Oneida County, New York Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Oneida County Office Building 800 Park Avenue Utica, New York 13501 (315) 798-5794

Parent County
Wikipedia

15 March 1798: Created from Herkimer County.

Boundary Changes
Several divisions and a take away.


 * 1801: Part taken to add to Clinton County.
 * 1804: Part taken to add to Chenango County
 * 28 March 1805: Jefferson and Lewis counties set off.
 * 1 March 1816: Oswego County set off
 * 1836: A part taken from Madison County to add to the county.

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Cities
Rome | Sherrill | Utica

Towns
Annsville | Augusta | Ava | Boonville | Bridgewater | Camden | Deerfield | Florence | Floyd | Forestport | Kirkland | Lee | Marcy | Marshall | New Hartford | Paris | Remsen | Sangerfield | Steuben | Trenton | Vernon | Verona | Vienna | Western | Westmoreland | Whitestown

Villages
Barneveld | Boonville | Bridgewater | Camden | Clayville | Clinton | Holland Patent | New Hartford | New York Mills | Oneida Castle | Oriskany | Oriskany Falls | Prospect | Remsen | Sylvan Beach | Vernon | Waterville | Whitesboro | Yorkville

Census Designation Places
Clark Mills

Other hamlets
Adrian | Cassville | Deansboro | Point Rock

Neighboring Counties
Herkimer | Madison | Onondaga | Oswego | Otsego

Cemeteries (Rural)
For cemeteries within or nearest to these populated places, please refer to them.

State Census Records

 * P-Index is only partial index

Deeds and Land Records
A large selection of both the index of deeds and the actual deeds from Oneida county is available through the LDS Family History Centers. On FamilySearch.org, search the library catalog for "Oneida" as the place and select the New York, Oneida location to view land records (as well as other records for this county).

Military History and Records
The Civil Ward involvement for Oneida County created the New York 117th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Fourth Oneida Regiment. It included the following companies:

Company A - principally recruited from Rome, Utica and Vernon, Oneida County

Company B - principally recruited from Utica, Camden, Verona and Vienna, Oneida County

Company C - principally recruited from Utica, Westmoreland, Rome and Bridgewater, Oneida County

Company D - principally recruited from Whitestown, Sangerfield, Oneida County

Company E - principally recruited from Utica, Vienna and New Hartford, Oneida County

Company F - principally recruited from Rome, Oneida County

Company G - principally recruited from Oriskany, Trenton, Utica, Floyd, Rome, Steuben and Deerfield, Oneida County

Company H - principally recruited from Utica, Vienna, Rome and Camden, Oneida County

Company I - principally recruited from Rome, Boonville, Ava, Utica, Western and Clay, Oneida County

Company K - principally recruited from Clinton, Remsen, Augusta, Boonville, Deansville, Marshall and Vernon, Oneida County

A complete list of the regiment roster is given here which includes the individual's name, company and involvement in the war.

Web Sites

 * The Oneida County NYGenWeb Project, a member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Oneida County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Oneida County. (Backup site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Oneida County