Historian - Warren County, NY

Other Research Locations and Web Sites

• Warren County Records Storage Center and Archives, 1340 State Route 9, Lake George NY 12845, just downstairs from the County Historian's office. Visit the Records Center's archive page for a thorough listing of records housed there. On-line indices are found on the website for almshouse admission records and burial permits, book of dower, cases on appeal, state censuses of 1875 and 1925, Common Pleas actions, County Clerk correspondence, criminal indictments and innkeeper's recognizances. At the Records Center itself are helpful name indices to many of the resources there.
• Crandall Public Library, Center for Folklife, History and Cultural Programs, 221 Glen Street, City Park, Glens Falls, NY 12801-3593. Library has microfilms of many Glens Falls and vicinity newspapers. Folklife Center has microfiche copy of New York State vital records indexes and much genealogical and historical material.
• Warren County Historical Society, 195 Sunnyside Rd., Queensbury NY 12804.
• Glens Falls-Queensbury Historical Society, operates Chapman Historical Museum, 348 Glen St., Glens Falls NY 12801; includes The Corners Community History Project for Glens Falls, with biographies and maps.
• Historical Society of the Town of Bolton; includes cemetery transcripts and other databases.
• Hague Historical Society, PO Box 794, Hague NY 12836, with Clifton F. West Memorial Room of the Hague Historical Museum; includes cemetery listings, census information and early town meeting minutes.
• Town of Horicon Historical Society, PO Box 51, Brant Lake NY 12815.
• Johnsburg Historical Society, Post Office Box 144, Wevertown NY 12886.
• Lake George Historical Association; PO Box 472, Lake George NY 12845; museum located in old Warren County Courthouse on Canada Street, Lake George; open year round, Friday through Monday
• Hadley-Luzerne Historical Society, PO Box 275, Lake Luzerne NY 12846; operates Kinnear Museum of Local History at 52 Main St., Lake Luzerne.
• Stony Creek Historical Association, with headquarters at the Dean Museum, 4 Murray Rd., Stony Creek NY 12878.
• John Thurman Historical Society, for Town of Thurman; PO Box 7, Athol NY 12810; issues Quarterly.
• Warrensburgh Historical Society, PO Box 441, Warrensburg NY 12885; issues Quarterly.
• Warren County GenWeb page; including cemetery and census transcripts, funeral books, copies of local histories, obituaries, wills, military records, directories and biographies.
• Glens Falls Obituary Index
• Cemetery Records; Almshouse cemetery listing