Schoharie County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Schoharie

Parent County
Schoharie County was created 6 April 1795 from parts of Albany and Otsego counties.

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

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

Cemeteries
Index to Schoharie Cemeteries

Military
Civil War service men in Schoharie County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county.


 * See: 102nd Regiment, New York Infantry, 129th Regiment, New York Infantry, 134th Regiment, New York Infantry

Births
Birth Certificates

Deaths
1865 Deaths from the Schoharie County Census Mortality Schedules Deaths - from Lutheran newspapers: The Lutheran Observer and The Southern Lutheran Deaths and Burials in Schoharie County - from the records of Henry Cady Death Certificates Funerals conducted by Alva J Stewart, 1926-1928 - undertaker in Charlotteville Sharon Register of Deaths (partial list)

Deaths and Marriages in the Delaware Gazette


 * 1819-1836
 * 1837-1849

Marriages
1865 Marriage Records from the Schoharie County State Census Marriages - Beard's Hollow Residents Marriages - from selected issues of the Gilboa Monitor (1878-1880) 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

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

Vital Statistics
Vital Records - Middleburgh (1848) Vital Records - Summit (1847-1850) Vital Records Information

Wills
Wills

Websites

 * Schoharie County New York Genealogy
 * Shoharie County before 1860 - from French's Gazetteer-State of NY - includes early settlers' names
 * Towns of Schoharie County - from French's Gazetteer-State of NY - also includes early settlers' names
 * History of Schoharie County by Jeptha R. Simms - Complete text and graphics
 * History of Schoharie County by William E. Roscoe - Complete text and graphics
 * Brief Sketch of the First Settlement of the County of Schoharie by the Germans by John M. Brown - 1823
 * Genealogical Notes (Young Family) by J. A. Young - 1886
 * Index to "A History of the Town of Jefferson" by Mildred L. Bailey 1771 - 1976
 * History of Blenheim Hill by Albert C. Mayham 1905-1907
 * Schoharie and Mohawk Valley Raids - 1780
 * Historical Markers - Information about historical markers in Schoharie County

Historical Societies Websites
Schoharie County Historical Society Old Stone Fort Library Gilboa Historical Society Richmondville Historical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Schoharie Valley New York Family History Center