This volume is the ninth in a series devoted to presenting a transcription of the surviving serial manuscript records for the town of Wilmington, Essex County, New York, in the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains. While it is well known that in

This volume is the eleventh in a series devoted to presenting a transcription of the surviving serial manuscript records for the town of Wilmington, Essex County, New York, in the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains. This volume of transcribed W

Never underestimate the value of gossip Emma D. Hinds, under the pen name of "Rupert," was the gossip columnist and vital records recorder for the Essex County Republican during the period covered. For researchers interested in a family's web of kith and kin, gossip columns can be an indispensable resource, adding regional, cultural, and socio-economic aspects. Numerous pieces of social history linked to individuals or families are recorded here that may not have been noted in print elsewhere. Births, marriages, and deaths are of particular value to genealogists as the period of 1877-1881...

This volume is the third is a series devoted to presenting a transcription of the surviving serial manuscript records, 1830-1900, for the Town of Wilmington, Essex County, New York, in the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains. All genealogically significant schedules for the 1860 Federal Census and the 1865 New York State Census have been transcribed. These include the following: Population, Agricultural, Industrial, Mortality, Marriage and Death, Deaf, Dumb, Blind, Insane & Idiotic, and the Miscellaneous Schedule. Also transcribed are the 1862 and 1865 military census schedules that...