Otsego County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Otsego County

Parent County
16 February 1791: Set off from Montgomery County

Boundary Changes
6 April 1795: A piece of Otsego County taken with a portion taken from Albany County to create Schoharie County.

10 March 1797: A piece of Otsego County taken with a portion taken from Ulster County to create Delaware County.

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Biography

 * Biographical review of Otsego County, New York, 1893. This volume contains biographical sketches of the leading citizens of Otsego County, New York.

Indexes

 * Index of surnames in Biographical review of Otsego County, New York, 1893

Cemeteries

 * List of Otsego Cemeteries Otsego County USGenWeb
 * Find a grave - Map of Cemeteries in Otsego County
 * Find a grave - List of Cemeteries in Otsego County

1800

 * Bits and pieces: census extractions with focus on the Ingalls family FHL BYU Family History Archives
 * Otsego County, New York State, 1800 federal population census schedule: transcript and index FHL
 * Otsego County, New York State, 1800 federal population census schedule: transcript and index FHL (No circulation to Family History Centers.)

Maps

 * Map of Townships in Central New York  Cortland County NY USGenWeb, encompassing neighboring counties.
 * Map of Townships in Otsego County 1902. Map from Bacon's History of Otsego County.  Otsego County  US Gen Web.
 * Maps from Otsego County US Gen Web Map from Bacon's History of Otsego County 1902; Patent map of NY unknown source; Tryon County map (area of what is now Otsego Co.); Patent map by Simeon DeWitt, Surv. Gen. of NY, 1790 ; Map by Guy Johnson, dept. of Indian Affairs 1768 ; Map of New Netherland 1656 by Van Der Donck

Military
Civil War service men from Otsego County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were formed in Otsego County. * 121st Regiment New York Infantry:Companies A,B,C,D,G,H,I

Newspapers

 * A collection of abstracts from Otsego County, New York newspaper obituaries, 1808-1875 . Also at NEHGS($) compiled by Gertrude A. Barber in 1933, contains records abstracted from the following nineteenth-century newspapers: Death Notices from the Cooperstown Federalist, 1808-09 Marriage Notices from the Cooperstown Federalist, 1808-12 The Cooperstown Federalist was published from 1809 to 1817. Death Notices from the Watch Tower, 1828-31 Marriage Notices from the Watch Tower, 1828-31 The Watch Tower began publishing in 1813 in Cherry Valley before moving to Cooperstown the following year. It ceased operations in 1831.
 * Otsego County (NY) newspapers on microfilm and paper at all NYS locations. New York State Library.
 * Old Fulton Postcards. Free searchable web site which holds newspapers from upstate New York.

 

Societies, Libraries and Museums

 * Square Circle Press.  Books of Local Interest for the Otsego County Area.
 * Augers Corner Bookstore. Books of Local Interst for the Otsego County Area.

Websites

 * The Otsego County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
 * The USGW Archives Project for Otsego County.
 * The USGW Archives Project (mirror site)
 * FamilySearch.org catalog for Otsego County
 * ancestry.com Otsego County Search  $ requires subscription
 * American History and Genealogy Project - Otsego County
 * Otsego County Links   GenealogyLinks.net
 * Otsego County Links  Linkpendium
 * Otsego County Links  Rootsweb
 * Otsego County Links  KindredTrails.com
 * Otsego County Links  Cyndi's List New York -  Scroll Down or Search to Otsego County