Nunda Historical Society

Nunda Livingston Co New York

Historical Resources & Records
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• Nunda Town and Village Historians Page
  
• Vital Records at the Nunda Town Clerk's Office including dates for birth, marriage, and death records.
  
• Village of Nunda Historical and Genealogical Resources including dates for birth, marriage, and death records.
  
• Nunda News from 1859 to 1982 is available at Bell Memorial Library.
  
• Nunda Area Family File index with over 11,000 entries is available on microfilm at Bell Memoral Library.
  
• The Nunda Area Veterans Project  A Keshequa Middle School Activity
• 1868 Directory of Livingston County- includes the names of property owners in Nunda and other local towns and post offices.
• 1917 American Agriculturist Farm Directory & Reference Book of Livingston County - contains the name and lots of valuable information on rural families throughout the County including Nunda.
  
• Timeline of Nunda History
  
• Cemeteries in the Town of Nunda
  
• Also see the information in our History Room

Nunda Area History Bibliography

• Bonadonna, Sandra K. Development of the Nunda School System, unpublished manuscript, n.d.
  
• Cook, Bill, Celebrating Our Past: Livingston County in the Twentieth Century, Livingston County Board of Supervisors, 2000.
  
• Cook, Tom, Faded Glory: Parts I & II, Talking History; Nunda Times, March 29 and April 5, 1995.
  
• _____ Dalton Historical Cookbook, United Methodist Women, First United Methodist Church, Dalton, NY, 1982
  
• Doty, Lockwood R. A History of Livingston County, NY. Jackson Michigan: W.J. VanDusen, Publisher, 1905.
  
• Frost, Marjorie C., Early Years: Town of Nunda 1808-1983, Nunda Historical Society; Burt's Printing Service, Inc., Dalton, NY 1983.
  
• Frost, Marjorie C. "The History of Nunda From the Indian to the Airplane", Nunda News, September 17, 1948.
  
• Hand, H. Wells, Centennial History of the Town of Nunda: 1808-1908, Originally published: Rochester Herald Press, 1908; Re-published: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, Interlaken, NY, 1993.
  
• Kipp, David L., Locking The Heights: The Rise and Demise of the Genesee Valley Canal, David L. Kipp, 1999

Historical & Local Links

Nunda Area Websites

• Town of Nunda RootsWeb Site- includes 1850 description of Nunda and modern maps of the Village and Town
  
• Town of Portage RootsWeb Site - includes 1850 description of Portage and modern maps of the Town.
  
• Bell Memorial Library - official site for our local library
  
• Keshequa Central School - official site for our local school district
  
• Town of Nunda Website - our local government website
  
• Village of Nunda NY Web Site - offical site for our local village
  
• Dalton History Website- a great source for Dalton NY history and photographs by a member of a well known Dalton family!

Genesee Valley History Websites

• Letchworthparkhistory.com - a local website which explores the history of Letchworth State Park
  
• Livingston County Roots Web Site- a good starting place for exploring County History.
  
• Livingston County Historical Society Website- official website of the County Historical Society which contains information about the County Historian's Office, programs, and Livingston County History
  
• Mt. Morris DamThis is the official Army Corp of Engineers web site for the Mt. Morris Dam. Good photographs and lots of information about the Dam.
  
• Monroe County Roots Web Site -covers Rochester and Monroe County with lots of local history and genealogical links

New York State History Websites

• New York State CCC Museum -A great site for information about the Civilian Conservation Corp. Includes information on New York State camps as well as others around the Nation, and has a good set of links to other sites.
  
• New York State Library - contains a wealth of information for researchers. Much of it is available through interlibrary loan.
  
• Haudenosaunee - the official site of the Iroquois People. Lots of links to helpful sites and all of the Six Nations.
  
  

United States History Websites

• Library of Congress - a wonderful source of history, including Nunda and the Genesee Valley. Lots to see and do!

Genealogy Websites

• Livingston County Genealogy Society - a good starting place for researching local history and family history in the Livingston County area.
  
• familysearch.org - hunt for your ancestors at LDS genealogical website