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1. Research Department ...: (Category); Sullivan County Historical Society Research Department Department Head: Fred Fries Email Address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Phone: (845) 434 - 8044 Our organization is a small, all volunteer organization ...; Created on 30 November -0001
2. Highland: (Category); ... ostal department determined that there were already too many places with the same name. Not to be discouraged, the people came up with the name Yulan, which is the Japanese word for laurel. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
3. Genealogy Department ...: (Category); Sullivan County Historical Society Genealogy Department Department Head: Suzanne Cecil Email Address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Phone: (845) 434 - 8044 Our organization is a small, all volunteer organization ...; Created on 30 November -0001
4. Departments ...: (Category); Sullivan County Historical Society List of Departments Our organization is a small, all volunteer organization that has a limited amount of resources and funds. To greatly help us attend to your requests ...; Created on 30 November -0001
5. Delaware: (Category); ... llment, the complex was sold to the U.S. Department of Labor, which operates it as a very successful job Corps Training Center. The communities who came to life nourished by the railroad found their eco ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Cochecton: (Category); ... ave a Department of Environmental Conservation access. It lies in the center of the town and provides sportsmen with boating and fishing opportunities, as well as other water recreation. The hamlet of Lake Hunt ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Genealogy Department ...: (Genealogy Department); ... Department. If on the homepage you click on "Departments" at the top of the page and select "Genealogy." you will in the near future see my postings. Also at the top of the homepage is a heading label ...; Created on 11 March 2015
8. William "Bill" Burns Memorial: (News); ... Smallwood-Mongaup Valley Fire Department It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of William "Bill" Burns. 💔 The "Big Boss" as he was kno ...; Created on 29 March 2020
9. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... the town’s celebration of the nation’s bi-centennial in 1976, the Forestburgh Fire Department added the final “H” to the sign. Later, when the big, red plastic lettering was replaced on the firehouse with ...; Created on 17 January 2016
10. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... himself fully in community affairs. He was an active member of the fire department, serving as president of the fire company and as a fire commissioner. He was an officer of the South Fallsburg Hebrew ...; Created on 17 January 2016
11. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... about re-ordering society were threatening to many people. In Wallkill, those feelings were unleashed upon Mills and his family. Residents would stop Mills at church to complain. Ventures tried to head off so ...; Created on 04 January 2016
12. Genealogy News: (Genealogy Department); The archives and genealogy department has been quite busy with visitors looking for their roots this summer. If you have received error messages when emailing me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., that glitch ...; Created on 24 July 2015
13. Beismer Family History: (Genealogy Department); The family history for the Beismer Family has recently been donated to the genealogy department by Lorraine O'Dell. It, as well as other family histories, will be available to be used at the museum. W ...; Created on 02 May 2015
14. Beismer Family History: (Genealogy Department); A recent acquisition in the Geneaolgy Department is a family history of the Beismer Family donated by Lorraine O'Dell. We appleciate her generosity. It, as well as other family histories that have bee ...; Created on 02 May 2015
15. Cemetery Interrment Records: (Genealogy Department); ... findagrave.com and to also create an index where needed. These volumes are available for your use in the genealogy department at the museum. They are also invaluable when fulfilling search requests. We ...; Created on 12 March 2015
16. Recent Searches: (Genealogy Department); Did you know that the SCHS Genealogy Department does searches for people looking for information about their family? Recently I have requests from individuals looking for information about the Kolansky-Hodes ...; Created on 11 March 2015
17. Genealogy Volunteers Wanted: (Genealogy Department); Did you know that the SCHS Genealogy Department has an extensive obituary file? I have been involved with catching up with the backlog of obituaries that have been in our archives. The obituaries are ...; Created on 11 March 2015
18. Sullivan County Long Beards: (History Makers); ... In addition, the chapter sponsors youth to attend the Department of Environmental Conservation camp to learn new skills and experience the outdoors. The annual JAKES [Juniors Acquiring Knowledge ...; Created on 18 October 2014
19. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... the WhiteLake area in conjunction with Sullivan County Renaissance program. Both Bill and Pat have also volunteered at FortDelawareMuseum, the Mongaup Valley Fire Department and Ladies Auxiliary and on ...; Created on 18 October 2014
20. The Stone Arch Bridge: (Cochecton); ... to preserve the Bridge and its surroundings their efforts were rewarded with the purchase of over four acres of land on the downstream of the Bridge. By the summer of 1976, the Sullivan County Departmen ...; Created on 03 November 2011
21. The Hamlet of Swamp Mills: (Tusten); ... The post office of Swamp Mills was established in 1873, but the community decided to find a more suitable name. Several names, such as Laurel Glen, were suggested, but were rejected by the Postal Department. ...; Created on 20 October 2011
22. Erect Historic Marker on Site of first House in Monticello: (Thompson); ... rs room in the bank. "The marker, which was paid for by the village of Monticello and erected by its Department of Public Works, differs from the usual historical sign in that in place of the name of ...; Created on 22 September 2011
23. Pike Milestone Back on the Job: (Bethel); ... tle west of the Black Lake Road junction on the north side of Route 17-B, near White Lake. Mr. Robert Schlicting, New York State Department of Highways engineer on the reconstruction of 17-B, has placed ...; Created on 22 September 2011
24. Mystery of Missing Marker: (Thompson); ... s Durland and Bert Feldman at the NYS Highway Department offices from Monticello to Binghamton to Albany drew a blank look and no information at the county and township level. Acting State Historian Willi ...; Created on 22 September 2011
25. About the Society: (Historical Society); The History of Sullivan County Historical Society The records of the New York State Education Department show that the Sullivan County Historical Society was organized on September 18, 1886. ...; Created on 05 April 2010
26. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... were limited, but finally in 1965 he moved up to Livingston Manor. In order to support himself he worked for several years in Sullivan’s Department Store in Liberty but, unfortunately, learned that a busy ...; Created on 11 August 2009
27. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... Osterhout, who worked with the county highway department and they had three children: Glen, Marla and Carol Jean who died in childhood. Charlotte was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Evangelical Church ...; Created on 11 August 2008
28. Andrew Neiderman: (History Makers); ... the next twenty-three years he taught at Fallsburg High School. He is remembered not only as an outstanding teacher, but as a department chairman, faculty president, county teachers’ association president, ...; Created on 01 June 2006
29. Beatrice Schoch: (History Preserver); ... with enthusiasm, were well attended and sparked further interest in the town’s history. In conjunction with the County Department of Public Works, she researched and took pictures of some 60 to 70 old ...; Created on 11 August 2003
30. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... closed the station at Cooperstown Junction in 1903, an event that caused the Chases to move to Walton, New York. During that period, the word got out that the State Education Department planned to institute ...; Created on 11 August 2001
31. Lawrence H. Cooke: (History Makers); ... Supreme Court Judge in 1961 and in 1969, appointed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller to the Appellate Division, Third Department. In 1972 occurred one of his rare defeats. When he ran for the New York State ...; Created on 01 June 1998

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