- Birth and death records for all New York State Counties
(except New York City):
New
York State Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Records
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12237
- Town or City Historians have varied records (all towns
have town historians).
- Tompkins
County Public Library (TCPL)
TCPL subscribes to Ancestry Library Edition (only available
within the library) and Heritage Quest (available from
home or work to anyone with a local library card.) Additional
resoruces incluld TCPL's local history collections and The
Ithaca Journal back to 1876. Visit www.tcpl.org/navigateway.
- County Clerk
Land records 1819 to present, some census records, some marriage
records, balloting book (land given to soldiers).
- Church Records
- DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County
401 East State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
(They will send a pamphlet upon request.)
- Cornell University - Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Olin Library, Ithaca, NY 14853
- Local libraries for old newspapers
- Church of Latter Day Saints - has microfilmed many old
records.
Branch libraries throughout the United States (one is located
in Binghamton).
Or visit www.familysearch.org
- New
York State Census Records
New York State Library, Albany, NY 12237. (A fee per
copy may apply.)
Also visit the NYS
Library genealogy web page
- National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Records on microfilm regarding military service, immigrant
arrivals, pension and bounty land (up to 1917).
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