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New York

Schweitzer, George K. New York Genealogical Research. Knoxville: George K. Schweitzer. 1988. 254 pages. Softcover.

Provides an historic background, then discusses various types of records available for research including cemetery records, city directories, land records, marriages, military records, and more, then proceeds to individual counties and their records.

Price: $12.50

Otsego County

Growing Up in Cooper Country. Boyhood Recollections of the New York Frontier. Edited by Louis C. Jones. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. 1965. 198 pages. Hardcover.

Shortly after the American Revolution, new waves of settlers came from the Hudson Valley and New England to the hills and woodlands of Central New York. While the adults toiled to tame the wilderness, the children led lives of their own. This book contains the memories of two children who came to the area around 1790: Henry Wright and Levi Beardsely.

Price: $15.00

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Westchester County

Walton, Frank L Pillars of Yonkers. New York: Stratford House. 1951. 347 pages. Hardcover.

This is the story of one of the oldest communities in the United States, beginning with early settlement by Native Americans through the American Revolution to the Industrial Revolution.

Price: $20.00

Hart, Larry, Tales of Old Schenectady. Volume II. The Changing Scene. Scotia, New York: Old Dorp Books. 1977, second edition 1983. 219 pages.

Note: Inscription: "Old Dorp Greetings! Larry Hart"

The anecdotes selected for these volumes of Tales of Old Schenectady do not follow any chronological timetable. Instead, they are told at random in non-textbook fashion for the enjpoyment of those who prefer to take their history in easy doses rather than in concentrated form.

Price: $15.00

Miller, Terry. Greenwich Village and How It Got That Way. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1990. 297 pages. Hardcover.

The first comprehensive look at the village of both the past and the present. With nearly 300 new and new found photographs and illustrations, many never before published. The area has played important parts in the history of entertainment, politics, and leisure.

Price: $22.50