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United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA), also known as West Point, Army, The Academy, or simply, The Point, is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City. The entire central campus is a national landmark and home to scores of historic s...
Columbia University Wikipedia Columbia University in the City of New York , commonly referred to as Columbia University , is an American private Ivy League research university located in New York City, New York, United States. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges fou...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Nassau County, New York.= Official Website = Overview Nassau County is situated on western Long Island, bordering New York City's borough of Queens to the west, and Suffolk County to the east. It is the most densely populated and second-most populous county in New York State outside of New York City, with which it maintains extensive ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Manhattan, New York County, New York. Manhattan, known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. It is the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, and coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. Manha...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Steuben County, New York. Official Website The county was created in 1796 and was named in honor of Baron von Steuben, a Prussian general who fought on the American side in the American Revolutionary War, though it is not pronounced the same. There is no direct link between Baron von Steuben and modern Steuben County, which he never...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Allegany County, New York. Official Website Overview Allegany County is a county in the southern tier of the U.S. state of New York . Its name derives from a Lenape word, applied by European-American settlers of Western New York State to a trail that followed the Allegheny River; they also named the county after this. The county ...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Tioga County, New York. Official Website The county was created in 1791 and its name derives from an American Indian word meaning "at the forks", describing a meeting place. Adjacent Counties Bradford County, Pennsylvania Chemung County Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Broome County Cortland County Tompkins County
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of 450 square miles (1,200 km2) and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities. It was named after the city of Chester in England, and the county seat is White Plains. List of Populated Places in Westchester County Cities Yonkers , founded in 1646 N...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, New York. Official Website Jefferson County is part of Macomb's Purchase of 1791 and was split off from Oneida County in 1805. It was named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. The United States Army's 10th Mountain Division is based at Fort Drum. Adjacent Counties & Province...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Queens or Queens County, New York. Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest borough of New York City in area and is adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the western end of Long Island, with Nassau County to the east. Queens also shares water borders with ...
Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in Kings County, New York. Although Brooklyn has been a borough of New York City for more than a century, it had a long and illustrious history as an independent city until that time. In 1890, the last census before it was annexed, Brooklyn ranked as the fourth largest city in the United States. The first settlement in what is now Bro...
This project is the portal or master project for New York City. This project will include or link to sub-projects on New York City history and genealogy, AFTER 1674. Prior to 1674, see the New Amsterdam projects . New York City Projects State of New York The Bronx Manhattan Brooklyn Queens Staten Island
Pioneer Cemetery resides in Phelps, Ontario County, New York. The earliest burials date from 1799 and carry through to 1912. "Pioneer Cemetery 1000 graves 1803-1857 -Here lie 16 Revolutionary soldiers and a Lexington Minute Man. Pioneers include Robison, Granger, Deane, Swift, Dickinson, Hildreth." The marker was erected by the Phelps Historical Society. "In the old Pioneer Cemetery on Main...
Resthaven Cemetery resides in Phelps, Ontario County, New York. The earliest burials date from 1813. This burying ground is still active. There are well over 5,000 interments in the cemetery.
Joslyn Cemetery resides in Phelps, Ontario County, New York. Also known as Oaks Corner Cemetery, this burying ground is located on the north side of County Road No. 23 at intersection of Lester Road near the hamlet of Oaks Corners. It is still active and well-maintained. The earliest burials date from 1804. "According to the Phelps Historical Society, there are over 25 cemeteries in Phelps...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Ontario County, New York. Official Website The county was established in 1789 and, prior to its formation, was long controlled by the Seneca people, one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, or Haudenosaunee. They were forced to cede most of their land to the United States after the American Revolutionary War. This fron...
Cornell University= Cornell University ( /kɔrˈnɛl/ kor-NEL) is an American private Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, 1st President of Cornell University , the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge—from the classics to the sciences, and from the theoreti...
Wikipedia The Stony Brook University (also referred to as State University of New York at Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook, SBU) is a public sea-grant and space-grant research university located in Stony Brook, New York in the United States. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The institution was founded in 1957 in Oyster Bay as State University College on Long Island, a...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Oneida County, NY.It is not to be confused with Oneida, New York in Madison County. Cities, Towns and Communities: * +Denotes county seatAdrian - Annsville - Augusta - Ava - Barneveld - Boonville - Bridgewater - Camden - Cassville - Chadwicks - Clark Mills - Clayville - Clinton - Deansboro - Deerfield - Durhamville - Florence - Floyd ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cattaraugus County, New York. Official Website The largely unsettled territory was the traditional homeland of the now-extinct Wenrohronon Indians and later occupied by the Seneca people, one of the five Nations of the Haudenosaunee. During the colonial era, it was claimed by at least three territories: New York Colony, Massachusett...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Madison County, New York. Official Website Madison County was created on March 21, 1806 through an act of the 29th session of the New York State Legislature. It was named for James Madison, fourth President of the United States of America Adjacent Counties Chenango County Otsego County Oneida County Cortland County Onond...
This Project is for those who were born, lived, and died in the State of New York.
This project is for those buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Norwich, Chenango County, New York. This cemetery is commonly referred to as White Store Cemetery , however, the Church is the White Store Church, and the cemetery is called Evergreen Cemetery. Find a Grave Wikipedia
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in Chenango County, New York. Official Website History This was long the territory of the Oneida people, one of the first Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy or Haudenosaunee. They occupied the area until after the Revolutionary War, when they were forced off the land, although they had been allies of the patriot colonists. Th...
Evergreen Cemetery resides in Eden, Erie County, New York. Evergreen incorporated in 1909 and graves from another cemetery, established in 1845, were reinterred at Eden Evergreen Cemetery. The cemetery is still active. "The Eden Cemetery Association was formed in 1845 at which time a small parcel of land on the north side of East Church Street was purchased. An earlier cemetery was located in ...