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Yates County 1876 Atlas - Special Offer to Society Members

This is an amazing opportunity! The New Historical Atlas of Yates County New York Illustrated by Everts, Ensign & Everts originally published in 1876 was reprinted by YCGHS exactly as the original with the exception of a slightly smaller size. This 114 page, approximately 14" x 17" book has a stamped hardcover and will contain 28 individual colored maps of each of the townships, villages and hamlets within Yates County's borders. Also included are many line drawings of places and people as they were in 1876. Originally available at $175 per book. Poorer copies and well used originals are fetching more then this on the historic market. Now you can have the look of the original with the strength of a newly created book. What a wonderful addition to your historic library or gift for the historian on your list. The cost is – non members - $175.00 plus 14.00 tax inside New York State; members - $150 plus $12.00 tax inside New York. Please add an additional $5 for shipping per book or let us know if you are going to pick it up. New York State residents must add sales tax.

The Museum Shop is proud to offer a broad selection of general and local history books.
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	America's First Rushville By Robert E. Moody Hardcover Published 1991 Retail price $35.00 A wonderfully thorough study of the village of Rushville, on the border of Yates and Ontario Counties. Many maps, photos and documentation included.
	Artillery Tactics of the Civil War By R.L. Murray Softcover Published 1998 Retail price $8.95 A study of the tactical use of artillery based on the first day's battle at Gettysburg. Masterfully presented by a first class researcher and author of the Civil War era.
	Aspiring Christians: Histories of Yates County Churches Compiled by Linda J. Jackson Softcover Published 1998 Retail price $8.00 A compilation of the histories of Yates County's present day churches. All of the stories go back to the founding of these churches and religions in Yates County and are full of genealogical references as well as interesting perspectives on the changes that have taken place within the religions and the specific church families.
	Back In Time Text by Virginia Gibbs, Photography by John Carroll Softcover Published 2002 Retail price $35.00 An architectural journey through Yates County with text that blends architectural styles and local history. Included are rural structures, commercial, industrial, residences, education, churches, public buildings, summer homes, adaptive reuse and structures that have been razed. Superb images by photographer John Carroll.
	The Beddoe Tract By Jane P. Davis Softcover Published 2005 Retail price $10.00 The Beddoe Tract is made up of 7,000 acres in Central Western New York State. This work reviews this tract’s history from 1792 to 2004. The result of extensive research by Jane P. Davis, this book is based on primary and secondary sources to document the history of what became known as the Beddoe Tract in the town of Jerusalem.
	Caught In Time - A View of the 1890's Compilation of photos by Fred G. Amsbury Softcover Published 1980's Retail price $5.00 Fred G. Amsbury, an amateur photographer with obvious talent, recorded the Penn Yan area he knew in the years 1895-1899. From trains and train wrecks to steamboats, to people working at their daily jobs to events that drew everyone together, Mr. Amsbury caught our history on glass plate negatives that can now be viewed in this special collection.
	Caught In Time Again By Leona K. Jensen Softcover Published 2002 Retail price $18.95 Based on the photographs taken by amateur photographer, Fred G. Amsbury in the 1890’s, Leona Jensen has revisited the sites of these original images and has “caught” them again, looking through today’s lens.
	Changes & Returns: Chapters in our County's History By Frances Dumas Softcover Published 1998 Special YCGHS 150th Anniversary Promotion and stock reduction. Now FREE of charge at our gift shop, or $5.00 postage and handling anywhere in the US. A look at Yates County's history every 25 years from its incorporation in 1823. Perspectives on themes that have spanned the last 175 years complemented by local photographs and drawings, plus a look at news around the country for each year studied.
	Crooked Lake and the Grape By Richard Sherer Hardcover Published 1998 Retail price $34.95 A beautifully appointed book, full of photographs, some color, reproductions of grape labels and documentation. Mr Sherer gives an overview of the wine and grape industry surrounding Keuka Lake and gives information on every known winery along its shores.
	Danny and Life on Bluff Point By Mary Ellen Lee Softcover Published 2000 Retail price $11.95 A book for youth about a ten-year old boy growing up on a large fruit and livestock farm in 1894 on the end of the Bluff that divides Keuka Lake into branches. Although the story is fictional, it is based upon the research, documentation and journals of the author's ancestors who lived on the Bluff during the story's era.
	Danny and Life on Bluff Point: The Blizzard of '95 By Mary Ellen Lee Softcover Published 2001 Retail price $12.95 The second in a series of historical novels for children. In this installment it is January of 1895 and ten-year-old Danny learns the importance of following family instructions and to not judge people until you know them.
	Danny and Life on Bluff Point: Lost in The Dark By Mary Ellen Lee Softcover Published 2003 Retail price $12.95 In February of 1895, the third “Danny” book tells of Danny’s adventures with a small iceboat he has been given, and what happens when he loses his way one cold, moonless night.
	Danny and Life on Bluff Point: The Man on the Train By Mary Ellen Lee Softcover Published 2004 Retail price $12.95 Fourth book in the “Danny” series. Grandma and Grandpa Scott leave Bluff Point and move to Gorham with the help of the Lee family. The ride on the steam cars is fun for all until Mary is trapped in the livestock car by an evil man and is rescued by Danny.
	Danny and Life on Bluff Point: The Conflict (A Novel) Book Six in the Danny and Life on Bluff Point By Mary Ellen Lee Softcover Published 2007 Retail price $13.95 The Conflict finds the Lee family engaged in a social conflict that will test their values. Set in May 1895 Danny Lee meets their new southern-born neighbor and experiences the friction created in town which spills over into the Lee children. Both sides lean valuable lessons about prejudice, forgiveness, and acceptance.
	The Danes of Yates County By Varick A. Chittenden Softcover Published 1985 Retail price $10.00 A true look at the Danish immigrants and their lives as they made a home here in Yates County. As the information for this book came directly from the Danish community here in Yates County, it is an accurate look at the Danish immigrants and their lives as they made a home for themselves in this new land. Crafts, music and dance, foodways, holidays and celebrations are included with many photographs.
	"Each Bee Was A Bullet" Corporal Thomas Geer And Color Sergeant Judson Hicks, Company A, 111th New York Infantry, At the Battles of Harpers Ferry and Gettysburg By George W. Contant Softcover Published 1998 Retail price $9.95 “Each Bee Was A Bullet” is based on the letters of Thomas Geer and Judson Hicks of Marion, New York. The letter of these two western New York friends tell a personal story of the tragedy and triumph that marked so much of the American Civil War.
	History of Yates County, New York By Stafford C. Cleveland Hardcover - 2 volume set Published 1873 Retail price $75.00/set Contains a sketch of Yates County's original settlement by the Public Universal Friends, the Lessee Company and others, with an account of individual pioneers and their families; also of other leading citizens. Includes church, school and civil history. For genealogists and history buffs alike, this book is an unsurpassed informational source concerning the early history and settlement of this area.
	Images of America: Penn Yan and Keuka Lake By Charles R. Mitchell Softcover Published 1997 Retail price $19.95 Charles R. Mitchell’s tribute to Penn Yan and Keuka Lake’s history focuses on the era of black-and-white photography, from the 1860s to the 1950s. With vintage images drawn from his own collection as well as YCGHS, Birkett Mills, and Keuka College, Mitchell weaves the story of the area’s unique past.
	It Started With a Steamboat An American Saga By Steven Harvey Softcover Published 2005 Retail price $17.50 How did we get to the fast paced life of today? Steven Harvey takes us on a journey through the steamboat era in the Finger Lakes, detailing the boats, lives and times.
	Keuka College: A History By Dr. Philip Africa Hardcover Published 1974 Retail price $8.00 Built on the shores of Keuka Lake in 1893, Keuka College has its own unique history to lend flavor to our area.
	Luck Was On My Side: The life story of a boy from Branchport, New York By Lauren Burtch Published 2009 Softcover, spiral bound $17.50 Mr Burtch describes life during the early 20th century through the Depression on the shores of Keuka Lake, one of New York’s Finger Lakes. A scion of the Burtch Brothers’ General Store and Meat Market legacy of Branchport, New York. Lauren takes the reader through his own life story with beginnings in this rural upstate village, eventually to Okinawa, and finally to California where he enjoyed a career as an Agronomist.
	Minority Mother By John Farrell Hurley Published 1989 Reprinted 2010 Softcover $15, hardcover $25 Mr Hurley has brought together an historical account of the Rushville, Yates County area of New York during the early 20th Century in this 175 page story about the Farrell and Hurley families who lived there. The families were descendants of Irish immigrants to America during the 1840’s and 1850’s. Central to the story is the Hurley matriarch, Agnes Farrell Hurley, who, much against norm of the times brings up two successful sons, while holding down a career, being civically active, and a friend to those who needed friends.
	New Yorkers in the Civil War: A Historic Journal, Vol 3 Series editor R.L. Murray Softcover Published 2004 Retail price $9.95 This volume details accounts of New Yorkers in defense of Oak Ridge at Gettysburg; the 9 th New York heavy artillery at Cedar Creek; letters: 44 th New York at the Seven Days; NY artillerymen at Antietam; and a New Yorkers at First Bull Run.
	New York State Script and Private Issues By Gordon L. Harris Hardcover Published 2001 Retail price $38.95 A catalogue of New York’s paper currency listed by villages and cities. Many images of antique currency included.
	Ontario County Troops in the Civil War Volume One: Geneva Soldiers, part of the Letters From the Front Series By R.L. Murray Softcover Published 2003 Retail price $9.95 This history is Volume One of the story of Ontario County troops in the Civil War, told through their own writings. Their stories tell of life in camp, the horrors of battle and the politics of the period.
	The Orphan Home The Memories of Laurence K & John H. Buchholz Edited by Christine E. Buchholz Buck & John A. Buchholz Softcover Published 2006 Retail price $12.00 In September, 1910, with shipping tags tied to their clothing, John and Laurence Buchholz - six and eight - were put aboard a Lehigh Valley passenger train in Geneva, New York, for the first leg of their 360 mile journey to a rural Ohio orphanage. This account of childhood at the Ebenezer Orphan Home in Flat Rock, Ohio, was drawn from conversations recorded during their later years.
	Out of the Wilderness Edited by Raymond W. Smith Softcover Published 1998 Retail price $10.95 A Civil War memoir of Cpl. Norton C. Shepard of the 146th New York Volunteer Infantry based on his written narrative. It is a clear depiction of the encounter at Saunders Field on May 5, 1864 during the Battle of the Wilderness.
	The Outlet Trail By Francis Dumas, Patricia Rios, and Jennifer Rios Softcover booklet Published 1984 Retail price $5.00 A guide book to the history, flora and fauna of the unique trail between Keuka Lake and Seneca Lake known as "the Outlet Trail". This six mile stretch has a well cared for hiking and biking path free and open to the public for all to enjoy the opportunity to leave the world behind and walk back in time.
	Overhalls and Leftovers By Al Jensen Softcover Published 2005 Retail price $22.95 Forty short pieces about Penn Yan and Keuka Lake and life in the Good Old Days. Illustrated with more than 100 original, previously unpublished photographs taken between 1918 and 1937, this book is a compilation of Al Jensen’s memories, including “The 1932 Yates County Oil Well,” “Good Strong Food” and “Ice Boating on Keuka Lake”.
	Pioneer Prophetess: Jemima Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend By Herbert A. Wisbey, Jr. Hardcover Published 1964 Retail price $22.50 A comprehensively researched book on the life of Jemima Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend, most famous for becoming the first American born woman to form her own religious group and bringing the first and largest group of settlers to what became Yates County. Contains insight into the Society of Universal Friends, the history of our early settlement, genealogical information on her followers and a transcription of the Death Book of the Society of Universal Friends.
	Robert Beck's Story By Crooked Lake Historical Society Hardcover Published 1995 Retail price $17.00 Based on his memoir, Robert Beck told his story from his boyhood in Germany to his immigrant family's struggles in this new country and his own time as an indentured servant, eventually gaining more stability and moving to Hammondsport where he settled in 1876 and lived until his death in 1922.
	Starkey Diaries Transcribed & Edited by Richard S. MacAlpine & Raymond C. "Charlie" Finch Softcover Published 2006 Retail price $25.00 A compilation of twelve diaries written by three women of the McAlpine family who lived on a farm in the Town of Starkey. The diaries cover the time period from 1868 to 1906. Photos, narrative, notes, appendix, and surname index (not page specific) included; 408 pp. These diaries are an excellent source of local social history and for anyone who wants to know what farm life (and life in general) was like in rural Yates County in the second half of the 19th Century; the rhythm of the farm seasons, transportation, communication, medical care, cooking, sewing, food processing, the role of religion, impact of the temperance movement, etc.
	The Times of Middlesex By Kay Foster Wilson Softcover booklet Published 1989 Retail price $4.00 A history of the town of Middlesex including the geology and early peoples, myths and legends, the white settlers, religion and schools, early sorrows and earning a living.
	Town of Middlesex Civil War Veterans Compiled by Stuart J. Mitchell, Jr. with Joan L. Stover Softcover booklet - based on work by Frederick T. Harter Published 1996 Retail price $8.50 A listing of known veterans of the Civil War from the Town of Middlesex including a newspaper documentation and information on the involvement of the residents of Middlesex.
	Where They Fell: Stories of Rochester Area Soldiers in the Civil War By Robert Marcotte Hardcover (295 pages) Published 2001 Retail price $15.00 Mr. Marcotte examines how seventeen Rochester (NY) area regiments and batteries were involved in the battles of the Civil War. Profiles of battles and soldiers are presented along with instructions on how the reader can research the Civil War record of an ancestor who might have marched along side them. Illustrated in color and black and white.
	Willow Grove By Annette Toaspern Softcover Published 2009 Retail price $40.00 Set on Central New York’s Keuka Lake, Mrs. Toaspern presents a history in pictures and narration of the life and times on one of New York’s premier Finger Lakes. A section of Keuka’s east shore, Toaspern has uncovered never before seen images and information on cottage life, taking one back to the times of our youth. If you enjoyed a lake-side cottage anywhere in the world you will appreciate the stories about natural and human history presented in this book. A must have for your coffee table.
	Woodcarver, Wordcarver: Poems to Read Aloud By Al Jensen Softcover Published 2004 Retail price $6.95 A wonderful collection of poems reflecting the experience of the author, who is a master woodcarver.
	Yates County Cemeteries, Volumes 1-6 Compiled and recorded by Frances Dumas & Sherry E. Conybeare Softcover Published 1997 Retail price $20.00 per volume A complete and accurate list of all known burials within Yates County's borders, an absolute must for genealogists. The volumes are divided according to townships and villages as follows: Volume 1-- Town of Benton, Town of Milo, Town of Torrey Volume 2-- Town of Italy, Town of Middlesex, Town of Potter, Village of Rushville Volume 3-- Town of Barrington, Town of Starkey, Village of Dundee Volume 4-- Town of Jerusalem, St. Michael's Roman Catholic Volume 5-- Lakeview Cemetery, Penn Yan Volume 6-- General Index

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