Susan E. Leath Town Historian
(518) 439-4955, ext. 1160
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Town Historians are appointed by law for municipalities throughout New
York State. The Town Historian's role is to assist in researching official town
records related to the history of the town and to educate the public about the
records. Ms. Leath is available for these purposes, but she does not do historical
or genealogical research for individuals.
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information and photographs.
The historical website pages have been made available through a grant from the
New York State Education Department, State Archives, Local Government Records
Management Improvement Fund grant for historical records which provided funds
for personnel and creation of this link on the Town’s website. For more
information, see the Town Clerk's page.
Bethlehem Diary -- Copies of the Bethlehem Diary, resident
Floyd Brewer's sequel to Bethlehem Revisited, are available at the Town Clerk's
office. For those who wish to know some of the history of the town, these
make fine gifts. Copies are available at the reduced price of $9.50. People of Bethlehem -- The book, People of Bethlehem, published by the
Bethlehem Historical Association, is available at the Town Clerk's office for $20.
This is a great genealogy tool and covers years 1698 through 1880. It also
includes 15,000 name entries of over 1,400 families with church, government and
private records used for the contents of the book.
Town of Bethlehem: 445 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, NY 12054 Ph: 518.439.4955
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