Research Room
What is available within Orange County Genealogical Society’s research room:
(*) identifies items which may be purchased in person or by mail
Equipment: (no coins needed, pay 10 cents per page when you leave)
Two copiers – all of which enlarge and reduce
Two Minolta digitized microfilm/microfiche readers each with a laser printer
One Windows 10 computer with Internet access (no online subscriptions)
General:
A master surname index of books and folders
A Bibliography of our holdings
Orange County Reference Books
Samuel Eager’s History of Orange County published 1847 (*)
Ruttenber and Clark’s History publisfed 1881 and an index (*)
Hadley’s History of Orangr County published 1908 and an index (*)
Porait and Biographical Record of Orange County published 1895 (*)
Pioneer Families of Orange County
Genealogical History of Blacks in Orange County – this is a six volume series with a separate index (*)
City Directories – Middletown and Port Jervis 1899 – 1952 incomplete
City directories – Newburgh area 1899 – 1956 incomplete
A directory of all directories – Dan Burrowes created a list of all directories (*)
Orange County Jury Lists 2 volumes 1798 – 1825 & 1826 – 1837
Orange County Vital Records 1847 – 1849 (*)
Coleman’s Orange County Tombstones reprint of 1941 original (*)
EarlyTax Records
Published Genealogies:
Family genealogies almost 500, with over unique surnames.
Vertical files: family folders filed by surname with information from many sources.
The working papers of several ladies that did paid research. Elizabeth Hoorton, Helen Predmore, and Myrtle Edwards. Their research does not exist anywhere else. Florence Tate was another researcher but ner papers are on microfilm.
The Dan Burrowes Collection.
(over 3,000 unique surnames)
The Elizabeth Horton collection (over 1,100 surnames)
The Helen Predmore collection (almost 500 surnames)
The Myrtle Edwards collection (over 2,000 folders now integrated into the family folders by surnames). The above 3 ladies were paid researchers; now deceased). Their working papers do not exist anywhere else in the world.
The Florence Tate collection (recently deceased historian) (on microfilm)
The Dan Burrows collection (Dan’s still very much alive; a former key volunteer)
Well-known Quarterlies (OCGS has every issue):
The American Genealogist (sorry, no master index)
NY Genealogical & Biographical Record master index on CD-ROM
New England Historical & Genealogical Register
volumes 1-148 on microfilm, with printed index
Connecticut Nutmegger + index of vol 1-28
Military:
Index to Revolutionary War Service Records (set)
Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Records (set)
New York in the Revolution as Colony and State
DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition
New York Soldiers in the Civil War (showing units)
New York in the War of the Rebellion (set)
Roll of Honor (set) (Civil War)
Histories of several local Civil War Regiments
Index to Mexican War Pension Files
Maps:
1850 maps of Orange County (in 4 quadrants) (*)
These maps are large and very detailed, with names of farmers.
14 other maps (*) (see publications for sale)
Mayflower:
All 34 volumes of “Mayflower Descendant”, indexed
Mayflower Source Records
Mayflower “Increasings”, “Births & Deaths”, “Marriages”, “Deeds”
New England:
New England Marriages, by Torrey
Genealogical Dictionary of New England, by Savage
The Great Migration Begins
English Origins of New England Families
CT – Genealogies of Connecticut Families (3 vol)
CT – Genealogy & Family History of Connecticut (4 vol; partial index)
RI – Genealogies of Rhode Island Families
Other states:
NJ – Abstracts of Wills 1670-1817 (13 vol) (indexed in 3 vol)
NJ – Genealogies of New Jersey Families (2 vol)
NJ – Early Germans of New Jersey
NJ – Marriage Records 1665-1800
NJ – Newspaper Extracts 1704-1782
PA – Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families
PA – Pennsylvania Vital Records
PA – Pennsylvania Church Records
PA – Biographical Record of Northeast Pennsylvania, with new index
Microfilm:
New England Historical & Genealogical Report, volumes 1 to 148
(with printed indexes)
Federal censuses of Orange & adjacent counties, 1790 to 1880,
(with printed indexes), 1900-1930
1880 Soundex census of New York State
(we also have the 1880 Census Index on CD-ROM)
State censuses of Orange & adjacent counties 1825-1875,
(by town, no index)
Mortality schedules 1850-1880 NY & NJ
Index of wills and probate records at Orange County Surrogate Court 1787-1941
Town clerk civil war reports for most of NY state
Tax assessment rolls for most of NY state, 1799-1804 era
Orange County marriages 1908-1932, with index
Orange County court minutes 1727-1856
Index of Naturalization/Citizenship:
Declarations 1802-1900
Petitions 1827-1903
Index of Orange County deeds:
Grantors 1703-1891
Grantees 1703-1891
Index of Orange County mortgages:
Mortgagors 1703-1869
Mortgagees 1703-1869
Newspapers (microfilm on loan from County Historian)
Goshen Independent Republican 1813-1957
Goshen Democrat 1834-1933
Walden Citizen Herald 1916-1925
Cornwall Local/Reflector/Record 1880-1909
Warwick Advertiser 1882-1981
Warwick Valley Dispatch 1924-1930
Newburgh Free Library Alsdorf scrapbook vol I-XV