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The Town of Bedford New York
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Historian
Town Historian:
John Stockbridge
Assistant: Christina Rae
Location: 321 Bedford Road, Bedford Hills, NY 10507
Telephone: (914) 666-4745
E-mail: [email protected]

Bedford's wealth of historical documents, housed on the second floor of the Town House, is available for public use during the Historian's office hours or by appointment. Numerous resources are available to research genealogies and historic sites, and tracing the Town's history back to its founding in 1680.

This office is open Monday, Tuesday, Wedensay & Friday from 10am to 1pm or by appointment.

Historian Reference Library
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Genealogical material
- Selected property histories and studies
- 19th and 20th Century newsprint
- Oral Histories
- Police blotters
- Town of Bedford Census records (1790-1870)
- Town of Bedford land records (1680-1800)
- Cemetery records (1681-1975)
- Town meetings (1680-1737; 1784-1899)
- Church and School records
- Bedford Farmers Club minutes (1867-1950)
- McDonald Papers (Revolutionary War Oral Histories)
- Primary source Diaries and Scrapbooks
- Historic maps


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