The Mendon Library has a number of resources available for local history researchers. We maintain microfiche copies of the local newspaper, The Sentinel, from 8/31/1882 through 2001, and paper copies from 2002 to the present. (The Sentinel covers Mendon and surrounding towns, including Lima, West Bloomfield, and Rush.).

A volunteer is compiling an index of births, deaths, and marriages from the pages of the Sentinel. This index covers 1882  1895 and is available in the library. You are also invited to review the Libraweb databases - Rochester Images and Rochester History, which contain several references to our local community..

We have a number of works assembled by the Town of Mendon historian and Village of Honeoye Falls historian which are available for circulation.

They include:

• Bells and Whistlestops: the Importance of the Lehigh Valley Railroad to Mendon, Diane Ham, 1995
  
• A Country School Goes to Town, Diane Ham 2002
  
• Early Mendon Mormons, Diane Ham, 2000
  
• Early Residents of the Mendon Cemetery, Diane Ham 1997
  
• Fading Memories – Honeoye Falls, A Glimpse, Anne Bullock
  
• Festival on the Green Carriage Tours, Diane Ham, Anne Bullock, 6/16/96
  
• The Flavor of Honeoye Falls 1838-1988, Anne Bullock
  
• Four Corners Drug Store, Honeoye Falls, NY, Anne Bullock 2002
  
• From Trails to Highways – Mendon’s Early Roads, Diane Ham, 1999
  
• Getting Acquainted with Mendon Ponds Park
  
• Hamlets of Mendon, Diane Ham, 1999
  
• Hamlet of Mendon Historic Walking Tour, Diane Ham, 1994
  
• History of the Village of Honeoye Falls and Town of Mendon, Helen D. Cooney, 1976
  
• History of the Town of Mendon 1813-2000 and Village of Honeoye Falls 1838-2000, An update of previous histories of the Town of Mendon including the Village of Honeoye Falls, Diane Ham, Anne Bullock
  
• Honeoye Falls NY – Its Beginning, David R. Maloney, 1963
  
• Log Cabins Westward – From NY to Kansas, Diane Ham 3/88
  
• Mendon Cobblestone Landmarks, Diane Ham, 1997
  
• Mendon Mills, Diane Ham 1988
  
• Monroe County History Tour, Visit to Points of Interest in the Town of Mendon, 5/15/57
  
• Native American Presence in the Town of Mendon, Monroe County NY , Robert Navias, 2/25/02
  
• Sesquicentennial Souvenir Program and History; 150th Anniversary Celebration, Town of Mendon, 1963
  
• Survey of Village Houses in Honeoye Falls, Compiled by Robert Heishman
  
• They Came, They Sawed, They Captured: A Detailed Account of the Mirthful, Lurid, and (Oft-Times) Perilous Life of the Iron Fireman, Paul Worboys, 1990
  

We encourage you to explore the genealogical section of the Libra web site of Magazine Indexes for local history information as well. It has, for instance, records for the cemetery in Honeoye Falls.