The Rockland Room has the largest collection of printed histories of Rockland County and its communities. Spanning from the far past to current day, the works cover everything from maps to family histories. Click here to discover more about the Rockland Room’s contents.
The Rockland Room open hours are:
Tuesday: 9am-1pm
Wednesday: 12pm-4pm
Thursday: 6pm-9pm
Friday: 11am-2pm
3rd & 4th Saturdays of the month: 9am -12pm
For answers to local history questions or to plan a visit to the local history room outside of open hours, please call or email Joseph Barbieri : (845)-634-4997 x123 jbarbieri@newcitylibrary.org.
Upcoming Programs:
- GSRC: Digital Journal News
- Researching Your House’s History
- GSRC: Books Available on FamilySearch
- Old New City
- GSRC: Finding Relations When No Family Stories Exist
- Passports for Genealogy
- Deeds at the Rockland County Archives
- History of the Bear Mountain Bridge
- Hike: The Dunderberg Spiral Railway
- Genealogical Society of Rockland County Meeting: Immigrant Cluster Communities
- Genealogical Society of Rockland County Meeting: Our Favorite Websites
- Old Rockland County Place Names
- Historical Newspapers for Genealogy (and fun!)
- Using FamilySearch for Genealogy
- Genealogical Society of Rockland County Meeting: Old Military Records