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Canton, NY
Canton Free Library Historical Scrapbooks

The Scrapbooks comprise clippings from local newspapers that cover events in the Town and Village of Canton, NY and in later years, Northern New York in general. The dates of coverage are chiefly 1960-1993, with scattered material going back to 1901. You will be searching all of these volumes:

Canton Biographies - 7 volumes
Canton Obituaries - 6 volumes
Canton Sketches - 19 volumes
North Country - 28 volumes
North Country Libraries - 5 volumes
St. Lawrence Seaway Construction - 2 volumes

How to Search

Enter a word, a list of words or a phrase to search. FOR PHRASE SEARCHING, ENTER THE PHRASE IN QUOTES. The results will be displayed by order of the number of hits with the search word(s) in context.

To view a result, click on the file name. The page will open in Adobe Reader with the 'hits' highlighted. Use the Zoom In tool on the Adobe Reader tool bar to enlarge the text.
To view the pages you will need a copy of the free Adobe Reader which you can get here: