Schuyler County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Schuyler County

Parent Counties
Schuyler County was created 17 April 1854 from parts of Tompkins, Steuben, and Chemung counties.

Neighboring Counties
Chemung· Seneca· Steuben· Tompkins· Yates

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

Church
A variety of local church records from the Baptist and Methodist faiths is available online at NYGenWeb.

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

Military
Civil War

Available towns. Registers are available for: Cayuta· Hector· Montour· Reading.

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


 * - 141st Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 161st Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 175th Regiment, New York Infantry

Probate Records

 * 1854-1861 - SAMPUBCO Browsable index of testators of wills.
 * 1800s-1900s - NYGenWeb offers several probate resources: Index to Will Book 4; Old "Lost" Wills of Schuyler area; Misc. Wills; Guardianship Orders Books 1 and 2; Misc. Guardianship Records.

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Libraries

Watkins Glen Public Library 610 S. Decatur Street Watkins Glen, New York 14891 Phone: 607-535-2346 Email: watkins@stls.org Hours: 11 am - 5 pm and 7 - 9 pm Monday - Friday Saturday 10 am - 2 pm Sunday 2 - 4 pm

Museum

Schuyler County Historical Society Museum 108 N. Catharine Street (Rt. 14) P.O. Box 651 Montour Falls, New York 14865 Phone: 607-535-9741 Email: info@schuylerhistory.org

Courthouses
The Schuyler County Clerk's office has divorce, court and land record as well as the state census. The Surrogate Court has probate records. For further information about where the records for Schuyler County are held, see the Schuyler County Courthouses page.

Family History Centers
Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources to assist in the study of genealogy. The closest Family History Centers for Schuyler County are Elmira New York Family History Center and Ithaca New York Family History Center. For additional Family History Centers, search this online FHC directory.

Societies
Schuyler County Historical Society, NY 108 N. Catharine Street P.O. Box 651 Montour Falls, NY 14865 Phone: 607-535-9741 Email: info@schuylerhistory.org


 * The collection is held at the museum and "The research room has copied records of births, marriages, and deaths in Schuyler County, family records, past editions of The Review, the Watkins Express, the Havana Journal, and school yearbooks. Members may use the facility at no charge; for non-members the cost is $5 per hour. Copies of material are $ .25 each for all. The charge for our staff to do your research is $ 10 per hour. Requests for information must be done in writing and sent to our mailing address. Enclose a $10 check or money order with your request which will be sent back to you if nothing is found."

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.

Birth
Birth Substitutes


 * 1640–1962 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index.
 * See Town Clerks' Registers of Men who Served in the Civil War in Schuyler County in the Civil War section of Military for birth information.

Bible Records


 * 1581–1917 New York, Family Bible Records at Ancestry– ($); Index. Database is a collection of genealogically important records taken from the Bibles of colony and state residents. Reveals the Bible's original owner, brief record of descendants,and a particular event such as birth or marriage as recorded in Bible.

Marriage

 * 1664–1784 New York. Secretary of State, Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued By the Secretary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784 (Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1860). At Cornell University digital library-free; Internet Archive - free; Ancestry edition($); ; . Marriage bonds issued in the State of New York prior to 1784, and the earliest record dating 1664.


 * Marriage Substitutes


 * 1686-1980 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
 * 1800–1855 New York Marriage Notices at Ancestry– ($); Index. This database is a collection of marriage notices published in newspapers around the state. Contains name of bride and groon, marriage date, marriage location, residence, and newspaper found in.
 * 1801–1880 Barber Collection- Newspaper Marriages at Ancestry– ($); Index. Information extracted from the "Brooklyn Eagle" and the "New York Evening Post."
 * 1856–1863 Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald at Ancestry– ($); Index. These newspaper notices refer to people up and down the East Coast as well as midwesterners and persons from as far west as the State of California. Also browseable.
 * 1864-5, 1874-5 See Marriage Schedule information in the State Census section of Census for marriage information for 1864-5, and 1874-5.

Death
Death Substitutes


 * 1795–1952 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. The entries are primarily from the IGI along with some entries derived from compiled and original records such as Family Records, Church Records, and Civil Registration. There may be entries that cite a specific source.


 * 1801–1890 Barber Collection- Newspaper Deaths at Ancestry– ($); Index. Information extracted from the "Brooklyn Eagle" and the "New York Evening Post."


 * 1856–1863 Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald at Ancestry– ($); Index. These newspaper notices refer to people up and down the East Coast as well as midwesterners and persons from as far west as the State of California. Also browseable.


 * See Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War in  in the Civil War section of Military for death information.


 * 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 See Mortality Schedule information in the Federal Census section of Census for death information.


 * 1864-5, 1874-5 See Mortality Schedule information in the State Census section of Census for death information for 1864-5, and 1874-5.

Divorce
Additional Resources