Research Sources

Washington County, NY

• Cambridge is both a town and village in New York.
  • Town: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge,_New_York
  • Village: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_(village),_New_York
• The village Facebook page mentions that there are village archives, and periodically posts pictures from the archives. For example, a new cover photo dated March 8 2021, "Main Street, Cambridge, NY", "turn of the 20th Century".
• The official village web site has a history page at https://v3.cambridgeny.gov/historian that mentions archives "available for public viewing at the Village Offices."
  • Sepratately it mentions a records center which "contains the municipal records of the Village of Cambridge and other local historical records of the surrounding area, including some genealogy."
  • No online records
• Richard Clayton Photography has a collection of old village photos at http://www.cambridgephoto.com/Town-View/Town-View-SearchList.php

• Historical Society and museum: http://cambridgenyhistoricalsociety.org

  • Archival collection page (no online records): http://cambridgenyhistoricalsociety.org/content/archival-collection

    We are in the process of organizing the many boxes of records we have accumulated over the years to make the information we have more accessible to researchers. We prefer requests for research to be sent to us at CambridgeNYHistoricalSoc@gmail.com. Please be specific with information you need so that we can research in a timely manner.

  Some of the available records include:
  - Genealogy by family name
  - Video casettes
  - History DVDs
  - Local history books
  - Mary McClellan Hospital collection
  - Schools

• LDS Genealogy page for Cambridge: https://ldsgenealogy.com/NY/Cambridge.htm

• New York Heritage Digital Collection: https://nyheritage.org/
• Washington County historian: https://washingtoncountyny.gov/277/Historian
• Washington County Genealogy Trails: http://genealogytrails.com/ny/washington/
• Washington County genealogy: https://washington.nygenweb.net
• Possible newspaper info: https://fultonhistory.com N.B. Cambridge isn't near Fulton NY, but a forum post at Ancestry.com suggested that it includes the Washington County Post, and this appears to be true. Suggestion, search on a name, then cmd-F to find results in that newspaper.
  • Archives of "Salem NY Washington County Post": https://fultonhistory.com/my%20old%20photos/Historical%20Newspapers%20United%20States%20and%20Canada%20login/Salem%20NY%20Washington%20County%20Post/index.php
    • Includes 1839-1858, 1896-1900, 1901-1904, 1905-1907, 1908-1911, 1912-1916
    • https://fultonhistory.com/my%20old%20photos/Historical%20Newspapers%20United%20States%20and%20Canada%20login/Salem%20NY%20Washington%20County%20Post/index.php
  • Archives of "North White Creek NY Washington County Post": https://fultonhistory.com/my%20old%20photos/Historical%20Newspapers%20United%20States%20and%20Canada%20login/North%20White%20Creek%20NY%20Washington%20County%20Post/index.php
    • Many sections covering 1849-1869, 1875-1881, 1886-1925 (overlapping?), 1887-1900, and later
• Washington County Historical Society: https://www.wchs-ny.org
• The Bancroft Public Library (Salem, N.Y.) has a list of cemetery archives at https://www.bancroftlibrary.org/genealogy-resources/cemetery-archives/

Pittsburgh

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Archives ($7.95/month, can save to Ancestry, don't know if it can print/save/download).

Nyack and Hudson Valley

• HRVH Historical Newspapers
• NY Heritage Digital Collections, Nyack Library
• Historical Society of the Nyacks - https://nyackhistory.omeka.net or http://nyackhistory.org (most items not scanned, so not available online)

Other sources

• Vermont Genealogy Library
• Cayuga County NY maps
• Cayuga County NY genealogy
• Tomkins County Public Library Digital Books
  • Includes the "balloting book" listing land grant info for the Central New York Military Tract, possibly relevant to Andrew Tone (1742-1820) or John A. Tone (1768-1825).
  • Includes Cayuga County, NY info (where Scipio, NY is located)
• For old NYC photos where a street address is known, see https://www.oldnyc.org