Westchester County, New York Genealogy

Courthouse


Westchester County Clerk's Office

Westchester County Surrogate's Court

Westchester County Archives

Cities
Mount Vernon New Rochelle Peekskill RyeRye City Government Rye Historical Society  White Plains Yonkers

Towns
Bedford Cortlandt Eastchester Greenburgh Harrison Lewisboro Mount Kisco Mount Pleasant New Castle North Castle Somers South Salem &mdash; See Lewisboro above Yorktown

Villages
Ardsley Briarcliff Manor Bronxville Buchanan Croton-On-Hudson Dobbs Ferry Elmsford Hastings-On-Hudson Irvington Larchmont Mamaroneck North Tarrytown &mdash; See Sleepy Hollow Ossining Pelham Pleasantville Port Chester Scarsdale Sleepy Hollow Tarrytown Tuckahoe

Hamlets
Armonk, Chappaqua, Hartsdale, Katonah – See Bedford, Kings' Bridge – See Bronx County, Morrisania – See Bronx County, Westchester (Town)– See Bronx County, West Farms – See Bronx County, Montrose, Purchase, Valhalla &mdash; See Mount Pleasant

For those towns which became part of the Bronx County, be sure to read the article: Before the Five-Borough City: The Old Cities, Towns and Villages That Came Together to Form "Greater New York"

County Government Site
Westchester County Government

Neighboring Counties
Bronx|Orange| Putnam| Rockland| New Jersey Counties: Bergen

Cemeteries
New York Family History research - contains lists of cemeteries in the New York City and surrounding areas (and lots of other research info and links). http://www.nyfamilyhistory.com/cemetery.htm

Westchester NYGenWeb: Cemeteries The Political Graveyard: Westchester Find A Grave: Westchester Interment.net: Westchester

Libraries and Archives
Westchester Library System Westchester County Archives, including their Virtual Archives Westchester County Historical Society Westchester County Genealogical Society

Census Records
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Westchester county, New York Census - done by the state

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 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1825
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1835
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1845
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1855
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1865
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1875
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1892
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1905
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1915
 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1925
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Westchester County NYGenWeb's Census Page

Genealogy and History Websites
Portal:New York

Westchester's NYGenWeb site

Westchester County Resources in The NYG&B Record

Mackenzie's Families of Philipsburgh