Adams, NY History and Genealogy Links to Northern New York History and Genealogy

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ADAMS, NY HISTORY
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ADAMS ADAMS CENTER BELLEVILLE ELLISBURG HENDERSON HENDERSON HARBOR HONEYVILLE LORRAINE MANNSVILLE NORTH ADAMS RODMAN SANDY CREEK SMITHVILLE WORTH
AND SOUTH JEFFERSON COUNTY, NY

Much of the information provided throughout this web site was obtained and/or provided by the Adams, NY town historian, as well as the Historical Association of South Jeff, and the Jefferson. County Journal. Reproductions of Watertown Daily Times articles are done so with written permission. The Adams, NY History and Genealogy web site is offered as a free service for visitors in an effort to preserve history and genealogy records for the area. There are no membership fees associated with this site, and the information contained within these pages will always be free to visitors.

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Adams, NY History and Genealogy Links Page

ADAMS, NY FOUNDED IN 1800
The Arbor Day Village

10th MOUNTAIN DIVISION ASSOCIATION

ADAMS FREE LIBRARY

ADAMS, NEW YORK VINTAGE IMAGES
Images courtesy Nancy Plante of The New York State Tug Hill commission.

ADAMS, NEW YORK VINTAGE IMAGES II
Images courtesy Nancy Plante and the Ring Family.

ALHN JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK
MUST SEE - Fabulous work and information by Mark Wentling.

APRIL 18, 1945 JEFFERSON COUNTY JOURNAL

THE BATTLE OF BIG SANDY AND CARRYING OF THE GREAT ROPE, 1814

BENJAMIN COLE & MARTHA WIGHTMAN
Pioneer settlers of Smithville and members of Honeyville Church (1829)

BEVILLE, NY HISTORY

BELLEVILLE-HENDERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

ELISHA CAMP PAPERS
1756-1879

DETAILED HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF ADAMS
(Courtesy of the Jefferson County Journal)

MELVIL DEWEY OF ADAMS CENTER, NY
History of the Dewey Decimal System

EARLY JEFFERSON COUNTY, NY HISTORY

EAST RODMAN, NY (A.K.A. WHITESVILLE, NY)

ELLIS VILLAGE NOW KNOWN AS ELLISBURG, NY

EVOLUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT STORE
Woolworth's, Watertown, NY, Belk, Bloomingdale, Gimbel's, Harrod's,
Hudson, Macy's, Marshall Field, Wanamaker, Montgomery Ward.

EXCERPTS FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JOURNAL
Tuesday, March 10, 1896

EXCERPTS FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JOURNAL - PART 2
Tuesday, March 31, 1896

EXCERPTS FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JOURNAL
June 8, 1932

GALLOU AND STONY ISLANDS

GENEALOGY AND HISTORY LINKS

HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH JEFFERSON, NY

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL

HISTORY OF DWIGHT AND COOPER BLOCK
1 - 5 Main Street, Adams, NY A. K. A. Ring's Store

HISTORY OF FORT DRUM, NY

HISTORY OF HENDERSON, NY

HISTORY OF THE TOWNS OF SOUTH JEFFERSON

JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK, CITIZENS TO THOMAS JEFFERSON
Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1. General Correspondence.
1651-1827 - December 10, 1807, Address.

JEFFERSON COUNTY GENEALOGY SOCIETY

JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK RECORDS MANAGEMENT
175 Arsenal Street
Watertown, NY 13601-2522
Phone: (315) 785-3081

JEFFERSON COUNTY, NY EMAIL LIST
History and Genealogy Discussion list for Jefferson County, NY

NOAH AVERY JENKINS AND ETHEL A. THORP
Residents of the village of Adams, NY from 1915 to 1976.

MALINDA KILBORN

LAKE ONTARIO - HENDERSON HARBOR TO CAPE VINCENT

LAKE ONTARIO / FULL LAKE VIEW

LAKE ONTARIO LIGHTHOUSES
Cape Vincent Breakwater Light
East Charity off of Cape Vincent
Gallou Island, Gallou Island, NY
Horse Island in Sackets Harbor, NY
Rock Island Lighthouse in Clayton, NY
Stony Point, Henderson Harbor, NY

Tibbetts Point, Cape Vincent, NY

LIBRARIES IN NORTHERN NEW YORK
Academic, Hospital, Public, School and Special Libraries menu.

LORRAINE, NY

MANNSVILLE, NY

NASA IMAGE OF LAKE ONTARIO

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH VITAL RECORDS SECTION
Freedom of Information (FOIL)
Vital Records are not available through FOIL. If you would like information about
FOIL and access to other Department of Health information, please visit the following link...
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/phforum/foil/foil.htm

NORTHERN NEW YORK GENEALOGY

THE OFFICIAL PAGE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT

PIERREPONT MANOR, NY

RICE'S CORNER CEMETERY
Containing an explanation of the connections between the Manley & Washburn families buried there with links to their genealogies.

The RING Family of Adams, NY.

SACKETS HARBOR, NY

SACKETS HARBOR, NY HISTORY

SACKETS HARBOR, NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

SIXTOWN HONOR ROLL

ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY TRAIL

WILLIAM STOKES AND ANNA LANE
Emigrated to Hounsfield about 1845 and died in Town of Adams in 1870's

SOUTH JEFFERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL
PO Box 10
Adams, NY 13605
District Office: 315-583-6104 | Adams Elementary: 315-232-4841 | Wilson Building: 315-583-5418
Mannsville Manor Elementary: 315-465-4281 | Bruce C. Clarke Building: 315-232-4531

Ancestry of the STOODLEY family currently living in Adams Center.

SULPHER SPRINGS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH;
Records include numerous members from Adams, NY

Ebenezer SUMNER Family, residents of Adams starting about 1819.

TRANSCRIPTIONS FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JOURNAL:
ADAMS AND VICINITY - SIXTY YEARS AGO OR MORE, PART 3
JUNE 1896

VILLAGE OF ADAMS SETTLED IN 1800

VILLAGE OF HENDERSON, NY

VILLAGE OF RODMAN, NY

WAR OF 1812: JEFFERSON COUNTY, NY AND LAKE ONTARIO

WATERTOWN DISASTER FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JOURNAL
May 12, 1915

WHERE TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY GOT THEIR NAMES

WOODVILLE, NY

WOOLWORTH ADVERSTISEMENT C. 1932

FRANK W. WOOLWORTH
King of the FIVE-AND-DIME

FRANK WINFIELD WOOLWORTH (1852-1919)
Rodman, NY Native

WOOLWORTH BUILDING IN WATERTOWN, NY
Concern for the Future

WOOLWORTH CLOSES ALL STORES
July 18, 1997 - 117-year-old chain bows to competition

WOOLWORTH CLOSES OUT VARIETY STORE ERA

WOOLWORTH VIRTUAL MUSEUM

WOOLWORTH'S - AN ONLINE BOOK PREVIEW
A Nostalgic History of the World's Most Famous Five-And-Dime

WORTH, NY