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Genealogy Resources - Wayne 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

Alling Coverlet Museum

Book of Mormon Publication Site

Clyde-Savannah Public Library

Family History Library Libraries Catalog - Wayne County, NY

Heritage Square Museum - Wayne County, NY

Hill Cumorah & Historic Sites - Wayne County, NY

Historic Palmyra Inc

Hoffman Clock Museum

Hotchkiss Building

Lyons Public Library

LDS Genealogy _ Wayne County Archives

Macedon Historical Society Museum

Macedon Public Library

Marbletown Schoolhouse

Marion Public Library

The Museums of Historic Palmyra

Museum of Wayne County History

Newark-Arcadia Historical Society

Newark Public Library

New York State Archives - Albany, NY

New York State Library - Albany, NY

Ontario Historian's Office - Wayne County, NY

Ontario Public Library

Palmyra Community Library

Peppermint Museum

Red Creek Free Library

Rose Free Library

Rose Historical Society - Farnsworth Museum

Smith Family Farm

Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum - Wayne County, NY

Soldier's Monument

Sodus Community Library

Sunshine Radio Museum

USGenWeb Archives - Wayne County, NY Archives

Walworth Historical Society and Museum - Wayne County, NY

Wallington Cobblestone Schoolhouse

Walworth-Seely Public Library

Wayne County, NY Public Libraries

Wayne County Historian

WayneCountyTourism.com - Wayne County, NY Museums

Williamson Free Public Library

William Phelps General Store and Home Museum

Wolcott Civic Free Library

Biographies

Biographies - Wayne County New York

Genealogy Trails History Group - Wayne County, NY Biographies

Our Family Tree - Wayne County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - Wayne County Biographies

Wayne County, New York Biographies

Wikipedia.com - People from Wayne County, New York

Cemeteries

Cyndi's List - Wayne County, NY Cemeteries & Funeral Homes

Epodunk.com - Wayne County, NY

Find A Grave - Wayne County, NY

Genealogy Trails History Group - Wayne County, NY Cemeteries

Interment.net - Wayne County, NY

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Cemetery Records

New York Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project - Wayne County

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Cemeteries

New York Gravestone Photo Project - Wayne County

The Political Graveyard - Wayne County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - Wayne County, NY Cemeteries

Census Records

Census-Online - Wayne County, NY

Cyndi's List - Wayne County, NY Census

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Census Records

New York State Census, 1892 - Wayne County

New York State Census, 1905 - Wayne County

US-Census.org - Wayne County, NY 1880 Census Records Search - Wayne County, NY

Wayne County Census Partials, Part 1

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

1810 Ontario County Census - Ontario

1800 Ontario County Census - Palmyra

1810 Ontario County Census - Palmyra

1800 Ontario County Census - Sodus

1830 Census of the Town of Butler

1840 Census of the Town of Butler

1850 Census of Butler, Pt. 1

1850 Census of Butler, Pt. 2

1850 Census of Butler, Pt. 3

1850 Census of Marion - Partial

1855 Census of Marion - Partial

1865 Census of Butler, Pt. 1

1865 Census of Butler, Pt. 2

1865 Census of Butler, Pt. 3

Annotated 1870 Census of Huron, Part 1

Annotated 1870 Census of Huron, Part 2

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 1

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 2

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 3

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 4

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 5

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 6

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 7

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 8

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 9

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 10

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 11

1870 Census of Williamson, Pt. 12

Residents of the Wayne County Poorhouse: 1850

Residents of the Wayne County Poorhouse: 1860

Residents of the Wayne County Poorhouse: 1900

1905 Census Index of the Town of Arcadia Custodial Asylum

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1273 - 1920) - Wayne County, NY

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1274 - 1920) - Wayne County, NY

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1657) - Wayne County, NY

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1658) - Wayne County, NY

Church Records

100th Anniversary Lyons 1st Lutheran Church

Butler Center Church

Butler Center Methodist Church Pastors: 1856 - 1915

South Butler Methodist Church Pastors: 1879 - 1981

Index to Butler Methodist Episcopal Church Record Book

Early History of the Presbyterian Church in Wayne County, NY

Early Members of the Marion, N.Y. First Reformed Church

Early Church Sketches, Ontario, Wayne County, N.Y.

First Presbyterian Church of North Rose, NY

The General Commission on Archives and History for The United Methodist Church

History of East Palmyra M.E. Church

1895 History of the Churches of Arcadia

History of the Presbyterian Church, Newark, N.Y.

Introduction to the Marion, N.Y. First Reformed Church

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Church Records

1897 Membership List of the Marion, N.Y. First Reformed Church

Ministers & Rectors of Zion Episcopal Church of Palmyra

Ministers of the Town of Rose

Tidbits About Early Churches, Lyons, N.Y.

Official Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Port Gibson, N.Y. and East Palmyra, N.Y. 1843 - 1851

Wayne County Ministers Project - Introduction

Wayne County Ministers Project - Ministers A - L

Wayne County Ministers Project - Ministers M - Z

1854-55 Wayne County Members of the Baptist Union for Ministerial Education

Western Presbyterian Church Palmyra History

Rose Methodist Church Pastors: 1832-1932

Wikipedia.org - Religion: Wayne County and the Second Great Awakening

Wikipedia.org - Spiritualism and the Fox Sisters

Court Records

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

NYGenWeb Project - 1901 County Jurors List

NYGenWeb Project - Criminal Evidence and Arrest Notes of Sheriff Jerry Collins

NYGenWeb Project - Jurors and Court Cases, March 23, 1824

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Persons Fined by J.P.'s - 1913

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County 1899 Supreme Court Calendar

Wayne County Surrogate Court Clerk

Directories

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County City Directories

NYGenWeb Project - 1863 Wayne County Business Directory Listings

NYGenWeb Project - 1872 Wayne County Business Directory Listings

NYGenWeb Project - 1880 Wayne County Business Directory Listings

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Gazetteer

Wayne County, New York 1914 Directory

Wayne County, New York City, County, and Rural Directories

Estate Records

Cyndi's List - Wayne County, NY Wills & Probate

Genealogy Trails History Group - Wayne County, NY Wills/Probate Records

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Probate Records

Probate Records 1629-1971 - Wayne County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - Wayne County, NY Will & Intestate Records

Wayne County, New York Will Testators

History

Brief History of Wayne County, New York

Church and Family History Assistance - Wayne County, NY

The Crooked Lake Review

Gazetteer of the State of New York, 1860 - Wayne County

Genealogy Trails History Group - Wayne County, NY History Topics

Geography of the State of New York, 1847 - Wayne County

History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham's Purchase, and Morris' Reserve 1851

History of Western New York

Index to Prof. W.H. McIntosh's "History of Wayne County, N.Y." 1877, Surnames A - B

Index to Prof. W.H. McIntosh's "History of Wayne County, N.Y." 1877, Surnames C - D

Index to Prof. W.H. McIntosh's "History of Wayne County, N.Y." 1877, Surnames E, F, G

Index to Prof. W.H. McIntosh's "History of Wayne County, N.Y." 1877, Surnames H, I, J

Index to Prof. W.H. McIntosh's "History of Wayne County, N.Y." 1877, Surnames K, L, M

Index to Prof. W.H. McIntosh's "History of Wayne County, N.Y." 1877, Surnames N, O, P, Q, R

Index to Prof. W.H. McIntosh's "History of Wayne County, N.Y." 1877, Surnames S, T, U, V

Index to Prof. W.H. McIntosh's "History of Wayne County, N.Y." 1877, Surnames W, Y, Z

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Histories and Genealogies

Lyons Public Library - Wayne County, NY

Making of America - History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps & Gorham's Purchase

National Register of Historic Places - Wayne County, NY

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

NYGenWeb Project - Americana in Drumlin Square

NYGenWeb Project - 19th Century Public Academies & Their Principals

NYGenWeb Project - Early 20th Century Fire & Lightning Loss Claimants

NYGenWeb Project - Early Wayne County Settlers and Their Rhineland Origins

NYGenWeb Project - Early Wayne County Justices of the Peace

NYGenWeb Project - 1824 and 1860 General Profiles of Wayne County

NYGenWeb Project - 1936 Grange Membership Rolls, Part 1

NYGenWeb Project - 1936 Grange Membership Rolls, Part 2

NYGenWeb Project - 1936 Grange Membership Rolls, Part 3

NYGenWeb Project - Historic Events from the Wayne County Almanac

NYGenWeb Project - Historical Notes of the Wayne County Poorhouse

NYGenWeb Project - 1841 Profile of Wayne County

NYGenWeb Project - 1824 Trip Along the Erie Canal

NYGenWeb Project - 1877 List of Canal Boat Owners

NYGenWeb Project - 1911-1912 Building the Erie Canal

NYGenWeb Project - 1926 Membership Roster, Col. William Prescott Chapter, D.A.R.

NYGenWeb Project - Postoffices and Postmasters 1899

NYGenWeb Project - A Short Introduction to the Grange in Wayne County

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Documents Docket

NYGenWeb Project - 2000 Wayne County History Awards

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Officials, 1914-1915

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Officials, 1928

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County The Old Scrapbook, Pt. 1

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County The Old Scrapbook, Pt. 2

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County The Old Scrapbook, Pt. 3

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County The Old Scrapbook, Pt. 4

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County The Old Scrapbook, Pt. 5

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Population Statistics 1890-1910

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Poorhouse Reports for 1913

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Purebred Livestock Breeders 1912

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County NY State Assemblymen and other Political Info, 1824-1928

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Sheep Audit Claims - 1913

USGenWeb Archives - Wayne County, NY History

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

Wikipedia.org - Wayne County, New York

Immigration Records

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Immigration Records

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County NY Naturalizations of the 1830s

Land Records

BLM Land Records

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Land Records

NYGenWeb Project - Index of Early Wayne County Land Records

NYGenWeb Project - Some 19th Century Wayne County Deeds

Map Records

Historic Map Works - Wayne County, New York

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Map Records

The Genealogy Hound - Wayne County, New York

New York Census and County Formation Maps

NYGenWeb Project - 1810, 1820, 1823, Present Boundary Maps

NYGenWeb Project - 1885 Map of Wayne County

NYGenWeb Project - 1860 Map of Wayne County

WebArchive.org - 1895 Atlas of NY

Wikipedia.org - Wayne County, NY Geography

Military Records

Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841 - Wayne County

Genealogy Trails History Group - Wayne County, NY Military Records

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Military Records

List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 - Wayne County, New York

Military History of Wayne County, NY

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

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Wayne County, New York (con"t)

World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps

Miscellaneous Records

Cyndi's List - Wayne County, NY General Resources

Cyndi's List - Wayne County, NY Publications, Software & Supplies

Cyndi's List - Wayne County, NY Social Networking

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Miscellaneous Records

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Links

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Queries

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Research Resources

Real Property Tax

Wayne County Treasurer

Wayne County, NY Government

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Newspaper Records

Chronicling America - Wayne County, NY

Cyndi's List - Wayne County, NY Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Wayne County, NY Newspaper Gleanings

Newspaper Abstracts - Wayne County, NY

Wayne County, NY Newspapers

Obituaries

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

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Obituaries

Norton Funeral Homes - Wayne County, NY

Obituary Index - Wayne County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - Wayne County, NY Obituaries

Photography

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

National Archives - Wayne County, New York

NYGenWeb Project - Sights Around The County

School Records

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County School Records

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Graduates of Albany NY Normal School, 1844-1894

Wikipedia.org - Washington County, NY Education

Societies

Central New York Genealogical Society

Colonel William Prescott Chapter

The Galen Historical Society

Historical Societies of Wayne County, NY

Macedon Historical Society Museum

Newark-Arcadia Historical Society

Rose Historical Society - Farnsworth Museum

Sodus Bay Historical Society

The Pultneyville Historical Society - Wayne County, NY

Walworth Historical Society - Wayne County, NY

Wayne County Historical Society

Towns, Cities, & Villages

Vital Records

Birth Records - Wayne County New York

Death Records - Wayne County New York

GEDCOM Index - Wayne County, NY

Genealogy Trails History Group - Wayne County, NY Family Bibles and Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Wayne County, NY Marriage Records

GenWed.com - Wayne County, NY

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Death Records

LDS Genealogy - Wayne County Marriage Records

Marriage Records - Wayne County New York

NYGenWeb Project - Wayne County Vital Records Section

VitalRec.com - Wayne County, NY Vital Records

Wayne County Clerk