Orleans County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Orleans County

Parent County
11 November 1824: Created from Genesee County

Neighboring Counties
Genesee· Monroe· Niagara· Lake Ontario

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

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Orleans County for European settlers included:


 * Great Genesee Road 1794
 * Erie Canal 1825
 * Erie Canal 1825

Military
Civil War

Available towns. Registers are available for: Barre· Carlton· Clarendon· Gaines· Kendall· Murray· Ridgeway· Shelby· Yates.

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


 * - 105th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 129th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 151st Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 154th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 164th Regiment, New York Infantry

Probate Records

 * SAMPUBCO - Browsable index to testators of wills (1825-1902)
 * Will Book 1 (1825-1896) Index, courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * Will Book 2 (1897-1926) Index, courtesy: NYGenWeb.

Courthouses
The Orleans County Clerk's office has 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 Orleans County are held, see the Orleans 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; publishes 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, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Washington, Wayne, Warren, Wyoming, and Yates.

Websites

 * The Orleans County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.