W is for WYOMING County Historian's Office

Wyoming County Historian's Office This is where I work as Assistant County Historian. We do genealogy requests, track down the history of abandoned cemeteries or an old building. We even found descendents to pass some silverware along to. You just never know what we will...

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V is for VICTORIAN

Queen Victoria, 1867. Library of Congress Not very attractive was she? Fashion, architecture, clothing styles housewares on many continents revolved around her during her rule from 1837-1901, the Victorian Era. Below are some free Dover clipart images. Stay tuned...

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U isfor UFO

TRI-COUNTY TIMES (Arcade, NY) Oct. 24, 1973 (Wednesday) Wyoming County, NY had its share of UFO sightings in the 1950s-mid 70s.  We even made the government's "Project Bluebook" which is now available, with much redacted, through the freedom of information act. The...

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T is for TITLE Search

An 1829 tavern I researched in Barre, NY. Here are folks that are part of an archaeology dig. A title search is basically the genealogy of a piece of property. It is most often used by abstract companies to create a chain of title (ownership) for the property for a lawyer...

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S is for ST. REGIS

A State law was passed in 1816 to allow the State to purchase land from the St. Regis Indians based on whatever the Governor considered a reasonable amount.  There were three articles to the treaty of 1816. The first article was to convey the one mile square on Salmon...

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R is for Grass RIVER

Grass River. Akwesasne The Gassy Meadows along Grass River is one of the areas I will be covering in my book, Indian Land Title in New York, (to be published later this year by The History Press). Below s an excerpt. TREATY WITH THE ST. REGIS 1845 – GRASSY MEADOWS Whereas...

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Q is for QUARTER Century

Which is exactly as it implies, 25 years.  Here are some quarter century events from 1925. Jan 5th - Nellie Taylor Ross becomes the first woman governor in the US for the state of Wyoming. Feb 21st - The New Yorker magazine is published for the first time. Apr 10th...

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P is for PROHIBITION

Perry Herald - October 31, 1917 The 18th Amendment on Prohibition was proposed by the United States Senate on December 18, 1917, and took until 1920 to pass-- but New York State already had their own liquor laws in place. Since before the turn of the century organizations...

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O is for Milo H. OLIN, Inventor

Milo H. Olin is one of Wyoming County, NY's many inventors. WINDSHIELD WIPING AND CLEANING APPARATUS  Milo H. Olin, Perry, N. Y. Application July 25, 1950, Serial No. 175,739 A wind shield wiper mechanism which can be controlled by a foot pedal, and which does not...

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N is for Elizabeth NIMSKER, Spiritualist

At a special meeting held on October 1, 1934 Elizabeth Nimsker forms the First Christian Spiritualist Church of Warsaw, NY. These incorporation papers list an address for the church of 245 South Main Street in the village of Warsaw. Rev. Elizabeth Nimnsker of Warsaw was the...

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M is for Murderesses

Syracuse Journal Wed., March 23, 1927 Executioner Has Taken Lives of 3 Women as Murderesses By Universal Service.  NEW YORK, March 23―    Three women have been executed for murder in New York State. Three others were sentenced to death, but were granted...

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L is for LAND

1895 Atlas of New York, Julius Bien & Co - Map of land patents. An abstractor is a person who does an abstract of title for a piece of property.  If you have ever bought or sold a house or taken out a mortgage, either your realtor or attorney has contacted an abstract...

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K is for KILLERS

More Wyoming County, NY History Auburn Weekly News May 23, 1878 AN ATROCIOUS PAIR OF MURDERERS FOR AUBURN PRISON.---William Brown and Jacob Eller were yesterday sentenced to Auburn prison for life, by the Wyoming county Circuit Court, for killing Mrs. George Minkle in December...

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J is for JAIL

The brick building behind the monument to the left is the clerk’s office. To the left of that (white building)  is the jail. The illustration is from F. W. Beers, History of Wyoming County (1880). Sheriff Day entered the cell on Sunday, November 20, 1892, expecting to...

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I is for Inventor

FRANK M. FOOTE - Arcade, Wyoming County, NY Castilian Oct. 24, 1918 Frank M. Foote Granted Patent    Frank M. Foote of Arcade has been granted a patent on a devise for unloading amesite from railroad cars, especially from cars of the two pocket variety.   ...

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H is for Historical Wyoming

Historical Wyoming began in 1947 with the first Wyoming County Historian, Harry Douglass. As the title suggests it is about the history of Wyoming County, NY. We are the only county historian's office in the state to publish a quarterly magazine. It was originally printed...

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