Databases and Online Resources
A wealth of information relating to your New York ancestors can be found on the internet. Websites like Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, Fold3.com, and others have digitized collections of records that are indexed and searchable online. User-submitted family trees can also be found at websites like WorldConnect, MyHeritage, Wikitree, and Geni.com. Newspaper articles, immigration records, property deeds, court records, cemetery records, obituaries, and other records for your ancestors can also be located at a number of great websites by following the links below.
Court Records
Digital Media Law Project - New York State Court Records
FamilySearch.org - New York Court Records
LegalDockets.com - New York Court Records
National Center for State Courts - Privacy/Public Access to Court Records
New York State Unified Court System - Find information on active and disposed cases throughout New York state
Sampubco - New York Surrogates, Estate, and Probate Records
U.S. District Court, Southern District Court of New York - Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)
FamilySearch.org - New York Court Records
LegalDockets.com - New York Court Records
National Center for State Courts - Privacy/Public Access to Court Records
New York State Unified Court System - Find information on active and disposed cases throughout New York state
Sampubco - New York Surrogates, Estate, and Probate Records
U.S. District Court, Southern District Court of New York - Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)
Family Trees
Genealogy Databases
Ancestry.com
Cyndi's List
FamilySearch.org
Fold3.com
Genealogy.com
New England Ancestors
Rootsweb.com
USGenWeb Project
Cyndi's List
FamilySearch.org
Fold3.com
Genealogy.com
New England Ancestors
Rootsweb.com
USGenWeb Project
Immigration Records
Ancestry.com - Dutchess County, New York, Naturalization Records, 1932-1989
Ancestry.com - New York, Index to Declarations of Intent, 1907-1924
Ancestry.com - New York, Naturalization Records, 1882-1944
Ancestry.com - New York County Supreme Court Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-24
Ancestry.com - New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957
Ancestry.com - New York Petitions for Naturalization 1794-1906
Ancestry.com - New York Southern District Court, Korean War Military Naturalization Index, 1950-1955
Ancestry.com - New York Southern District, World War II Military Naturalization Index, 1941-1946
Castle Garden - America's First Immigration Center
FamilySearch.org - New York Emigration and Immigration Records
FamilySearch.org - New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956
FamilySearch.org - New York, Southern District Index to Petitions for Naturalization, 1824-1941
FamilySearch.org - New York, Southern District Naturalization Index, 1917-1950
FamilySearch.org - New York Southern District - New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946
FamilySearch.org - New York, Western District, Naturalization Index, 1907-1966
Fold3.com - Alphabetical Index to Declarations of Intention of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1917-1950
Fold3.com - Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalizations of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, 1907-1966
Fold3.com - Index to the Naturalization Petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1957
Fold3.com - Index to the Naturalization Petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jul 1865-Sep 1906
Fold3.com - Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1937
Fold3.com - Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944
Italian Genealogical Group - Naturalization index for New York and New Jersey
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) - Immigration records, Port of New York, New York, 1820-1957
New York State Archives - Immigration Records
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation - database of 51 million+ passenger records
Ancestry.com - New York, Index to Declarations of Intent, 1907-1924
Ancestry.com - New York, Naturalization Records, 1882-1944
Ancestry.com - New York County Supreme Court Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-24
Ancestry.com - New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957
Ancestry.com - New York Petitions for Naturalization 1794-1906
Ancestry.com - New York Southern District Court, Korean War Military Naturalization Index, 1950-1955
Ancestry.com - New York Southern District, World War II Military Naturalization Index, 1941-1946
Castle Garden - America's First Immigration Center
FamilySearch.org - New York Emigration and Immigration Records
FamilySearch.org - New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956
FamilySearch.org - New York, Southern District Index to Petitions for Naturalization, 1824-1941
FamilySearch.org - New York, Southern District Naturalization Index, 1917-1950
FamilySearch.org - New York Southern District - New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946
FamilySearch.org - New York, Western District, Naturalization Index, 1907-1966
Fold3.com - Alphabetical Index to Declarations of Intention of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1917-1950
Fold3.com - Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalizations of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, 1907-1966
Fold3.com - Index to the Naturalization Petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1957
Fold3.com - Index to the Naturalization Petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jul 1865-Sep 1906
Fold3.com - Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1937
Fold3.com - Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944
Italian Genealogical Group - Naturalization index for New York and New Jersey
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) - Immigration records, Port of New York, New York, 1820-1957
New York State Archives - Immigration Records
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation - database of 51 million+ passenger records
Land Records
City of New York - Property Deeds and Other Documents
Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records
FamilySearch.org - New York Land Records, 1630-1975
New York State Archives - Real Property Records Pathfinder
Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records
FamilySearch.org - New York Land Records, 1630-1975
New York State Archives - Real Property Records Pathfinder
Military Databases
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Fold3.com
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies
Fold3.com
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies
Newspapers
Accessible Archives - Primary Source Material from 18th & 19th Century Publications
Cyndi's List - Newspapers
Elephind.com - Search 149,363,907 items from 2,779 newspaper titles
FamilySearch.org - Digital Historical Newspapers
Find My Past - Collection of British, U.S., and world newspaper archives
Fulton History - Search over 34,000,000 historical newspaper pages from the USA and Canada
Gale Digital Collections - 19th Century U.S. Newspapers
GenealogyBank - Search for Your ancestors in newspapers from 1690 to the present day
Google News Archive - News articles available from the 1700s to the present day
International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON) - List of newspaper digitization projects
Lawson Research Services - Newspaper Links of Old
Library of Congress - Chronicling America: Digitized Newspapers from 1836 to 1922
Newspaper Archive - More than 2 billion articles from 1607 to the present day
Newspapers.com - Historical newspapers from the 1700s to the 2000s
The Olden Times - Historic Newspapers Online
Online Historical Newspapers - Large list of American and international newspapers available online
ProQuest - Historical Newspapers
Readex - World Newspaper Archive
Viewshare - Historical Newspapers Online
Wikipedia List of Online Newspaper Archives - Comprehensive list of international newspapers available online
Cyndi's List - Newspapers
Elephind.com - Search 149,363,907 items from 2,779 newspaper titles
FamilySearch.org - Digital Historical Newspapers
Find My Past - Collection of British, U.S., and world newspaper archives
Fulton History - Search over 34,000,000 historical newspaper pages from the USA and Canada
Gale Digital Collections - 19th Century U.S. Newspapers
GenealogyBank - Search for Your ancestors in newspapers from 1690 to the present day
Google News Archive - News articles available from the 1700s to the present day
International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON) - List of newspaper digitization projects
Lawson Research Services - Newspaper Links of Old
Library of Congress - Chronicling America: Digitized Newspapers from 1836 to 1922
Newspaper Archive - More than 2 billion articles from 1607 to the present day
Newspapers.com - Historical newspapers from the 1700s to the 2000s
The Olden Times - Historic Newspapers Online
Online Historical Newspapers - Large list of American and international newspapers available online
ProQuest - Historical Newspapers
Readex - World Newspaper Archive
Viewshare - Historical Newspapers Online
Wikipedia List of Online Newspaper Archives - Comprehensive list of international newspapers available online
New York County Pages
In addition to the resources listed above, records can also be found at many local historical and genealogical societies, public libraries, county courthouses, town clerk's offices, churches, and other repositories located throughout New York state. To find documentation on your ancestors at the local level, please click on the county links listed below.
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County
Albany County Allegany County Bronx County Broome County Cattaraugus County Cayuga County Chautauqua County Chemung County Chenango County Clinton County Columbia County Cortland County Delaware County Dutchess County Erie County Essex County Franklin County Fulton County Genesee County Greene County Hamilton County Herkimer County Jefferson County Kings County Lewis County Livingston County Madison County Monroe County Montgomery County Nassau County New York County Niagara County Oneida County Onondaga County Ontario County Orange County Orleans County Oswego County Otsego County Putnam County Queens County Rensselaer County Richmond County Rockland County St. Lawrence County Schenectady County Schoharie County Schuyler County Seneca County Steuben County Suffolk County Sullivan County Tioga County Tompkins County Ulster County Warren County Washington County Wayne County Westchester County Wyoming County Yates County |
Formation Date
1683 1806 1914 1806 1808 1799 1808 1836 1798 1788 1786 1808 1797 1683 1821 1799 1808 1838 1802 1800 1816 1791 1805 1683 1805 1821 1806 1821 1772 1899 1683 1808 1798 1794 1789 1683 1824 1816 1791 1812 1683 1791 1683 1798 1802 1809 1795 1854 1804 1796 1683 1809 1791 1817 1683 1813 1772 1823 1683 1841 1823 |
County Seat
Albany Belmont Bronx Binghamton Little Valley Auburn Mayville Elmira Norwich Plattsburgh Hudson Cortland Delhi Poughkeepsie Buffalo Elizabethtown Malone Johnstown Batavia Catskill Lake Pleasant Herkimer Watertown Brooklyn Lowville Geneseo Wampsville Rochester Fonda Mineola New York Lockport Utica Syracuse Canandaigua Goshen Albion Oswego, Pulaski Cooperstown Carmel Jamaica Troy St. George New City Canton Schenectady Schoharie Watkins Glen Ovid, Waterloo Bath Riverhead Monticello Owego Ithaca Kingston Lake George Hudson Falls Lyons White Plains Warsaw Penn Yan |
Parent County
Original county Genesee County New York County Tioga County Genesee County Onondaga County Genesee County Tioga County Herkimer, Tioga Washington County Albany County Onondaga County Ulster, Otsego Original county Niagara County Clinton County Clinton County Montgomery County Ontario County Ulster, Albany Montgomery County Montgomery County Oneida County Original county Oneida County Genesee, Ontario Chenango County Genesee, Ontario Albany County Queens County Original county Genesee County Herkimer County Herkimer County Montgomery County Original county Genesee County Oneida, Onondaga Montgomery County Dutchess County Original county Albany County Original county Orange County Clinton, Herkimer, Montgomery Albany County Albany, Otsego Tompkins, Steuben, Chemung Cayuga County Ontario County Original county Ulster County Montgomery County Cayuga, Seneca Original county Washington County Albany, Charlotte Ontario, Seneca Original county Genesee County Ontario, Steuben |