Welcome to
New York Trails History and Genealogy Site

Proudly Affiliated with the Genealogy Trails History Group
ALL DATA ON THIS SITE IS FREE TO VIEW.
[though we regret that we do not have time to perform personal research]

Welcome! My name is Melissa, your Coordinator for New York State. I'm here to help you discover and track your ancestors through transcribed genealogical and historical data free of charge. Feel free to browse the information on these pages, but please remember that this information has been painstakingly researched and transcribed by myself and other volunteers who have donated their information to this site. Do not use this information on other websites without appropriate permission nor claim the work as your own. Thank you for your consideration.

State Data Online:

What's New!

Map of N.Y. Counties

Brief History of New York State

New York Governors

State Data and Events

Maritime Genealogy

Military Data

Census Data

Deceased New York State Physicians 1804-1929

Biographies of Famous New Yorkers

Vital Statistics
Marriage/Birth/Death

Obits

Wills

Cemeteries

Early Settlers and Family Histories

Newspapers

Helpful Links and Research Aids

Genealogy Trails Email Lists

Data contributions, feedback and comments are welcome. If you have data that you would like to have posted on this website, please contact me. Also, we need volunteers who are dedicated to putting data online and who are interested in helping this project become a success. If you want to host an available county site, please see the Volunteer Page for further information and then contact Kim Torp. A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage are required.

Counties, County Seats, and Dates Established
All Data Contributions Welcome!

Albany County (1683)
Albany

Allegany County (1806)
Belmont

Bronx County (1914)
Bronx

Broome County (1806)
Binghamton

Cattaraugus County (1808)
Little Valley

Cayuga County (1799)
Auburn

Charlotte (1772)
Renamed Washington (1784)
Albany

Chautauqua County (1808)
Mayville

Chemung County (1836)
Elmira

Chenango County (1798)
Norwich

Clinton County (1788)
Plattsburgh

Columbia County (1786)
Hudson

Cortland County (1808)
Cortland

Delaware County (1797)
Delhi

Dutchess County (1683)
Poughkeepsie

Erie County
Buffalo (1821)

Essex County (1799)
Elizabethtown

Franklin County (1808)
Malone

Fulton County (1838)
Johnstown

Genesee County (1802)
Batavia

Greene County (1800)
Catskill

Hamilton County (1816)
Lake Pleasant

Herkimer County (1791)
Herkimer

Jefferson County (1805)
Watertown

Kings (1683)
Brooklyn

Lewis County (1805)
Lowville

Livingston County (1821)
Geneseo

Madison County (1806)
Wampsville

Monroe County (1821)
Rochester

Montgomery County (1772)
Fonda

Nassau County (1899)
Mineola

New York (1683)
New York City

Niagara County (1808)
Lockport

Oneida County (1798)
Utica

Onondaga County (1794)
Syracuse

Ontario County (1789)
Canandaigua

Orange County (1683)
Goshen

Orleans County (1824)
Albion (hosted by Melissa)

Oswego County (1816)
Oswego, Pulaski

Otsego County (1791)
Cooperstown

Putnam County (1812)
Carmel

Queens (1683)
Jamaica

Rensselaer County (1791)
Troy

Richmond County (1683)
St. George

Rockland County (1798)
New City

Saratoga County (1791)
Ballston Spa

Schenectady County (1809)
Schenectady

Schoharie County (1795)
Schoharie

Schuyler County (1854)
Watkins Glen

Seneca County (1804)
Ovid, Waterloo

St. Lawrence County (1802)
Canton

Steuben County (1796)
Bath (hosted by Jennifer)

Suffolk County (1683)
Riverhead

Sullivan County (1809)
Monticello

Tioga County (1791)
Owego

Tompkins County (1817)
Ithaca

Tryon County (1772)
Renamed Montgomery (1784)

Ulster County (1683)
Kingston

Warren County (1813)
Lake George
Queensbury until 1903

Washington County (1772)
Fort Edward
Hudson Falls until 1994

Wayne County (1823)
Lyons

Westchester County (1683)
White Plains

Wyoming County (1841)
Warsaw

Yates County (1823)
Penn Yan

New York City Data

New York City comprises five boroughs, each of which is coextensive with a county: The Bronx (Bronx County), Brooklyn (Kings County), Manhattan (New York County), Queens (Queens County) and Staten Island (Richmond County).

N.Y. State Flag

N.Y. State Symbols:

Fruit: Apple

Beverage: Milk

Tree: Sugar Maple

Flower: Rose

Insect: Ladybug

Bird: Bluebird

Animal: Beaver

Fish: Brook Trout

Fossil: Eurypterus remipes
(an extinct relative to the horseshoe crab)

Gem: Garnet

Muffin: Apple Muffin

Shell: Bay Scallop

N.Y. State Seal
The Great Seal is provided here for educational purposes only. State law restricts reproduction of the Great Seal for other purposes.

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