@article{866933, recid = {866933}, title = {County and regional histories & atlases New York. [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {Gale, a part of Cengage Learning,}, address = {Farmington Hills, Mich. :}, pages = {1 online resource.}, year = {2011}, note = {Date range of documents: 1804-1966.}, abstract = {State and especially local history gives students a chance to understand the people, places and things around them with which they're already familiar. Originally compiled and produced by publishers and subscriptions agents for area residents and patrons, the histories are difficult-to-find materials. Included in this collection on New York are 28 cities, regions, and counties in 465 titles. These titles comprise tables and lists of vital statistics, military service records, municipal and county officers, chronologies, portraits of individuals and views of urban and rural life not found anywhere else. The atlases provide additional information on land use and settlement patterns and scarce early town and city plans.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/866933}, }