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Guide to Schoharie County, New York ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The County was named for the Mohawk word meaning "floating driftwood." The County is located in the east central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Schoharie County Courthouse 290 Main St Schoharie, NY 12157 Phone: 518-453-6998 Schoharie County Courthouse The Schoharie County Clerk's office has divorce, court and land records. The Surrogate Court has probate records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

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.

Biographies

 * 1999 The Blue-Eyed Indians: The Story of Adam Crysler and His Brothers in the Revolutionary War by Don Chrysler
 * 1819 Life and Dying Confession of John Van Alstine

Cemeteries

 * 1800-1965 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/Images

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

 Federal

 State


 * See also Using the Census to find other records about ancestors

Church Records
Catholic
 * Ann Mensch's Local Catholic Church and Family History &amp; Genealogical Research Guide is a free online resource that identifies the parishes of Schoharie County, years parishes were created, contact information, as well as links to online records and research tips. Schoharie County parishes fall under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Albany.

Lutheran
 * 1781-1969 U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969 at Ancestry ($) — index & images

Variety
 * A of local church records and histories from the Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, and Reformed faiths are available online at NYGenWeb.

 List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1906-1942 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/Images

Local Histories
Schenectady Digital History Archive includes "Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Index to Families" includes people from Schoharie County.
 * New York Indexes (many counties) at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the county.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of New York (1683-1915)
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration
Migration routes for early European settlers to and from included:


 * Hudson River a navigable river stretching from north of Albany then flowing south to empty into the Atlantic Ocean at New York City
 * Susquehanna River
 * Albany Post Road from New York City to Albany, New York 1669
 * Alford and Egremont (MA) Turnpike 1812
 * Ancram (NY) Turnpike 1805, also sometimes called the Catskill Road, from Salisbury, Connecticut to Catskill, New York
 * Catskill Road 1750s from Springfield, Massachusetts to Catskill, New York
 * Catskill Turnpike  (aka Susquehannah Turnpike ) from Catskill, NY to Unadilla, NY; route travelled by Europeans by 1792; toll booths opened by 1804.
 * Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799
 * Great Barrington and Aford (MA) Turnpike 1812
 * Greenwood Road 1799 from Hartford, Connecticut to Albany, New York
 * Hampden and Berkshire (MA) Turnpike 1826
 * Hillsdale and Chatham Turnpike 1805 from Alford, Massachusetts to Albany, New York
 * Housatonic River (MA) Turnpike 1809
 * Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths 1766 from Unadilla, New York to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that is, from the Catskill Turnpike  to the Great Valley Road.
 * Massachusetts 10th Turnpike 1800
 * Massachusetts 12th Turnpike 1812
 * Minsi Path 1766 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Kingston, New York
 * Rensselaer and Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799
 * Salisbury and Canaan (CT) Turnpike 1801-1829
 * Ulster and Delaware Turnpike 1802 from Salisbury, Connecticut to Bainbridge, New York

Military Records
 Civil War Online Civil War Indexes and Records
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch —How to Use this Collection; Index/Images at partner site

Available towns. Registers are available for: Blenheim· Broome· Carlisle· Conesville· Esperance· Fulton· Gilboa· Middleburgh· Richmondville· Schoharie· Seward· Sharon· Summit· Wright. Regiments. Service men in Schoharie County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county.
 * - 16th Regiment, New York Cavalry, Company L.
 * - 102nd Regiment, New York Infantry, Company I.
 * - 129th Regiment, New York Infantry, Company L.
 * - 134th Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies C, D, E, G, I and K.
 * A Crooked Gun: The Civil War Dead of Schoharie County. by Peter Lindemann
 * A Crooked Gun: The Civil War Dead of Schoharie County. by Peter Lindemann

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1791-1980 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/Images

Obituaries

 * Obituaries - from Selected issues of the Gilboa Monitor (1878-1880)]
 * Obituaries and Death Notices Nov 4
 * ObitCentral

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1626-1836 Calendar of Wills On File and Recorded in the Offices of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, of the County Clerk at Albany, and of the Secretary of State, 1626-1836 at FamilySearch Digital Library; Also at: Ancestry ($), American Ancestors ($)
 * 1629-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Images only
 * 1659-1999 New York Wills and Probate Records 1659-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1787-1835 Abstracts of Wills, Administrations and Guardianships in NY State, 1787 - 1835 at American Ancestors ($).
 * 1795-1903 SAMPUBCO Browsable index of testators of wills (1795-1903).
 * Wills. Individually submitted copies of wills, miscellaneous years.
 * 1866-1923 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/Images


 * 1795-1933 Probate Records: Index, 1795–1902, Wills, 1895–1903; Letters, testamentary, administration 1812–1875, 1897–1911; Guardianship, 1830–1933; Minutes and orders, 1830–1891.
 * 1851-1901 Miscellaneous Records.

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records
Online Tax Indexes and Records
 * 1780 Scott, Kenneth. "Schoharie District, New York, 1780 Tax List," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 74 (1986):295-298. Digital version at National Genealogical Society website ($);.

Birth

 * Birth Certificates
 * 1881-1942 New York, Birth Index, 1881-1942 at Ancestry($) — index
 * 1881-1942 Reclaim the Records: New York State Birth Index at Archive.org - images of index

Birth Substitutes
 * 1640-1962 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 1808-1850 Fred Q.Bowman, 7000 Hudson-Mohawk Valley, (NY), Vital Records, 1808-1850 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1997). ; . Abstracts from newspapers filed at the New York State Library in Albany.
 * 1847-1850 Vital Records - Summit (1847-1850)
 * 1848 Vital Records - Middleburgh (1848)
 * See Town Clerks' Registers of Men who Served in the Civil War in the Civil War section of Military for birth information.

Marriage

 * 1639-1962 New York, United States Marriages at Findmypast ($) — index
 * 1664-1784 New York. Secretary of State, Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued By the Secretary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784 (Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1860). At Cornell University digital library-free; Internet Archive; Ancestry edition ($); ; . Marriage bonds issued in the State of New York prior to 1784, and the earliest record dating 1664.
 * 1847-1850, 1852 Marriage Records . Records of County Clerk.
 * 1851-1921 Marriage certificates . Miscellaneous records of County Clerk including marriage certificates.
 * 1881-1964 Reclaim the Records: New York State Marriage Index at Archive.org - images of index

Marriage Substitutes
 * 1686-1980 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 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."
 * 1808-1850 Fred Q.Bowman, 7000 Hudson-Mohawk Valley, (NY), Vital Records, 1808-1850 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1997). ; . Abstracts from newspapers filed at the New York State Library in Albany.
 * 1819-1836 1819-1836 Deaths and Marriages in the Delaware Gazette
 * 1837-1849 1837-1849 Deaths and Marriages in the Delaware Gazette
 * 1847-1850 Vital Records - Summit (1847-1850)
 * 1848 Vital Records - Middleburgh (1848)
 * Mid 1800s Marriage Records from Havana Newspapers (Havana Republican and Havana Journal) at RootsWeb.
 * 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 browsable.
 * 1864-5, 1874-5 See Marriage Schedule information in the State Census section of Census for marriage information for 1864-5, and 1874-5.
 * 1865 1865 Marriage Records from the Schoharie County State Census
 * 1878-1880 Marriages from selected issues of the Gilboa Monitor (1878-1880)
 * 1879-1908 Marriages Beard's Hollow Residents
 * Marriages from selected issues of the Cobleskill Index
 * Marriages from Lutheran newspapers: The Lutheran Observer and The Southern Lutheran
 * Marriages from various sources
 * Marriage Certificates

Death
Death Indexes
 * 1824-1962 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 1880-1956 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/Images
 * 1880-1956 New York, Death Index, 1880-1956 at Ancestry ($) — index only
 * 1880-1956 Reclaim the Records: New York State Death Index at Archive.org - images of index
 * 1957-1963 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 1918-1953 Deaths, 1918–1953, Schoharie and Otsego counties.
 * Death Certificates
 * Sharon Register of Deaths (partial list)

Death Substitutes
 * 1640-1962 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 1801-1890 Barber Collection- Newspaper Deaths at Ancestry ($) – index. Information extracted from the "Brooklyn Eagle" and the "New York Evening Post."
 * 1808-1850 Fred Q.Bowman, 7000 Hudson-Mohawk Valley, (NY), Vital Records, 1808-1850 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1997). ; . Abstracts from newspapers filed at the New York State Library in Albany.
 * 1819-1836 1819-1836 Deaths and Marriages in the Delaware Gazette
 * 1837-1849 1837-1849 Deaths and Marriages in the Delaware Gazette
 * 1847-1850 Vital Records - Summit (1847-1850)
 * 1848 Vital Records - Middleburgh (1848)
 * 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 See Mortality Schedule information in the Federal Census section of Census for death information.
 * 1856-1863 Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald at Ancestry ($) – 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 browsable.
 * 1861-1865 Military Service Deaths - 1865 State Census, Schoharie County, New York at Mortality-Schedules.com.
 * 1864-5, 1874-5 See Mortality Schedule information in the State Census section of Census for death information for 1864-5, and 1874-5.
 * 1864-5 Deaths - 1865 State Census, Mortality Schedule, Schoharie County, New York at Mortality-Schedules.com.
 * See Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War in the Civil War section of Military for death information.
 * 1865 1865 Deaths from the Schoharie County Census Mortality Schedules
 * 1874-5 Deaths - 1875 State Census, Mortality Schedule, Schoharie County, New York at Mortality-Schedules.com.
 * Deaths - from Lutheran newspapers: The Lutheran Observer and The Southern Lutheran
 * Deaths and Burials in Schoharie County from the records of Henry Cady
 * 1926-1928 Funerals conducted by Alva J Stewart, 1926-1928 undertaker in Charlotteville

Archives
Cornell University, Guide to Historical Resources in Schoharie County, New York Repositories. ([Ithaca, New York]: New York Historical Resources Center, Olin Library, Cornell University, 1983). ; . Includes index. Includes references to some family histories and genealogies.

 County Historian Schoharie County Historian
 * Genealogical Resources: The County Historian may provide access to obituaries, vital records, church records, maps, and family files or journals. Some historians provide search services for their office records and others may refer you to local genealogists who research in the area.

FamilySearch Centers

 * Albany New York FamilySearch Center
 * Oneonta New York FamilySearch Center
 * Schoharie Valley New York FamilySearch Center
 * Huntington Memorial Library - an affiliate library
 * Guilderland Public Library - an affiliate library
 * New York State Library and New York State Archives - an affiliate library

Libraries
Old Stone Fort Library 145 Fort Road Schoharie, NY 12157 Phone: 518-295-7192 Website
 * Genealogical Holdings: Cemetery indexes, Censuses, Church Records, Directories, Military Records, Newspapers and Obituaries, Will Abstracts, and more. :The Library is maintained by the Schoharie County Historical Society and is part of the Old Stone Fort Museum Complex. The Library is open regularly May through October and by appointment November through April. The library also accepts Genealogy Requests.

Museums
Old Stone Fort Museum &amp; Schoharie County Historical Society Website

Societies
Schoharie County Historical Society 145 Fort Road Schoharie NY 12157 Phone: 518.295.7192 Fax: 518.295.7187 E-mail: [mailto:office@schohariehistory.net office@schohariehistory.net]
 * The Schoharie County Historical Society maintains the Old Stone Fort Museum Complex and the Old Stone Fort Library. Meetings are held monthly and individual membership costs $25 a year and include a subscription to the Weathervane, the society's monthly newsletter, and the bi-yearly Historical Review.

Central New York Genealogical Society Box 104, Calvin Station Syracuse, New York 13205 E-mail: [mailto:CNYGS@yahoo.com CNYSG@yahoo.com] Website
 * Offers: Member queries, surname research list, online resources, and six meetings/year; publishes Tree Talks  quarterly with annual index.
 * Serves 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 Counties.

Capital District Genealogical Society Empire State Plaza Station PO Box 2175 Albany, NY 12220-0175 Website
 * $3 for non-member queries in their newsletter. Monthly meetings. They staff a genealogy support desk at the Town of Colonie Library. Counties served include Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, and Washington.

Websites

 * Schoharie County NY Genealogy
 * Ancestry
 * History of Blenheim Hill by Albert C. Mayham 1905-1907
 * Schoharie and Mohawk Valley Raids 1780 (WorldCat)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.