Thank you for visiting the Adams, NY History and Genealogy web site, offering vital records, DAR records, newspaper transcriptions,
and lots more for the town and village of Adams, NY. The information contained with in these pages includes the following
locations: Adams, Adams Center, Belleville, Ellisburg, Henderson, Henderson Harbor, Honeyville, Lorraine, Mannsville, North Adams,
Rodman, Sandy Creek, Smithville, Worth, and other areas within Jefferson County, NY.
A special thanks to Sue Lyman Herse
for her dedication and assistance in providing fresh information for the Adams, NY History & Genealogy site to include Downtown
and Town Down by Jamey Van Epps. The paper is a large pdf. file worth the load time.
Much of the information provided
throughout this web site was obtianed and/or provided by families of the area, as well as the Jefferson County Journal. Reproduction
of Watertown Daily Times articles are with their written permission. "Memories of the Old Homestead" by Henry Lyman was
originally published by Mr. Lyman in 1900, reproduced by the South Jefferson Historical Association in 1999, and donated
by Dr. Albert C. Reed of Towsen, Maryland. This site is offered as a free service for visitors in an effort to preserve history
and genealogy records throughout South Jefferson county, NY.
Look for exciting new editions throughout 2009 and 2010.