Yates County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Yates

Historical Facts

 * The name is in honor of Joseph C. Yates, who as Governor of New York signed the act establishing the county.

5 February 1823: Yates County was formed from 310 square miles of Ontario County, including the area that included Vine Valley, Middlesex, Penn Yan, and Dresden, New York.

1 January 1826: 60 square miles of Steuben County was partioned and added to Yates, which included Starkey, Dundee, and Lakemont, New York.

15 April 1828: 10 square miles was partioned from Yates, and passed to Seneca and Tompkins Counties, mostly in the forest.

17 March 1860: Ontario County was authorized to gain land from Yates, but it was never put into effect.

18 April 1946: Yates gained 10 square miles from Schuyler and Seneca Counties, which produced the current borders of Yates County.

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Archives and Libraries

 * Guide to historical resources in Yates County, New York, repositories

Biography

 * History of Yates County, N.Y.: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers
 * Kashong, a history from the ancient to the modern: with illustrations
 * Memories of local naturalists

Cemeteries

 * Gravestone inscriptions from some Yates County, N.Y., cemeteries
 * Inscriptions from three abandonded [sic] cemeteries in Yates County, New York : Friends Burying Ground, Stoddard Family Cemetery, Thomas Family Cemetery, with index and family history
 * Those we remember in counties of Yates, Ontario, Schuyler, Steuben, New York State
 * Those we remember in Yates, Ontario, Schuyler, Steuben, New York State
 * Yates County cemeteries and cemetery burials

Census
For information and tips on using and accessing online census records, see New York Census.

1810

 * Index of U. S. census, 1810, Ontario County, New York including Steuben, Wayne &amp; Yates counties

Church History and Records

 * Aspiring Christians: histories of Yates County churches

Court Records

 * Lis pendends, 1832-1950
 * Miscellaneous records, 1823-1913 (3 volumes)

Description and Travels

 * Keuka Lake memories: the champagne country, 1835-1935

Directories

 * American agriculturist farm directory of Yates, Schuyler, Tompkins and Seneca counties, New York, 1914: a rural directory and reference book including a road map of the four counties covered
 * Index to business directory, New historical atlas of Yates County, New York, Everts, Ensign &amp; Everts (pub. 1876): includes name, date of settlement, nativity

Genealogy

 * History and directory of Yates County: containing a sketch of its original settlement
 * History and directory of Yates County: containing a sketch of its original settlement by the Public Universal Friends, the Lessee Company and others, with an account of individual pioneers and their families; also of other leading citizens, including church, school and civil history and a narrative of the Universal Friend

Handbooks, Manuals, etc

 * Sources of clues, Yates County, New York

Periodicals

 * Yates past: newsletter of the Yates County Genealogical &amp; Historical Society
 * Index to Tree talks county packet, Yates County, New York

History

 * Americana in Drumlin Square
 * The Beddoe tract: 7,000 acres in central western New York state : it's history from 1792 to 2004
 * Changes &amp; returns: chapters in our county's history
 * A good country, a pleasant habitation, an outline of history of Yates County
 * History and directory of Yates County: containing a sketch of its original settlement
 * History of Yates County, N.Y.: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers
 * Keuka Lake memories: the champagne country, 1835-1935
 * The student's handbook of Yates County

Land and Property

 * Deed records, 1823-1910; index, 1823-1965
 * Grantor Index 1823-1965 (10 volumes)
 * Grantee Index 1823-1965 (10 volumes)
 * Deed records 1823-1905 (94 volumes)
 * Deeds transmitted from Steuben and Ontario counties, 1790-1855; index 1800-1823
 * General Index 1800-1823 (2 volumes)
 * Deeds, Steuben and Yates 1796-1854 (2 volumes)
 * Deeds, Ontario and Yates 1790-1855 (5 volumes)
 * Homesteads, 1851-1907
 * Lis pendends, 1832-1950
 * Miscellaneous records, 1823-1913 (3 volumes)

Maps

 * Combination atlas map of Yates County, New York (pub. 1876)
 * Combination atlas map of Yates County, New York (reprint 1992)
 * Yates County, New York land ownership maps, 1855 and 1865
 * Highway map of Yates County, New York, 1990

Military

 * The military history of Yates County, N. Y. : comprising a record of the services rendered by citizens of this county in the army and navy, from the foundation of the government to the present time
 * Soldiers discharge, 1863-1943

Civil War 1861-1865
Civil War service men in Yates County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county.


 * See 126th Regiment, New York Infantry ;148th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * Yates County's "boys in blue", 1861-1865: who they were and what they did
 * Diary of Royal George Kinner, a Civil War soldier

Minorities

 * The Danes of Yates County: the history and traditional arts of an ethnic community in the Finger Lakes region of New York State

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Naturalization of aliens over 18 years, 1898-1899
 * Naturalization of aliens under 18 years, 1865-1898
 * Naturalization records, 1823-1958; index, ca. 1823-1956
 * Card Index 1823-1956
 * Loose papers 1820-1913 (not in chronological order before 1851)
 * Declarations of Intent 1855-1906 (old style)
 * Declarations of Intent 1906-1958 (Federal style)
 * Petitions for Naturalizations 1906-1958 (Federal style)

Newspapers

 * Genealogical gleanings abstracted from the early newspapers of Penn Yan, Yates County, New York, 1823-1833 and 1841-1855
 * Yates County miscellany, newspaper clippings

Periodicals

 * The Union record Contains information also on the Ball family. published by Ball International Union and Keuka College
 * Index to Tree talks county packet, Yates County, New York

Probate Records

 * Probate records, 1823-1951
 * Index to Surrogate's Records 1823-1951
 * Wills 1823-1903 (volumes A-S)
 * Guardianship records 1823-1950 (volumes 1-6)
 * Letters of Testamentary and Administrations 1823-1904 (volumes 1-7)
 * Administrative Orders 1863-1905 (volumes 1-2)
 * Administrative Bonds 1890-1901 (volumes 1-2)
 * Minutes, Orders, Decrees 1830-1901 (volumes 1-7)
 * Dowers 1827-1879 (volumes 1-2)
 * Final Settlements 1828-1870 (volumes 1-3)
 * Real Estate 1824-1906 (volumes 1-4)
 * Renunication 1852-1939 (volume 1)
 * Miscellaneous records, 1823-1913 (3 volumes)
 * Mortgages, 1823-1852; index, 1823-1883
 * Mortgagee Index 1823-1881 (2 volumes)
 * Mortgagor Index 1823-1833 (2 volumes)
 * Mortgages 1823-1852 (16 volumes)
 * Honor Roll of Century Land in Yates Co., State of New York, 1953 This includes a list of original land owners and dates of purchase for land which has had continuous owner- ship for 100 years.
 * United States loan mortgage, 1837-1902

Public Records

 * Miscellaneous records, 1823-1913 (3 volumes)

Vital Records

 * Marriage licenses, applications and certificates of consent, 1908-1935
 * Marriage record of Yates County, New York, 1908-1926

Societies, Libraries and Museums

 * Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc.