Onondaga County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Onondaga County

Parent County
5 March 1794: Created from Herkimer County.

Formation of Onondaga County USGenWeb history and law citation.

Neighboring Counties
Cayuga· Cortland· Madison· Oswego

Boundary Changes
8 March 1799: Cayuga County set off. 8 April 1808: Cortland County set off. 1 March 1816: Oswego County set off.

Cemeteries

 * Belle Isle, Davis Homestead, Fairmount, Howlett Hill, Jacksonville Rural, Lafayette, Lakeview, Maplewood, North Syracuse, Old Farm, Oswego Bitters, Owasco Rural, Polish National, Sherwood Robbins, St. Mary's, Stanton, West Hill, Wheeler, White Chapel Memory Gardens.
 * Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Onondaga County.
 * USGS (Geographic Names Information System, GNIS).
 * Cemeteries in Onondaga County. NY US Gen Web
 * Onondaga County Cemetery Locationsby Gary H. Jones and Garrett Voss.
 * Find a grave - Map of Cemeteries in Onondaga County
 * Find a grave - List of Cemeteries in Onondaga Couny

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

1820 United States Census: The American Pomeroy Historic Genealogical Association (APHGA) found that the 1820 census was incorrectly microfilmed, with several pages out of sequence for Onondaga County. Both the Ancestry and Heritage Quest indices placed household from Manilus in neighboring Cicero. Corrected indices are free of charge from APHGA and are posted online.

State

 * Census Records For Onondaga County.
 * U. S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880. $
 * United States Census (Mortality Schedule) 1850.
 * United States Census, 1850.
 * Search the 1855 New York State Census for Onondaga County.
 * 1930 Census of Merchant Seaman. $
 * Skaneateles Historical Society, 1830-1930 Census Index.

Church Records

 * Church Histories and Records in Onondaga County.
 * Christian Church, Manlius.
 * Churches in Onondaga County.

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

 * German Immigrant Ancestors in Syracuse and Onondaga County, New York.
 * History of Germans in Syracuse and Onodaga County, New York. $
 * German Genealogy Group.
 * Pioneer Irish of Onondaga, 1776-1847. $ (Available for free use at your nearest Family History Center).

History

 * German Immigrant Ancestors in Syracuse and Onondaga County, New York.
 * Linkpendium History, Genealogy and Family History.
 * History of Onondaga New York, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. By Professor W. W. Clayton. Published by D. Mason &amp; Co., Syracuse, N. Y. 1878.
 * Gazetter of the State of New York, 1860 Onondaga County.
 * Onondaga County New York History.
 * Onondaga Historical Association Publications Volume 1.
 * Onondaga Historical Association Publication Volume1915.
 * Onondaga Historical Association Publication Volume 1916.
 * Onondaga Historical Association Publications Volume 1919.
 * Onondaga, or Reminiscences of earlier and later times being a series of historical sketeches relative to Onondaga; with notes on the several towns in the county, and Oswego (1849).
 * Onondaga's centennial. Gleanigs of a century(1896).
 * Pioneer Times in The Onondaga County. $
 * Publications of the Onondaga Historical Association.
 * Syracuse New York Historical Records.
 * : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers, by W. Woodford Clayton.

Land and Property

 * Onondaga Land Records.

Maps

 * Onondaga County Maps (Onondaga County NYGenWeb)
 * Map of Townships in Onondaga County 1874. (Onondaga County NYGenWeb)
 * Onondaga County New York 1895 U. S. Altas.
 * New York Counties, clickable map.

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


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

Military
Military Records including Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Indian War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War.

American Revolution


 * Onondag's Soldiers of the Revolution. Official records, compiled by Frank H. Chase, secretary of the Onondaga Historical Association.
 * Revolutionary soliders resident or dying in Onondaga County.

War of 1812


 * British Subjects Reporting to Syracuse a the Onset of The War of 1812

Civil War


 * Onondaga's Part in the Civil War.
 * Civil War service men in Onondaga County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county.


 * - 122nd Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 149th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 176th Regiment, New York Infantry


 * U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. $

World War I


 * World War I records (Accessgenealogy)


 * World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. $

World War II


 * Onondaga County, World War II Casualties Army and Air Force.


 * U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. $


 * U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. $

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Northern District Court of New York Naturalization Project.


 * 1812 Naturalizations (Onondaga County NYGenWeb)

Newspapers

 * Onondaga County newspapers on microfilm at NYSL.
 * Central City Daily Courier(Syracuse, New York). $
 * Evening Herald (Syracuse, New York). $
 * Onondaga County.
 * Onondaga County, New York newspapers on microfilm and paper at all NYS locations.
 * The Post Standard (Syracuse, New York). $
 * Search Historical Newspapers (Syracuse).
 * Syracuse Herald (Syracuse, New York). $
 * Syracuse Herald Journal (Syracuse, New York) $
 * Search the Onondaga County Public Library's WPA files.
 * Many Newspaper records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the from their catalog.
 * Old Fulton Postcards Free searchable web site which holds newspapers from upstate New York.

Probate Records

 * Onondaga County Wills NYGenWeb
 * SAMPUBCO Browsable index of testators of wills.

Archives, Libraries and Museums

 * Onondaga Historical Association Museum and Research Center.
 * Onondaga County Public Library. Local History and Genealogy Department.

Courthouse
The Onondaga County Clerk's office has land, divorce, cour, naturalizatoin miliatry and state census records. The Surrogate Court has probate records. For further information about where the records for Onondaga County are held, see the Onondaga County Courthouse page.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Syracuse New York Family History Center

Societies

 * The Masonic Trowel.
 * Syracuse Chapter Empire State Society Sons of the American Revolution.
 * Linkpendium Societies Genealogy and Family History.

Schools

 * Onondaga County Schools.
 * School Records and Histories.

General

 * Linkpendium Vital Records Genealogy and Family History.
 * Skaneateles Historical Society, births, marriages, deaths.

Marriage

 * Syracuse, New York, 1859 Marriage Announcements.

Death

 * Syracuse, New York, 1859 Death Notices.

Divorce
Additional Resources

Websites

 * The Onondaga County NYGenWeb Project, a member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Onondaga County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Onondaga County. (Backup site)
 * Rootsweb - Onondaga Links
 * Linkpendium - Onondaga County
 * Cyndi's List New York.  Scroll or search down to Onondaga County for Links
 * ancestry.com Onondaga County Search. $ need US subscription to ancestry.com
 * Records. NYGenWeb
 * Researching in Onondaga County, New York. NYGenWeb
 * Obituaries and Funeral Home Records. Linkpendium
 * New York State Off-Line Sources. NYGenWeb