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Research
Do you want to find out about your family's roots?
The history of your home?
The beginnings of the town where you live?
Visit our library in person or request research by mail. Our staff will respond to mail requests for a modest hourly fee. Download the following research-by-mail form either as text or pdf and return it with your fee to WCHS.
A partial list of materials available for research on Westchester families follows:
| 1. Scharf's History of Westchester County (colonial - 1886) |
| 2. Mackenzie's "Families of the Colonial manor of Philipsburg" (colonial - early 1800's) |
| 3. McDonald Papers (Revolutionary Period) |
| 4. French's Scrapbook Collection (1880 - 1925) |
| 5. Marraige and death notices from Westchester newspapers (1830 - 1875) |
| 6. Pelletreau's Early Wills of Westchester (1664 - 1784) and New York Historical Society "Abstract of Wills" (1665 - 1800) |
| 7. Genealogy Files (by family name) |
| 8. Periodical Index (WCHS holdings - includes NYG&B Record, Connecticut Ancestry, TAG, local Westcheter periodicals) |
| 9. Cemetery index (WCHS holdings - 18th-20th century) |
| 10. Manuscripts index (WCHS holdings - mostly 19th century) |
| 11. The Westchester Historian (WCHS quarterly, published 1925 - current) |
| 12. Colonial censuses and Federal censuses, 1790 - 1840, 1850 - 1930 |
| 13. County almshouse records (ca. 1880 - 1908) |
| 14. Orphanage records: Children's Village, Lincoln Hall, Wartburg, Graham-Windham (19th- 20th centuries) |
| 15. Church records (microfilmed records of approximately 30 Westchester Churches) |
| 16. Other (local histories, published military records, etc.) |
WCHS also sponsors research of its own. This research provides the framework for understanding how our present was shaped and how to make informed decisions for the future. Topics include: institutions serving children, business and industry, and houses of worship.
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