Wilmington, Essex County, New York Genealogy

Guide to Wilmington, Essex ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.



Church Records

 * 1861–1950 Methodist Church Records . Microfilm of handwritten manuscript. (43 p.) made by Myrtle M. Gowan, Wilmington, New York. Includes marriages 1861-1891; probationers; memberships; baptisms, 1893-1894; marriages 1892-1950; baptisms 1908-1913; deaths 1918.

Societies
Wilmington Historical Society Address: 7 Community Center Circle P.O. Box 174 Wilmington, NY 12997 Phone: 518-946-7586 or 518-946-7627 Contact: Karen Peters or Merri C. Peck Position: President, Vice President E-mail: whs12997@hotmail.com Business hours: Summer: Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.; all year by appointment. Collection: Family history files, Cassius Bruce Collection(photos, fi les and artifacts), Earl &amp; HelenWarren Collection (photos, files and artifacts), Myrtle M. Gowan Collection (photos, files and selected Franklin and Essex county cemetery card files), and newspapers. Also CDs: cemetery records, old town record book dating from 1821, 19th century Congregational and Methodist church records,record book of birth, marriage and death dating from 1895, and tax records, 1850-1905. 19th century chattel mortgages. School District #6 records; topical files; photos of Wilmington people and places,many originals and others digitally copied; maps and blueprints; local reference books, as well as all of the currently published volumes of the “Town of Wilmington, Essex County, NY Transcribed Serial Records 1830-1900” by Harold E. Hinds, Jr. &amp; Tina M. Didreckson, which includes census records, doctors’records, newspaper clippings, school records,etc. Restrictions: Materials used on premises only under supervision of staff.

Town Clerk
Gerald L. Bruce 7 Community Circle PO Box 180 Wilmington, NY 12997 Phone: 518-946-2105 E-mail: wilmingtontownclerk@frontiernet.net

Town Historian
Merri C. Peck PO Box 148 Wilmington, NY 12997 E-mail: wilmingtonhistory@charter.net Hours: 518-946-7057 Hours: By appointment. Prefer to reply via e-mail. Collection: Miscellaneous town records, including cemetery records, some military records, and an increasing display of old town photos, including people, places and events. (Refer to the Wilmington Historical Society collection for the list of items available for research.) Restrictions: No records may be removed.