Heritage Quest Online
Database consisting of the full text of local histories, family histories, and Federal Census indexes and images 1790-1910. This is accessible from any computer using your CCLD library card.
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Online Resources
Historical Newspapers: New York Collection
Full text searchable and browsable collection of New York State newspapers. Elmira Star Gazette from 1891, Ithaca Journal from 1914, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle from 1871, White Plains Journal News from 1889, New York Daily News from 1920, Poughkeepsie Journal from 1785, and the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin from 1904.
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Ancestry Library Edition
Ancestry Library Edition can be accessed from Steele Memorial Library computers. Ancestry delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more.
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Family Search
Records span billions of names across hundreds of collections--including birth, marriage, death, probate, land, military, IGI extracted, and more. Currently Family Search has NY State census for 1855, 1865 (browse only), 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915, and 1925.
The Steele Memorial Library is an Affiliate Library with FamilySearch. Some records not able to be viewed at a computer at home may be viewed here at the library from our computers.
History Commons
NYHeritage
Primary source materials from Over 350 libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural institutions in New York.
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