Local History Room

Hours:

Mon & Thurs: 10am-2pm
or by Appointment

Location:

2nd Floor, 366 Main Street
Goshen, NY 10924
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Make an Appointment:

Email us, click here
or call (845) 294-6606 ext. 103

Research Request:

Research fee: $15/hr plus postage.
Requests for copies: $1 per page.

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Artifacts & Manuscripts

Many artifacts and manuscripts of historic value have been acquired over the years, including: Legal papers of Henry G. Wisner (1772-1842) and Samuel S. Seward (1768-1849); documents pertaining to the Wawayanda Patent (1785); and letters of Noah Webster (1808).

The Local History Room also contains information on the history of the Town and Village of Goshen as well as nearby areas of Orange County.

Family Genealogy

For those interested in researching their family’s genealogy, we make available for in-house use many resources to help in your search.

These include Ancestry.com, books on genealogy, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, maps, documents, and numerous rare and one-of-a-kind books.

We also have obituaries and marriages that have been documented in the Goshen Independent Republican Newspaper, starting in 1820.

Obituary Database

Marriage Database

Cemetery Database

Microfilm

A microfilm machine with printing capabilities is available for viewing microfilm from the Goshen Independent Republican Newspaper 1813 to present (some issues missing), and the Goshen Democrat 1834-1933 (some issues missing).