Over the past couple of months we have reviewed 10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York: 1777–1834 and 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York: 1809–1850. We now take a look at the last book in this three book set.
10,000 Vital Records of Central New York: 1813–1850, includes 5,124 marriage and 4,897 death (for an actual total of 10,021) records pulled from newspaper columns published before 1850 in Central New York. While births were not covered in these early newspapers, often birth dates and birthplaces and parents names were listed in other notices. Western New York covers 15 counties, with records pulled from publications in nine towns; Baldwinsville, Binghamton, Chittenango, Corning, Elmira, Geneva, Norwich, Oxford, and Utica. Geneva lies on the border between central and western New York. Vital records from the Geneva Gazette, 1809–1829 appear in the Western New York volume. Records for Geneva from 1830 to 1850 appear in this volume.
Central New York, like Western and Eastern New York, lists all records alphabetically, either by bridegroom or the deceased. Marriage officials are listed in the appendix; otherwise, all mentioned names appear in the index. Like any source of extracted information from published records, this book makes a great addition to all family history and genealogical society libraries, as well as for individuals researching the New York area prior to 1835.
Order a copy of 10,000 Vital Records of Central New York: 1813–1850 from Family Roots Publishing; Item #GPC641.