New York State Census, 1892 - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Collection Time Period
New York state censuses were created approximately every decade. This official date of enumeration for this census is Feb. 16, 1892.

This census does not cover the entire population of the state of New York. Some of the modern-day counties did not exist in New York State in 1892. New York City organized its five boroughs six years later in 1898. New York created Nassau County that same year.

Not every county that was enumerated is currently included in this collection. Eventually it should encompass the following counties:


 * Albany
 * Allegany
 * Broome
 * Cattaraugus
 * Cayuga
 * Chautauqua
 * Chemung
 * Clinton
 * Cortland
 * Delaware
 * Dutchess
 * Erie
 * Essex
 * Genesee
 * Greene
 * Hamilton
 * Herkimer
 * Kings
 * Lewis
 * Madison
 * Monroe
 * Montgomery
 * Niagara
 * Onondaga
 * Ontario
 * Orleans
 * Oswego
 * Otsego
 * Queens
 * Rockland
 * Saratoga
 * Schenectady
 * Schoharie
 * Steuben
 * Tioga
 * Tompkins
 * Warren
 * Washington
 * Wayne
 * Yates

The following counties are missing from the 1892 census:


 * Chenango
 * Columbia
 * Franklin
 * Fulton
 * Jefferson
 * Livingston
 * New York
 * Niagara
 * Oneida
 * Orange
 * Putnam
 * Rensselaer
 * Richmond
 * Schuyler
 * Seneca
 * St. Lawrence
 * Suffolk
 * Sullivan
 * Ulster
 * Westchester
 * Wyoming

The following counties were formed after the 1892 census and were listed with their parent counties in 1892:


 * Bronx
 * Nassau

Collection History
Colonial censuses were created by the state of New York and were taken about every ten years beginning in 1690. State censuses began to be taken about every ten years in 1795. This census does not cover the entire population of the state of New York. Some of the modern-day counties did not exist in New York State in 1892. New York City organized its five boroughs six years later in 1898. New York created Nassau County that same year.

Why This Collection Was Created
The census was compiled to obtain a count and description of the population of the state of New York.

Collection Reliability
The information is generally reliable. However use the information with some caution, since the information may have been given to a census taker by any member of the family or by a neighbor. Some information may have been incorrect or deliberately falsified.

Collection Description
The record is a printed form that was filled in by hand by the enumerator. The schedules are usually arranged by county and political subdivisions.

Collection Content
Key genealogical facts found in the 1892 New York State Census are:


 * Name
 * Gender
 * Age
 * Color
 * Country of birth
 * If citizen or alien
 * Occupation

How To Use The Collection
A census can provide you with names and ages of family members, which you can use to calculate birth or marriage dates. It can provide the county where your ancestor lived, people living with or gone from the family, and relatives that may have lived nearby. The census may identify persons for whom other records do not exist.

Bibliographic Information
New York. Allegany County. 1892 state census. Allegany County Courthouse, Belmont, New York. FHL Microfilm 501959

New York. Cattaraugus County. 1892 state census. Cattaraugus County Courthouse, Little Valley, New York. FHL Microfilm 584495

New York. Chautauqua County. 1892 state census. Chautauqua County Courthouse, Mayville, New York. FHL Microfilm 479648

New York. Chemung County. 1892 state census. Chemung County Courthouse, Elmira, New York. FHL Microfilm 850934

New York. Clinton County. 1892 state census. Clinton County Courthouse, Plattsburgh, New York. FHL Microfilm 863412

New York. Cortland County. 1892 state census. Cortland County Courthouse, Cortland, New York. FHL Microfilm 843868

New York. Delaware County. 1892 state census. Delaware County Courthouse, Delhi, New York. FHL Microfilm 832853

New York. Dutchess County. 1892 state census. Dutchess County Courthouse, Poughkeepsie, New York. FHL Microfilm 565250

New York. Erie County. 1892 state census. Erie County Courthouse, Buffalo, New York. FHL Microfilm 825692, item 2-825696, item 1

New York. Genesee County. 1892 state census. Genesee County Courthouse, Batavia, New York. FHL Microfilm 810479

New York. Kings County. 1892 state census. Kings County Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York. FHL Microfilm 1930226-1930244

New York. Monroe County. 1892 state census. Monroe County Courthouse, Rochester, New York. FHL Microfilm 833783-833785

New York. Montgomery County. 1892 state census. Montgomery County Courthouse, Fonda, New York. FHL Microfilm 479335

New York. Niagara County. 1892 state census. Niagara County Courthouse, Lockport, New York. FHL Microfilm 878329

New York. Orleans County. 1892 state census. Orleans County Courthouse, Albion, New York. FHL Microfilm 592751

New York. Otsego County. 1892 state census. Otsego County Courthouse, Cooperstown, New York. FHL Microfilm 869029

New York. Rockland County. 1892 state census. Rockland County Courthouse, New City, New York. FHL Microfilm 564819, item 2

New York. Saratoga County. 1892 state census. Saratoga County Courthouse, Ballston Spa, New York. FHL Microfilm 559941

New York. Schenectady County. 1892 state census. Schenectady County Courthouse, Schenectady, New York. FHL Microfilm 503210

New York. Schoharie County. 1892 state census. Schoharie County Courthouse, Schoharie, New York. FHL Microfilm 868883

New York. Steuben County. 1892 state census. Steuben County Courthouse, Bath, New York. FHL Microfilm 512430

New York. Tioga County. 1892 state census. Tioga County Courthouse, Owego, New York. FHL Microfilm 816369

New York. Tompkins County. 1892 state census. Tompkins County Courthouse, Ithaca, New York. FHL Microfilm 856517

New York. Washington County. 1892 state census. Washington County Courthouse, Fort Edward, New York. FHL Microfilm 512705

New York. Wayne County. 1892 state census. Wayne County Courthouse, Lyons, New York. FHL Microfilms 479873; 479874, item 2

New York. Yates County. 1892 state census. Yates County Courthouse, Penn Yan, New York. FHL Microfilm 838916

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