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Mail: 68 Marvin Ave.,
Brewster NY 10509-1515
Telephone: 845-278-7209
FAX: 845-278-4865
E-mail: putnamcountyny.com/historian
Please give us the subject of your research
and the scope of your inquiry. We will check our databases
and indexes to see what relevant materials we may have that
could help with your research. As we are a government
department, we may not spend a great deal of staff time on an
individual’s private research or to search unindexed records.
(We will inform you of any charges for postage or photocopies.)
Although there are a great many genealogical
resources here, we are not genealogists. If you need to do
extensive research here, but cannot come yourself, we can supply
you with a list of genealogists who are familiar with Putnam
County families. You will have to negotiate their fees
with them.
We have compiled (and update annually) a
Handbook for Putnam County History and Genealogy,
which is available for $5.00, plus $2.00 postage. The
Handbook contains a bibliography of resources that are available
here in Putnam County, including other libraries and
repositories, local government historians, and historical
societies and museums. If you want a copy, please send a
check payable to the Putnam County Historian along with your
postal address.
For further help with boundary and place name
changes of Putnam’s towns and villages, click here for TOWN
LINKS (link this).
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The Historian’s Office is open Monday through
Friday from 9 am to 4 pm, except legal holidays.
The public is invited to use the Archives, Library, and
Collection on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and on other weekdays by
pre-arrangement. Those wishing to do research are
asked always to
notify the County Historian’s Office in advance of their visit.
FACILITIES AVAILABLE:
There is no charge for using the Library,
Collection and County Archives. Parking is free.
A computer is available for public use for
searching the databases and for note taking. There is no
charge, but researchers should bring their own diskettes or
flashdrives.
Fees are charged for photocopying, ranging
from 20¢ to 40¢ per page, depending on paper size.
There is a $5.00 charge for scanning photos. The charge
for multiple scans will depend on how complicated the project is
and how much staff time is required.
There is a microfilm-reader printer.
Photocopies of microfilm are 40¢ each.
The Office, Library and restroom are
accessible to the disabled.
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The Putnam County Historian’s Office &
County Archives are located at 68 Marvin Avenue, Brewster, NY.
The telephone number is 845-278-7209. Here’s how to get
here:
FROM WEST & SOUTH via TACONIC & US 6:
Exit Taconic on US 6 going right (east). US 6 east into
Brewster. Where US 6 bears left at RR station, go
straight. Take first left (Marvin Avenue) to Records
Center.
FROM NORTH BY TACONIC/I-84:
Take I-84 east to exit 20N; then take immediate exit 10; then US
202 & 6 to Brewster. Right on US 6 over bridge at a
traffic light and next left (Marvin Ave.) to Records Center on
right.
FROM SOUTH BY SAW MILL & I-684:
Saw Mill will merge with I-684. Continue on I-684 to Exit
8 (Hardscrabble Rd.). Go left and straight when Route NY
22 enters from the left. Continue on 22 north through
Croton Falls (US 202 east will join NY 22). Take first
left after reservoir (sign says to US 6 west) and second right
(Marvin Avenue) to Records Center on left.
FROM WEST & NORTH BY NY 301:
US 301 to Carmel & right on NY 52 at Courthouse. Left on
US 6 East in front of Reed Library. Follow US 6 into
Brewster. Where 6 bears left at RR station, go straight.
Take first left (Marvin Avenue) to Records Center on left.
FROM EAST BY I-84 OR US 6:
I-84 to Rte. 121 exit (US 6 & US 202 west). Right on 121
and left on US 202 & 6 to a traffic light where US 6 goes right.
Go right over bridge at light & take first left (Marvin Ave.) to
Records Center on right.
BY TRAIN:
The Historian’s Office can also be reached by train. We
are within walking distance from the Brewster station on the
Harlem Line out of Grand Central Station. There are taxis
at the train station in Brewster.
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County Historian: Allan J.
Warnecke
Deputy Historian: Sallie Sypher*
The County Historian’s Office and the Archives
are staffed by part-time personnel and volunteers:
Research/clerical assistants:
Carol Bailey
Christina Mucciolo
Catherine Wargas
Archivist: Reginald White
Volunteers:
Elizabeth Allison
Marlene Khosropur*
Robert Palmer*
Fred M. Sturzenbecher*
We welcome volunteers to work with the
archives, the library, the maps and photographs and to assist in
research. Call the office if you are interested.
*Persons whose names are marked with an
asterisk volunteer through the Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
Call Mary White at the Office for the Aging at (845) 621-0600
for more information.
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