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

Genealogy Resources - Tompkins 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.

Archives and Libraries

Catherwood Library Kheel Center

Cornell University History

Family History Library History Catalog - Tompkins County, NY

Groton Public Library

Handwerker Gallery

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

The History Center in Tompkins County

History Made Daily at The History Center

1890 House Museum

Ithaca College Archives - Tompkins County, NY

Ithaca's Discovery Trail

Lansing Community Library

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Archives

Museum of the Earth

New York State Archives - Albany, NY

New York State Library - Albany, NY

Newfield Public Library

Ports of New York Winery

Public Libraries Library Directory - Tompkins County, NY

Sciencenter

The Southworth Library Association

Study Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York

Tompkins County Historian

Tompkins County Public Library

Tompkins County, NY Public Libraries

Town of Caroline Historian

The Ulysses Historical Society Museum

Ulysses Philomathic Library

USGenWeb Archives - Tompkins County, NY Archives

Bible Records

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Grant-Krum Bible Records

USGen Web Archives - Tompkins County New York Bible Records

Biographies

Biographies - Tompkins County New York

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tompkins County, NY Biographies

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Genealogies & Bios

Our Family Tree - Tompkins County, NY

Tompkins County Families

Tompkins County, NY Biographies

USGenWeb Archives - Tompkins County, NY Biographies

Wikipedia.org - People from Tompkins County, New York

Cemeteries

Cemetery Records - Tompkins County New York

Epodunk.com - Tompkins County, NY

Find A Grave - Tompkins County, NY

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tompkins County, NY Cemeteries

Interment.net - Tompkins County, NY

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Cemetery Records

New York Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project - Tompkins County

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Cemetery Records

New York Gravestone Photo Project - Tompkins County

The Political Graveyard - Tompkins County, NY

The Tombstone Transcription Project - Tompkins County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - Tompkins County, NY Cemeteries

Census Records

Census-Online.com - Tompkins County, NY

Cyndi's List - Tompkins County, NY Census

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Census Records

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Census Records

New York State Census, 1865 - Tompkins County

New York State Census, 1875 - Tompkins County

New York, State Census, 1892 - Tompkins County

New York State Census, 1905 - Tompkins County

Official 1940 Census Website - Tompkins County, New York

US-Census.org - Tompkins County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - Tompkins County, NY Census Records

Wikipedia.org - Tompkins County, NY Census-Designated Places

1850 Federal Census Tompkins County, New York

1880 Census Records Search - FamilySearch.org

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1684) - Tompkins County, NY

Church Records

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Church Records

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Church Records

Court Records

Livingston's Law Register, 1851 - Tompkins County, NY

Tompkins County Surrogate Court Clerk

Directories

Central New York Business Directory 1904-1905 New York Farm Directory, 1914

Cyndi's List - Tompkins County, NY Directories

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Directories

Estate Records

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Wills

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Probate Records

Tompkins County, New York Will Testators Index

USGenWeb Archives - Tompkins County, NY Will Records, Probates & Indexes

Wills - Tompkins County New York

History

The Country Church in Colonial Counties

Gazetteer of the State of New York, 1860

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tompkins County, NY History Topics

Geography of the state of New York, 1847 - Tompkins County

Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Histories and Genealogies

Living Places - Tompkins County, NY

National Register of Historic Places - Tompkins County, NY

The Natural, Statistical and Civil History of the State of New York, 1829

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County The Online Library

POORHOUSE History of Tompkins County

Religious Structures of Caroline - Tompkins County, NY

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

Wikipedia.org - Tompkins County, NY

Immigration and Naturalization Records

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Immigration Records

Northern District Court of NY Naturalization Project

Land Records

BLM Land Records

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Land Records

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Land deeds

Map Records

Historic Map Works - Tompkins County, New York

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Map Records

The Genealogy Hound - Tompkins County, New York

New York Census and County Formation Maps

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Maps

USGenWeb Archives - New York Digital Map Library

WebArchive.org - 1895 Atlas of NY

Wikipedia.org - Tompkins County, NY Geography

Military Records

Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tompkins County, NY Military Records

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Military Records

List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 - Internet Archive

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tompkins County, New York

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Military Resources

Town of Caroline Civil War Veterans - Tompkins County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - Tompkins County, NY Military Records

World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps

Miscellaneous Records

Cyndi's List - Tompkins County, NY General Resources

Cyndi's List - Tompkins County, NY Social Networking

Hope Farm Books - Tompkins County

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Miscellaneous Records

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Folk Tales

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Off-Site Resources

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Team of Volunteers

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Source Look-ups

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Surname Listings

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Where to Write for Information

Tompkins County, NY Government

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Newspaper Records

Cyndi's List - Tompkins County, NY Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tompkins County, NY Newspaper Gleanings

Ithaca Chronicle - Tompkins County, NY

Ithaca Chronicle and Democrat - Tompkins County, NY

Ithaca Citizen and Democrat - Tompkins County, NY

The Ithaca Democrat - Tompkins County, NY

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Newspaper Records

Newspaper Abstracts - Tompkins County, NY

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Scrapbook

NYS Historic Newspapers - Tompkins County, New York

Old Newspaper Clippings - Tompkins County, NY

Tompkins County, NY - Chronicling America

Tompkins County Newspapers

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tompkins County, NY Obituaries and Death Notices

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Obituaries

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Obituaries

Obituaries - Tompkins County, NY

Obituary Index - Tompkins County, NY

Tompkins County, NY Obituaries

USGenWeb Archives - Tompkins County, NY Obituaries

Photography

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

National Archives - Tompkins County, New York

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Photo Album

School Records

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County School Records

Wikipedia.org - Tompkins County, NY Education

Societies

Central New York Genealogical Society

Chief Taughannock Chapter - Tompkins County, NY

Cornell Railroad Historical Society - Tompkins County, NY

Lansing Historical Association - Tompkins County, NY

Ulysses Historical Society - Tompkins County, NY

Towns, Cities, & Villages

Vital Records

Birth Records - Tompkins County New York

Death Records - Tompkins County New York

GEDCOM Index - Tompkins County, NY

GenWed.com - Tompkins County, NY

Ithaca Death Records 1891

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Death Records

LDS Genealogy - Tompkins County Marriage Records

NYGenWeb Project - Tompkins County Vital Records

Tompkins County Clerk

VitalRec.com - Tompkins County, NY Vital Records