Wyoming County, New York Genealogy

''This article is about the county in New York. For other uses, see Wyoming (disambiguation).''

United States New York  Wyoming County

Parent County
19 May 1841: Wyoming County was created from southern part of Genesee County.

Neighboring Counties
Allegany· Cattaraugus· Erie· Genesee· Livingston

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

Church

 * 1860s-1940s - Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, Wyoming County, Portageville, New York, courtesy: NYGenWeb. Baptisms, marriages, deaths.
 * 1893-1974 - Silver Springs United Methodist Church Records (Baptisms 1893-1920, Marriages 1893-1941, Deaths 1923-1974), courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * 1900-1934 - North Gainesville United Methodist Church Membership Lists, courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * 1940s-1970s - Gainesville United Methodist Church, courtesy: NYGenWeb.

St. Cecilia's Church and Cemetery website includes a great deal of historical and genealogical information including maps, cemetery maps, church histories, cemetery transcriptions, and family histories.

Land and Property

 * Wyoming County Real Property Official Records Search (requires free registration)

Military
Civil War

Available towns. Registers are available for:  Attica· Covington· Eagle· Genesee Falls· Java· Middlebury· Pike· Warsaw· Wethersfield.

Regiments. Service men in Wyoming County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county.


 * - 104th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 105th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 129th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 130th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 136th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 160th Regiment, New York Infantry

Probate Records

 * 1841-1901 - SAMPUBCO Browsable index of testators of wills.

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Cordelia A. Greene Library P.O.Box 208 11 South Main Street Castile, NY 14427 Phone: 1-585-493-5466 Website:http://www.CASTILE.PLS-NET.ORG Call for hours.

Town of Gainesville Public Library 10 Church Street Silver Springs, NY 14550 Phone: 1-585-427-4300 Call for hours.

Pike Library 65 West Main Street Pike, NY 14130 Phone: 1-585-493-5900 Call for hours.

Warsaw Public Library 130 N Main St. Warsaw, NY 28398 Phone: 1-585-786-5606 Website: http://warsawpubliclibraryhome.blogspot.com Call for hours

Courthouses
The Wyoming County Clerk's office has divorce, court, land and state census records. The Surrogate Court has probate records. For further information about where the records for Jefferson County are held, see the Wyoming County Courthouses 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, Oreleans, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates.

Divorces
Additional Resources