Chemung County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Chemung County

Parent County
29 March 1836: Set off from Tioga County.

Neighboring Counties
Schuyler· Steuben· Tioga· Tompkins· Pennsylvania Counties: Bradford· Tioga

Boundary Changes
17 April 1854: Part taken to create Schuyler County.

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

Church

 * Fiftieth Anniversary of the Park Church: Elmira, N.Y., January 1, 1896. Elmira, N.Y.?, 1988. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Land and Property

 * Chemung Land Papers 1788-1792

Military
Civil War

Available Towns. Registers are available for:

Baldwin· Big Flats· Catlin· Chemung· Elmira· Erin· Horseheads.

Regiments. Service men in Chemung County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. The following have many men from Chemung County:


 * - 103rd Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies G, H, I, and K
 * - 107th Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, G, and H
 * - 137th Regiment, New York Infantry, Company L
 * - 141st Regiment, New York Infantry, Comapnies C, G, I and K
 * - 161st Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies B and C

Naturalization and Citizenship
SAMPUBCO Index of naturalization records

Probate Records
SAMPUBCO - Index of testators of wills.

Barber, Gertrude A. Abstracts of Wills of Chemung County, N.Y.: From 1836 to 1850. Typescript. 1941. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); World Vital Records ($).

Wills filed in Tioga County, New York by persons who resided in that portion of Tioga County that became present Chemung County, New York. Courtesy: Tri-Counties Genealogy &amp; History by Joyce M. Tice.

Courthouses
The Chemung County Clerk's office holds marriage, divorce, court and land records. The Surrogate Court has probate records.For further information about where the records for Chemung County are held, see the Chemung County Courthouse page.

Societies
Chemung County Historical Society East Water Street Elmira, NY 14901-3410 Phone: 607-734-4167


 * The society is housed in the Chemung Canal Bank Building. The building also contains the Chemung Valley History Museum. The society publishes a quarterly, The Chemung Historical Journal. The Booth Library contains approximately 3,000 books, 30,000 manuscripts, 16,000 photographs, and 11,000 maps and architectural records.

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; publication: 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, Washington, Wayne, Warren, Wyoming, and Yates.

Divorce
Additional Resources

Websites

 * The Chemung County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Chemung County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Chemung County. (Mirror site)