Livingston County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Livingston County

Parent Counties
23 February 1821: Created from Genesee and Ontario counties.

Neighboring Counties
Allegany· Genesee· Monroe· Ontario· Steuben· Wyoming

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

Church Records

 * 1818-1904 - Presbyterian Church, Ossian 1818-1904 Baptisms, courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * 1909 - Church Records -- St. Columba, Our Parish Register, December 1909, courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * 1910-1911 - Livingston County Presbyterian Church Officers 1910 - 1911, courtesy: NYGenWeb.

Cornell University's Study Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York has an online guide to Livingston County church records in their library.

History

 * Was the early home of Millard Fillmore and Chester A. Arthur
 * First chapter of American Red Cross was organized by Clara Barton in 1881.
 * Home of Francis Bellamy, author of Pledge of Allegiance (written 1892.)

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


 * Great Genesee Road 1794
 * Erie Canal 1825

Military
Civil War

Available towns. Registers are available for: Caledonia· Conesus· Leicester· Lima· Livonia· North Dansville· Nunda· Ossian· Portage· Sparta· Springwater· West Sparta· York.

Regiments. Service men in Livingston County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county.


 * - 104th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 129th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 130th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 136th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 141st Regiment, New York Infantry

Probate Records

 * 1821-1905 - SAMPUBCO - Browsable index of testators of wills.

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

County Historian's Office
The County Historian collects, preserves and interprets the county's historic records.

The research center is open to the public. It has many records, including newspapers on film (1824-present), naturalization and census records, genealogy files, veterans files, maps, etc. A more detailed explanation is on the Livingston County Historian web site.

Email: Historian@co.livingston.ny.us Address: 5 Murray Hill Drive Mt Morris 14510 Phone: (585) 243-7955 and (585) 335-1730 Fax: (585) 243-7956

Societies
Central New York Genealogical Society Box 104, Calvin Station Syracuse, New York 13205 E-mail: [mailto:CNYGS@yahoo.com CNYSG@yahoo.com]


 * Member queries; surname research list; online resources; six meetings/year; publishes Tree Talks  quarterly with annual index.


 * 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.

Divorce
Additional Resources

Websites

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