1. Use a historical Maps to locate your property or house
The 1854 map above is a good way to start as it shows houses and out buildings,
many with the names of the occupants. Click here to find the entire map.
2. Use Property Records, Local, County, State
.
3. Use Library Resources—
a. Heritage Quest,Find Census and Military Records
b. Books on Architectural Styles and Local Histories
4. Look up articles in old Newspapers like the Putnam Courier online at the Mahopac Public
Library
5. Look up Cemetery Records or go to the Cemeteries
6.Contact your local Historians Office
7. Contact the Historical Society
8. Talk to neighbors and Senior Citizens who know about your area and/ or house
9. Search Online
The 1854 map above is a good way to start as it shows houses and out buildings,
many with the names of the occupants. Click here to find the entire map.
2. Use Property Records, Local, County, State
.
3. Use Library Resources—
a. Heritage Quest,Find Census and Military Records
b. Books on Architectural Styles and Local Histories
4. Look up articles in old Newspapers like the Putnam Courier online at the Mahopac Public
Library
5. Look up Cemetery Records or go to the Cemeteries
6.Contact your local Historians Office
7. Contact the Historical Society
8. Talk to neighbors and Senior Citizens who know about your area and/ or house
9. Search Online
| HOW TO RESERCH AN OLD HOUSE PATTERSON, NEW YORK |
Find out things about your historic Patterson house with the online Assessor's Town of Patterson
Search. Go to http://townofpatterson.sdgnys.com/search.aspx Just enter your first and last name. It will
have a section that says Deed Book, followed by a number and a section that reads Deed Page
followed by a number. These numbers can be taken to the Putnam County Clerk's Office, 40 Gleneida
Ave. #100, Carmel, NY. These numbers will start your search of previous property owners through other
Deed Books.
Use can use Heritage Quest online if have a Patterson Library card. Go to www.pattersonlibrary.org.
and Click on Read Magazine & Newspaper Articles Online, then click on Heritage Quest. Follow the
directions from there and you are on your way to finding Census' and Military Records. Sample
census to the right, click on it to enlarge.
and Click on Read Magazine & Newspaper Articles Online, then click on Heritage Quest. Follow the
directions from there and you are on your way to finding Census' and Military Records. Sample
census to the right, click on it to enlarge.
Finding elements in your house, like the
banister seen here (circa 1810) can help
you date your house. Certain styles and
certain woods, and even carpentry
methods were only used at specfic times.
banister seen here (circa 1810) can help
you date your house. Certain styles and
certain woods, and even carpentry
methods were only used at specfic times.
Local History Books can be
checked out or researched in the
Library. Our own Vignettes of
Patterson's Past is available by
clicking here.
checked out or researched in the
Library. Our own Vignettes of
Patterson's Past is available by
clicking here.
Historic Newspaper Collection: Putnam
Courier – Published Weekly 1849-1993
www.localarchives.org/mahopac
Courier – Published Weekly 1849-1993
www.localarchives.org/mahopac
| Sample article from 1901.(left) |
To access the Putnam County historian online
go to: http://www.putnamcountyny.com/historian/
go to: http://www.putnamcountyny.com/historian/
To contact the Patterson Historical
Society click here.
Society click here.
Sample (left) from Old
Gravestones of Putnam County
click to enlarge. More from this
book coming soon.
Headstone from Baptist Cemetary
across from the Baptist Church Rt.
311 Patterson. Also visit the Maple
Avenue Cemetary at the corner of
Maple Avenue and Rt. 311, (click to
enlarge sample).
Gravestones of Putnam County
click to enlarge. More from this
book coming soon.
Headstone from Baptist Cemetary
across from the Baptist Church Rt.
311 Patterson. Also visit the Maple
Avenue Cemetary at the corner of
Maple Avenue and Rt. 311, (click to
enlarge sample).
Aerial Maps, like the one left (of Rt.
311 and corner of 164 1930 click to
enlarge) can show buildings and
homes. They also show stone walls
(about 200 years old) which can
give an indication of the orginal
farm boundaries.
311 and corner of 164 1930 click to
enlarge) can show buildings and
homes. They also show stone walls
(about 200 years old) which can
give an indication of the orginal
farm boundaries.
See bottom of page for complete
bibliography from the October, 21
2009 Library Talk- "How to Research
an Old House".
When researching always have
reliable cited facts from quality
research or researchers.
bibliography from the October, 21
2009 Library Talk- "How to Research
an Old House".
When researching always have
reliable cited facts from quality
research or researchers.
| RESOURCES From 10/2009 Library Talk "How to Research an Old House" Vignettes of Patterson's Past, Patterson Historical Society, 2007; at the Library 1854 Map of Putnam County, R.F. O'Connor available in Vignettes, atlas; whole map is at: http://www.hrvh.org/u?/pahs,0 and Patterson portion is at: http://www.pattersonhistoricalsociety.org/Publications.html 1867 Map of Patterson, F.W. Beers Atlas, in Vignettes atlas; and at: http://www.westchesterarchives.com/CW/Thumbnails/1867Atlas_th.htm 1876 Map of Patterson, Thomas Reed, in Vignettes atlas 1894 (and other) USGS topo http://historical.mytopo.com/ ; also look at the aerials and maps at: http://nationalmap.gov/gio/viewonline.html The Federal Census and Pension Records for the Revolution and other military records are accessible online through the Patterson Library at: https://gigcat.midhudson.org/validate?url=http%3A%2F%2F0-www.heritagequestonline.com.gigcat.midhudson.org%3A80%2F Cemetery records: Barbara Smith Buys, Old gravestones of Putnam County, New York, together with information from ten adjacent Dutchess County burying grounds: eleven thousand eight hundred inscriptions of persons born up to and including 1850, 1975. Available at some of the Mid-Hudson libraries including Kent, Brewster, Mahopac, Dover Plains Putnam County Courier from 1840-: http://www.localarchives.org/mahopac Genealogy site: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi 1780 Erskine Military Map, in Vignettes atlas, from a photograph at the Akin Memorial Library, Quaker Hill Putnam County aerials, 1930's and 40's, a limited number in Vignettes, a complete series at the Putnam County Historian's Office, in Brewster |
If you know the name of the person who lived in your house you can go to the
Putnam County Clerk's Office (in Carmel see below) and look up the name in
the Index of Deeds. Click on sample (left) to enlarge.
Putnam County Clerk's Office (in Carmel see below) and look up the name in
the Index of Deeds. Click on sample (left) to enlarge.