Monroe County On-line Research Resources.

This page has links that were presented in a program to the Computer Interest Group of the Rochester Genealogical Society on Jan. 10, 2008.

• Vital Records
• Index to Marriages in Rochester; 1876 - 1932 from Rochester Archives and Records Center.
• Brighton Vital Records (1847 - 1849).
• Gates Vital Records (1848 - 1850).
• Parma Vital Records (1847 - 1849).
• Deaths from the Western NY Masonic Relief Association (1875 - 1893)

• Cemeteries
• Cemeteries of Monroe Co., NY and links to many cemetery records.
• Searchable records for Mt. Hope and Riverside Cemeteries
• Burials in Garland Cemetery, Clarkson, NY by Donald Specht. (PDF file)
• Henrietta, NY Cemetery Records.
• People buried in Ogden, NY cemeteries by Donald Specht. (PDF file)
• Parma Union Cemetery. Names from the official burial records.
• Search the burial records of Creekside Cemetery and last few years of burials in St. Vincent De Paul's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery in Churchville, NY.
• Webster Union Cemetery.
• Pictures of tombstones in Monroe County from New York Gravestones.

• Census Records
• Ancestry Census Page
• Heritage Quest also has census records but not a complete set. (This link is for the Rochester Public Library. - Check if available from your local library.)

• 1790 Census of Ontario Co., NY
  
• Index to 1830 census of Monroe County, NY - pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6
• Marriages extracted from the 1865 NY State Census of Rochester, NY.
• Marriages extracted from the 1865 NY State Census for the rest of Monroe County.
• Deaths extracted from the 1865 NY State Census of Rochester, NT.
• Deaths extracted from the 1865 NY Census for the rest of Monroe County.
• Deaths extracted from the 1875 NY State Census for the Towns of Monroe County.
• 1880 Census indexed at Family Search
• Index of 1892 Census of Ogden, NY. Indexed by Donald Specht. (PDF file)

• Church Records
• Religious Congregations of Rochester, NY formed before 1900.

• Brighton, NY
• Brighton Baptist Church; members (1818) & deaths 1822 - 1832

• Ogden, NY
• Union Church Society list of members from the 1830s
• Membership and Baptisms in the Ogden Presbyterian Church

• Parma, NY
• Parma Methodist Episcopal Church records from the 1860s & 1870s
  

• Riga, NY
• Baptisms from St. Vincent de Paul Church, Churchville, NY (1869 - 1910).
• Records of the Congregational Church at Riga Corners, NY

• Rochester, NY
• First Methodist Church: marriages; 1854 - 1870
• Early Records from First Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY
• Plymouth Congregational Church: founding members in 1855
• Second Presbyterian Church: list of members from 1825 - 1827 and baptisms from 1826 - 1829
• Records of the Brick Presbyterian Church (now Downtown United Pres. Church, Rochester.
• Birth Records of the Society of Friends.
• Baptisms from Central Presbyterian Church; 1852 - 1906.
• Marriages from Central Presbyterian Church; 1858 - 1907
• Deaths from Central Presbyterian Church; 1852 - 1907

• Wheatland, NY
• Records of the Belcoda Baptist Church.

• Surrogate Court Records (Wills, etc.)
• Purchase a copy of a Monroe County Will (1829 - 1901) from Sampubco for a reasonable cost.
• Then they get posted on the Monroe County, NY GenWeb Archives
• Will Book Number One (1829 - 1835)
• Early Wills of Monroe County, NY - Book "A" covers 1821 - 1829

• Newspapers - old and current
• Monroe County Newspaper Abstracts from 1818 - 1947 by Glenda Subyak.
• Marriages and Death from Rochester Newspapers; 1818 - 1820
• Marriages and Death from Rochester Newspapers; 1821 - 1822
• Marriages and Death from Rochester Newspapers; 1823 - 1824
• Marriages from Monroe County Newspapers; 1825 - 1830
• Deaths from Monroe County Newspapers; 1825 - 1830
• Old News--Abstracts of the DAILY SUN, Rochester, N.Y., 1839
• Brockport Marriages appearing in the Brockport Republic newspaper from 1856-1917. Indexed by Arnold Schockow. (PDF file)
• Brockport Deathsappearing in the Brockport Republic newspaper from 1856-1917. Indexed by Arnold Schockow. (PDF file)
• Life Records. Search recent vital records from Rochester newspapers.
• Fulton History has Democrat & Chronicle: 1884-6, 1888, 1890-1939, 1947-8.
• Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
• Current obits. Also search obits for the past few months.
• Recent weddings, engagements, marriage licenses and anniversaries.
• Obits from the Messenger Post suburban newspapers.
• West Side News.

• Place Names
• Monroe Co Place Names

• Maps
• Page with links to 1908 Highway Maps of Monroe County.
• Page with links to 1954 Town Maps.
• 1869-70 map of Monroe County from "Child's Gazetteer and Directory of Monroe County."
• 1904 Map of Rochester (northern half).
• 1904 Map of Rochester (southern half).
• Early Chili Residents. Showing where people that came before 1822 lived.
• 1895 map of Monroe County
• Phelps and Gorham's Purchase in 1790.
• 100 acre tract, 1814 - now downtown Rochester.
• The former Village of Carthage.
• Village of Rochester in 1817.
• Village of Rochester in 1820.
• Rochester in 1827.
• City of Rochester in 1838 (northern half).
• City of Rochester in 1838 (southern half).
• Village of Charlotte in 1872 (northern half).
• Village of Charlotte in 1872 (southern half).
• Maps also available on Rochester Images from the Rochester Public Library, Rochester Museum & Science Center, and Rochester Municipal Archives.

• On-line Deeds
• Monroe Co. Deeds - June 1993 - present.

• Pictures and postcards
• Rochester Images from the Rochester Public Library, Rochester Museum & Science Center, and Rochester Municipal Archives. (over 3000 images)
• Vintage Views of Rochester, NY - A History in Post Cards.
• Pictures of Rochester and Monroe County. Most are old postcards from the early 1900s.
• Images of Rochester. More old pictures of the Rochester area. A great collection of photo postcards of Ontario Beach Park and Glen Haven.
• CNY Cemetery Photographers' site has pictures of cemeteries inculuding Rochester's own Mt. Hope Cemetery.

• Videos
• Rochester: A City of Quality - Part 1 and Part 2 and a recent parody of the same.
• Kodak Building 9 Implosion (many more available)
• Rochester Subway
• Rochester Fast Ferry.
• There are many more avaliable videos on Rochester and Monroe County on YouTube and other video sites.

• Local Military
• Rochester Chapter of The Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution. They also are beginning to post pictures of the graves of Revolutionary War Veterans.
• Civil War Roster for all of Monroe County extracted by Linda H. Gutiérrez from the 1872 History of Monroe Co.
• Co. A, 8^th NY Cavalry roster from the Civil War.
• World War II Masterfile (RPL).
• World War II and Korean War Casualties
• Monroe Co. Casualties in the Korean War.
• Monroe Co. Casualties in the Vietnam War.
• Greater Rochester Vietnam Veterans Memorial of Greater Rochester.
• Veteran burial records with cemetery records, like these Greece Veterans

• Directories
• Gazetteer and Business Directory of Monroe Co., NY for 1869-70 by Hamilton Child from the Making of America Collection at Cornell University.
• Rochester City Directories.
• 1917 Farm Directory

• Other On-line books
• On-line Books on this web site
• History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham's Purchase and Morris Reserve... (1851) by Orasmus Turner; from the Making of America Collection at Cornell University
• Henrietta Heritage (1977) by Eleanor Kalsbeck.
• Irondequoit Story (1957) by Maude I. West (text only)

• Rochester Neighborhood Associations
• Maplewood Neighborhood Association
• Swillburg Neighborhood
• Ellwanger and Barry Neighborhood Association
• Browncroft Neighborhood Association
• MarketView Heights Association
• South West Area Neighborhood Association
• Corn Hill Neighbors Association
• 19^th Ward Community Association, Inc.

• Town Histories and Historical Societies
• Historic Brighton, NY.
• History of the Village of Brockport.
• Clarkson Historical Society
• Highlights of Clarkson History.
• Fairport Historical Society and Historical Museum.
• Gates Historical Society
• The Greece Historical Society & Museum
• A Brief History of Hamlin
• Irondequoit Historical Society
• A Brief History of Ogden, NY
• History of Parma, NY
• Penfield Local History Room.
• A Brief History of Perinton, NY
• Town of Pittsford History
• History of the Town of Sweden
• Town of Wheatland: A Brief History.

• Rochester area museums
• George Eastman House and International Museum of Photography.
• Susan B. Anthony House
• New York Museum of Transportation
• The Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
• Genesee Country Village and Museum.
• Strong Museum. National Museum of Play.
• Antique Wireless Association - radio museum in Bloomfield, NY.
• Ganondagan State Historic Site. Site of a Seneca Indian village.
• Rochester Museum & Science Center.
• Landmark Society of Western New York
• Charlotte Lighthouse

• Miscellaneous
• Information on NYMONROE-L, the Monroe Co. mail list and how to subscribe.
• Archived Messages from the Monroe Co. mail list.

• Monroe County Message Board (includes over 11700 messages back to 1996.)
• Monroe County NYGenWeb Archives
• Monroe Co. Off-Line Sources
• Rochester History - A journal that covers the history of Rochester and western New York. All articles, from 1939 to the present, are available online.
• Rochester Wiki; the encyclopedia of Rochester information.
• Tour of the Historic Houses of Corn Hill
• Western New York Suffragists - Winning the Vote.
• The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of Rochester.
• Eagles Byte Historical Research has a timeline for New York State. See what happened in New York State in a specific year.

Local On-line Library Catalogs

• Rochester Public Library: "LIBRA". This will get you references for all public libraries in Monroe County.
• "Yoyager", the Catalog for University of Rochester.
• Drake Library catalog at Brockport State College.
• Lorette Wilmot Library catalog at Narareth College.

Go to Monroe County GenWeb page.

Created on 7 Jan. 2008