Clinton County, New York Genealogy


 * This article is about an upstate New Yor county. For other uses, see Clinton.

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County Courthouse
Clinton County Government Center 137 Margaret Street Plattsburgh, NY 12901

Quick Facts
Named for George Clinton, first Governor of State of New York.

Parent County
7 March 1788: Set off from Washington County.

Boundary Changes
1 March 1799: Essex County set off 3 March 1805: part taken to form Saint Lawrence County.

1801: a part transferred to Oneida County.

11 March 1808: west part of the county set off to form Franklin County.

Cemeteries
Clinton County Tombstone Transcription Project

Newspapers

 * Northern New York Historical Newspapers

Search historic Clinton Co. newspapers ranging from years 1811 - 2006.


 * The Press Republican - from 2007 to the present

Societies and Libraries
Clinton County Historical Association

Northern New York American Canadian Genealogical Society

Feinberg Library

Web Sites

 * The Clinton County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Clinton County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Clinton County. (Mirror site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Clinton County