Skaneateles Boat Museum

Genealogy Links:

Over 1900 links to Genealogy sites
The Genealogy Home Page
US Census Bureau
The following Skaneateles and Onondaga County links were provided courtesy of William Hecht:

1860 Onondaga County Maps
1875 Onondaga County Maps
Air Photo
Skaneateles
Skaneateles - Roosevelt Hall
Bob’s
Ruston’s
Skaneateles lakefront
Map of Village of Skaneateles
Map Directory
Mottville map
Town Map
Map illustration 1
Map illustration 2

Our Newspaper Archive

Note: This database contains over 22,300 records compiled from the old newspaper announcements indexed at the Skaneateles Historical Society offices by Jim Dougherty and Ted Prindle. Records from The Columbian date from 1831 through March 1853. Records from the Democrat date from 1843 through 1880. Records from the Free Press date from 1881 through 1899. Records from The Skaneateles Press dated from 1900 through 1919.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW ARCHIVES

Visit our Archives Directory and view the files in text format with your browser. The download time is fast and you can save the entire individual files easily to your hard drive to search with your favorite text editing or spread sheet program. The Archives contain a readmefirst.txt file which describes the individual database files that you can view and download.

The St. Mary’s Cemetery Gravestone Archive

Note: This database contains 3,000 records compiled by Harold Witter. St. Mary’s Cemetery was dedicated in 1856. See additional notes at the top of the data file.

The Lakeview Cemetery Archive

Note: This database contains over 7,900 records provided courtesy of the Village of Skaneateles Cemetery Board. These records date from 1796 through 1988. We have provided a link on the search engine page so that you can also view the entire database file in plain text format

Skaneateles historical sites of interest include Shotwell Memorial Park, once acclaimed as “one of the most beautiful war memorials in the country”.

The Skaneateles Historical Society is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to preserving the history of Skaneateles.

Office and The Creamery Museum are located at 28 Hannum Street, Skaneateles, NY 13152.
Hours are seasonal, or, by appointment; please call 315-685-1360.

The Town of Skaneateles Historian is Ms. Beth Batlle, C/O the Town Hall, 24 Jordan Street, Skaneateles, NY 13152.

The Village of Skaneateles Historian is Ms. Pat Blackler, 28 Hannum Street, Skaneateles, NY 13152 or email .

The Steering Committee for the Boat Museum is headed by Bent Thomsen.