Chemung County, New York Genealogy

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New York

Chemung County

Guide to Chemung County, New York ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

This page describes sources of genealogical data about Chemung County, New York Genealogy families, including links to smaller localities at the bottom of this page. New York-related pages show useful statewide sources. United States pages explain the terminology and contents of genealogical records.

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Chemung County, New York
Map
Location in the state of New York
Location of New York in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	March 29, 1836
County Seat	Elmira
Courthouse
Address	203 Lake St. Elmira, New York 14901 Chemung County Website

Chemung County New York Historical Facts

Description

The County was named for a Delaware Indian village whose name meant "big horn". The County is located in the south central area of the state.

Chemung County, New York Record Dates

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1880	1908	1880	1836	1791	1836	1663
Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1880. General compliance for births by 1915 and deaths by 1890.

Parent County

29 March 1836: Set off from Tioga County.

Boundary Changes

For animated maps illustrating New York County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation New York County Boundary Maps" (1683-1915) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Chemung River

17 April 1854: Part taken to create Schuyler County.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Elmira (county seat)
Towns
Ashland Baldwin Big Flats Catlin	Chemung Elmira Erin Horseheads	Southport Van Etten Veteran
Villages
Elmira Heights Horseheads	Millport	Wellsburg
Hamlets
Breesport Erin	Lowman Pine Valley	Van Etten
Unincorporated communities
Big Flats
Census-designated places
Big Flats Breesport Erin	Horseheads North Pine Valley Southport	West Elmira

Chemung County New York Genealogy Resources

Bible Records

• 1581–1917 New York, Family Bible Records at Ancestry– ($); Index. Database is a collection of genealogically important records taken from the Bibles of colony and state residents. Reveals the Bible's original owner, brief record of descendants,and a particular event such as birth or marriage as recorded in Bible.
  

Biography

Cemeteries

Online Grave Transcripts	Published Grave Transcripts	County Cemetery Directories
Findagrave.com*	Family History Library*	Findagrave.com*
Interment.net*	WorldCat*	Tombstone Project*
Cemetery Site*		Names in Stone*
New York Gravestones*		Billion Graves*
NYGenWeb*
Billion Graves*
Names in Stone*
Linkpendium*
Ancestry*
*See the New York Cemeteries page for details about each site.

Cemetery records often reveal birth, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

• 1800-1965 - New York, Cemetery Abstracts, 1800-1965 at FamilySearch — index

Census

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

Federal

U.S. Census Mortality Schedules for New York, 1850-1880:

• Available online at Ancestry ($).
• Deaths are included for the 12 months prior to the census, 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, and 1879-80 beginning 1 June and ending 31 May of the census year.
• Basic contents of the records include: Name, sex, age, color, marital status, place of birth, month of death, occupation, and cause of death. 1870 also has parents' birthplace. 1880 lists how long a resident of the county.
• Also on FHL Films 1415128–42.

• The 1890 Census is lost. For a substitute, see directories.
  

State

Source	1825	1835	1845	1855	1865	1875	1892	1905	1915	1925
Ancestry.com	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	Yes
Family History Library film	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
FamilySearch index and image	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
New York State Library film	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

New York State 1865 and 1875 Census Marriage, Mortality; and 1865 Soldier Mortality records:

• Images available online at New York State Census, 1865 and New York State Census, 1875. Click on the link to go to the page, then click on the ‘Browse through images’ link and select your county, then select an ancestor's town and browse to the end of the population schedule until you find the Marriage, Mortality, and 1865 soldier mortality schedules.
• Includes marriages and deaths for the 12 months prior to the census, ending 1 June of the census year.
• Marriage entry content: Husband's name, wife's name, ages and previous marital status, month and day and place of marriage, and church or civil ceremony.
• Death entry content: Name, age, sex, color, marital status, month and day of death, native state or country, occupation and cause of death.
• 1865 deaths of officers and enlisted men entry content: Name, age, marital status, citizenship status, enlistment date, original regiment, original rank, regiment at death, rank at death, promotions, death date and place, manner of death, surviving associates, and burial place.
• Also on microfilm. See the Family History Library line in the above State Census Chart.

Church Records

Church records are good substitutes for birth, marriage, and death information and are most often found on a local city/town or county level.  Published and manuscript church records can be found at public, university, and private libraries.

For a brief general history of denominations and a guide to finding various New York denomination's records, see New York Church Records Wiki page.

Methodist

• 1869-1896 - Methodist Church Records for Jackson & Wells & Rutland & Southport Churches, Tioga, Bradford PA; Chemung County NY, courtesy: NYGenWeb.
  

Additional Church Records

Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Chemung County, New York Genealogy Church Records  in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Court Records

Ancestors may have also been involved in municipal, state, or federal court cases. See also New York Court Records and United States Court Records.

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

• 1906-1942 - New York Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942 at FamilySearch — index and images

Maps and Gazetteers

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for more resources

Genealogy

• Rootsweb message board for Chemung County, New York Genealogy has many information threads about families that resided in that county. There is a search engine that allows you to search by surname and topic.

History

County Historian
J. Arthur Kieffer
415 E. Water Street
Elmira, NY 14901
E-mail: akieffer@stny.rr.com

Elmira City Historian
Diane Janowski
Website 
Email: elmiracityhistorian@gmail.com

Land and Property

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See New York Land and Property for more details, especially about the papers generated in New York State by large speculative land companies.

Original land records in Chemung County, New York Genealogy began in [?dateyear?]. These records are housed at the [?repository?] in [?town?].

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Microforms

• 1791-1942 Deed Records 1791-1903FHL film 846143 (first of 95 films) - Index included: 1791-1942. Records include Tiaoga County.
  
• 1791-1888 Mortgage Records 1791-1852 FHL film 849010 (first of 15 films - Index included: 1791 - 1888. Includes Tioga County.
  

Books

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Additional land records can sometimes be found using these catalogs:

• WorldCat using the search phase: Chemung County, New York Genealogy deeds. (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog.)
• FamilySearch Catalog using the search phrase: 1, New York - Land and Property. (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search.)

• 1788-1792 - Chemung Land Papers 1788-1792
  

Maps

• Maps of New York (1683-1915)

Migration

Early migration routes for European settlers to and from Chemung County, New York Genealogy included:

• Catskill Turnpike, trail 1760s; turnpike 1804, from Catskill to Bath, New York with extensions to Buffalo, New York, or Erie, Pennsylvania
• Forbidden Path, 1767 from Athens, Pennsylvania to Salamanca, New York

Military

Civil War

• 1861-1865 - New York, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index

Town registers. The New York town clerks kept a bound register of all soldiers from their town serving in the Civil War 1861-1865. Registers are arranged by county, and town. Some town registers are missing. The registers include an index at the start of each town.

Content. Many register entries include full name, residence, date and place of birth, parents names, marital status, date of enlistment and muster and rank, discharges, death, or promotion.

Access. The original registers are at the New York State Archives in Albany, New York. Microfilm copies are found at the Family History Library (FHL Film 1993401-37). They are also indexed and available at Ancestry.com ($).

Available Towns. Registers are available for:

Baldwin · Big Flats · Catlin · Chemung · Elmira · Erin · Horseheads.

Regiments. Service men in Chemung County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. The following have many men from Chemung County:

- 1st Battalion, New York Light Artillery, Batteries B, F, I, K and L.

- 1st Regiment, New York Light Artillery, Batteries B, C, D, E, F, G, H and K.

- 7th Regiment, New York Cavalry, Company G.

- 8th Regiment, New York Cavalry, 2nd Company L and Company M.

- 10th Regiment, New York Cavalry, Companies B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

- 15th Regiment, New York Cavalry, Companies L and M.

- 21st Regiment, New York Cavalry, Company B.

- 23rd Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies F and K.

- 24th Regiment, New York Cavalry, Company D.

- 35th Regiment, New York Infantry, Company D.

- 38th Regiment, New York Infantry, Company I.

- 86th Regiment, New York Infantry, Company E.

- 103rd Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies G, H, I, and K.

- 107th Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, E, G, H, and K.

- 137th Regiment, New York Infantry, Company L.

- 141st Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies C, G, I and K.

- 161st Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies B and C.

- 179th Regiment, New York Infantry, Company A, B, G and H.

- 194th Regiment, New York Infantry, Companies A, B, C, E and I.

Naturalization and Citizenship

• SAMPUBCO Index of naturalization records
• 1791-1980 - New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1907-1966 New York, Western District Naturalization Index, 1907-1966 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index.
  

Newspapers

Old Fulton NY Post Cards has the largest online collection of 400 New York 1795-2007 newspapers. The instructions for this quirky site are needed to get the most out of it.

• Search engine for all 400 newspapers.
• List of 400 newspapers 1795-2007 at this site.

• Wiki instructions for finding ancestors in Old Fulton NY Post Cards newspapers.
• Site's FAQ instructions about how to do searches.

Old Fulton NY Post Cards has the following Chemung County, New York Genealogy newspaper images:

• Elmira NY Morning Telegram 1888-1921
• Elmira NY Star Gazette 1891-1907

Obituaries

Obitury Index by the Chemung County Library District

Periodicals

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.  Ancestry.com New York, Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses, 1830-1920

Probate Records

Probate records including original estates and wills for New York are held in the office of the county Surrogate Court beginning in 1787, or when the county was formed. Prior to 1787, most are housed at the New York State Archives. See New York Probate Records for more information about using probate records.
Content:  Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.
Record types:  Wills, bonds, petitions, accounts, inventories, administrations, orders, decrees, and distribution.

Probate Petitions

In 1830, state law required the Surrogate Court clerk to issue a probate petition for a deceased individual with property. This petition, unique to New York, usually lists the deceased's death date. It also lists the heirs, their relationship to the deceased, and their residence. Alice Eichholz, Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 479. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27rb 2004. Henry B. Hoff, "Navigating New York Probate," American Ancestors 12 (Fall 2011): 57.

These petitions are often found in the estate files and can be obtained from the county Surrogate Court.

The petitions for Chemung County, New York Genealogy are also available on microfilm at the Family History Library and its centers:

• 1799–1905 Listed as "Estate Papers" FHL Film 869194(Index to 207 films). How to use FamilySearch Catalog
  

Online Probate Indexes

• 1629 - 1971 New York Probate Records 1629-1971 at FamilySearch.org — index and images
• 1659 - 1999 New York Wills and Probate Records 1659-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
• 1795-1838 - Wills filed in Tioga County, New York by persons who resided in that portion of Tioga County that became present Chemung County, New York. Courtesy: Tri-Counties Genealogy History by Joyce M. Tice.
  
• 1836-1850 - Barber, Gertrude A. Abstracts of Wills of Chemung County, N.Y.: From 1836 to 1850. Typescript. 1941. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); World Vital Records ($).
  
• 1836-1910 - SAMPUBCO -Browsable index of testators of wills.
  
• 1866 - 1923 New York Kings County Estate Files 1866-1923 at FamilySearch.org — index and images

Online Probate Records

Original county-by-county New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971 are available free online at FamilySearch. To access these records, click Historical Records below, then click "Browse through 1,630,900 images". Then select the county name, and then the probate records and time of interest.

• Historical Records - Chemung County: Decrees, Minutes, Orders, 1836-1903; Estate papers index, 1933-1970; Final settlements, 1858-1927; General index, 1836-1932; Guardianship appointments, 1876-1905; Guardianship records, 1836-1905; Wills, 1836-1910

Probate Records on Microfilm

The probate records described above may also be on microfilms like these:

• 1836-1932 Probate records, 1836-1927; probate index, 1836-1932 FHL Film 850971 (20 films).
• 1836-1923 Wills FHL Film 850936 (16 films).
• 1836-1970 Estate papers, 1836-1900; estate index, 1933-1970 FHL Film 869194 (207 films).

Additional Probate Indexes and Abstracts

Additional probate indexes or abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Chemung County, New York Genealogy probate wills in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Repositories

Cornell University, Guide to Historical Resources in Chemung County, New York Repositories. ([Ithaca, New York]: New York Historical Resources Center, Olin Library, Cornell University, 1984). At various libraries; FHL Book 974.778 A3. Includes index. Includes references to some family histories and genealogies.

Archives, Libraries and Museums

Steele Memorial Library One Library Plaza Elmira, NY 14901

Genealogical resources: Online obituary indexes for 1900-1921, 1940, and1979-2010. Holdings include: federal and state censuses, the Corbin Collection for New England Research and Steuben County, NY and Bradford County, PA cemetery records, and a local history file. They also have the New York State Vital Records Index.

Chemung Valley History Museum 415 E. Water Street Elmira, NY 14901

Genealogical resources: Archival and photographic material. Focuses on Chemung Valley region. Includes the Booth Library.

County Historian's Office

J. Arthur Keiffer
1011 Lincoln Street
Elmira, NY 14901

The County Historian may provide access to obituaries, vital records, church records, maps, and family files or journals. Some historians provide search services for their office records and others may refer you to local genealogists who research in the area.

Courthouses

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

Family History Centers

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites. In addition, many centers have free how-to genealogy classes.

• For current information about a center near you, go to the Family History Center Map

Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources for family history research.

The main FHC for Chemung County, New York Genealogy is the Elmira New York Family History Center. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory.

Societies

Chemung County Historical Society
415 East Water Street
Elmira, NY 14901-3410
Phone: 607-734-4167

The society is housed in the Chemung Canal Bank Building. The building also contains the Chemung Valley History Museum. The society publishes a quarterly, The Chemung Historical Journal. The Booth Library contains approximately 3,000 books, 30,000 manuscripts, 16,000 photographs, and 11,000 maps and architectural records.

Central New York Genealogical Society
Box 104, Calvin Station
Syracuse, New York 13205
E-mail: CNYSG@yahoo.com

Member queries; surname research list; online resources; six meetings/year; publication: Tree Talks (At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 974.7 B2t) quarterly with annual index.

Counties served: Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Oreleans, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Washington, Wayne, Warren, Wyoming, and Yates.

Tri-Counties Genealogy and History

This is an online website developed and owned by Joyce M. Tice. This is a regional site focusing on Chemung County, NY and Bradford and Tioga counties in Pennsylvania. It has over 17,000 web pages containing resource materials and tools for this region.

Social Groups Online

• Chemung County Historical Society - Facebook.
• New York Genealogy Research Community (FamilySearch on Facebook)

Taxation

Town Records

Town records in New York may include early births, marriages, deaths, divorces, local histories, selected military records, and town meeting minutes. Vital records from 1880/1882 are kept by town and village clerks, although some (Kent’s and Putnam Valley’s) are available in the County Historian’s Office. For further details, try the links to individual town Wiki pages found in Places. See also:

• Gordon L. Remington, New York Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002). NEHGS online edition; At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 974.7 D27r. Alphabetical list including date founded, if a town history exists, church and cemetery sources, and if a Civil War register (TCR) exists.
• Journal of the Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors of Putnam County for the Year 1904 (New York: Martin B. Brown, 1905)
  
• Journal of the Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors of Putnam County for the Year 1922 (Poughkeepsie: Lansing Broas, 1923)
• List of Town Clerks, Record Managers and Historical Societies
  

The County Archives has the following records:

• 031 Petitions, Licenses, and recognizance to sell liquor (Tavern licenses) 1813-1878
• 139 Monthly Reports of Hunting and fishing licenses, 1908-1938
• 165 Certificates of Qualifications as Examiner in Lunacy, 1883-1947
  

Vital Records

Chemung County is considered a consolidated county because birth and death records were collected from the towns, cities and villages and are on file with the Office of Vital Records in Elmira. However, extensive flooding has damaged many of these records. Copies are available at the New York State Department of Health in Albany. See New York Vital Records Wiki page for more information about ordering records from Albany. Surviving records may be ordered from the Chemung County Office of Vital Records and must be requested by mail. Fees apply for both a record search and for a document copy. There is a 50-year restriction for deaths and a 75-year restriction for births.

Marriage records are usually found at the office of the town, city, or village clerk where the marriage license was issued. See the heading Places on this wiki page for links to local community wiki pages and their available records. Limited consolidated Chemung County marriage records 1908-1935 are available at the Family History Library. See New York Vital Records for a discussion about beginning dates and availability of vital records in New York.

Use substitute records for birth, marriage and death information. These substitute records include Bible Records, Cemeteries, Church Records, Newspapers, and Probate Records.

Birth

Early births were recorded on the town level and the years vary by town. (List of towns) The New York State Department of Health (state level) began recording births in 1881. Births were not recorded on the county level.
 However, birth records from the towns and cities were consolidated by Chemung County. Surviving records are held at the state and county Office of Vital Statistics. See the introduction to vital records for more information.

Birth Substitutes

• 1640–1962 New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index.
  

• See Town Clerks' Registers of Men who Served in the Civil War in the Civil War section of Military for birth information.
  

Marriage

Early marriages were sometimes recorded on the town level and the years vary by town. In 1880, town clerks were to record the marriage and a copy was sent to the New York State Department of Health (state level). Town clerks continue to record marriages. The marriages in this county were recorded by the county clerk from 1908 until 1936.

• 1639-1962 - New York, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $

• 1664–1784 New York. Secretary of State, Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued By the Secretary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784 (Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1860). At Cornell University digital library-free; Internet Archive - free; Ancestry edition($); At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Film 514675 Item 1 or 930131 Item 2. Marriage bonds issued in the State of New York prior to 1784, and the earliest record dating 1664.
  

• 1847–1848 and 1908–1936 New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936 at FamilySearch — index and images

• 1908–1935 New York, County Marriages 1908–1935 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Marriage indexes, records, and licenses FHL film 849272(first of 20 films) One index on film goes to 1936.
  

Marriage Substitutes

• 1686-1980 New York Marriages, 1686–1890 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
  

• 1800–1855 New York Marriage Notices at Ancestry– ($); Index. This database is a collection of marriage notices published in newspapers around the state. Contains name of bride and groom, marriage date, marriage location, residence, and newspaper found in.
  

• 1801–1880 Barber Collection- Newspaper Marriages at Ancestry– ($); Index. Information extracted from the "Brooklyn Eagle" and the "New York Evening Post."
  

• 1809-1850 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York at World Vital Records ($).
  

• 1813-1850 10,000 Vital Records of Central New York at World Vital Records ($).
  

• 1830-1868 Marriages and Deaths from Newspapers at NYGenWeb - free. Includes abstracts from Elmira Gazette, Elmira Republican, The Elmira Daily Advertiser, Chemung County Republican newspapers.
  

• 1856–1863 Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald at Ancestry– ($); Index. These newspaper notices refer to people up and down the East Coast as well as midwesterners and persons from as far west as the State of California. Also browsable.
  

• 1860-2 Index of Marriages in Elmira NY Newspapers 1860-1862 at NYGenWeb - free.
  

• 1864-5 See Marriage Schedule information in the State Census section of Census for marriage information for 1864-5.
  

Divorce

Pre–1787	All divorces were granted by the governor or legislature and were very rare.
1787–1847	All divorces were granted by the court of chancery. These records are found in the New York State Archives or for the New York City area at the New York County Clerk's office.These divorces were granted only on the grounds of adultery.
1847–present	All divorces are handled by the county Supreme Court where the divorce was granted. Divorce files in New York are sealed for 100 years. Contact the County Clerk for information about divorce records.

Divorce judgment papers often include date and place of the marriage and the names and birthdates of any children. Local newspapers may publish notices of divorce actions.

Death

Because Chemung County consolidated the town death records, surviving records are held at the state and county Office of Vital Statistics. See the introduction to vital records for more information.
Early deaths were recorded on the town level and the years vary by town. (List of towns) The New York State Department of Health (state level) began recording deaths in 1881. Deaths were not recorded on the county level.

Death Indexes

• 1824-1962 - New York, Church and Civil Deaths, 1824-1962 at FamilySearch — index
• 1880-1956 - New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1880-1956 - New York, Death Index, 1880-1956 at Ancestry — ($), index only
  
• 1957-1963 - New York State Health Department, Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957-1963 at FamilySearch — Index only
  

Death Substitutes

• 1795–1952 New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. The entries are primarily from the IGI along with some entries derived from compiled and original records such as Family Records, Church Records, and Civil Registration. There may be entries that cite a specific source.
  

• 1801–1890 Barber Collection- Newspaper Deaths at Ancestry– ($); Index. Information extracted from the "Brooklyn Eagle" and the "New York Evening Post."
  

• 1830-1868 Marriages and Deaths from Newspapers at NYGenWeb - free. Includes abstracts from Elmira Gazette, Elmira Republican, The Elmira Daily Advertiser, Chemung County Republican newspapers.
  

• 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 See Mortality Schedule information in the Federal Census section of Census for death information.
  

• 1856–1863 Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald at Ancestry– ($); Index. These newspaper notices refer to people up and down the East Coast as well as midwesterners and persons from as far west as the State of California. Also browsable.
  

• 1860-2 Index of Deaths in Elmira NY Newspapers 1860-1862 at NYGenWeb - free.
  

• See Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War in the Civil War section of Military for death information.
  

• 1864-5 See Mortality Schedule information in the State Census section of Census for death information for 1864-5.
  

• 1867-1881 Deaths Recorded 1867-1881 Elmira, Chemung County NY at NYGenWeb - free.
  

• 1870 Index of Deaths in Elmira NY Newspapers 1870 at NYGenWeb - free.
  

• 1889 Deaths in Elmira for the Year 1889 as Listed in the Elmira Telegram Dec. 29, 1889 at NYGenWeb - free.
  

Additional Resources

Additional resources for Chemung County births, marriages and deaths may be found in the New York, Chemung– Vital Records topic page of the FamilySearch Catalog . Copies of books found in the FamilySearch Catalog may be found in WorldCat catalog and ordered from your local library through interlibrary loan. Explore how to search the FamilySearch Catalog and the Worldcat Online Catalog.

Chemung County New York Places

Chemung County New York Genealogy Websites

• NYGenWeb
• Chemung County, NY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
• New York Genealogy Network Community on Google+
• New York Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
• The Chemung County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
• The USGenWeb Archives Project for Chemung County.
• The USGenWeb Archives Project for Chemung County. (Mirror site)
• Chemung County Genealogy

Chemung County New York Genealogy References

International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free