Madison County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Madison County

Parent County
21 March 1806: Created from Chenango County.

Neighboring Counties
Chenango· Cortland· Oneida· Onondaga· Oswego· Otsego

Boundary Changes
1836: A part taken to add to Oneida County.

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

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Madison County for European settlers included:


 * Mohawk or Iroquois Trail (west fork) about 1722
 * Great Genesee Road 1794
 * Erie Canal 1825

Military
Civil War

Town registers. The New York town clerks kept a bound register of all soldiers from their town serving in the Civil War 1861-1865. Registers are arranged by county, and town. Some town registers are missing. The registers include an index at the start of each town.

Content. Many register entries include full name, residence, date and place of birth , parents names , marital status, date of enlistment and muster and rank, discharges, death , or promotion.

Access. The original registers are at the New York State Archives in Albany, New York. Microfilm copies are found at the Family History Library and can be ordered for viewing at your local Family History Center. They are also indexed and available at Ancestry.com ($).

Available towns. Registers are available for: Cazenovia, DeRuyter, Fenner, Georgetown, Hamilton, Lebanon, Smithfield, and Stockbridge.


 * Civil War service men in MadisonCounty served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county.


 * - 114th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 157th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 161st Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 176th Regiment, New York Infantry

Naturalization and Citizenship
Madison County Declarations of Intent and Petitions for Naturalization, 1852-1953 - data from 27 volumes of naturalization records and numerous unbound records. Reports include last name, first name, alias last name, alias first name, date of birth, city of birth, country of birth, arrival date, arrival port, declaration of intent date, declaration of intent number, naturalization date, and certificate number. Available via the Madison County Clerk website.

Probate Records

 * SAMPUBCO Browsable index of testators of wills.


 * SAMPUBCO Browsable index of Estates.

Courthouses
The Madison County Clerk's office has marriage, divorce, court and land records. The Surrogate Court has probate records. For further information about where the records for Madison County are held, see the Madison County Courthouse page.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Societies
Central New York Genealogical Society Box 104, Calvin Station Syracuse, New York 13205


 * Member queries, surname research list, online resources, publications, six meetings/year.


 * Counties served: Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Oreleans, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Washington, Wayne, Warren, Wyoming, and Yates.

Birth
Substitute birth records


 * Mary K. Meyer, Tuttle file: Index to Madison County, New York, Records (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980). (Manuscript on film) Vital records collection from varied records of Madison County.
 * See Town Clerks' Registers of Men who Served in the Civil War in Madison County in the Civil War section of Military.

Marriage

 * 1908–1920 Marriage records.

Substitute marriage records


 * 1813–1850 Fred Q. Bowman,10,000 Vital Records of Central New York, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1986). Abstracted from newspaper marriage columns.
 * 1864-5, 1874-5 See Marriage Schedule information in the State Census section of Census for marriage information for 1864-5, and 1874-5.
 * Mary K. Meyer, Tuttle File: Index to Madison County, New York, Records (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980). (Manuscript on film) Vital records collection from varied records of Madison County.

Death

 * New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952

Substitute death records


 * 1813–1850 Fred Q. Bowman,10,000 Vital Records of Central New York, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1986). Abstracted from newspaper death columns.
 * 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 See Mortality Schedule information in the Federal Census section of Census for death information.
 * 1864-5, 1874-5 See Mortality Schedule information in the State Census section of Census for death information for 1864-5, and 1874-5.
 * See Town Clerks' Registers of Men who Served in the Civil War in Madison County in the Civil War section of Military.
 * Mary K. Meyer, Tuttle File: Index to Madison County, New York, Records (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980). (Manuscript on film) Vital records collection from varied records of Madison County.

Additional Resources

Additional resources for Madison County births, marriages and deaths may be found in the topic page of the Family History Library catalog (FHLC). Copies of records on FHL microfilm and microfiche can be ordered for viewing at Family History Centers. Copies of books found in the FHLC may be found in WorldCat catalog and ordered from your local library through interlibrary loan. Explore how to search the Family History Library Catalog and the Worldcat Online Catalog.

Websites

 * The Madison County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Madison County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Madison County. (Backup site)