Posts Tagged ‘County Historians’

Upstate New York Genealogy recently received an email from Loretta Bates, Office Manager, of the Washington County, New York, Historian’s Office.
Part of which is as follows:

“Dick,
Did I mention to you that I have been putting info on our Washinton Co. official website? You might want to check it out, just Google Washington Co. NY and we’re the first one listed. I have so much more ready to enter… I’m trying to put on the oldest things I can find, so far it’s mostly the Goodspeed Index and some older church records.
Keep up the good work…. Loretta”

The Seneca County Historian, Walter Gable, explains in plain English, just what the Military Tract was, how it was formed, how the Townships were named, who some of the early settlers were, and a whole lot more than you ever thought you knew about it.

The Military Tract was a large portion of Central New York that the State’s Legislature purchased from the Indians and made available to soldiers that served in the American Revolution from New York, (only.)