Wayne County, New York Courthouses

United States New YorkWayne County  Courthouse



County Historian's Office
Wayne County Historian 9 Pearl Street, Suite 3 Lyons, New York 14489 Phone: 315-946-5470 Email: historian@co.wayne.ny.us

Available Records


 * Land Records from 1823 through current year. Source is County Clerk.
 * Wills and Estate from 1823 through current year. Source is County Historian.
 * Census and all are indexed except 1920. Federal 1790-1880; 1900 - 1920. New York State 1855 (except Rose, Savannah, Sodus, Walworth, Williamson and Wolcott), 1865, 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915, 1925.  Source is the County Historian.
 * Vital Statistics after 1881. Source is the Clerk of Town where the event occurred.
 * Cemetery including index. Inscriptions from tombstones in all known Wayne County cemeteries.  Source is the County Historian.
 * Newspapers including index. Scattered years from 1817- 1970's.  Source is the County Historian.

All County Public Records may be searched at their repository without charge. However, the County clerk and historian's offices have initiated a fee schedule for a genealogical search. The fee is $20 per hour with a minimum charge of $10 for up to 1/2 hour. A Genealogy Search Request form has been created for the request.

County Clerk's Office
Wayne County Clerk 9 Pearl St. P.O. Box 608 Lyons, NY 14489 Phone: 315-946-7470 Email:mjankowski@co.wayne.ny.us Hours: Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm

Availble records:


 * Land records (deeds, mortgages, judgments, liens, etc.) from 1823 - current year
 * Original Passport applications
 * Original Pistol Permit applications
 * Court records
 * Veterans Discharges
 * Old Naturalization records -f rom about 1836 - 1927
 * Old Marriage records from about 1907-1934
 * Old Census records - 1892, 1905, 1915, 1925
 * Grantor and Grantee indexes from 1793-1823 - from the counties formed from.

Surrogate's Court
Wayne County Hall of Justice 54 Broad Street Lyons, NY 14489 Phone: 315-946-5459 Hours: Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm

The Surrogate's Court has jurisdiction over estates, trusts, guardianships and adoptions.