Monroe County Library System
July 13th, 2006
The Monroe
County Library System has their history department online with various resources
for those looking for information in Monroe county. Here is some of the information
that they have:
- Digitized versions of the Rochester
City Directories from the 1820s to the 1890s, with more on the way. - A Life
Records database that includes indexes from the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle and Times
Union of paid death notices from 1960-2006, birth notices from 1978-2003, and
marriage notices from 1965-2003. Also included in this database are records from the Brockport
Republic newspaper covering the years 1856-1923. Copies of the
original notices may be ordered from the Rochester Public Library. - An indexed collection of the publication Rochester
History, a journal published from 1939 to the present that contains articles on
the history of Rochester, Monroe County and western New York. - The Rochester
Images database, which houses thousands of images including historical and
contemporary photographs, maps, and manuscripts from Rochester and Monroe County. - Indexes to
valuable primary source materials such as federal and state censuses, Civil War records,
and cemetery records from Rochester and surrounding towns. - Information on how to contact local
municipal historians for further information.
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