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Authors
A-2- Guide to Local History and Archives Collections in the Genesee Valley (2001)
A-3.A- Local History Room Holdings of the Phelps Community Memorial Library (Jan 2012)
A-3.B 
A-4- Historical Sketches of Western New York
A-5- Frog Hollow by Erma Main Anagost
 
Births/Marriage/Deaths
B.M.D-1A- Birth Index 
B.M.D-1B- Marriage Index
B.M.D- 1C- Death Index
 
Cemeteries
C-1- Town of Phelps Cemetery Index 
C-2- Cemeteries: Aldrich, Armstrong, Baggerly, Brink, Burnett 
C-3- Cemeteries: Cobb-Smith-Westfall, Five-Waters (Miller) Harris,
        Huffman, Humphrey, Joslyn, Maryland, Melvin Hill 
C-4- Cemeteries: Oaklawn, Pioneer, Orleans 
C-5- Cemeteries: St. Francis 
C-6- Cemeteries: Pinewood, Purchase, Rice, Rhea-Cuddeback, 
       Riverview, Scott-Haviland-Doty, Vanderhoof, Wheat
C-7- Cemeteries: Gates-Butcher, Chapman, Crittenden, Dobbin Hubbard,
       Marbletown, Nicholson-Wooden 
C-8- Cemeteries: Pearl Street, Ringer-Clise, Southwick
C-9- Cemeteries: Sunnyside, West Junius, Newton, Whitney, Wooden-Nicholson 
C-10- Cemeteries: Resthaven
C-11- Cemeteries: South Lyons Cemetery
C-12- Phelps Cemetery Guide 
C-13a- Personalities of Melvin Hill Cemetery 
C-13b- Personalities of Melvin Hill Cemetery II     
C-14- Ontario County (NY) Cemeteries 
C-15a- New York State Cemeteries-Name/Location Invent Part 1 
C-15b- New York State Cemeteries Part 2 
C-15c- New York State Cemeteries Part 3 
C-17- Cemetery Photos
 
Churches
Ch-1- History of St. Francis Church (Phelps, NY) 1942
Ch-2- History of St. Francis Church 1967
Ch-3-The Methodist Church 
Ch-4a- Phelps Methodist Church 1856-1956 
Ch-4b-Phelps Methodist Church 1856-1956
Ch-5a- United Church of Phelps 1976
Ch-5b- United Church of Phelps 1976
Ch-6a- United Church of Phelps 1983 
Ch-6b- United Church of Phelps 1983 
Ch-7a- United Church of Phelps 1989
Ch-7b- United Church of Phelps 1989
Ch-8a- United Church of Phelps 1993
Ch-8b- United Church of Phelps 1993
Ch-9- United Church of Phelps 1997 
Ch-10- United Church of Phelps 2009
Ch-11- Old and Curious Church Customs in Relation to Phelpstown
Ch-12 -Baptist Church -M.E. Church Phelps 1858-1881  
Ch-13-First United Presbyterian Church 1820-1970
 
The Finger Lakes Region
F-1-The Lake Country – An Annal of Olden Days in Central New York
F-2-Canal Water and Whiskey by Marvin A Rapp
F-3-Between the lakes- The History of South Seneca County 1976 by Maurice L Patterson
F-4a-Forgotten Stories of the Finger Lakes by A. Glenn Rogers
F-4b- Forgotten Stories of the Finger Lakes by A. Glenn Rogers
F-4c- Forgotten Stories of the Finger Lakes by A. Glenn Rogers
F-5- Knocking on the Silence- An Anthology of Poetry Inspired by the Finger Lakes
       edited by Donna M Marbach and Patricia Roth Schwartz 
F-6- Underground Railroad Tales
F-7- The Beautiful Finger Lakes
F-8-The Finger Lakes
F-9-Elizabeth Cady Stanton
F-10- Lake Country
 
Genealogy
G-1- Genealogy Research Tools 
G-2- Guide to Genealogical Research in National Archives 
G-3- Searching for Your Ancestors 
G-4- 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York 
G-5- English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers 
G-6- Copy of the Old Records of the Town of Duxbury, Mass
G-7- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 
G-8- Conway, Mass. Vital Records to 1850
 
Hamlets
H-1-Gypsum
H-2-Marbletown “History of and Folklore of Marbletown” by Lois D Pelis 1963
H-3.1-Oaks Corners “1790- 1976” by Mabel Oaks
H-3.2-A- Oaks Corners ‘History of Oaks Corners Church and Community” 1954
H-3.2-B- Oaks Corners ‘History of Oaks Corners Church and Community” 1954
H-3.3-Mabel Oaks Writings
H-3.4A-The Corners
H-3.4B-The Corners
H-4-Orleans  ​
 
Immigration
I-1- Topographical Dictionary of English Emigrants 
I-2- The Mayflower Planters 
I-3- The Complete Book of Emigrants 1607-1660
I-4- Immigrant Ships.net 
I-5- New England Families that Settled the Mid-west 
I-6- A National of Immigrants by John F Kennedy***missing
 
New York State
N.Y.S-1- New York State- Gateway to America 
N.Y.S-2a- Yesteryears (Dec 1961)
N.Y.S-2b- Yesteryears (March 1962) 
N.Y.S-2c- Yesteryears (Dec 1963)
N.Y.S-2d- Yesterday (June 1964) 
N.Y.S-2e- Yesteryears (Sept 1964) 
N.Y.S-3a- New York History (April 1994)
N.Y.S-3b- New York History (Oct 1995) 
N.Y.S-3c- New York History (July 1995)
N.Y.S-3d- New York History (April 1995)
N.Y.S-3e- New York History (Jan 1996)
N.Y.S-3f- New York History (April 1996)
N.Y.S-3g- New York History (July 1996)
N.Y.S-3h- New York History (Oct 1996)
N.Y.S-3i- New York History (Jan 1997)
N.Y.S-3j- New York History (April 1997)
N.Y.S-3k- New York History (July 1997)
N.Y.S-3L- New York History (Oct 1997)
N.Y.S-3m- New York History (Jan 1998)
N.Y.S-3n- New York History (April 1998)
N.Y.S-3o- New York History (July 1998)
N.Y.S-3p- New York History (Oct 1998)
N.Y.S-3q- New York History (Jan 1999)
N.Y.S-3r- New York History (April 1999)
N.Y.S-3s- New York History (July 1999)
N.Y.S-3t- New York History (Oct 1999)
N.Y.S-3u- New York History (Jan 2000)
N.Y.S-4- The New York Journal of American History 
N.Y.S-5- National Landmarks of Western NY Places & People 
N.Y.S-6- Snapshot New York
N.Y.S-7- New York State: Our Cultural Heritage 
N.Y.S.-8- History of Agriculture
N.Y.S.9-Empire State Scrapbook
N.Y.S.-10-New York The Empire State
 
Ontario County
O-1-Ontario County Pictoral Reflections in the Finger Lakes Region   by Valerie Knoblauch
O-2-From Backyard to Big Leagues-Baseball in Ontario County, NY 1850-2004
        By Timothy D Munn and Matthew F Vitticore
O-3a-Legends, Landmarks, Locals of Ontario County New York by Timothy D Munn
O-3b- Legends, Landmarks, Locals of Ontario County New York by Timothy D Munn
O-4-Ontario County-The Golden Age of Railroads and Baseball by Tim Munn and Matt Vitticore
O-4a-The Route of the Orange Limited
O-5-Around Canandaigua (the Ontario County Historical Society)
O-6-Ontario County Transportation by Timothy D Munn and Zachary M.Buttaccio
O-7- Ontario County Yearbook (1988)
O-8a-Ontario County1989 Yearbook- 1789-1989 Celebrate Ontario County’s 200 yrs.
O-8b-Ontario County1989 Yearbook- 1789-1989 Celebrate Ontario County’s 200 yrs.
O-9-Bishop Francis Asbury Visits Ontario County, NY (July 1907) 
        by Gilbert Tremain Smith (December 199)
O-10-Seat of Justice; Witness to History: The Ontario County Court House
          by Preston E Pierce 1988
O-11a-Seat of Justice; Witness to History by Preston E Pierce (1989)
O-11b-Seat of Justice; Witness to History by Preston E Pierce (1989)
O-12-Ontario County Court House- Its History and Restoration (1988)
O-13-Ontario County 1867-1868 Directories
O-14-Ontario County Historical Society Holdings-Research Training (1998)
O-15-Ontario County Newspapers Finger lakes Times 1976-1981
O-16-Index of Ontario County Complex
O-17-Misc. Family History Citations Ontario County 1987
O-18a-History of Ontario County Part1
O-18b-History of Ontario County Part 2
O-19-History of Ontario County New York (1788-1876)
O-20-Index to the History of Ontario County New York   edited by George S Conover (1893)
O-21-All Name Index to History of Ontario Co., New York (1788-1876)
          by Mary Loeper Colf, John I Loeper, and Ruthe Nightingale
O-22-Guide to Historical Resources in Ontario County New York Repositories
O-23-Ontario County New York-Volume I
O-24-Ontario County New York Volume II
 
Phelps
P-1- Pioneer History of Phelps and Gorham 
P-2- The Ontarian 1989
P-3- Ontario a Telephone Directory 1932-33
P-4- A Comet Finder-William Brooks    
P-4a- Life of the Pioneers 
P-4b- Life of the Pioneers
P-5-*** Missing
P-6- ***Missing
P-7- ***Missing
P-8- When Phelps Was Young 
P-9a- 200 Years of the Town of Phelps 
P-9b- 200 Years of the Town of Phelps 
P-10a- PhelpsTown Footprints 
P-10b- PhelpsTown Footprints 
P-10c- PhelpsTown Footprints 
P-11a- Phelpstown a Continued Story
P-11b- Phelpstown a Continued Story 
P-11c- Phelpstown a Continued Story 
P-11d- Phelpstown a Continued Story
P-12- Phelps Sesqui-Centennial 1989-1939
P-13a- Phelps Old Home Week 1952 
P-13b- Phelps Old Home Week
P-14- The Tree Patriarchs
P-15- Phelps, The Friendly Town 1988
P-16- Phelps Bicentennial 1789-1989
P-17a- Phelps Landmarks I (b in Gift Shop)
P-18- Contributing Phelps Citizens 
P-19- Welcome to Phelps-Phelps Chamber of Commerce 1989 
P-20- History and Folklore of Marbletown 1963
P-21- History of Sauerkraut in Phelps (Archives)
P-22- Phelps Stories Circa 1934-1949
P-23- It Happened in Phelps 1994
P-24- Centennial Excerpts Phelps Citizen 1889
P-25a- The Tale of Two Vandermark Trunks 
P-25b- The Tale of Two Vandermark Trunks
P-26- Phelps-Phacts-Phables-Pholklore     
P-27- Landmarks II
P-28- Doctors Directory    
P-29- Oaks Corners and Phelps History -Relabeled see Hamlets 
P-30- Roads, Streets and Forgotten Sites 
P-31- Houses of Phelps
P-32- Wild Goose Hunt in Ontario County by AS Vincent
P-33- Ontario County Industrial Directory 1984
P-34- Cookin’ Kraut (Archives)
P-35- A Taste of Phelps (CAPP) Cookbook (Archives)
P-36- One Room School House (Not Phelps)
P-37- ABC Book of PHS (1999) Done by School Children  
P-38- Guest Book-Phelps Historical Society 1999-2000 (Archives)
P-39- Index of Deeds, Mortgages, Mis…Receipts, Dress patterns  
P-40- Town of Phelps-1993-Municipal Code
P-41- The Phelps Weekly 1939
P-42- Agriculture Advising Early 1900s 
P-43- Almanacs 
P-44- Ontario County Farm Directory 1914 
P-45- Early Phelps Receipts (1840-1918)
P-46- Receipts (1840-1919)
P-47- Early Phelps Advertising and Receipts (1920-1989)
P-48- Advertising Cards
 
Reference 
R-1- American Enterprises-DuPont  
R-2- There Shall Be A Court of Appeals 
R-3- FSA Photographs- Marion Post Wolcott 
R-4- The Seasons of American Past 
R-5- History for the Public 
R-6a- A Museum of Early American Tools
R-6b- A Museum of Early American tools 
R-7- Diary of an Early American Boy
R-8- Our Vanishing Landscape    
R-9- On the Shoulders of Giants
R-10- Covered Bridges 
R-11- Historic Houses of Early American
R-12a- Amish Life 
R-12b- Mennonite Life  
R-13- Greenfield Village (Karla Taylor) ***Missing
R-14- I’ll Tell You Why by Chic Sale ***Missing
R-15a- How to do Things- The Farm Journal 
R-15b- How to do Things- The Farm Journal  
R-16- Poor Richards, Jr Almanac (Rathbun Estate) 
R-17- Sears, Roebuck & Company 
R-18- 2000 Old Farmer’s Almanac 
R-19- 1978 Old Farmer’s Almanac 
R-20- North Star Conspiracy (Underground RR) Seneca Fl. 
R-21- League of the Iroquois 
R-22- The Great Tree and the Longhouse 
R-23- The Groaning Tree 
R-24- A Doctor All My Life by Dr Lewis Rathbun 
R-25- The Lurking Devil of Murder by Kevin Cotter
R-26- Body Boots & Britches
R-27- American Essence 
R-28- Nature’s Remedies-History of Botanic Drugs
R-29- Scouting for Girls              Textile Room Scout Box
R-30- Girl Scout Handbook        Textile Room Scout Box
R-31- Boy Scouts of America     Textile Room Scout Box
R-32- Wolf Cub Scouts                Textile Room Scout Box
R-33- Brownie Girl Scout Handbook    Textile Room Scout Box
R-34- Abridged Decimal Classifications
R-35- Depression Glass Booklet 
R-36- Antiques Source Book by Martin Miller 
R-37- Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things
R-38- Discovering the Underground Railroad Abolitionist
          and African American Life in Seneca County, NY 1820-1880
R-39- Secrets Along the Niagara- the Underground Railroad in Western NY
R-40- Education Programs- Tea Parties-Container Gardens     
R-41- The Record 1911-1941 Association of Tenders of Agricultur, NY 
R-42- One Room School by Raymond Bial 
R-43- One Room School by Bobbie Kalman 
R-44- Classroom Games by Bobbie Kalman & Heather Levigne 
R-45- Games- Old Fashion 
R-46- The American Flag 1910
R-47- The Stars and the Stripes 
R-48- Manuel of Etiquette 
R-49- Weaving a Traditional Coverlet by Helen N Jarvis 
R-50- Figured and Fancy- Weavers of Wayne County, NY
R-51- Hand Woven Coverlets 1820-1860
R-52- Quilts-The Fabrics of Friendship 
R-53- Early Fashions 
R-54- Jacquard’s Web: how a hand loom led to the birth of the information age
           by James Essinger 
R-55- Modern Dressmaking by Mary Piken-Method  
R-56- Merrily We Roll Along (Schwinn Built Bicycles)
R-57- Joy Through the World 
R-58- A Colby Book About Early American Crafts 
R-59a- History of Old Time Farm Implement Companies  & the Wrenches They Issued
R-59b- History of Old Time Farm Implement Companies  & the Wrenches They Issued
R-60- Encyclopedia of American Farm Tractors 
R-61a-The American Railroad 
R-61b- The Handsomest Train in the World 
R-61c- Iron Horses (Illustrated History of Tracks & Trains of North America) 
R-62- Semi Trucks – Color History 
R-63- Mac Trucks (Semi Trucks) 
R-64- Viper 
R-65- Big Rigs (Semi Trucks)
R-66-Grandfather Stories by Samuel Hopkins Adams
R-67-Fabric-A Family Portrait by Barbara Crothers Cope
R-68-Reflections – An Idyl in Poetry and Prose by Barbara Crothers Cope
R-69-The Television Scene
R-70-Railroads
R-71-One Room School Houses
R-72-Barns of the Genesee
R-73-Southern Tier
R-74-We Americans
R-75-The Way We Lived
R-76-Sure Signs
R-77-Cars
R-78-Creative Embroidery
R-79-Art in New York
R-80-Country Living
R-81-Weavers Gift
R-82a-Early American Life
R-82b-Early American Life
 
Schools
S-1-Schools
S-2-Class Members
 
Town of Phelps
T-1- Geneva Newspaper Index 1806-1819
T-2- The Reveals in Hand 1894-1994 
T-3- Geneva’s Changing Waterfront 1779-1989
T-4- Treasures of American Architecture in Geneva NY 
T-5- The Story of Geneva by E. Thayles Emmons 
T-6a- The Making of an Upstate Community-Geneva, NY
T-6b- The Making of an Upstate Community-Geneva, NY 
T-7- Memories of Manchester 
T-8- A History of the Town of Seneca ***Missing
T-9- Clifton Springs, NY 125th Anniversary of Incorporation 
T-10- Life of Henry Foster 
T-11-Geneva
T-12-Clifton Springs
 
War
W-1-Phelps Veterans Tombstone Project 
       A Worksheets
       B 2006 Grave marker project
       C 2007
       D 2008
W-2- Phelps War Records 
W-3- War-Actions of War of 1812
W-4- Civil War Letters 
W-5- Civil War Letters- Totman 
W-6- Civil War Letters- 15th NY Engineers 
W-7- Civil War Letters –Selden Partridge McCabe, Jr 
W-8- Civil War Letters “John H. Brown” New York Volunteers 
W-9a- Dear Miss Jane 
W-9b- Dear Miss Jane 
W-10- Phelps and the Civil War 
W-11- Civil War-Phelps 1861-1865
W-12- Diary of H.H Hopkins 148th Civil War 
W-13- They Marched on Richmond: The story of the gallant 148th NY volunteers 
            by George Shadman, Jr 
W-14- Civil War Photos Plus
W-15- Civil War Diary by John L Hoster 
W-16- The War to End Wars 1914-18 
W-17- The Way We Lived 
W-18- Forgiving the Modern Age 
W-19- WWI
W-20- WWI and WWII Biographies
W-21- WWII 
W-22- Pearl Harbor (Life) 
W-23- Pearl Harbor, 7 December 
W-24- Band of Brothers 
W-25- The GI Bill   
W-26- Our Finest Hour 
W-27- WWI – Hippology
W-28- Infantry-Fort Dix 
W-29- Korea
W-30- 92nd Bomb Group 
W-31- The Civil War by Mathew Bready  
W-32- Researching Your Veterans Story  
W-33a-c- Recollections & Reminiscences of Camp & Field During the War from 1861-1864
W-34- Abraham Lincoln  
W-47- The Stars and Stripes ***Missing
W-48- Jay Neighbor’s Civil War Journal 
W-49-“Heroes in the Attic” (Civil War)
W-50-“A Boy Named Martin” (Civil War)
W-51- Actions of the Civil War    
W-52-“Where They Fell” (Civil War)
W-53-“The Rhona” (WWII)
W-54-History of 126th Eng. Combat Battalion (WWII)
W-55-Civil War- Ontario County   by Preston Pierce
W-56-Vietnam



 
Yearbooks   
   1896-1906, 1908, 1912, 1914
   1937 - present
    School grad pictures
    Grade School pictures
 
Maps
   Village Maps 1874, 1959
   Town Maps 1874, 1876, 1904
   County Maps 1904, 1920, 1839
   Atlas 1874, 1904
 
Map Books
   Ontario County 1874, 1876, 1904
   Seneca County 1876
   United States 1874
 
Military Reference
   Revolutionary War
   War of 1812
   Mexican-American War
   Civil War
   Replacement Headstone Project ???
 
Newspaper Clippings   1881 - present
   Anniversaries
   Business
   Churches
   Days of Yore
   Entertainment
   Families 
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