Onondaga County, New York Genealogy


 * This article is about an upstate New York county.

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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.

Cemeteries

 * Belle Isle, Davis Homestead, Fairmount, Howlett Hill, Jacksonville Rural, Lafayette, Lakeview, Maplewood, North Syracuse, Old Farm, Oswego Bitters, Owasco Rural, Polish National, Sherwood Robbins, St. Mary's, Stanton, West Hill, Wheeler, White Chapel Memory Gardens.
 * Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Onondaga County.
 * USGS (Geographic Names Information System, GNIS).
 * 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.
 * U. S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880. $
 * United States Census (Mortality Schedule) 1850.
 * United States Census, 1850.
 * Search the 1855 New York State Census for Onondaga County.
 * United States Census, 1860.
 * Search the 1865 New York State Census for Onondaga County.
 * United States Census, 1870.
 * United States Census, 1880. (No images)
 * United States Census, 1880. $
 * United States Census, 1900.
 * United States Census, 1910. $
 * United States Census, 1920. $
 * United States Census, 1930. $
 * 1930 Census of Merchant Seaman. $
 * Skaneateles Historical Society, 1830-1930 Census Index.

Church History and Records

 * Church Histories and Records in Onondaga County.
 * Christian Church, Manlius.
 * Churches in Onondaga County.
 * Many Church records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Court Records

 * Many Court records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.
 * Many Guardianship records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Ethnic

 * German Immigrant Ancestors in Syracuse and Onondaga County, New York.
 * History of Germans in Syracuse and Onodaga County, New York. $
 * German Genealogy Group.
 * Pioneer Irish of Onondaga, 1776-1847. $ (Available for free use at your nearest Family History Center).

Land

 * Onondaga Land Records.
 * Many Land records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Local Histories

 * German Immigrant Ancestors in Syracuse and Onondaga County, New York.
 * Linkpendium History, Genealogy and Family History.
 * History of Onondaga New York, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. By Professor W. W. Clayton. Published by D. Mason &amp; Co., Syracuse, N. Y. 1878.
 * Gazetter of the State of New York, 1860 Onondaga County.
 * Onondaga County New York History.
 * Onondaga Historical Association Publications Volume 1.
 * Onondaga Historical Association Publication Volume1915.
 * Onondaga Historical Association Publication Volume 1916.
 * Onondaga Historical Association Publications Volume 1919.
 * Onondaga, or Reminiscences of earlier and later times being a series of historical sketeches relative to Onondaga; with notes on the several towns in the county, and Oswego (1849).
 * Onondaga's centennial. Gleanigs of a century(1896).
 * Pioneer Times in The Onondaga County. $
 * Publications of the Onondaga Historical Association.
 * Syracuse New York Historical Records.
 * Many History records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.
 * History of Onondaga County, New York: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers, by W. Woodford Clayton.

Maps

 * Maps for Onondaga County.
 * Onondaga County New York 1895 U. S. Altas.
 * Linkpendium Maps and Gazetteers.
 * New York Counties, clickable map.
 * Onondaga County Region Map.
 * Many Land and Property Map records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

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.
 * Onondaga's Part in the Civil War.
 * Onondag's Soldiers of the Revolution. Official records, compiled by Frank H. Chase, secretary of the Onondaga Historical Associatoin.
 * Revolutionary soliders resident or dying in Onondaga County.
 * Onondaga County, World War II Casualties Army and Air Force.
 * Many Military records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.
 * Many Civil War records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.
 * Many Revolutionary War records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.
 * Many World War I records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.
 * U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. $
 * World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. $
 * U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. $
 * U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. $

Naturalization

 * Northern District Court of New York Naturalization Project.
 * Many Naturalization and Citizenship records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Newspapers
Free searchable web site which holds newspapers from upstate New York, including Oswego county.
 * Onondaga County newspapers on microfilm at NYSL.
 * Central City Daily Courier(Syracuse, New York). $
 * Evening Herald (Syracuse, New York). $
 * Onondaga County.
 * Onondaga County, New York newspapers on microfilm and paper at all NYS locations.
 * The Post Standard (Syracuse, New York). $
 * Search Historical Newspapers (Syracuse).
 * Syracuse Herald (Syracuse, New York). $
 * Syracuse Herald Journal (Syracuse, New York) $
 * Search the Onondaga County Public Library's WPA files.
 * Many Newspaper records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.
 * Old Fulton Postcards http://www.fultonhistory.com/

Probate Records

 * Onondaga County Wills.
 * Onondaga County, New York Will Testators Index, 1796-1867, A-G.
 * Onondaga County, New York Will Testators Index, 1796-1867, H-Q.
 * Onondaga County, New YOrk Will Testators Index, 1796-1867, R-Z.
 * Many Probate records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Schools

 * Onondaga County Schools.
 * School Records and Histories.

Vital Records

 * Onondaga County Vital Records.
 * Linkpendium Vital Records Genealogy and Family History.
 * Syracuse, New York, 1859 Death Notices.
 * Syracuse, New York, 1859 Marriage Announcements.
 * Skaneateles Historical Society, births, marriages, deaths,
 * Many Vital records for Onondaga County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Societies and Libraries

 * Onondaga Historical Association Museum and Research Center.
 * The Masonic Trowel.
 * Syracuse Chapter Empire State Society Sons of the American Revolution.
 * Onondaga County Public Library. Local History and Genealogy Department.
 * Linkpendium Societies Genealogy and Family History.

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.
 * Obituaries and Funeral Home Records.
 * New York State Off-Line Sources.