TOWN HISTORY

Town Historian: Position currently vacant

Contact Town Clerk at clerk@townofulyssesny.gov


Genealogy
Trumansburg/Ulysses Local History
Town Cemeteries:
- Jones (Goodwin) Cemetery
- Updike Cemetery
- Bower Cemetery
- Quaker Cemetery

Duties of the Town Historian:

• Fill out a yearly report detailing inquiries, phone calls received, and meetings attended which is submitted to the Tompkins County Historian. This report is then sent to the New York State Historian.
• Meet with the Tompkins County Municipal Historians an average of eight times a year and contribute to any local historical projects coordinated by the group
• Attend a yearly meeting of the New York State District of Municipal Historians to exchange information and ideas relating to New York State history
• Hold public informational sessions about any history-related activities in which the Town of Ulysses participates

• Lifetime member of the Ulysses Historical Society
• Member of the Tompkins County Municipal Historian’s Group