Tompkins County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Tompkins County

Parent Counties
7 April 1817: Created from parts of Cayuga and Seneca counties.

Neighboring Counties
Cayuga· Chemung· Cortland· Schuyler· Seneca· Tioga

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

Church

 * 1800-1840s - Lansing Church Records (Baptisms) Evangelical United Congregations of Milton and Scipio Lansing Township, Tompkins Co. New York (Surnames A-H), courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * 1800-1840s - Lansing Church Records (Baptisms) Evangelical United Congregations of Milton and Scipio Lansing Township, Tompkins Co. New York (Surnames J-W), courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * 1804-1813 - Lansing Church Records (Baptisms) Evangelical United Congregations of Milton and Scipio Lansing Township, Tompkins Co., New York 1804-1813, courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * 1814-1846 - Lansing Church Records (Baptisms) Evangelical United Congregations of Milton and Scipio Lansing Township, Tompkins Co., New York 1814-1846, courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * 1854-1855 - Tompkins County Members of the New York Baptist Union for Ministerial Education 1854-1855, courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * 1870 - The Tabernacle Baptist Church, courtesy: NYGenWeb. Includes membership list.
 * 1880s-1940s - The Snyder Hill Free Will Baptist Church, courtesy: NYGenWeb. Includes membership list.
 * Gross, Edna May. Unpublished Records of Births, Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, Deaths. Ithaca, N.Y.: unknown, 1986. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Lansing Church Records (Marriages) Evangelical United Congregations of Milton and Scipio Lansing Township, Tompkins Co., New York], courtesy: NYGenWeb.

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

Land and Property

 * 1817-1860 - Index to Deeds Tompkins County, NY 1817-1860 Inclusive, courtesy: NYGenWeb.

Military
Civil War

Available towns. Registers are available for:  Caroline· Danby· Dryden· Enfield· Groton· Ithaca· Newfield· Ulysses.

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


 * - 109th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 137th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 138th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 143rd Regiment, New York Infantry

Probate Records

 * 1817-1903 - SAMPUBCO Browsable index of testators of wills.

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

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.

Deaths
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.