On-line Books of Monroe County, NY

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Here are some links to on-line books dealing with history and genealogy of Monroe County, NY. The links with a dark blue graphic shaped like Monroe County are on this website. The links with a light blue globe are elsewhere on the web. You also can get some Monroe County books on-line at Heritage Quest. You need to log into the Monroe County Library System or through another library with access.

Directories

Rochester City Directories from Rochester Public Library.
Boyd's Rochester and Brockport Directory (1864) from Rochester Public Library.
Gazetteer and Business Directory of Monroe Co., NY for 1869-70 by Hamilton Child from Rochester Public Library. and another version from the Making of America Collection at Cornell University.
City Directory of Fairport, NY (1913) from Rochester Public Library.
The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Monroe County, New York. (1918) from Rochester Public Library.
The Pittsford Directory for Year Ending 1934 from Rochester Public Library.
The Pittsford Directory for Year Ending 1937 from Rochester Public Library.
City Directory of Negro Business and Progress from Rochester Public Library.

Religious Histories and Records

A Brief History of Salem Evangelical Church, Rochester, N. Y. — Part 1; Part 2; Part 3.
Lakeside Presbyterian Church; One Hundred Twenty-five Years; 1852 - 1977.
Centennial Souvenir, St. Joseph's Parish, Rochester, N. Y.; 1836 - 1936 — Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4
Annals of St. Luke's Church, Rochester, N.Y. by Henry Anstice from Rochester Public Library.
Centennial annals of St. Luke's Church, Rochester, N.Y., 1817-1917 by Henry Anstice from American Libraries.
Quaker records : Rochester Monthly Meeting, Monroe County, New York (1900) from American Libraries.
Christ Church, Rochester, Western New York : A Story-Chronological A.D. 1854-A.D. 1905 by Jane Marsh Parker from Rochester Public Library.
Churches of Rochester: Ecclesiastical History of Rochester, N.Y.: Narrative of the rise and present condition of each religious organization: Biographical sketches of pastors and clergymen born in the city, with miscellaneous items from August, 1815 to July, 1871 (1871) by Ferdinand De W. Ward from American Libraries and another version from Rochester Public Library.

Town and Village Histories

The Story of Brockport for One-hundred years, 1829-1929 from Rochester Public Library.
Henrietta Heritage by Eleanor C. Kalsbeck, (1977) from the Henrietta Public Library.
Irondequoit Story by Maude I. West, (1957) (text version).
Ogden Centennial Pioneer Reminiscences, 1802-1902 by Augusta E. N. Rich from Rochester Public Library.
Wheatland, Monroe County, New York: a Brief Sketch of its History by George E. Slocum, (1908) from Rochester Public Library.

Rochester and Monroe County Histories

Sketches of Rochester by Henry O'Reilly (1838) from Rochester Public Library.
History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham's Purchase and Morris Reserve... (1851) by Orasmus Turner; from the Making of America Collection at Cornell University.
Early History of Rochester. 1810 to 1827. (1860) by Geo. W. Fisher from American Libraries and another version from Rochester Public Library.
History of Monroe County, New York by Prof. Wm. H. McIntosh (1877) from Rochester Public Library.
Rochester: A Story Historical by Jenny Marsh Parker (1884) from Rochester Public Library and another version from American Libraries.
Semi-Centennial History of the City of Rochester by William F. Peck (1884) from Rochester Public Library and another version from American Libraries.
Rochester; Its Founders and Founding (1894) by Howard L. Osgood from Ameican Libraries and another version from Rochester Public Library.
Landmarks of Monroe County, N.Y. by William F. Peck, (1895) from Rochester Public Library.
A Story of Rochester by Blake McKelvey (1938) from Rochester Public Library.

Other Books

A River Ramble by Arch Merrill — Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5
The Ridge by Arch Merrill — Part 1; Part 2.
The Towpath by Arch Merrill — Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5
Rochester Sketchbook by Arch Merrill — Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6
Pioneer Profiles by Arch Merrill — Part 1; Part 2; Part3; Part 4; Part 5
Das Deutschthum Rochester's (1884) by Hermann F. W. Pfäfflin from American Libraries.
History of the Polish People in Rochester by Norman T. Lyon — Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; ;Part 5.
Proceedings at the Annual Festivals of the Pioneers of Rochester, held at Blossom Hall, Sept. 30, 1847, and Oct. 13, 1848 (1848) from American Libraries.
Historical Collections of the Junior Pioneer Association of the City of Rochester and Monroe County, N.Y. (1860) by Ferdinand De W. Ward from American Libraries and another version from Rochester Public Library.
Civil War Diary of Henry M. Dryer
Publications of the Rochester Historical Society (1892) from American Libraries.
Publications of the Rochester Historical Society (Volume 1; 1922) from American Libraries.
The New Court House of Monroe County; its architecture, construction and cost, with a brief history of the erection of Monroe County and its first and second court houses by Charles K. Watkyns (1896) from American Libraries.
History of the Police Department of Rochester, N.Y. from the earliest Times to May 1, 1903 from Rochester Public Library.
Rochester and Its Early Canal Days (1914) by Horace P. Marsh from American Libraries and another version from Rochester Public Library.
The News about the University of Rochester (1944) — Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4.
The Route of the Orange Limiteds by Lloyd E. Klos (Oct. 1954). View as a web page or PDF file.
8 June - Catalog of the Cunningham Motor Cars of Rochester from sometime in the late 1920s (PDF file - 5mb).
Monroe Co. section of French's Gazeteer (1860).

Go to GenWeb of Monroe Co. page.