Local History Collection

The following records are available in the Gilbertsville Free Library Local Histroy Collection. The records are available at any time the library is open.

Genealogies, local, regional and New York state histories and historical reference books
Selection of Family and Genealogy Files
Cemetery records [our records are not on-line]
- town of Butternuts
- East Guilford
- town of Guilford
- Sidney
- Unadilla
Funeral Director Records, 1894-1975
Census Records:
- on microfilm, Federal 1790 - 1930
- N.Y. State, 1855-1905
- Hard copy: 1790 - Conn., Mass., New Hampshire,
- New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia
- 1800 - Otsego County
- 1855, 1865, 1875, Town of Guilford, transcriptions
- 1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, -Town of Unadilla, transcriptions
- Transcription & Index for Butternuts Census
  - 1790, 1800, 1810
  - 1820, 1830, 1840
  - 1850, 1855, 1860 Index Only
  - 1865, 1870 Index Only
Tax Records
- Microfilm - Otsego County 1799-1803 all townships
Church Records:
- Baptist, 1806-1914 (microfilm), Index
- Episcopal, 1833-1918, Index
- Methodist-Episcopal, 1848-1923, Index
- Presbyterian/Congregational, 1797-1932, Index
School Records
- Gilbertsville Academy & Collegiate Institute
  - 1814 - 2004
- School Commission Minutes, 1814-1874, microfilm
- District School minutes, 1822- 1947, incomplete
- Year books, Gilbertsville C.S. 1895-1990
- GMU 1991-2004
- Mt. Upton Central 1976-1990
Post cards, Atlases and Maps
Newspapers: on microfilm:
- The Morris Chronicle, 1865-1932 [some years missing]
- The Otsego Journal, 1876-1965
Revolutionary War veterans information and Civil War veterans information
Village and Town Structural Inventory forms
- all village structures and some structures in the township
Otsego County Board of Representatives, annual reports, 1804-2003
Additional family, organizational, town, village, and business records, as well as photographs, blueprints and scrapbooks, available by appointment.

Gilbertsville Historical Records Collection - Women In History