Chemung County, New York:
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Projects

• Chemung County      (Source: Kindred Roots Genealogical Society)
• Chemung County History  Elmira, New York
• Chemung County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Chemung County NYGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Tri-Counties Genealogy & History  Bradford and Tioga Counties, PA and Chemung County, NY     (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Bedford County, PA  to the south
• Schuyler County, NY  to the northwest
• Steuben County, NY  to the west
• Tioga County, NY  to the east
• Tioga County, PA  to the southwest
• Tompkins County, NY  to the northeast

Bible Records

• Tri-County Bible Records      (Source: Tri-Counties Genealogy & History)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (15)

Cemeteries (17)

Census Records and Indexes (45)

Church Records

• Church Histories and Church Records      (Source: Tri-Counties Genealogy & History)
• Oakwood Methodist Church Directory, 1929-1930, Elmira Heights, New York      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Court and Legal Records

• Horseheads Police Department History 
• Legal Documents  Tioga, Bradford, Chemung Counties     (Source: USGenWeb)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Chemung County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Madame X's Wild Times on Railroad Avenue  A Report on the Vice Conditions in Elmira, New York, 1913

Directories (23)

Estate Records

• Abstracts of Wills of Chemung, New York      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Chemung County Will Records, Probates & Indexes      (Source: USGenWeb New York Archives)
• Chemung County, New York Will Testators Index      (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• DigitalCambria provides a free index to the will books of Chemung County and includes more names and less errors than other online indexes 
• Probate Records  1629-1971     (Source: Family History Library)
• Tioga County NY Wills for early Chemung Residents      (Source: Tri-Counties Genealogy & History)

Ethnic

• Place Names of Origin of Irish  Elmira, Chemung County NY and Bradford County PA     (Source: Tri-Counties Genealogy & History)
• Slabtown  Elmira, New York

History (46)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Chemung County, New York Declarations of Intent  (Post 1906)     (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• New York County Naturalization Records  1792-1976     (Source: Family History Library)

Introduction and Guides (14)

Land Records

• Chemung Land Papers 1788 - 1792      (Source: USGenWeb)
• New York Land Records  1630-1975     (Source: Family History Library)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (13)

Lookups

• Chemung County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Chemung County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Chemung County, NY Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NY-WESTERN-L Western New York genealogy

  • NY-WESTERN-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NY-WESTERN-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NY-WESTERN-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NYCHEMUN-L Chemung County genealogy

  • NYCHEMUN-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NYCHEMUN-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NYCHEMUN-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (51)

Military Records and Histories

• 1840 New York State Census of Pensioners  Chemung County     (Source: New Horizons Genealogical Services)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Chemung County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Elmira, NY  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Chemung County, New York     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Chemung County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Chemung County Civil War Soldiers      (Source: USGenWeb)
  • Corporal Michel Fortlouis  Life story of a prisoner at the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp
  • Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865  includes Elmira, Military Prison     (Source: Family History Library)

• Revolutionary War

  • Revolutionary War Soldiers of Chemung County      (Source: USGenWeb)

• World War I

  • Tri-County World War One History      (Source: Tri-Counties Genealogy & History)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Chemung County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Elmira City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Assignees at Civilian Public Service (CPS) Camp 46  Big Flats, NY, June 22, 1945     (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
  • Chemung County, New York  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • World War Two Obituaries of Military Personnel      (Source: Tri-Counties Genealogy & History)

Miscellaneous Data

• 1892 Poor House List      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Chemung County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Chemung County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Encyclopedia of Appalachia 
• Migrations through Chemung County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Chemung County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Chemung County Newspaper Abstracts      (Source: Tri-Counties Genealogy & History)
• Chemung County Newspapers  The New York State Library     (Source: New York State Newspaper Project)
• Chemung County Newspapers  at locations other than The New York State Library     (Source: New York State Newspaper Project)
• Chronicling America  Chemung County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Elmira NY Newspaper Items  Index Only     (Source: Tri-Counties Genealogy & History)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Chemung and Steuben Counties, New York Obituary and Death Notice Collection      (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• Chemung County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb New York Archives)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Chemung County
• Star-Gazette  Elmira, New York
• Star-Gazette  Elmira     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Star-Gazette  Elmira, NY     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Tri-Counties Obituary & Other Newspaper Clippings      (Source: Tri-Counties Genealogy & History)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (14)

School Records and Histories

• Elmira College  Historic Campus Architecture Project
• The Elmira Medical and Surgical Institute      (Source: Online Biographies)
• Elmira School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Elmira, NY Early Schools & Teachers      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)
• Horseheads School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Notre Dame High School - Credo Yearbook (Elmira, NY)  Class of 1963     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• School Souvenir Booklets of the Tri-Counties      (Source: Tri-Counties Genealogy & History)
• Southside High School, Elmira  1930 Aurora Yearbook     (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)

Societies

• Big Flats Historical Society 
• Central New York Genealogical Society 
• Horseheads Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (392)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry (11)

Vital Records (12)

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