This is a continuing series of post featuring historical societies that also provide genealogy assistance.
Essex:
Adirondack History Museum – Elizabethtown – https://www.adkhistorycenter.org/
Family surname files, genealogies, newspapers, maps, Civil War documents
$25/hour remote research for non-members
Contact: research@adkhistorymusem.org
Wilmington Historical Society – https://wilmingtonhistoricalsociety.org/
Family history files, cemetery records, maps, wills on microfilm
Contact: info@wilmingtonhistoricalsociety.org
Penfield Homestead Museum – Crown Point – https://www.penfieldmuseum.org/
Can submit a Surname search request. Surname files can contain: birth, death & marriage records, family trees, military records, newspaper items and photographs.
$30 fee per surname request – cost covers up to 10 pages
Contact: penfield@cptelco.net
Fort Ticonderoga Museum and Library – https://www.fortticonderoga.org/learn-and-explore/collections/genealogy/
Library research by appointment only.
Contact: mkeagle@fort-ticonderoga.org
Franklin:
Franklin County Historical Society – Malone – https://www.franklinhistory.org/schryer-center
Genealogists and genealogy services
$10/hour for 30 minutes
Contact: research@northnet.org
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Chateugay Historical Society – https://chateaugayhistory.org/Collections-and-Research.html
Maps, newspapers, church and cemetery records, phone directories, obituaries, family genealogies, school information
Contact: chs@chateaugayhistory.org
Jefferson:
Jefferson County Historical Society – Watertown – https://www.jeffersoncountyhistoricalsociety.com/visitor-information
Genealogical requests can be directed to (315) 785-7711
Thousand Island Museum – Clayton – https://timuseum.org/research/
Newspaper clippings, maps, local histories
$15/hour research fee
Contact: sharon@timuseum.org
Lewis:
Lewis County Historical Society – Lowville – https://historicallylewis.org/research-resources/the-research-center/
Directories, maps, genealogies, obituary file index, cemetery records, immigration cards, birth and death records from newspapers
Contact: hello@historicallylewis.org
St. Lawrence:
St. Lawrence Center for History and Culture – https://slcha.org/research-collections/resources/
Maps, cemetery records, family genealogies, church records,
Contact: engagement@slcha.org
Potsdam Public Museum – https://www.potsdampublicmuseum.org/archives-and-library
Family surname files, newspapers, maps, cemetery records, yearbooks
Contact: museum@vi.potsdam.ny.us
