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Cayuga County Historian's Office 10 Court Street Auburn, New York 13021 (315) 253-1300 email: historian@co.cayuga.ny.us Linda Frank, County Historian Nancy Assmann, Secretary Jessica Armstrong, Librarian |
A short summary of some of the items available for research in
The Cayuga County Historian's Office
Census Records (Cayuga County NY Only)
 New Service
Available!The Cayuga County Historian's Office has name indexed the New York State Census records (Head of Household) for 1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, and 1905. These returns differ from the federal in several categories: relation to head of household, county of birth (if NY), and how many years they have resided in the town. A copy of the return can be obtained at our office for a low fee of $5 (including postage)! |
1800 - 1855 census card file index
1800 - 1810 in notebook
1800 - 1930 census on microfilm (open to the public)
1828 - Quaker census
Land Records
Located in the Cayuga
County Clerk's Office
We have some indexes on microfilm
Surrogate
Due to New York State law, copies of Surrogate Court records can only be
obtained through the Cayuga
County Records Management Office, 12 Court Street, Auburn, NY 13021.
We have "Early Will Abstracts 1799-1842" by Gertrude Barber and a complete
surrogate index 1799-1973. We can obtain copies of wills for you.
Newspapers
Microfilm 1811-1813, 1816-present (not complete for all years)
Card File
Newspaper abstracts (1816-1868), various bit of information on people and
events in Cayuga County indexed by surname
Topical Files
Miscellaneous A-Z in Cayuga County
Cemetery Records
D.A.R. records by town, in notebooks, most indexed
Cemetery Location Maps
CHURCH RECORDS |
| Auburn Calvary Presbyterian Church Sunday School Cash Book |
| Auburn Central Church |
| Auburn First Methodist Church of Auburn now United Methodist |
| Auburn First Methodist Episcopal Church Records |
| Auburn First Presbyterian |
| Auburn First Universalist Society |
| Auburn Holy Family Church |
| Auburn Methodist Church |
| Auburn Second Baptist Church |
| Auburn St Alphonsus |
| Auburn St Hyacinth |
| Auburn St John Episcopal Church |
| Auburn St Joseph's |
| Auburn St Luke's Church |
| Auburn St Mary's |
| Auburn St Peters Episcopal Church |
| Auburn Universalist Church |
| Auburn Wall Street Methodist Church |
| Aurelius First Baptist Church ( now Fleming) |
| Aurora First Presbyterian Church |
| Aurora St Patricks |
| Aurora St. Paul's Episcopal Church |
| Brutus First Congregational Church |
| Cato St Patrick's |
| Cayuga Baptist Assoc |
| Cayuga Presbyterian Church |
| Cayuga St Joseph's |
| Cayuga(?) St. Peter's Church |
| Cayuga-Fosterville (United) Methodist |
| Christ United Methodist Church |
| Clyde Church records |
| Conquest Presbyterian Church |
| Fleming Aurelius First Baptist Church |
| Fleming Baptist Church |
| Fleming Methodist Church |
| Fleming Methodist Episcopal |
| Fleming Sand Beach (Reformed Protestant Dutch Church) |
| Kelloggsville Methodist Episcopal Church |
| King Ferry Lake Ridge Mission and King Ferry Church |
| Lyons Church Records |
| Methodists of CNY-"Reminiscing" |
| Milton Evangelical United Congregations of Scipio and Milton |
| Moravia St Patricks |
| Moravia St. Matthew Episcopal |
| New Hope Methodist Episcopal |
| Ovid Federated Church Records (Methodist & Presbyterian) |
| Owasco Dutch Reform Church |
| Port Byron Free Methodist Church |
| Port Byron St John |
| Quaker Census of 1828 New York Meeting Index |
| Red Creek Church Records |
| Red Creek St Thomas |
| Romulus Baptist Church Register & Records |
| Romulus Presbyterian Church |
| Rose Church Records |
| Scipio Evangelical United Congregations of Scipio and Milton |
| Scipio Baptist Church history |
| Scipio St Bernard's |
| Scipio Universalist Church |
| Sennett Federated Church |
| Sennett First Baptist Church |
| Sennett First Congregational Church |
| Sennett First Presbyterian Church |
| Springport, First Presbyterian |
| Sterling Calvary Presbyterian Church |
| Sterling Methodist (United Methodist) 1856-1976 |
| Summerhill Congregational Church message book |
| Summerhill, Baptist Church, |
| Summerhill,Congregational Church, |
| Syracuse Church of the Assumption,Baptisms and MArriages 1844-1860 |
| Universalist Church Records |
| Venice Baptist Church records |
| Victory & Westbury Methodist Church |
| Victory Baptist Church-members 1846-48 |
| Weedsport First Baptist Church of Weedsport |
Other resources available for research
Storkes' County History
Biographical Review
Snow's County History
Monroe City History
Allen's History of Auburn
Henry Hall's History of Auburn
Auburn City Directories 1857-present
French's Gazetteer - 1861
A.I.S. Census Indexes (only) for all of New York State 1800-1860
Revolutionary War reference books
Cayuga County Revolutionary Soldiers
Civil War reference books
Cayuga County Civil War Soldiers
Printed genealogies and family histories
Cayuga County Town Histories
Other New York State county histories
"How to" genealogy books
Auburn Theological Seminary (non-denominational)
Local obituaries 1969-present
Maps - 1828 Locke; 1853, 1859, 1875, 1904 - Cayuga County
Photograph collection, some indexed
Some Church records on microfilm
Some Cayuga County Town records on microfilm
Cayuga County Naturalization records on microfilm
Books for Sale
Local history books by local authors for
sale. Send an e-mail for a list.
Some local history books are also available at the
The Cayuga Museum
Gift Shop
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|| Family Files D-H Surnames
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