Research at the Washington County Historian’s Office

The Washington County Historian’s Office is located on the first floor of Building “A” in the Washington County Municipal Center at the rear of the County Clerk’s Records Room. The Office is open to the public on Wednesdays and the hours are 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The research material is available through volunteers who are knowledgeable in genealogical searches.

Researchers can request a “genealogical search” through the mail, but not by e-mail. To order, send a written request detailing what information you are seeking, a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope, and a non-refundable $15.00 check or money order made payable to the “Washington County Treasurer” to:

Washington County Historian

Washington County Municipal Center, Building A

383 Broadway

Fort Edward, New York 12828

(518) 746-2178

Available for research in Historian’s Office:

Published regional histories, plus histories of several towns in Washington County and nearby counties;

Published and unpublished Washington County family histories;

The Asa Fitch Papers on Washington County genealogy and history;

The Gibson Collection of genealogical material;

The Goodspeed Collection containing over fifty indexed boxes of information collected by the local genealogist;

The Morris Rote-Rosen Collection of his Granville-Sentinel newspaper column on local history;

Books of tombstone inscriptions from numerous Washington County’s cemeteries;

The Washington County Poor House Records;

Over forty years of County Historian’s genealogical correspondence filed by family name;

and an assortment of: Family Bibles;

Maps;

Newspapers;

Quaker records;

Business ledgers;

School records; and

Civil War records and letters pertaining to Washington County.