A great resource for learning about ancestors from Central New York is this 3-volume set called "History of Central New York: embracing Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne, Ontario, Tompkins, Cortland, Schuyler, Yates, Chemung, Steuben, and Tioga Counties", by Harry R. Melone, 1932. Links to all three volumes are provided below.
Volume 1 is dedicated to the places and early settlers of Central New York, including many old photographs. Sit back and enjoy this slideshow of the images! If your ancestors lived in Central New York, in the 19th-20th centuries, you're being given a peek into their world!
The Table of Contents for Volume 1 is shown here. Volumes 2 and 3 contain biographies of prominent citizens of central New York, including many portraits. All three volumes are available free online! Use the links below to jump to the resource at archive.org's site.
VOLUME 1 [Link]
Volumes 2 and 3 contain hundreds of biographies and some portraits of the prominent citizens of central New York. There is no Table of Contents or Index in these, so you'll have to use the search feature. Use the magnifying glass on the left side of the window to search within each book, as shown here:
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