We have archival and special collections of files, ephemera, photos, maps, blueprints and plans, diaries, journals and more. Please see our general list for more details provided below. We also have some favorite “go-to” sources for research which we are sharing with you here, as well as the cemetery online records:
Special Collections General List
Database WHS Harold Hinds, Jr. Files
Donald G. Marshall- Christmas Memories Wilmington ca 1926
Memories of Life in the Adirondacks by Lucius Evens Avery
Wilmington Rupert Newspaper column from Emma Hinds Scrapbook 1877-1881
War of 1812 Town of Jay- 9th Regiment- Sanford’s Battalion
The Early Years of My Life in Wilmington, NY (1919-1930s) by Donald G. Marshall-Part 1 of 3
The Early Years of My Life in Wilmington, NY (1919-1930s) by Donald G. Marshall-Part 2 of 3
The Early Years of My Life in Wilmington, NY (1919-1930s) by Donald G. Marshall-Part 3 of 3
Ralza C Lawrence Letter 1-Transcribed by K. Peters & Guy Stephenson
Ralza C Lawrence Letter 2-Transcribed by K. Peters & Guy Stephenson
Local Cemeteries
The following links will take you to a website where a survey and photographs of headstones of local cemeteries in Wilmington may be found.
Haselton Cemetery – Haselton Cemetery is on Haselton Road, 2.3 miles from the junction with Rt. 86. (Note that the same road is called Springfield Rd on the opposite side of Rt. 86.)
Lamoy Cemetery – Lamoy Cemetery is on Rt. 86, 1.3 miles from the junction with Springfield/Haselton Roads and 0.4 mile from Hardy Road.
Malbone Cemetery – Malbone Cemetery is on Hardy Road, 2.2 miles from the junction with Springfield Road and 1.2 miles from the junction with Rt. 86.
Pleasant View Cemetery – Pleasant View Cemetery is on Bonnie View Road, less than 0.1 mile from the junction with Rt. 86.
Winch Cemetery – Winch Cemetery is on Springfield Road about 2.5 miles from the junction with Rt. 86. This cemetery is behind a house and is not easily seen from the road. It is private and permission must be obtained from the landowner before entering.
Joyce Ranieri’s Northern New York Cemeteries Tombstone Transcription Project
NYGenWeb:
Go to the page and click on the county you want at the top of the page. Enjoy the search feature above the counties diagram – put in a name and press search and a list of all cemetery pages in Clinton, Franklin, and Essex Counties where the name appears will pop up.