We are starting a new series featuring historical societies that also offer genealogy assistance. In this posting we will focus on Central New York.
Cayuga:
Genoa Historical Association – https://genoahistorical.org/records-room/
Family histories, birth, death, church, cemetery and military records and newspapers.
Cayuga-Owasco Lakes Historical Society – Moravia – http://www.colhs.org/
Surname files, maps, atlases, cemetery information, abstracts of wills, vital records from 1847-1851.
$20 fee per surname for remote research.
Contact: http://www.colhs.org/p/research-center.html
Cortland County :
Courtland County Historical Society – Kellogg Research Center – https://cortlandhistory.org/research/
Family files, city directories, maps, cemetery binders, military information, yearbooks, birth, marriage and death announcements from local newspapers.
In-person research for non-members – $15 a visit; Staff-conducted research for non-members – $25/hour
Contact : info@cortlandhistory.org
Hamilton County:
Hamilton County Historian – Lake Pleasant – https://www.hamiltoncountyhistorian.org/
Family group sheets, kinship charts, newspaper clippings.
Contact: historian@hamiltoncountyny.gov
Herkimer County:
Herkimer County Historical Society – https://herkimercountyhistory.org/rescources/
Cemetery files, newspaper marriages and obituaries, index to obituaries 1923-1944, will index, family genealogies, city directories.
$30 for a research request.
Contact: herkimerhistory@yahoo.com
Madison:
Madison County Historical Society – Oneida – https://mchs1900.org/mary-king-research-library/
Vital statistics taken from local newspapers, a listing of early pioneers in the area, family files, local newspapers, city directories, church records, cemetery listings, lists of veterans from Madison County who served during Civil War, WWI and WWII, and an archival index.
$20 for non-members. A research request form should be filled out.
Contact: https://mchs1900.org/contact/
Montgomery:
Montgomery County Department of History and Archives – Fonda – https://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/web/sites/departments/historian/default.asp
Cemetery records, directories, church records, military records, newspapers, gazetteers, and family genealogies.
Can research in person. Appointments recommended. $25/hour for remote research.
Contact: historian@co.montgomery.ny.us
Oneida :
Oneida County History Center – Utica – https://oneidacountyhistory.org/visit-research-library
Cemetery records, church records, city directories, and maps.
Visits by appointment. Research requests $25 per request
Contact : research@oneidacountyhistory.org
Onondaga:
Onondaga Historical Association – Syracuse – https://www.cnyhistory.org/visit/research-center/
Family histories, maps, and military records.
Contact: research@cnyhistory.org
Schohaire:
Old Stone Fort Library – https://theoldstonefort.org/genealogy/
Cemeteries, Bibles, church records, and family histories.
Research request form required. $35/hour for remote research.
