Family Files

• Over 1,400 folders of correspondence, articles, and genealogy of local families

Local History References 

• Reference collection includes: County histories, town histories, directories, gazetteers, atlases, supervisors’ proceedings, published genealogies, and more
• Subject binders include: buildings and homes, agriculture, businesses, cemeteries, Groveland Shakers, hotels / taverns / inns, military history, notable women, railroads, salt mines, schools, and many others
• Genesee Valley regional history: Genesee River, Genesee Valley Canal, Genesee Valley Greenway, Genesee Valley Hunt, pioneer settlement

Maps

• Early 19th- through 21st-century maps encompassing Livingston County and the Genesee Valley region. Some are available online:
  • 1852 Livingston County Map
  • 1858 Livingston County Map
  • 1872 Livingston County Atlas
  • 1902 Livingston County Atlas

Naturalizations 1821 to 1954

• From 1821 to 1906, most holdings are declarations of intention and final orders; after 1906, the declaration of intention, petition, and certificates are all on file (indexed online)

• Ranging from 1801 to present, with the bulk between 1824 and 1989; many are indexed for births, deaths, and marriages up to 1900 (indexes partially online). Recent obituaries indexed from 1989 to present. Most papers digitized on fultonhistory.com

• Large cataloged collection (thousands of images) pertaining to Livingston County. Over 1,500 postcards from every town in the county are also available. See our digital files policy

Special Collections

• Personal and institutional collections, series, and subjects. Available for serious research by advance request and permission. See our Finding Aids page for highlighted collection abstracts and some full finding aids.

• This office has scattered holdings from a few towns prior to about 1860. Contact us for more information.

Veterans’ Files

• Information from the Revolutionary War to present (online). Some files include original photographs, military and biographical information, and newspaper clippings. The Veteran Services Agency Collection (World War I) could help La Verne Noyes Scholarship applicants attending these colleges. Order copies of Veterans’ Files files through our Research Request Form.

• This office does not hold official birth, death, and marriage certificates, with two exceptions: 
  1. Town Clerks’ returns for birth, marriage, and death records for Caledonia through York, 1847 to 1849 (none for Avon or Ossian; some scattered) and York births and marriages, 1878-1935 (all indexed online)
  2. Marriage license records and/or indices from the County Clerk between 1918-1935 (online) and available from familysearch.org.
• New York State did not require town clerks to keep birth, death, and marriage records until 1880; after this date, birth and death records are available from the local registrar of the municipality where the event occurred. Marriage records are available from the Town Clerk where the marriage license was issued. If the location of these events is unknown, check Reclaim the Records to access an index.