Welcome to the Library

The Westchester County Historical Society has the most comprehensive collection of local history and genealogy in the county. Interesting and important stories are waiting to be discovered in our library of over 100,000 books, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts, maps and atlases, and pictures.

We are located in the Westchester County Records and Archives Center. As a private collection, our library complements the public records held by the Westchester County Archives.

All items in the Society's collection, as well as those in the County Archives, are available to the public for research free of charge. Our reading room is open every Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 am to 4 pm with professional staff and trained volunteers to assist you.


Read more about the Collections

View Pictures from the Gallery

Online resources:

 Recent Acquisitions to the library
   
 Biography Index
   
 Cemetery Listings
   
 Church records on microfilm
   
 French Scrapbooks Index
   
 Index to Mackenzie's "The Families of the Colonial Manor of Philipsburg"
   
 Index to the Westchester Historian by Author (1990-2007)
   
 Index to the Westchester Historian by Subject (1990-2007)
   
 McDonald Papers Index
   
Mead Family Papers Inventory
   
 Richard Maass Collection on Arnold/Andre