Branchport Free Library
3501 Route 54A
Branchport, NY 14418
315.595.2899
Contact: Helen Jo Graves, Director
Email: graves@stls.org
Website: www.branchportlibrary.org/
Hours: Wednesday 1:00-7:00p
Friday 1:30-4:30p
Saturday 10:00a-2:00p
Dundee Area Historical Society
PO Box 153
26 Seneca Street
Dundee, NY 14837
607.243.7047
Contact: Pamela Miller, Director
Hours: May-October
Tuesday-Friday 1:00-5:00p
Saturday 8:30a-12:30p
Holdings: Extensive historical records of the Dundee area: businesses, lifestyles, homes, etc. Genealogical records on families in the area. Museum contains antiques and memorabilia from early Dundee and surrounding areas. Complete collection of records, photographs and items from Starkey Seminary, once located in Lakemont, NY. Extensive collection of the Crystal Springs Resort once located in Barrington Township, NY.
Dundee Library
32 Water Street
Dundee, NY 14837
607.243.5938
Contact: Mary Geo Tomion, Director
Email: Dundee@stls.org
Website: www.stls.org/dundee
Hours: Monday-Thursday 10:00a-7:00p
Friday 10:00a-5:00p
Saturday 10:00a-2:00p
Holdings: The Dundee Library is the repository for the Dundee Observer weekly newspaper. Scrapbooks from 1929-1998. DCS yearbooks to 1983. Books and pamphlets concerning Yates Co. history; Finger Lakes history; Dundee and area history. Arch Merrill books. Dundee Observer on microfilm, 1878-1985. Books and pamphlets on NY state history.
Finger Lakes Boating Museum
PO Box 676
Penn Yan, NY 14527
315.536.8629
Contact: William Oben, Director
Email: info@flbm.org
Website: www.flbm.org
Hours: By appointment only.
Keuka College
Lightner Library
Keuka Park, NY 14478
315.279.5265
Email: library@mail.keuka.edu
Hours: Reference hours during school sessions
Monday-Thursday 9:00a-9:00p
Friday 9:00a-5:00p
Sunday 5:00-9:00p
MD Blodgett Memorial Library Reading Center
35 South Main Street
Rushville, NY 14544
716.554.3939
Hours: By appointment only.
Middlesex Heritage Group
PO Box 137
1216 Route 245
Middlesex, NY 14507
585.554.3607
Contact: Ruth Clark, Historian
Email: Mhg28@juno.com
Hours: Wednesday Saturday 9:00a-12:00p
Holdings: Scrapbook of Middlesex and Rushville histories; Middlesex and Rushville school histories including pictures of district schools in Yates County. Information on businesses, Native American histories, restored schoolhouse, records of Yates County cemeteries. Most records on computer.
Penn Yan Public Library
214 Main Street
Penn Yan, NY 14527
315.536.6114
Contact: John Creamer, Librarian
Email: jcreamer@pypl.org
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a-8:30p
Saturday 10:00a-3:00p
Holdings: Basic reference materials (county histories, maps, etc.) on Yates Co. history; index to county cemeteries; indexes to local periodicals; microfilm collection of Penn Yan newspapers 1824-present; strong on Penn Yan and Yates Co. history, tapering off rapidly from there. Interested parties may search or browse the collection on our website.
Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society
Oliver House Museum
200 Main Street
315.536.7318
Contact: Idelle Dillon, Executive Director
Email: ycghs@linkny.com
Website: www.yatespast.com
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:30a-4:30p
Holdings: Artifacts, photos, documents, research materials, exhibits.
