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Ontario County

Finger Lakes Genealogy
Ontario County GenWeb Archives
Historical Records of Ontario County - link to Ontario County Archives;
Listing of addresses of Ontario County Town Clerks; for vital records information;
The David Dean Project - information on Ontario Co. Settlers from early 1800s to Wayne Co. Michigan from Troy D. Schmidt;
Directory for the Village of Geneva 1857-1858 - link;
Skivington Collection at University of Rochester Library
FIRST PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH OF PHELPS (1837) - link to information;
Listing of Post Offices and Postmaster - 1899 - Helpful to locate obscure localities that no longer exist
Historical Sketch of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Victor N. Y.
Data on Families REED, BLACKMER, PENNELL - Early settlers of Town of Richmond
Some Early Ontario County Family Names - of residents who moved to Michigan; from Jason Wallace
"The Old Mill" - Link to an interesting account of turn-of-the century life in Naples; principal families included are Grimes, Holcomb, Griswold, Johnson, Capron


 


Personal Web Pages with Ontario County references


Linda Thompson - TRIBAL PAGES - Many Ontario County Families

Michael S. Smith's - The Civil War Pension Records of Pvt. Daniel Scantlin; Daniel Scantlin was
Michael S. Smith's 4th great-grandfather and a resident of Canandaigua, NY. He joined the 98th NY Volunteers (mustered at Phelps, NY) and after the war returned to Canandaigua where he was to live out the remaining year of his life. (He died of illnesses contracted during the final months of the war);
Michael S. Smith's The Smith Family History Homepage
Michael S. Smith's Table of contents for the Memoirs of Sunderland P. Gardner of Farmington, NY
Michael S. Smith's Table of contents for the Civil War Records of Edmond Coon
Michael S. Smith's Table of contents for the Family Records and Documents Page; (This page has the   obituary for Edmond Coon and Eva (Gardner) Coon of Ontario Co.)

Armitage Family in Central New York

Burr Cook's History and Genealogy site
featuring Ontario County History and Town
of Hopewell.

Family Bible records of the Longcor/Bennett families; resided in Hall, Town of Seneca

Descendants of James Adams and Sarah Dunn - This website follows the migration of the Descendants of JAMES ADAMS AND SARAH DUNN born New Jersey died and buried in Ontario County, New York.  His descendants lived in Ontario/Wayne Counties and migrated to Michigan and some to the Pacific Northwest. 

John A. Reed Family of Richmond, Ontario County NY.


 


Ontario County Libraries and Archives

Ontario County Archives
Pioneer Library System - coop library system serving public libraries in Livingston, Ontario, Wayne, and Wyoming counties;
Geneva Free Library
Gorham Free Library
Phelps Community Library
Wood Library - Canandaigua NY

Hobart and William Smith Library


 


Ontario County Historical Societies and Historians

West Bloomfield Historical Society
Ontario County Historical Society
Geneva Historical Society
Phelps Community Historical Society - holdings;

Interesting history notes for Phelps NY:

Howe House - now Phelps Community Historical Society
Boy and Girl Statue
Ontario County Historian Site
Historians of Ontario County
Bristol Historian Archives
Town of Bristol
Clifton Springs Historical Society
East Bloomfield Historical Society




NYS Resources

New York State Library
New York State Library Genealogy Resources
New York State Department of Health - information re: vital records of New York State


 


GenWeb Links

US GenWeb Archives
NY GenWeb Archives


 


Genealogical Resources

LDS Web Site with Hundreds of Millions of Names
GenServ - Genealogy Server;
Best Genealogical Links on the Internet
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites  - 10,000 links
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
Finding US Naturalization Records - A Genealogy Guide

GENEALOGY BUFF: Surname research tool; searchable library of data files - obituaries, census, vital records, etc.

Maps:
New York Map SITE:  http://www.negenealogy.com/ny/ny_maps.htm
MAIN SITE: http://www.negenealogy.com

 


Genealogy Societies

Ontario County Genealogical Society
National Genealogical Society
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Central NY Genealogical Society



 


Government

National Archives in Washington, DC
Library of Congress


 


Miscellaneous

Migrations Project
DAR - describes several record series compiled compiled by New York State Chapters of
DAR and held by the New York State Library;
Library of Congress - Help page from Rootsweb for researching the Library of Congress;
Vintage Views of NY - very nice postcard collection;
Making of America - link to Cornell University collection;
Ontario County Poorhouse - Link
Some Civil War rosters from newspaper 1861-1862 - link
Link to free forms for organizing census data - Link
Geneva's 200th Anniversary - Brief history of Geneva NY and Timelines; - link


 


Books and Other Resources

The true story of Charley Eighmey who was tried in Canandaigua, New York for murdering George Crandall; Kevin Andrew Cotter;

The Christian History of Southern Canandaigua; Kevin Andrew Cotter

SK Publications

Gateway Press
Heritage Books
HopeFarmPress
Kinship
Quintin Publications
Blue Roses Publishing Co.; CD-Roms Census Records;  Mirror site for Blue Roses Publishing;


 


Come visit Ontario County

Visit Finger Lakes Ganondagan State Historic Site
Canadice Lake Bike trail
Sonnenberg Gardens
Granger Homestead in Canandaigua
New York Wine and Culinary Center



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