New York County Historians
addresses and telephone numbers
A Constantly updated list can be found at APHNY'S (Association of Public Historians of NY State)

ALBANY - Albany County Historian - Albany County Office Bldg. Room 820 112 State St. Albany, NY  12207 (518) 447-7057

ALLEGANY - Craig Braack, Allegany County Historian, Court Street, Belmont, NY 14813, (716) 268-9293

BROOME - Currently unavailable

CATTARAUGUS - Kenneth Kysor, Little Valley, NY 14755

CAYUGA - Tom Eldred, County Office Building, Genesee Street, Auburn, NY 13021, (315) 253-1300

CHAUTAUQUA - Elizabeth Crocker, 131 Center Street, Fredonia, NY 14063

CHEMUNG - J. Arthur Kieffer, 1011 Lincoln Street, Elmira, NY 14901

CHENANGO - County Historian, 45 Rexford Street, Norwich, NY 13815, (607) 334-9227

CLINTON - Mrs. Addie L. Shields, County Gov't Center, 137 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, (518) 565-4749

COLUMBIA - Kenneth Fleischer, R.D. #3, Box 730, Valatie, NY 12184

CORTLAND - County Historian, Greenbush Street, Cortland, NY 13045, (607) 753-5360

DELAWARE - John E. Raitt, 41 Clinton Street, Delhi, NY 13753

DUTCHESS - NONE - Heritage Council, 549 Main St., P.O. Box 88, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602

ERIE - Buffalo & Erie County, Historical Society, 25 Nottingham Terrace, Buffalo, NY 14216, (716) 873-9644

ESSEX - James A. Kinley, Adirondack Center Museum, Elizabethtown, NY 12932

FRANKLIN - Franklin County Historical Society, 51 Milwaukee Street, Malone, NY 12953

FULTON - Lewis G. Decker, 187 Bleeker Street, Gloversville, NY 12078, (518) 725-0473

GENESEE - Susan L. Conklin, Genesee County History Department, 131 West Main Street, Batavia, NY 14020

GREENE - Raymond Beecher, The Greene County Historical Society, Veeder Memorial Library, Rural Delivery, Coxsackie, NY 12051

GREENE - Charles B. Swain, Minority Hist., Route 9W, Athens, NY 12015

HAMILTON - Frederick C. Aber, Box 3, Indian Lake, NY 12842

HERKIMER - Herkimer County Historical Society, Jane Spellman, Dir., 400 North Main Street, Herkimer, NY 13350

JEFFERSON - Charles Dunham, Box 367, Chaumont, NY 13622

LEWIS - Barbara Evans, P.O. Box 306, Lyons Falls, NY 13368

LIVINGSTON - M. Patricia Schaap, 30 Center Street, Geneseo, NY 14454, (716) 243-9147

MADISON - Isabel Bracy, 616 McDonal Street, Chittenango, NY 13037

MONROE - Kenneth O'Brien, Office of the Historian, 115 South Ave. Room 230, Rochester, NY 14604, (716) 428-7375

MONTGOMERY - County Historian, Old Court House, Fonda, NY 12068

NASSAU - Edward J. Smits, Dir. Nassau Co. Museum, 1864 Muttontown Road, Syosset, NY 11791

NIAGARA - Mrs. Dorothy Rolling, Civil Defense Building, Niagara & Hawley Sts., Lockport, NY 14094, (716) 439-7324

NYC BRONX - Rev. William A. Tieck, Ph.D., Litt. D., 3930 Bailey Avenue, Bronx, NY 10463

NYC BROOKLYN - Elliot Willensky, Office of Brooklyn - Borough President, 16 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11241

NYC MANHATTAN - Paul O'Dwyer, Borough Historian, 99 Wall Street - 17th Floor, New York, NY 10005

NYC QUEENS - Henry Ludder, c/o Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, NY 11424

NYC STATEN ISLAND - Loring McMillen, P.E., 3531 Richmond Road, Staten Island, NY 10306

ONEIDA - Currently unavailable

ONONDAGA - Currently unavailable

ONTARIO - County Historian, County Road 46, Canandaigua, NY 14424, (716) 396-4034

ORANGE - Theodore Sly, 101 Main Street, Goshen, NY 10924, (914) 294-6644

ORLEANS - C. W. Lattin, 34 East Park Street, Albion, NY 1441, (716) 589-4174

OSWEGO - Anthony Slosek, 41 Gerrit Street, Oswego, NY 13126

OTSEGO - Nancy Milavec, Tuscan Road, Worcester, NY 12197

PUTNAM - County Historian, Myrtle Avenue, Mahopac Falls, NY 10542, (914) 621-2302

RENSSELAER - Rensselaer County Historical Society, 59 Second Street, Troy, NY 12180

ROCKLAND - Thomas F.X. Casey, 12 Ashwood Lane, Garnerville, NY 10923

SARATOGA - Dorothy Alsdorf, Saratoga Admin. Bldg., 31 Woodlawn Avenue, Saratoga Springs,NY 12866

SCHENECTADY - Larry W. Hart, 195 Droms Road, Scotia, NY 12302

SCHOHARIE - Mildred L. Bailey, R.D. #1, Box 300, Stamford, NY 12167

SCHUYLER - Barbara Bell, R.D. #1. Box 192, Watkins Glen, NY 14891

SENECA - Betty Auten, 31 Thurber Drive, Waterloo, NY 13165

ST. LAWRENCE - Currently unavailable

STEUBEN - Richard G. Sherer, R.D. #2, Box 228, Bath, NY 14810

SUFFOLK - J. Lance Mallamo, Division of Cultural and Historical Services, P.O. Box 144 - Montauk Highway, West Sayville, NY 11796

SULLIVAN - William G. Smith, Sullivan Co. Museum, Hurleyville, NY 12747

TIOGA - Warren Olin, Tioga County Office Building, 56 Main Street, Owego, NY 13827

TOMPKINS - Margaret C. Hobbie, DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins Co., 116 North Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850

ULSTER - Karlyn Knaust Elia 11 Main St. Saugerties, NY 12477  845-246-4754 ulsterhistorian@aol.com

WARREN - Marge Swan, Warren County Historian, c/o Municipal Center, Lake George, NY 12845, (518) 761-6544

WASHINGTON - Doris McEachron, Washington County Office Building, Fort Edward, NY 12828

WAYNE - County Historian, Pearl Street, Lyons, NY 14489, (315) 946-5470

WESTCHESTER - Susan Swanson, Michaelian Office Building, Room 618, White Plains, NY 10601

WYOMING - Ray Barber, Wyoming County Research Center, 26 Linwood Drive, Suite 1, Warsaw, NY 14569

WYOMING - Doris Bannister, Deputy Historian, 26 Linwood Drive, Suite 1, Warsaw, NY 14569

YATES - Fran Dumas, Yates County Building, 110 Court Street, Penn Yan, NY 14527