A Brief History of Chemung County, New York. E-book. Formato PDF Ausburn Towner   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Local history is fleeting and evanescent. Events of one day, even considered of supreme importance at the time, are forgotten the next day, and soon drop into oblivion. Any effort to recall them, after years have passed, entails tireless and exhaustive research amongst the files of musty, old newspapers, private memoranda, public records, and, best of all; the interviewing and arousing the recollections of elderly persons; preferably ladies, for their memories are usually very retentive and are seldom found inaccurate. Very much that follows is from the remembrances of old ladies; who knew the country in their girlhood; when it was pretty much all woods and swamps. Interviews with them could only be characterized as delicious. If there could be reproduced only one-half of all they have recalled, it would form a book many times the size of this, and if their names could be given; they would be recognized as belonging to some of the oldest and best-known families of the county.

A Genealogy of the Towner Family: The Descendants of Richard Towner, Who Came From Sussex County, Eng;, To Guilford, Conn;, Before 1685. E-book. Formato PDF James W. Towner   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

At first my thought was to write the Genealogy of Samuel and his family only, but when I had done this, my research had brought me so much material as to Rich ard, J r., John, and Benjamin and their descendants, that I decided to compile the whole from Richard, Sr., down; and this has been done, and the latest facts obtainable even to this year are included. See note A, page 241. Many who could give information have failed to respond, and lenient judgment is craved for all such deficiencies or imperfections. Other Towners have been found who cannot be connected with Richard and his stock; some in Ohio, Illinois, Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa and Kan sas quite a number in the cities of New York, Brooklyn.