Yates County, New York Courthouses

United States New YorkYates County  Courthouse



County Clerk's Office
Yates County Clerk 417 Liberty Street - Suite 1107 Penn Yan, New York 14527 Phone: 315-536-5120 Email: countyclerk@yatescounty.org Hours: Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm July and August 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Availble Records


 * Land records from 1823
 * Civil files, except for divorce files that are available only to attorneys and to the parties involved
 * Civil judgments and tax records
 * Criminal files
 * Military discharge by applicant only or a family member if applicant is deceased.

County Historian's Office
Yates County Historian's Office 417 Liberty St.-Suite 0032 Penn Yan, New York 14527 Phone: 315-536-5147 Email: history@yatescounty.org

Available Records


 * Census from 1790 - 1925, indexed.
 * land records from 1788 to present, indexed
 * Cemetery records. A computer database of all known cemetery burials in the County.
 * Tax rolls as early as 1790, most from the 1860's and all from the 1890's to the present.
 * Military records
 * Newspapers
 * Court records from all county court including the Surrogate Court
 * Immigration and naturalization records
 * A large and growing collection of town and village records on microfilm, including minutes, vital records, road surveys, school records and more.

Surrogate's Court
Yates County Court Building 415 Liberty Street Penn Yan, New York 14527 Phone: 315-536-5126 Hours: Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm

Probate records are available through the Surrogate's Court.

A project is underway to index and transcribe the 30 books of Wills recorded in Yates County since 1823. See the Every-Name index to Yates County Will Books for those currently on line.

Currently there is an online index for the first 180 boxes of probate files which includes an alphabetical index to principals and heirs and packet lists. See the Surrogate Court Records website for the online index.