Ulster County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Ulster County

Original County
'''1 November 1683: Ulster County was created as an original New York county. '''

Neighboring Counties
Columbia· Delaware· Dutchess· Greene· Orange· Sullivan

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.

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

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

Church Records
Early records for Kingston, Ulster County, New York A valuable source records for genealogists with ancestors from Kingston, Dutchess, and Albany counties New York is the Baptismal and marriage registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York. It contains records from 1660 to 1809. (The book on Google Books is fully searchable.) Since this church was the only established congregation between New York City and Albany it contains information for many residents of the area, the only records that exist.


 * 1658-1684 - The Dutch Records of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (Esopus, Wildwyck, Swanenburgh, Kingston), courtesy: Internet Archive.
 * 1660-1805 - Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston: Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809. 1891. Digital versions at Ancestral Things; Ancestry ($); Family History Archives; Internet Archive; another Internet Archive version; New York State Historical Literature; World Vital Records ($).
 * 1708-1776 - Baptisms, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Westcamp, Ulster Co., NY 1708-1776, courtesy: Betty Fink.
 * 1745-1850 - Vosburgh, Royden Woodward, ed. Wawarsing Reformed Dutch Church Records. New York, NY, USA: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1922. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * 1810-1877 - Roney, Lila James. Baptisms of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, New York, 1810-1877. 1989. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Paltz, N.Y., courtesy: Family History Archives.

Military
Civil War

Available towns. Registers are available for: Denning· Esopus· Hardenburgh· Kingston· Lloyd· Marlborough· New Paltz· Olive· Plattekill· Rochester· Saugerties· Shandaken· Wawarsing· Woodstock.

Regiments. Service men in Ulster County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were formed in Ulster County:


 * - 7th Veteran Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 20th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 48th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 56th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 71st Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 80th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 102nd Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 120th Regiment, New York Infantry; Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I
 * - 124th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 156th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 168th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 176th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 178th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 192nd Regiment, New York Infantry

Probate Records
The microfilmed version of Ulster County probate files have a quirk. The index cards follow the probate files, rather than precede them.


 * 1665-1800s - Anjou, Gustave. Ulster County, N.Y. Probate Records in the Office of the Surrogate, and in the County Clerk's Office at Kingston, N.Y. : A Careful Abstract and Translation of the Dutch and English Wills, Letters of Administration After Intestates, and Inventories from 1665, with Genealogical and Historical Notes, and List of Dutch and Frisian Baptismal Names with Their English Equivalents / by Gustave Anjou ; with introduction by A.T. Clearwater. New York: G. Anjou, 1906. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books; Internet Archive. Vol. II: Google Books.
 * 1787-1896 - SAMPUBCO Browsable index of testators of wills.

Archives, Libraries and Museums
PUBLIC LIBRARIES

There are some eighteen public libraries in Ulster County New York. They belong to the Mid-Hudson Library System that serves the communities of Columbia, Duchess, Greene, Putnam, and Ulster Counties. They share a catalog that includes a sizeable collection of genealogical materials. The shared catalog is found on the library systems main page. For information on the individual libraries in Ulster County, click here.

There are four Ulster County public libraries within the Ramapo Catskill Library System. To see them, Click Here. They are near the bottom of the page.

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

Vital Records

 * 1847-1850 Hasbrouck, Kenneth Edward. Births, Marriages, Deaths, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York: 1847-1850: Taken from an Early Town Clerk's Record. 1990. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Birth
Birth Substitutes


 * 1640–1962 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index.


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

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 groom, 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."


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


 * 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 the Civil War section of Military 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.

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