Onondaga County, New York Genealogy

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County Courthouse
http://www.ongov.net/

Office of the County Clerk Room 200 County Court House 401 Montgomery Street Syracuse, New York 13202

The office is open Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Parent County
5 March 1794: Created from Herkimer County.


 * Formation of Onondaga County.

Boundary Changes
8 March 1799: Cayuga County set off.

8 April 1808: Cortland County set off.

1 March 1816: Oswego County set off.

Populated Places
Syracuse, Manlius, Lysander, Tully, Baldwinsville, more ....

Neighboring Counties
Cayuga | Cortland | Madison | Oswego

Cemeteries

 * Chase, Davis Homestead, Howlett Hill, Jacksonville Rural, Lafayette, Maplewood, North Syracuse, Owasco Rural, Stanton, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Wheeler, White Chapel Memory Gardens.
 * Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Onondaga County.
 * USGS (Geographic Names Information System, GNIS).
 * Onondaga County Cemeteries.
 * Cemeteries in Onondaga County.
 * Onondaga County Cemetery Locationsby Gary H. Jones and Garrett Voss.

Census Records
1820 United States Census: The American Pomeroy Historic Genealogical Association (APHGA) found that the 1820 census was incorrectly microfilmed, with several pages out of sequence for Onondaga County. Both the Ancestry and Heritage Quest indices placed household from Manilus in neighboring Cicero. Corrected indices are free of charge from APHGA and are posted online.

State Census Records

 * Census Records For Onondaga County.

Church History and Records

 * Church Histories and Records in Onondaga County.
 * Christian Church, Manlius.
 * Churches in Onondaga County.

Land

 * Onondaga Land Records.

Local Histories

 * German Immigrant Ancestors in Syracuse and Onondaga County, New York.

Maps

 * Maps for Onondaga County.

Military History and Records

 * Military Records including Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Indian War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War.
 * British Subjects Reporting to Syracuse a the Onset of The War of 1812.

Newspapers

 * Onondaga County newspapers on microfilm at NYSL.

Probate Records

 * Onondaga County Wills.

Vital Records

 * Onondaga County Vital Records.

Societies and Libraries

 * Onondaga Historical Association Museum and Research Center.
 * The Masonic Trowel.

Web Sites

 * The Onondaga County NYGenWeb Project, a member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Onondaga County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Onondaga County. (Backup site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Onondaga County.
 * Records.
 * Researching in Onondaga County, New York.