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Cayuga County (N.Y.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Akin family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065226213]
Identifier: 3908
Scope and content

Letters written by John Walter Akin; letters to Mrs. Elwood Akin; correspondence of Clarinda R. Murdock; letters possibly written by Lois Mary Otis (Cornell University Class of 1887). Also, includes invitations, programs, business cards, calling cards and an unidentified daguerrotype.

Dates: 1834-1893.

Cranson family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064934239]
Identifier: 2021
Scope and content

Letters concerning farm prices and production, legal agreements, bills, receipts, and other papers of Caleb Cranson, Perry K. Storm, Cranson Jennings, and other relatives from Cayuga County, New York; Prince Georges County, Maryland; and Virginia.

Dates: 1830-1886.

Evangelical United Congregations records

 Collection — Manuscript box 61 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065256962]
Identifier: 3787
Scope and content

Records (two typescripts with variations), including baptisms and membership lists of the Evangelical United Congregations, Lansing and Genoa, New York. Contains references to German settlers in the Lansing area of Tompkins County, and the Genoa and Scipio areas of Cayuga County, New York. Also, genealogical material concerning the Bauer (Bower) family.

Dates: 1800-1847.

Farm accounts

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064941317]
Identifier: 2744
Scope and content

Account book and ledger, Genoa, Cayuga County, New York.

Dates: 1872-1879.

George Underwood stock certificate

 Collection — Manuscript box 21 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065243408]
Identifier: 157m
Scope and content

American Medicinal Oil Company stock certificate number 34, showing that George Underwood owns ten shares at one hundred dollars each, dated August 7th, 1853.

Dates: 1853.

Helen Finch Smith papers

 Collection — Box 8: [Barcode: 31924093398638]
Identifier: 3777
Abstract

Manuscript, typed, mimeographed and printed material derived from family and genealogical research; local, county, court, church and cemetery records; and printed local and family history, primarily in southern and central New York State and nearby Pennsylvania counties. Includes research notes and correspondence concerning Cayuga, Schuyler, Tompkins, Madison, Chenango, Tioga and Chemung Counties, New York.

Dates: [ca.1788]-1974.

Joseph Grover papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064942992]
Identifier: 3419
Scope and content

Includes receipts, accounts, and legal documents of the Grover family, primarily Joseph Grover, of Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York.

Dates: 1795-1843.

Mitchell and Barnes families papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3785
Abstract

Papers consist primarily of correspondence, land and other legal documents, daybooks, photographs, and clippings. Early documents largely concern the transfer and use of land in central and eastern New York.

Dates: 1791-1999.

Philip Ercanbrack papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065218210]
Identifier: 2654
Scope and content

Diaries and farm accounts of Philip Ercanbrack. Also, account books containing records of his cabinetmaking and tree-grafting businesses.

Dates: [ca.1845]-1888.

Root family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3894
Abstract

Civil War letters and daily journals of William Harrison Root, a lieutenant in Company B, 75th Regiment, New York Volunteers. Also a notebook of Root's, clippings, and his account book of Company B, 1861. Also, letters and reminiscences, between Helen Isabel Root and her parents. Additional material includes account books, clippings, correspondence and transcripts, pamphlets, genealogical charts, deeds and other legal documents, and photographs of the Shepard and Osborn families.

Dates: 1828-1970.