Fairport - Perinton History

You can find answers to your many local history questions here at the Fairport Library. Whether you are looking for information on Local History & Biography, Family History & Genealogy, House and Land Transfers, Fairport Newspapers, or something else, the Fairport Library has resources that can provide this information. The Local History Resources at the Fairport Public Library include:

  • Circulating collection of books on Fairport, Perinton, the Erie Canal and Upstate Western New York State
  • Reference collection of books on Fairport, Perinton, and neighboring communities
  • Local History stacks for additional hard-to-replace titles
  • Local History pamphlet files, indexed at the Information Desk
  • Fairport High School Year books
  • Microfilmed Newspapers including: the Monroe County Mail (1885 - 1925), the Fairport Herald Mail (1873 - 1992), and the Fairport - ER Post formerly known as the Perinton - Fairport Post (1989 - present)
  • WPA Index to local newspapers before 1926
  • Collected columns written by the Town Historian
  • Online, free access to Ancestry.Com is available at the Fairport Public Library during library hours.
  • Online access to Heritage Quest is provided by the Monroe County Library System. You can access this resource from home or at any Monroe County Library with your library card number.

Local History resources for the Fairport - Perinton area are clustered in 4 collections. In addition to the Fairport Public Library, the Perinton Town Historian, the Perinton Historical Society Museum, and the Rochester Public Library have much to offer.

How do you know where to go first? Each collection has its own strong points. And of course, the growing digital collections are available no matter where you are.

The Perinton Town Historian:

  • Genealogy: Notebooks on families, and published materials
  • Biography: Files on well-known local individuals, as well as obituaries
  • Cemetery Records: Records for all the cemeteries in Fairport and Perinton
  • Houses: Files are arranged by street; 1990 Perinton Historic Architecture Committee survey is available.
  • Property Transfer Records: Complete Records are avaialble in the Town Assessor's Office
  • Photos: 3,000 - 5,000 photos online or in the Historian's office
  • High School Yearbooks: From the 1930's and 1940's
  • Topical Files: Churches, Schools, Community Organizations and services
  • Online articles about many topics, some with illustrations
Perinton Town Historian

You can contact the Perinton Town Historian:

1350 Turk Hill Road
Fairport, NY 14450
585-223-0770
http://www.perinton.org/Departments/hist

The Perinton Historical Society:

  • Genealogy: Notebooks on local families, and published materials
  • Biography: Files on well-known local individuals, as well as obituaries organized by year
  • Cemetery Records: Records for cemeteries in the Fairport - Perinton area as well as some additional cemeteries
  • Houses: Files on specific addresses; Landmark Society Survey of all homes built before 1902; 1990 Perinton Historic Architecture Committee Survey
  • Property Transfer Records: Some before 1850
  • Photos: Collection includes a DeLand Family album, a "windshield tour" of Perinton, original photos from some local newspapers
  • High School Yearbooks: Some are available
  • Topical Files: Churches, Schools, Community Organizations and services
Perinton Historical Museum

You can contact the Perinton Historical Society:

18 Perrin Street
Fairport, NY 14450
585-223-3989
http://www.perintonhistoricalsociety.org/

The Rochester Public Library:

  • Genealogy: New York State Vital Records Index, War-related-indexes, Books and Periodicals, Census record holdings in print and on microfilm, and oher specialized indexes, magazines and databases
  • Biography: Card files of biographies, obituaries, indexes of well known local men and women
  • Cemetery Records: Rochester & Monroe County
  • Photos: Hard copies and Online
  • Topical Files on many, many subjects
  • Digitized collections of images, maps, newspapers, and books
  • Patent information is available in the Science Division

You can contact the Local History & Genealogy Department:

115 South Avenue
Rochester, NY 14604
585-428-8370
TDD: 585-428-8023
http://www2.libraryweb.org

 

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