Herkimer
County Historical Society
400 North Main Street, Herkimer, NY 13350
(315) 866-6413
Hours:
Monday-Friday
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Summer Hours: July and August, open on Saturdays from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. (beginning after the fourth of July holiday weekend)
Closed most holidays.
Click on
our Museums page for more information on our tours of the Suiter Museum,
1834 Herkimer County Jail and Keller Doll House/Miniature Display.
Society
Officers and Board Members:
President:
Jeffrey Steele, Herkimer
Vice President: Joseph Cirillo, Mohawk
Secretary: Barbara Voelkle, Middleville
Treasurer: John Stock, Herkimer
Board Members:
Mary Cirillo, Mohawk
Kathleen Farber, Little Falls
Dr. Norman Freund, Little Falls
Toni Helmer, East Herkimer
Steve Knight, Herkimer
Jennifer Lamphere, Salisbury
Jan
McGraw, Ilion
John
McLean, Herkimer
Garry Outtrim, Esq., Herkimer
Society
Staff members
Susan
R. Perkins, Executive Director
Caryl A. Hopson, Administrative Assistant
The
Herkimer County Historical Society's Library is
open during our Open Hours - below is a listing of our resources. We do
ask for a $5.00 donation to use our library for non-members.
Society
Resources
Herkimer
County Historical Society Resource Center
The following is a listing of sources available and used for any inquiry.
Census:
1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1825, 1830, 1835, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1880
on cd - 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
Directories:
Herkimer
County: 1869-90, 1888-89
Little
Falls, Herkimer, Mohawk and Ilion:1886-1887
Herkimer,
Mohawk, Ilion & Frankfort:
1893, 1902, 1904, 1907-8,1909-10,
1913, 1916, 1921, 1925, 1929, 1936, 1938
1940-41, 1942,1945, 1947
1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958
1960-62, 1964, 1965,1968
1970-72, 1974-79
1983-85, 1987-88, 1990-1991
Herkimer:
1992-93, 1995
Little
Falls & Dolgeville: 1918, 1928, 1936, 1947, 1949, 1951,
1953, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1987, 1989,
1990, 1992, 1995
Cemetery
files: Up to 1930
Newspaper
marriages & obituaries: 1800's and Evening Telegram 1900-1920
and Herkimer/Ilion Citizen - 1867-1921
Township
& Village Publications: except Columbia, Danube, Stark,
Warren & Webb
Family
Genealogies
History
books: Local, Native American, Revolutionary War, Civil War,
WWI, WWII, Adirondacks and biographies.
Herkimer
County listing of men in various wars (incomplete)
Vertical
files: Local history, industry, transportation, historic
homes, churches, schools etc.
Gazetteers:1860
& 1875
Herkimer
County Atlases: 1868 & 1906
Abstract
of Wills: Will Index from 1790's-1900
Please
note:The Society does not have
New York State birth, marriage or death records or certificates.
New York State did not mandate that they be kept until after 1880. You
can write to the Town or Village Clerk where that event occurred or to
Albany. For further information please check the NYS Dept. of Health web
site at http://www.archives.nysed.gov/holding/fact/vital.htm
Questions?
Email us, or call (315)
866-6413
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