Jerusalem, Yates County, New York Genealogy

Village: Penn Yan

Cemeteries
List and address source

Keturah Barnes
East of Lynn Road, north of Belknap Hill Road

Beddoe Family
Walking trail from parking lot, east of West Bluff Drive, off Pepper Road, south of NYS Route 54A

Daniel Brown Family
West of County House Road/Yatesville Road, north of Willet Road

Benedict
East of Keech Road, north of Italy - Friend Road

Bitley
Gravel road west of NYS Route 54A, south of Italy Hill Road / NYS Route 54A intersection

Branchport
Off south of Italy Hill Road, west of Guyanoga Road / NYS Route 54A

Cahoon
West of Shanty Plains Road, north of Champlin Road

County House
South of Court House Road, west of County House Woods Road

Davis
Southeast of intersection of Belknap Hill Road and Corwin Road. Also known as Conklin Cemetery.

Durham
West of Guyanoga Road, north of Italy Hill Road

Friends' Burying Ground
Almost in the middle between Friend Hill Road (north), Guyanoga Road (east), Friend Road (south), Friend Road (west)

Garrett Memorial Chapel
On property owned by winemaker Paul Garrett on Bluff Point, between Skyline Drive and East Bluff Drive

Green
South of Italy-Friend Road, east of Keech Road

Herrick
West of Skyline Drive, north of intersection of Vrooman Road, Vine Road and Skyline Road

Ingraham
South of Belknap Hill Road, east of Armstrong Road

Keuka Park
On tax map, is Oak Knoll. Walkway, extension from Almond, north of Keuka Park on property of Keuka College.

Luther
West of Shipman Road, between Willett Road and Sid White Road

Lynn
South of crooked point of Sid White Road, east of East Valley Road

Old Fort
South of Friend Road/Comstock Road, west of the intersection of the same.

Sabintown
North of County House Road, between County House Woods Road and Sutton Road / Coats Road

Benjamin Stoddard Family
Just off Keech Road, north of Italy Friend Road

Joshua Stoddard Family
South of Old County Road, between Guyanoga Road and Yatesville Road

Church Records

 * 1794-1828 - "Marriages of the Dutch Reformed Churches of Helderbergh, Jerusalem, New Salem, and Princetown, New York, 1795-1855," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1794-1802: Vol. 94, No. 2 (Apr. 1963):83-92; 1802-1808: Vol. 94, No. 4 (Oct. 1963):214-223; 1809-1813: Vol. 95, No. 1 (Jan. 1964):46-51; 1814-1818: Vol. 95, No. 4 (Oct. 1964):233-238; 1818-1828: Vol. 96, No. 1 (Jan. 1965):40-47. Digital version at New York Family History ($);.


 * 1794-1829 Marriages of the Dutch Churches of Helderburgh, Jerusalem, New Salem and Princetown, NY, courtesy: Betty Fink - free.

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Library

Penn Yan Public Library 214 Main Street Penn Yan, New York 14527 Phone: 315-536-6114

Modeste Bedient Memorial Library 3699 Route 54A Branchport, New York 14418 Phone: 315-595-2899 Email: [mailto:branchport@stls.org branchport@stls.org]

Town Clerk
Jerusalem Town Clerk 3816 Italy Hill Road Branchport, New York 14418 Phone: 315-595-6668 extension 2

The following series of records are on microfilm, and, except for the vital records, may be viewed at the town hall, at the Yates County Historian's office in Penn Yan, or at the NY State Library in Albany:


 * 1866-1972 Assessment Rolls (missing 1868-70, 1883, 1887, 1900, 1904)
 * 1798-December 1993 Minute Books
 * 1884-1936; 1942-49, 1957, 1977-1993 Birth records
 * 1884-1936; 1941-1994 Death records
 * 1884-1993 Marriage records
 * 1868-1937 Delayed birth registrations
 * 1798-February 1927 Highway Surveys
 * 1875-1964 Chattel Mortgages; conditional sales 1922-1964
 * 1896-1963 Various years for Justice Dockets
 * 1839-1910 Various years District School Records
 * 1908-1961 Various years Overseer of the Poor and Welfare Records

Town Historian
Jerusalem Town Historian Italy Hill Road Branchport, New York 14418

Vital Records

 * 1883-1909 Town of Jerusalem Births, Deaths and Marriages Index. Courtesy Yates County, New York GenWeb