Liberty area and while ...; Created on 11 August 1996

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