This Historical Room includes approximately 1200 volumes which cover
the Cities of Gloversville and Johnstown, Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie,
Saratoga, Albany and Schenectady Counties, the Mohawk Valley, and the Adirondacks.
The collection includes: Fulton County Cemetery Records; City directories
for Gloversville and Johnstown back to the 1870's; old atlases of Fulton and Montgomery Counties;
some family genealogies; Adirondack lakes survey, 1987; as well as histories of New York State
and New England. Back issues of the Leader-Herald, 1973 to present,
are available on microfilm and can be printed at a cost of .10 per page.
Big news: The Library has acquired the Leader-Herald on microfilm for the years 1968-1972! Unfortunately, the Library DOES NOT have an
obituary file or access to issues of the Leader-Herald before that year. The Johnstown Public Library does maintain
an obituary file and can be reached at Johnstown Public Library, 38 South Market Street, Johnstown, NY 12095, Phone:
518-762-8317, Fax: 518-762-9776, Email: joh@sals.edu.
These materials are all reference and CAN NOT be taken out.
"The Documentarian"
"The Documentarian" is a website which exhibits 70 images of historical and genealogically interest from the Mohawk
Valley area. Seven of the fourteen libraries in the Mohawk Valley Library Association contributed materials to this project. In each case,
their donations are only the tip of the iceburg of information available.
Funding for this project was provided by the Mohawk Valley Library Association and Federal Library
Services and Technology Act funds, granted to MVLA by the New York State Library.
Missing yearbooks...
Our collection of yearbooks from the local high school could use
some donations. If you have any Gloversville High School ORACLE yearbooks, particularly the 1990's, that you
would like to donate, please contact us at (518) 725-2819.
Ancestry.com is an extensive family tree containing hundreds of members and encompasses American and European history from Quaker through Royal lineage.
Family Search - largest collection of genealogical data in the world organized by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
U-Albany History Department's New Multimedia Initiative is devoted to bringing history to the airwaves, to the Internet, and into people's homes--in essence,
to make history a larger and more central part of American life and discourse.
Schenectady County GenWeb contains
and extensive on-line and in-house collection of materials relating to the history of Schenectady county and genealogy.
Cyndi's List - Over 254,850 Links, categorized and cross-referenced in over 80 categories
TheGenealogy Home Page - Guide to genealogical resources on the World Wide Web
US GenWeb Project - Organized by state and county, this will provide links to all the state websites
RootsWeb and Fulton County - will provide information including the histories of counties and towns.
New York State Historical Association contains premiere collections of American
folk art, fine art, and Cooper memorabilia. Exceptional examples of Native American
art from pre-contact times to the present. Resources for students, scholars,
genealogists and researchers.
Library of Congress Catalogs, collections and research services. American Memory. Congress at work. On-line gallery of exhibitions.
The Copyright Office. News and events.
National Genealogical Society is a service organization that leads and educates the national genealogical community.
Continues to assist members in tracing family histories since being founded in 1903.
Serves over 17,000 members including individuals, families, genealogical societies, family associations, libraries, and other related institutions.
The Genealogy Spot is a free online genealogy resource center. Handpicked and reviewed by an editorial staff, featured sites make it
easy to begin a genealogy search, research records, conduct specialized searches by country, ethnicity, religion or state, communicate with living relatives and more.
New York State Genealogical & Biographical Society maintains one of the principal genealogical reference libraries in the United States, publish periodicals and books, conduct educational programs and provide other services.
The Glovers of Fulton County is a long term research and documentation project that examines the glove industry in Fulton County, New York.
