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1937 Compass System Rural Index *Stone Frank 5W Ithaca 120T Name: Frank Stone Compass System Address: 5W Ithaca 120T Current Road Name: Mecklenburg Rd Farm Type/Residence: Farm + residence Owned or Rented: Owned

Submitted by Caroline Arms on July 17, 2026 02:30

• Tompkins County, N.Y. Rural Index & "Compass System" Map, Ithaca, N.Y.: Rural Directories, Inc., 1937. HistoryForge Transcription. Digitized vers...

Frank A Stone

Economy Motor Sales, Herman C. Smith and Cecile L. Smith, proprietors C R Stimson manager, Pontiac sales and service used cars, 319 W State St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 03, 2025 03:11

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

321 W State St Ithaca (as of 2000) 319 W State St Ithaca (as of 1945)

1 story porch in front, smaller porch on east back.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 15, 2025 02:21

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

507 E State St Ithaca (as of 1940) 511 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 153 E State St Ithaca

Dwelling No. 434, Family No. 473 Joseph Gilbert, 47, male, Black, [Head] place of birth Maryland, 2 children, 1 married, widowed, colored person not taxed Mary E. Gilbert, 15, female, Black, Child, place of birth Tompkins County, single, colored p...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 19, 2026 03:22

1865 New York State Census, First Election District, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, p66, lines 18-20

Alice M Hill
Mary Gilbert

John Skally, beer saloon, 80 S. Cayuga, h. same

Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 19, 2026 02:12

Ithaca General Directory, 1876 Ithaca Journal Directory Printing House, Ithaca, NY

332 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 78 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1878) 80 S Cayuga St Ithaca

Ann Smith, washerwoman, 74 S. Cayuga

Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 19, 2026 02:00

Ithaca General Directory, 1876 Ithaca Journal Directory Printing House, Ithaca, NY

322 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 70 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1878) 74 S Cayuga St Ithaca

Ben Morse, linseed oil and flax manuf., William, near Factory St, East Hill

Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 03, 2026 15:56

Boyd’s Directory of Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca, and Owego, 1864 Binghamton, NY

Ben Morse

Moving the Cradit-Moore House, May 2000 Forest Home Improvement Association (FHIA), with photo of house leaving its original location. "After much anticipation, Historic Ithaca begins the move of Forest Home’s historic Cradit-Moore house on Tuesd...

Submitted by Caroline Arms on July 16, 2025 12:33

• Moving the Cradit-Moore House, May 2000. [https://www.fhia.org/moving-the-cradit-moore-house-may-2000/]

172 Pleasant Grove Rd Town of Ithaca (as of 2000)
128 Pleasant Grove Rd Ithaca

Benjamin Morse, oil manufacturer, h Factory cor E. Buffalo

Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 03, 2026 15:47

 June 10, 1871 (Saturday)    This evening mother & Abbie and I went in to Mrs. Harmstons  I have not been in in sometime.  She has got lots of dresses on hand to make.    July 4, 1871 (Tuesday)     Mrs Harmston came in this afternoon & staid quite...

Submitted by Helen M McLallen on July 15, 2026 01:29

Excerpts from the diary of Louisa H. McLallen.  Private Collection.

Mary Harmston

Charles E Maynard, blacksmith 121 S Aurora St, home 343 Giles St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 19, 2025 20:11

Norton & Goodhue’s Ithaca City Directory for 1909 Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

345 Giles St Ithaca (as of 1950) 343 Giles St Ithaca (as of 1899)

Homes of the Western Slope of Cayuga Heights, New York. By Patricia Longoria, Deputy Historian, Village of Cayuga Heights, July 2017 Prepared in conjunction with Sunset Park Walk and Talk,  July 8, 2017 This document, from the Village of Cayuga H...

Submitted by Caroline Arms on November 13, 2025 23:13

Edward Sorrell, 38 years old, male, Black, Drayman, Real estate value $150, born in Maryland, cannot read or write Sidney Sorrell, 34 years old, female, Mulatto, born in Maryland John Sorrell, 13 years old, male, Black, born in Maryland, attended ...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 24, 2026 23:51

1860 Census, 17th Ward Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, p175 lines 33-36

Sydney A Sorrell
Nancy Martin
John H Sorrell
Edward Sorrell

Wikipedia entry for Harold Varner McIntosh Extract: " Harold Varner McIntosh (1929–2015) was an American computational physicist who worked for many years in Mexico. Beyond physics, his research interests included quantum chemistry, programming ...

Submitted by Caroline Arms on February 27, 2026 02:45

• Wikipedia entry for Harold Varner McIntosh. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_V._McIntosh]

Harold V McIntosh

Centennial of Pioneer Store is Celebrated. The Ithaca Journal, Aug 12 1924, P. 5. Col. 3, with photo of William Andrus Church "William Andrus Church Given Pleasant Surprise Party in Honor of 100th Anniversary of Well-Known Bookstore and Printing...

Submitted by Caroline Arms on June 29, 2026 15:14

• Centennial of Pioneer Store is Celebrated. The Ithaca Journal, Aug 12 1924, P. 5. Col. 3. From Newspapers.com [https://www.newspapers.com/article...

William A Church

50th Wedding Anniversary of Margery Noble and Roland Kellogg The Ithaca Journal, Jun 24 1978, P. 7, Col. 1, with photo of couple "Mr. and Mrs. Roland Kellogg of 501 Ellis Hollow Creek Road will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Friday, Ju...

Submitted by Caroline Arms on June 21, 2026 13:50

• 50th Wedding Anniversary of Margery Noble and Roland Kellogg. The Ithaca Journal, Jun 24 1978, P. 7, Col. 1. From Newspapers.com [https://www.new...

Roland S Kellogg
Margery N Kellogg

Household of James Collins, Groton* 1 Free Black male under age 14 1 Free Black male age 14-25 1 Free Black female age 14-25 *This household is one of 3 households of Free Black families listed in a row Francis Collins James Collins Henry Pigrit

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 04, 2026 15:45

1820 US Census, Groton, Tompkins, New York, Sheet 12, Line 9

James Collins

Instrument # BF138691-001, an agreement filed in the Tompkins County Clerk's Office and available in the Clerk's online database. "THIS AGREEMENT made by and among C. CHADDOCK HEAD and HARRIETT J. HEAD, 108 Sheldon Road; CLYDE E. INGALLS and MARY...

Submitted by Caroline Arms on September 23, 2025 21:34

• Tompkins County Clerk Database. [https://countyfusion3.kofiletech.us/countyweb/loginDisplay.action?countyname=Tompkins] Search by Instrument Numb...

107 Sheldon Rd Ithaca
108 Sheldon Rd Ithaca (as of 1950) 815 Triphammer Rd Ithaca

Clarence C Head Jr
Harry G Clark

"That portion of Brooktondale Rd (Rte. 330) from the lower bridge in Brooktondale to the intersection of the Boiceville (West Slaterville) Rd. will become Valley Rd."

Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 23, 2025 16:32

"Easy St to Be No More," Ithaca Journal, October 17, 1957, 5.

506 Valley Rd Caroline (as of 1957) 506 Brooktondale Rd Caroline

“...in 1823…[Joseph Esty] purchase[d] of Simeon De Witt the lot at the corner of Tioga and Green streets, where erected a large tannery, sinking forty pits in the ground. From 1840 to 1845 Alexander Hart was partner in the business, and from that ...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 28, 2026 16:55

John H. Selkreg ed., Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York, 1894, 178.

Tannery W Clinton St Ithaca
Esty's Tannery Green and Tioga St Ithaca