Monroe County, New York Genealogy

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County Courthouse
County Clerk’s Office 101 County Office Building 39 W. Main St. Rochester, NY 14614 Phone: 585 753-1600 Fax: 585 753-1624

Quick History
Named for James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States.

Wikipedia

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

City
Rochester

Towns
Brighton | Chili | Clarkson | East Rochester | Gates | Greece | Hamlin | Henrietta | Irondequoit | Mendon | Ogden | Parma | Penfield | Perinton | Pittsford | Riga | Rush | Sweden | Webster | Wheatland

Villages
Brockport | Churchville | East Rochester | Fairport | Hilton | Honeoye Falls | Pittsford | Scottsville | Spencerport | Webster

Census Designations
Brighton | Gates-North Gates | Greece

Neighboring Counties
Genesee | Livingston | Ontario | Orleans | Wayne |

Cemeteries
Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. Local volunteers through Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.


 * Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.


 * Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Monroe County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * USGenWeb Archives Project for Monroe Countyhs transcriptions from several small cemeteries.


 * Monroe County. New York USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.


 * The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Monroe County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Monroe County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.

Church
The major religious denominations in 1980 were the Catholic Church, the American Baptist Churches, the Presbyterian Church, and the United Methodist Church. For more information about the denominations in Monroe County, see the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) Web site.


 * The Family History Library Catalog lists some Monroe County church records. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.

LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Rochester

Newspapers
The Rochester Newspaper Index is a project of the Rochester Public Library. The database consists of references to articles that appeared in the Rochester newspapers during the period 1818-1897.

Web Sites

 * The Monroe County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Monroe County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Monroe County. (Backup site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Monroe County