Genealogy Resources - Ontario 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

A.W.A. Electronic Communication Museum

Balmanno Cottage - Ontario County, NY

Canandaigua Inn Park - Ontario County, NY

Family History Library Catalog - Ontario County, NY

Foster Cottage Museum - Ontario County, NY

The Gorham Town Historian - Ontario County, NY

Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum

Johnston House - Ontario County, NY

Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society Museum - Ontario County, NY

Local History Resources - Geneva Free Library

New York State Archives - Albany, NY

New York State Library - Albany, NY

Prouty-Chew House - Ontario County, NY

Public Libraries Library Directory - Ontario County, NY

Rose Hill Mansion - Ontario County, NY

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park

USGenWeb Archives - Ontario County, NY Archives

Biographies

Biographies - Ontario County New York

GEDCOM Index - Bloomfield, NY

GEDCOM Index - Bristol, NY

GEDCOM Index - Canandaigua, NY

GEDCOM Index - Farmington, NY

GEDCOM Index - Geneva, NY

GEDCOM Index - Gorham, NY

GEDCOM Index - Hopewell, NY

GEDCOM Index - Naples, NY

GEDCOM Index - Ontario, NY

GEDCOM Index - Seneca, NY

Google Books - A History of Ontario County, New York and Its People, 1911 (Vol 1)

Google Books - A History of Ontario County, New York and its People (Vo1 2)

A History of Ontario County, New York and Its People

A History of Ontario County, New York and its People (Volume 1) 

A History of Ontario County, New York and Its People, 1911 (Volume 2)

USGenWeb Archives - Ontario County, NY Biographies

Cemeteries

Bristol Cemeteries - Ontario County, NY

Epodunk.com - Ontario County, NY

Find A Grave - Ontario County Cemetery List

Interment.net - Cemeteries of Ontario County

Hopewell Pioneer Cemetery - Ontario County, NY

 New York Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project - Ontario County

New York Gravestone Photo Project - Ontario County

North Bloomfield Cemetery - Ontario County, NY

Ontario County, NY Cemeteries

The Political Graveyard - Ontario County, NY

Pulteney Street Cemetery, Geneva  M-Z 

Pulteney Street Cemetery, Geneva  A-L

Revolutionary Patriots - Ontario County, NY

Rice Cemetery at Orleans, Town of Phelps

The Tombstone Transcription Project - Ontario County, NY Cemeteries

 USGenWeb New York Archives - Ontario County, NY Cemeteries

Woodlawn Cemetery - Ontario County, NY

Census Records

Canandaigua, 1860

Census Index, Canadice, 1860

Census Index for Town of Canadice, 1875

Census Index for Ontario County, 1790

Census Index for Canandaigua, 1850

Census Index, Canandaigua, 1870

Census Index for Canandaigua, New York, 1875

Census Index for East Bloomfield, 1850

Census Index for East Bloomfield, Ontario County, 1855

Census Index for East Bloomfield, 1860

Census Records Index for East Bloomfield, 1865

Census Index for East Bloomfield, 1870

Census Index for the Town of East Bloomfield, Ontario County, 1875

Census Index for East Bloomfield North, Ontario County, 1875

Census Index for Farmington

Census Index for Farmington, 1850

Census Index for Farmington, 1855

Census Index for Farmington, 1860 

Census Records Index for Farmington, 1865

Census Index for Farmington, 1870

Census Index for Geneva, Ontario County, New York, 1875

Census Index for Gorham, 1850

Census Index for Gorham, 1855

Census Index for Gorham, 1860

Census Index, Gorham, 1865  

Census Index for Gorham, 1870 

Census Index, Gorham, Ontario County, New York, 1875

Census Index for Hopewell, 1850

Census Index, Hopewell, 1855

Census Index for Hopewell, 1870 

Census Records Index for Hopewell

Census Index for Hopewell, Ontario County, 1875

Census Index, Manchester

Census Index, Town of Manchester, 1870

Census Index for Manchester, Ontario County, NY, 1875

Census Index, Naples, 1855

Index to the NY State Census of 1875 - Town of Bristol

Census Index for the Town of Naples, 1870

Census Index for the Town of Naples, Ontario County, 1875

Census Index for Phelps, 1850

Census Index, Phelps, 1855

Census Index for Phelps, 1850

Census Index, Phelps, 1855

Census Index for Phelps, 1850

Census Index, Phelps, 1860

Census Index, Phelps, 1865

Census Index for the Town of Phelps, 1870

Census Index for Phelps, Ontario County, NY, 1875 

Census Index for Richmond, 1860

Census Index, Town of Richmond 1865

Census Index for the Town of Richmond, 1870 

Census Index for South Bristol, 1850

Census Index for South Bristol, 1855

Census Index for the Town of Bristol, 1865

Census Index, Town of Seneca

Census Index for Town of Seneca, 1865   

Census Index, Town of South Bristol

Census Index for Ontario County, Town of Naples, 1850 

Census Index for the Town of Manchester, 1850

Census Index for Naples, 1860

Census Index for the Town of Richmond, 1850

Census Index for the Town of Richmond, 1855

Census Index for the Town of Hopewell, 1860

Census Index for the Town of Seneca, 1850

Census Index to Town of Seneca, 1860

Census Index for the Town of South Bristol, Ontario County, 1875

Census Index for Victor, NY

Census Index for Victor, 1850 

Census Index, Victor, 1855 

Census Index, Victor, 1860

Census Index for the Village of Canandaigua, NY  

Census Index for the Town of West Bloomfield

Census Index for West Bloomfield, 1850

Census Index, West Bloomfield, 1855 

Census Index, West Bloomfield, 1860

Census Index, Bristol

Census Records for Bristol, 1855 

Census Records for 1860, Bristol

Census Records for Bristol, 1865

Census Records Index for Canadice

Census Record Index for Canandaigua, 1865

Census Records for Manchester  

Census Records Indexes for Napels, 1865    

Census Records Index for Victor

Census Records Index for West Bloomfield 

Census-Online - Ontario County,  NY Census Records

Historical Census Records for Ontario County

Index to the 1870 Census of Geneva

Index to the 1820 Census for Ontario County, NY

Index to the NY State Census of 1875 - Town of Bristol

New York State Census, 1892 - Ontario County

NY State Census Index for the Town of Seneca, Ontario County, 1875

Official 1940 Census Website - Ontario County, NY

Ontario County, NY Historian's Site

State Census Index for West Bloomfield, New York, 1875

Town of Canandaigua, NY 1845 Census

Town of Canadice, 1870, Ontario County, Census Index

USCensus.org - Ontario  County, NY Census Reocords

USGenWeb Archives - Ontario County, NY Census Records

1790 Census Ontario County

1800 Census Ontario and Steuben Counties

1810 Census Ontario & Steuben Counties

1820 Census Ontario and Steuben Counties

1855 Census Index for Canandaigua, Revised 4/16/1996

1855 Canadice Census Records

1880 Census Records Search for Ontario County, NY - FamilySearch.org

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1250) - Ontario County, NY

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1251 - 1920) - Ontario County, NY

15th Census, Population, 1930 - Ontario County, NY

Court Records

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

Ontario County Court Records

Sample of 19th Century Arrest Warrants and Crimes, Ontario County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - Ontario County, NY Court Records

Directories

Gazetteer and Business Directory of Ontario County, NY 1867-8

Geneva Directory  1857-58, A-B

Geneva Directory  1857-58, C-D

Geneva Directory  1857-58, E-H

Geneva Directory  1857-58, I-L

Geneva Directory  1857-58, M-O

Geneva Directory  1857-58, P-R

Geneva Directory  1857-58, S-T

Geneva Directory  1857-58, U-Z 

Nineteenth Century Jury List, Ontario County to 1855

Ontario County Directory 1884-5

Ontario County, New York 1914 Directory

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

S.A.R.A. Index - Early Bristol Residents

Estate Records

Ganondagan State Historic Site

Index to Surrogate Court Records 1927(+/-) - 1965

Ontario County Estate Records

Ontario County, New York Will Testators

Probate Records 1629-1971 - Ontario County, NY

Surrogate Court Records, 1789-1926  

USGenWeb Archives - Ontario County, NY Wills & Probates

History

About the Bloomfield Public Library

Chronology of Ontario County, New York

Church and Family History Assistance - Ontario County, NY

The Crooked Lake Review - Ontario County, NY

The Earliest New Yorkers - Western, NY History

Gazetteer of the State of New York, 1860 - Ontario County, NY

Geography of the state of New York, 1847  Ontario County

Growing up With Ontario County

Hamlet of Orleans Baptist Church - Ontario County, NY

History of Churches in Geneva - Ontario County, NY

History of Ontario County, New York 1893 -Internet Archive

A History of Ontario County, New York and Its People 1911

A History of Ontario County, New York and Its People, 1911 (Vol 1)

A History of Ontario County, New York and Its People, 1911 (Vol 2)

History of Ontario County, New York, and its People (Vol 1)

History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps & Gorham's Purchase

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

A Narrative of the Late Revivals of Religion - Ontario County, NY

National Register of Historic Places - Ontario County, NY

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

Oaks Corners Presbyterian Church 

Ontario County, NY Historical Sketch

Sex, Mayhem and Mortality in 19th Century Ontario County

Sites in Ontario County Listed on the State and Natioanl Registers of Historic Places

Victor Free Library History - Orleans County, NY

Wikipedia.com - The Holland Purchase

Wikipedia.com - Ontario County, NY

100 Years of History - Geneva Free Library

Immigration and Naturalization Records

Naturalizations and Associated Documents, 19th Century Ontario County

Naturalizations in Ontario County, NY 20th Century

Land Records

Index to Deeds in Ontario County, (NY) 1789 - 1845

USGenWeb Archives - Ontario County, NY Deeds & Land Records

Military Records

Bristol Veterans - Ontario County, NY

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

List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 - Ontario County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - Ontario County, NY Military Records

World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps - Ontario County, NY

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Newspaper Records

The Expositor - Ontario County, NY

1916 Geneva Daily Times - Ontario County, NY

1917 Geneva Daily Times - Ontario County, NY

1918 Geneva Daily Times - Ontario County, NY

1919 Geneva Daily Times - Ontario County, NY

1920 Geneva Daily Times - Ontario County, NY

Newspaper Abstracts - Ontario County, NY

Ontario County, NY Newspapers

USGenWeb Archives - Ontario County, NY Newspaper Records

Obituaries

Finger Lakes Times - Ontario County, NY

Fuller Funeral Home - Ontario County, NY

Obituary Index - Ontario County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - Ontario County, NY Obituaries

Societies

Bristol Historical Society - Ontario County, NY

Canandaigua Chapter - Ontario County, NY

Central New York Genealogical Society

E. Bloomfield Historical Society - Ontario County, NY

Genesee Area Genealogists  - Ontario County, NY

Geneva Historical Society - Ontario County, NY

Hopewell Historical Society - Ontario County, NY

Kiandaga Chapter - Ontario County, NY

The Landmark Society of Western New York

Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society

Ontario County Genealogical Society

Ontario County Historical Society Museum

Phelps Community Historical Society 

Phelps Historical Society 

Seneca Chapter - Ontario County, NY

Victor Genealogical Society - Ontario County, NY

Victor Historical Society - Ontario County, NY

Vital Records

Birth Index, Town of Seneca, 1882-1901, Ontario County, NY

Births, Village of Canandaigua, NY

Deaths in Canandaigua, 1882-1909 - Ontario County, NY

Deaths in the Town of Seneca, Ontario County, NY, 1882 - 1913

GenWed.com - Ontario County, NY

Gorham Deaths - Ontario County, NY

Gorham Marriages - Ontario County, NY

Index to Births in the Town of Hopewell, Ontario County, NY

Index to Deaths in Hopewell, Ontario County

Index to Marriage Records, Town of Seneca, Ontario County, NY, 1882-1907

Index to Marriages in Hopewell by Groom - Ontario County, NY

Index to Marriages in the Town of Hopewell (By Bride)

Marriages, Village of Canandaigua  1882-1908

Ontario County Records and Archives Center - Ontario County, NY

Ontario County Index to Marriages, 1908 - 1935

Ontario County Index to Marriage Records

USGenWeb Archives - Ontario County, NY Vital Records

VitalRec.com - Ontario County, NY Vital Records