Cayuga County - New York Genealogy - Ancestry Research & Family History

Genealogy Resources - Cayuga County, New York

Please follow the links below to learn more about your New York ancestors. Many great records relating to your family history can be found online and at local archives, libraries, courthouses, and genealogical and historical societies located throughout the state. New York Genealogy is your resource to help you find these and other important records which are critical to your research.

African-American Genealogy

The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church – Auburn, NY

Biography.com - Harriet Tubman

Booker T. Washington Community Center - Auburn, NY

Bourke Memorial Library - Harriet Tubman Online Research Guide

Cayuga County Government - Uncovering the Freedom Trail (PDF)

City of Seneca, NY - Uncovering the Underground Railroad in the Finger Lakes

Civil War Trust - Harriet Tubman: Underground Railroad Conductor, Nurse, Spy

Following the Freedom Trail in Auburn and Cayuga County, New York

Harriet Tubman Biography - Bound For the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero

HarrietTubman.com - Resources Relating to the Life of Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman Historical Society - Topics Relating to Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman Home - Auburn, NY

History.com - Harriet Tubman

History's Hometown - NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center

Howland Stone Store Museum - Aurora, NY

Library of Congress - Harriet Tubman: Online Resources

National Park Service - Sherwood Equal Rights Historic District

National Women's History Museum - Harriet Tubman (c.1820 - 1913)

PBS - Harriet Tubman

Seymour Public Library - Harriet Tubman Collection

Wikipedia.org - Harriet Tubman

Archives and Libraries

Aurora Free Library - Aurora, NY

Cayuga County Government - Records Archives

Finger Lakes Library System - Ithaca, NY

Harriet Tubman Home - Auburn, NY

Haven Public Library - Fair Haven, NY

Hazard Library - Local History Collection

Millard Fillmore House - East Aurora, NY

Port Byron Library - Port Byron, NY

Powers Library - Moravia, NY

Rural Life Museum - King Ferry, NY

Seymour Library - Auburn, NY

Seward House Museum - Auburn, NY

Seward House Museum - Collections of the Seward House Museum

Seward House Museum - Digital Research

Springport Free Library - Union Springs, NY

Stewart B. Lang Memorial Library - Cato, NY

USGenWeb Archives - Cayuga County, NY

Ward W. O'Hara Agricultural Museum of Cayuga County

Weedsport Free Library - Weedsport, NY

Bible Records

USGenWeb Archives - Cayuga County Bible Records

Biographies

Genealogy Trails - Cayuga County Biographies

Hazard Library - Autobiographies, Biographies, & Memoirs

Town of Summerhill, NY - Elbridge G. Spaulding

USGenWeb Archives - Biographical Review of Cayuga County, New York

USGenWeb Archives - Cayuga County Biographies

Wikipedia.org - Adam Helmer: American Revolutionary War hero

Wikipedia.org - Cayuga County Notable People

Wikipedia.org - People from Cayuga County, New York

Wikipedia.org - William H. Carpenter (1821–1885)

Cemeteries

Census Records

Census Online - Cayuga County Census Records

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1855

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1865

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1875

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1892

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1905

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1915

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1925

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Census Records

New Horizons Genealogy - 1840 New York State Census of Pensioners in Cayuga County, New York

NYGenWeb Project - Cayuga County Census Records

USGenWeb Census Project - Cayuga County Federal Census Index

USGenWeb Archives - Cayuga County Census Records

Wikipedia.org - Cayuga County Census-Designated Place

Church Records

First Presbyterian Church - History of the First Presbyterian Church of Auburn, New York

First Presbyterian Church of Weedsport, NY - Church History

Hazard Library - Churches and Church-Related Information

History of Owasco Reformed Church

History of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Auburn, NY

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Church Records

NYGenWeb Project - Cayuga County, New York Church Records

Saint Mary's Church - History of Saint Mary's Church, Auburn, NY

United Church of Auburn - U.C.A. History

USGenWeb Archives - Cayuga County Church Records

USGenNet.org - Cayuga County Church Records

USGenWeb Archives - Dutch Reformed Church, Owasco, Cayuga County, NY

Weedsport United Methodist Church - Church History

Westminster Presbyterian Church - Presbyterian History in Auburn, NY

Willard Memorial Chapel - History of Willard Memorial Chapel

Court Records

Cayuga County Clerk's Office - Cayuga County, New York Court Records

Cayuga County Court - 7th Judicial District

Cayuga County Government - Records Archives

Livingston's Law Register, 1851 - Cayuga County Lawyers

USGenWeb Archives - Cayuga County Court Records

USGenWeb Archives Projects - 1889 Court Case Reports, NY

Directories

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County City Directories

NYGenWeb Project - Cayuga County, New York Directories

Educational Records

Hazard Library - Local Schools and Educational Institutions

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County School Records

NYGenWeb Project - Cayuga County, New York School Records

Estate Records

Archive.org - New York Wills and Probate Records 1659-1999

Cayuga County Clerk's Office - Cayuga County Probate Records

FamilySearch.org - New York Probate Records, 1629-1971

Genealogy Trails - Early Wills of Cayuga County, New York

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Probate Records

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Guardianships 1804-1852 (A-C Surnames)

SAMPUBCO -Cayuga County, New York Guardianships 1804-1852 (D-K Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Guardianships 1804-1852 (L-S Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Guardianships 1804-1852 (T-Z Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Guardianships 1799-1902 (A-B Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Guardianships 1799-1902 (C-D Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Guardianships 1799-1902 (E-G Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Guardianships 1799-1902 (H-K Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Guardianships 1799-1902 (L-M Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Guardianships 1799-1902 (N-R Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Guardianships 1799-1902 (S-T Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Guardianships 1799-1902 (U-Z Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Will Book Testators (A-B Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Will Book Testators (C-D Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Will Book Testators (E-G Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Will Book Testators (H-K Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Will Book Testators (L-M Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Will Book Testators (N-R Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Will Book Testators (S-T Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Will Book Testators (U-Z Surnames)

USGenWeb Archives - Cayuga County, New York Wills and Intestate Records

USGenNet.org - Cayuga County Will & Probate Records

Genealogies

Hazard Library - Cayuga County, New York Genealogies

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Histories and Genealogies

USGenWeb Archives - Special Collections Project

WebArchive.org - Cayuga County American History & Genealogy Program

History

Archive.org - Historical Sketches of the Town of Moravia, from 1791 to 1873

Archive.org - History of Cayuga County, New York

Auburn Community Hospital - Our Early History

Auburn - History's Hometown

Cayuga County - Gazetteer of the State of New York 1860

Cayuga County Government - History of Conquest, New York

Cayuga County Government - History of Moravia Village

Cayuga County Historian's Office

Cayuga Notes

City of Auburn - Auburn Historic Properties

Collections of Cayuga County Historical Society. No. 1-12 - Internet Archive

The Erie Canal - The Seneca River Aqueduct

Facebook - Auburn History's Hometown

Facebook - Port Byron History

Fireman's Association of the State of New York - Brief History of the FASNY

Fourth and Fifth Annual Addresses

Fred L. Emerson Foundation - History

Genealogy Trails - Cayuga County History Topics

Genealogy Trails - Town Histories of Cayuga County, New York

Geography of the state of New York 1847 - Cayuga County

Hazard Library - Towns and Villages

History of Cayuga County, New York

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Histories and Genealogies

Montezuma Historical Society - Canals of Cayuga County, New York

Montezuma Historical Society - Town of Montezuma History

My Genealogy Hound - Historic Photos and Vintage Postcards of New York

National Register of Historic Places - Cayuga County, NY

NYGenWeb Project - History of Cayuga County, New York

USGenWeb Archives - Cayuga County History

USGenNet.org - Cayuga County American History & Genealogy Program

USGenWeb Archives - Penny Postcards from Cayuga County, NY

Village of Aurora, NY - History of Aurora

Wikipedia.org - Central New York Military Tract

Wikipedia.org - The Erie Canal

Wikipedia.org - The Finger Lakes Region

Wikipedia.org - History of Aurora, New York

Wikipedia.org - History of Cayuga County, New York

Wikipedia.org - History of Montezuma, New York

Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places listings in Cayuga County, New York

Immigration and Naturalization Records

FamilySearch.org - New York, County Naturalization Records 1791-1980

German Genealogy Group - New York Naturalization Records

Italian Genealogical Group - Naturalizations at NARA in NYC

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Immigration Records

National Archives at New York City - Naturalization Records

New York State Archives - New York Immigration Records

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Petitions for Naturalization Index 1906-1972 (A-B Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Petitions for Naturalization Index 1906-1972 (C Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Petitions for Naturalization Index 1906-1972 (D-E Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Petitions for Naturalization Index 1906-1972 (F-G Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Petitions for Naturalization Index 1906-1972 (H-K Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Petitions for Naturalization Index 1906-1972 (L-M Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Petitions for Naturalization Index 1906-1972 (N-P Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Petitions for Naturalization Index 1906-1972 (Q-R Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Petitions for Naturalization Index 1906-1972 (S Surnames)

SAMPUBCO - Cayuga County, New York Petitions for Naturalization Index 1906-1972 (T-Z Surnames)

Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation - Port of New York Passenger Records

Land Records

Internet Archive - An Original Paper Upon Early Records in Cayuga County Clerk's Office 1903

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Land Records

NYGenWeb Project - Cayuga County Land Records

USGenWeb Archives - Cayuga County Land Records

Maps

Hazard Library - Local History Collection Maps

Hearthstone Legacy Publications - Historic New York Map Reprints

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Map Records

My Genealogy Hound - Cayuga County, New York

NyGenWeb Project - Cayuga County, New York Maps

WebArchive.org - 1895 Atlas of NY

Wikipedia.org - Cayuga County, New York Geography

Military Records

1840 New York State Census of Pensioners - Cayuga County, NY

City of Auburn, NY - Memorial to Cayuga County Soldiers & Sailors of the Civil War 1861

Civil War Archive - 9th Regiment Heavy Artillery, 2nd Auburn Regiment, Cayuga and Wayne County Regiment

Cornell University Library - Guide to the Root Family Papers, 1828-1970

Facebook - The 111th New York Volunteer Infantry: A Civil War History - Facebook

FamilySearch.org - 1st Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery, U.S. Civil War

FamilySearch.org - 8th Regiment, New York Cavalry, Company G, 2nd Companies I and L, and Company M, U.S. Civil War

FamilySearch.org - 10th Regiment, New York Cavalry, Company A, U.S. Civil War

FamilySearch.org - 11th Regiment, New York Cavalry, Company K, U.S. Civil War

FamilySearch.org - 22nd Regiment, New York Cavalry, Companies I and M, U.S. Civil War

FamilySearch.org - 23rd Regiment, New York Cavalry, Company A, U.S. Civil War

FamilySearch.org - 24th Regiment, New York Cavalry, Companies B, C, L and M, U.S. Civil War

FamilySearch.org - 111th Regiment, New York Infantry, U.S. Civil War

FamilySearch.org - 116th Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies B, D and H, U.S. Civil War

FamilySearch.org - 138th Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies C, E, F, G, H and I, U.S. Civil War

FamilySearch.org - 160th Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies A, B, C, E, F, H and I, U.S. Civil War

FamilySearch.org - 193rd Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies A, H and K, U.S. Civil War

FamilySearch.org - 194th Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies H and I, U.S. Civil War

Genealogy Trails - 1883 Pensioners on the Roll

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Military Records

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Cayuga, New York

New York State Military Museum - Cayuga County, New York in the Civil War

NYGenWeb Project - Cayuga County NY Military & Veterans Page

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Civil War Monuments in Cayuga County

USGenWeb Archives - Cayuga County Military Records

USGenWeb Archives Pensions Project - Pensions Project Wars

Wikipedia.org - 111th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Wikipedia.org - The Sullivan Expedition

Native American Genealogy

Wikipedia.org - The Cayuga Nation of New York

Wikipedia.org - The Cayuga People

Wikipedia.org - Chonodote: Village of the Cayuga Nation of Iroquois Indians

Wikipedia.org - The Iroquois

Newspapers

Genealogy Trails - Index to Newspaper Gleanings

NYS Historic Newspapers - Cayuga County, New York

New York State Library - Cayuga County, NY Newspapers on Microfilm

NYGenWeb Project - Cayuga County Newspapers

USGenWeb Archives - Cayuga County Newspapers

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Newspapers

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails - Cayuga County, New York Obituaries and Death Notices

USGenWeb Archives - Cayuga County, New York Obituaries and Death Notices

USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project - Cayuga County, NY Obituaries

USGenNet.org - Cayuga County Obituary Records

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Obituaries

Photographs

My Genealogy Hound - Historic Photos and Vintage Postcards of New York

National Archives - Cayuga County, New York

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Societies

The Cayugo-Owasco Lakes Historical Society - Moravia, NY

Central New York Genealogical Society - Syracuse, NY

Civic Heritage Historical Society - Cato, NY

Frontenac Historical Society & Museum - Union Springs, NY

Genoa Historical Association - King Ferry, NY

Montezuma Historical Society - Montezuma, NY

Old Brutus Historical Society - Weedsport, NY

Rural Life Museum - Genoa Historical Association

Towns, Cities & Villages

Cayuga County New York History - Town Histories

City of Auburn - Auburn, NY

LDS Genealogy - Auburn Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Aurelius Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Aurora Village Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Cato Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Conquest Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Fair Haven Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Fleming Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Genoa Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Ira Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Ledyard Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Locke Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Mentz Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Montezuma Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Moravia Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Owasco Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Port Byron Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Scipio Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Sempronius Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Sennett Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Springport Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Sterling Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Summerhill Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Throop Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Union Springs Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Venice Center Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Victory Genealogy

LDS Genealogy - Weedsport Genealogy

Town of Aurelius - Aurelius, NY

Town of Brutus - Brutus, NY

Town of Cato - Cato, NY

Town of Conquest - Conquest, NY

Town of Fleming - Fleming, NY

Town of Genoa - Genoa, NY

Town of Ira - Ira, NY

Town of Ledyard - Ledyard, NY

Town of Locke - Locke, NY

Town of Mentz - Mentz, NY

Town of Montezuma - Montezuma, NY

Town of Moravia - Moravia, NY

Town of Niles - Niles, NY

Town of Owasco - Owasco, NY

Town of Sennett - Sennett, NY

Town of Scipio - Scipio, NY

Town of Sempronius - Sempronius, NY

Town of Springport - Springport, NY

Town of Sterling - Sterling, NY

Town of Summerhill - Summerhill, NY

Town of Throop - Throop, NY

Town of Venice - Venice, NY

Town of Victory - Victory, NY

Village of Aurora - Aurora, NY

Village of Cato - Cato, NY

Village of Cayuga - Cayuga, NY

Village of Fair Haven - Fair Haven, NY

Village of Moravia - Moravia, NY

Village of Port Byron - Port Byron, NY

Village of Union Springs - Union Springs, NY

Village of Weedsport - Weedsport, NY

Wikipedia.org - Cayuga County City

Wikipedia.org - Cayuga County Hamlets

Wikipedia.org - Cayuga County Towns

Wikipedia.org - Cayuga County Villages

Vital Records

Ancestry.com - Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald 1856-1863, Vol. 2

Ancestry.com - New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection)

Ancestry.com - New York, Marriage Bonds, 1664 - 1784

Ancestry.com - New York, Marriage Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1880 (Barber Collection)

Ancestry.com - New York Marriage Notices, 1800-55

Cayuga County Marriage Records - GenWed.com

City of Auburn Vital Records Office

FamilySearch.org - New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962

FamilySearch.org - New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936

FamilySearch.org - New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952

FamilySearch.org - New York Marriages, 1686-1980

GEDCOM Index - Cayuga County, NY

Internet Archive - Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses were Issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Death Records

LDS Genealogy - Cayuga County Marriage Records

New York State Department of Health - Birth, Death, Marriage & Divorce Records

New York State Library - Vital Records

NYGenWeb Project - Cayuga County, New York Vital Records

VitalRec.com - Cayuga County Vital Records