Rochester, Monroe County, New York Genealogy

Directories

 * 1845-1929 (gaps) - Rochester City Directories at Don's List - free.
 * City and suburban directories from 1827-1940 inclusive are online for free at http://www3.libraryweb.org/lh.aspx?id=1105. They have received a grant to extend this to 1950.

Newspapers

 * Rochester NY Album 1825-1828
 * Rochester NY Daily Advertiser &amp; Telegraph 1828-1829
 * Rochester NY Democrat Chronicle 1884-1948
 * Rochester NY Republican 1829-1849
 * Rochester NY Telegraph 1818-1820
 * Rochester NY Union &amp; Advertiser 1862-1885

A large collection of digitized materials, including directories, newspapers, will records and maps is available at a guide page at the library, http://www3.libraryweb.org/lh.aspx?id=1128

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County 115 South Ave. Rochester, NY 14604 Phone: 585-428-7300 TDD: 585-429-8023


 * Local History and Genealogy Department of the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County has one of the best collections of local historical and genealogical materials in western New York. The department phone number is 585-428-8370. They also have a list of researchers that they can send out via email.

Municipal Archives and Records Center stores City records. An appointment is needed to access the records. An Historic Marriage Records Research service is available for over 170,000 marriage records from 1876 through 1943. Address: 414 Andrews St, Rochester, New York, 14604 Phone: 585-428-7331

Rare Books and Special Collections of the University of Rochester has digital copies of many original letters of President Lincoln and other Civil War documents on their website.

Societies
Rochester Genealogical Society P. O. Box 10501 Rochester, NY 14610-0501 The site has a list of surnames that members are searching.

The RGS Church Records Preservation Committee has a large number of church records available for free at: http://www.crpc.nyrgs.org/. They also have a patrialindex to many churches searchable at the Rochester Church Indexing Project at: http://www.rcip.info/. The RGS has a web page at: http://nyrgs.org/ and a Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYRocGen

Rochester Regional links includes links to sites for vital records, religious records, census records, cemeteries, newspapers, military, maps, town histories, historical societies, museums, etc.

City Clerk
City Clerk City Hall, Room 300A 30 Church St. Rochester, NY 14614 Phone: 585-428-6617

City Historian
City of Rochester Historian Rochester Public Library 115 South Avenue Rochester, NY 14604 Phone: 585-428-8095 Email: [mailto:Christine.Ridarsky@libraryweb.org Christine.Ridarsky@libraryweb.org] For information about historians in Monroe County, see Municipal Historians of Monroe County, NY.

Vital Records
In order to gain access to city records, you must file an application. Onsite, there is an index to more than 170,000 marriages (1876-1943). The Access to Collection page on the city web site explains how to do this.


 * 1818-1857 Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers at NYGenWeb - free.


 * 1860-1917 Index to Some Rochester Area Adoption Records (1860-1917) at NYGenWeb - free.


 * 1864-5 1865 Deaths Extracted from the City of Rochester, Monroe County, New York State Census at New Horizons Genealogical Services - free.

Cemeteries
Mt. Hope Cemetery

Riverside Cemetery

These two cemeteries within Rochester have online indexes with the University of Rochester. This link will allow you to search by family name. The scans include original pages contain name, interment date, age, cause of death and residence.