Steuben County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Steuben

Parent County
Steuben County was created in 1796 from Ontario County.

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Neighboring Counties
Allegany| Chemung| Livingston| Ontario| Schuyler| Yates| Pennslyvania Counties: Potter|Tioga

Census
For information and tips on using and accessing online census records, see New York Census.

Military
Civil War service men in Steuben County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county.

See:

102nd Regiment, New York Infantry

104th Regiment, New York Infantry

107th Regiment, New York Infantry

141st Regiment, New York Infantry

161st Regiment, New York Infantry 175th Regiment, New York Infantry

Courthouse
The Steuben County Clerk's office has marriage, divorce, court and land records as well as the state census. The Surrogate Court has probate records. For further information about where the records for Steuben County are held, see the Steuben County Courthouse page.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Hornell New York Family History Center

Websites

 * Steuben County Gen Web
 * Steuben County Gen Web Archives
 * Steuben County Links --  Linkpendium