Westchester County, New York Genealogy

Courthouse


Westchester County Clerk's Office

Westchester County Surrogate's Court

Westchester County Archives

Cities
Mount Vernon New Rochelle Peekskill RyeRye City Government Rye Historical Society  White Plains Yonkers

Towns
Bedford Cortlandt Eastchester Greenburgh Harrison Lewisboro Mount Kisco Mount Pleasant New Castle North Castle Somers South Salem &mdash; See Lewisboro above Yorktown

Villages
Ardsley Briarcliff Manor Bronxville Buchanan Croton-On-Hudson Dobbs Ferry Elmsford Hastings-On-Hudson Irvington Larchmont Mamaroneck North Tarrytown &mdash; See Sleepy Hollow Ossining Pelham Pleasantville Port Chester Scarsdale Sleepy Hollow Tarrytown Tuckahoe

Hamlets
Armonk, Chappaqua, Hartsdale, Katonah – See Bedford, Kings' Bridge – See Bronx County, Morrisania – See Bronx County, Westchester (Town)– See Bronx County, West Farms – See Bronx County, Montrose, Purchase, Valhalla &mdash; See Mount Pleasant

For those towns which became part of the Bronx County, be sure to read the article: Before the Five-Borough City: The Old Cities, Towns and Villages That Came Together to Form "Greater New York"

County Government Site
Westchester County Government

Neighboring Counties
Bronx|Orange| Putnam| Rockland| New Jersey Counties: Bergen

Cemeteries
New York Family History research - contains lists of cemeteries in the New York City and surrounding areas (and lots of other research info and links). http://www.nyfamilyhistory.com/cemetery.htm

Westchester NYGenWeb: Cemeteries The Political Graveyard: Westchester Find A Grave: Westchester Interment.net: Westchester

Libraries and Archives
Westchester Library System Westchester County Archives, including their Virtual Archives Westchester County Historical Society Westchester County Genealogical Society

Census Records
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Westchester county, New York Census - done by the state

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 * bgcolor="#bdb76b" align="center" | 1925
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Westchester County NYGenWeb's Census Page

Books Online & Off

 * Baird, Charles W. Chronicle of a border town: history of Rye, Westchester county, New York, 1660-1870, including Harrison and the White Plains till 1788. (Anson D.F. Randolph and Company, 1871) Download a copy in PDF format from  Google Books.
 * Bolton, Robert. A guide to New Rochelle and its vicinity: Pelham, West Chester, West Farms, Morrissania, Fordham, Yonkers, East Chester, White Plains, Mamaroneck, and Rye (Reprinted Harbor Hill Books, 1976)
 * Bolton, Robert. A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. 2 vols. (Alexander S. Gould, 1848) Volume 1 Volume 2   Download a copy in PDF format from  Google Books.
 * Bolton, Robert. History of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the county of Westchester, from its foundation, 1693, to 1853. (Stanford & Swords, 1855)  Download a copy in PDF format from  Google Books.
 * Dawson, Henry Barton. County, New York, during the American Revolution'' (s.n., 1886)  Download a copy in PDF format from  Google Books.
 * De Lancey, Edward Floyd   Origin and history of manors in the province of New York and in the county of Westchester (s.n., 1886)   Download a copy in PDF format from  Google Books.
 * French, Alvah P. History of Westchester county, New York 5 volumes. (Lewis historical publishing company, inc., 1927)
 * French, J. H. Gazetteer of the State of New York. (Syracuse, NY: R. Pearsall Smith, c. 1860) Download a copy in PDF format from  Google Books.
 * Hall, Edward Hagaman. Philipse Manor Hall at Yonkers, NY: The Site, the Building and Its Occupants. (c. 1925) Download a copy in PDF format from Google Books.
 * Jones, Thomas. Editor: Edward F. De Lancey. History of New York During the Revolutionary War and of the Leading Events in the Other Colonies. Volume 1 (New York: The New York Historical Society, 1879). Download a copy in PDF format from  Google Books.
 * Judd, Jacob and Philip Van Cortlandt. The Revolutionary War memoir and selected correspondence of Philip Van Cortlandt. (Tarrytown, NY: Sleepy Hollow Restoration) Download a copy in PDF format from  Google Books.
 * Morris, Fordham. The borough town of Westchester: An address delivered By Fordham Morris on the 28th day of October, 1896, before the Westchester County Historical Society in the Court House at White Plains, N. Y. (White Plains: The Eastern State Journal, printer; 1895) Download a copy in PDF format from Google Books.
 * Reynolds, Cuyler. Genealogical and family history of southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, Volume 3, Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation  (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914) Download a copy in PDF format from  Google Books.
 * Scharf, J. Thomas History of Westchester county: New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city, 2 vols. (L. E. Preston & co., 1886) Volume 1, Volume 2 Download a copy in PDF format from  Google Books.
 * Shonnard, Frederic History of Westchester County, New York: from its earliest settlement to the year 1900, Part 1 (New York History Co., 1900) Download a copy in PDF format from  Google Books.

Genealogy and History Websites
Portal:New York

Westchester's NYGenWeb site

Westchester County Resources in The NYG&B Record

Mackenzie's Families of Philipsburgh