Delaware County, New York Genealogy

''This article is about a southern county of New York. For other uses, see Delaware (disambiguation)''.

United States New York  Delaware County

Parent County
Created 10 March 1797 from Orange and Ulster counties.

Neighboring Counties
Broome· Chenango· Greene· Otsego· Schoharie· Sullivan· Ulster Pennsylvania county: Tioga

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

Church

 * 1700s-1800s - "Congregational Church, Franklin, Delaware Co., N.Y." (Families), Early Settlers of New York State, Vol. II (begins on page 23), courtesy: Ancestry ($).
 * 1793-1800s - "Baptist Church of Christ, Franklin, Delaware Co., N.Y." (Membership Lists), Early Settlers of New York State, Vol. I (begins on page 651), courtesy: Ancestry ($). Continues in Vol. II.

Land and Property

 * 1797-1804 - Abstracts of Deed Book A (1797-1804), courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * 1804-1808 - Abstracts of Deed Book B (1804-1808), courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * 1798-1866 - Various Tax, Assessment, Lease and Mortgage Records, courtesy: NYGenWeb.

Military
Civil War

Available towns. Registers are available for: Andes· Delhi· Franklin· Hamden· Hancock· Masonville· Meredith· Middletown· Roxbury· Sidney· Stamford· Tompkins· Walton.

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


 * - 118th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 129th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 130th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 136th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 144th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 156th Regiment, New York Infantry

Probate Records
Abstracts


 * 1834-1875 - Barber, Gertrude A. Abstracts of Wills of Delaware County, New York. 6 vols. New York, 1989. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); NYGenWeb (free); World Vital Records ($).
 * 1797-1875 - Barber, Gertrude A. Letters of Administration of Delaware County, New York: Copied from the Original Records at the Court House, Delhi, N.Y. 4 vols. 1988. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Indexes


 * 1797-1916 - SAMPUBCO - Browsable index of testators of wills.

Courthouses
The Delaware county Clerk's offfice has marriage, divorce, court, land and naturalization records. The Surrogate Court has probate records. For further information about where the records for Delaware County are held, see the Delaware County Courthouse 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; publication: 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.

Delaware County Historical Association 46549 State Hwy 10 Delhi, NY 13753 Phone: (607) 746-3849 Email: dcha@delhi.net


 * Many of the County's genealogical resources are available online, through the Delaware County NY - Genealogy and History Site.

Divorce
Additional Resources

Websites

 * The Delaware County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Delaware County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Delaware County. (Mirror site)