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OCPL Local History / Genealogy Department
Onondaga County Genealogical
Sites
Genealogical/Family History
Research
Onondaga County Genealogical Sites
Onondaga
County USGenWeb Genealogical Site
Important site for researching Onondaga County ancestors.
Access to Onondaga County cemetery inscriptions
(not all inclusive), town and village histories,
surname indexes, links to other counties and states,
and more.
Central
New York Genealogical Society
Genealogical/Family History Research
Afro-American
Historical and Genealogical Society
An organization committed to the preservation of
the history, genealogy and culture of the African-Ancestored
populations of the local, national and international
community. Stresses the importance of history and
genealogy by encouraging active participation in
recording research and documenting personal family
histories.
Ancestry.com
Access to searchable databases; most require a paid
subscription.
Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS)
The world's largest collection of family history.
This massive genealogical database has more than
800 million names and is available to the public
for free.
Civil War
Soldiers and Sailors System
A comprehensive research tool for searching the
records of the soldiers and sailors that fought
in the Civil War.
Cyndi's List
of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Links to just about every genealogical site to be
found!
Ellis Island
Family History Center
Between 1892 and 1924, more than 22 million passengers
and members of ships' crews came through Ellis Island
and the Port of New York. You can research passenger
records from ships and see the original manifests
with passengers' names.
Family
Tree Maker
A commercial site offering many free and fee-based
services.
GENUKI: UK & Ireland Genealogy
Links to English and Irish sites and information
related to all of England and the UK.
JewishGen:
The Home of Jewish Genealogy
Web site assisting those researching their Jewish
ancestry. Primary source connecting researchers
worldwide, including a database of over 200,000
surnames and towns.
Microfilm
Catalog
Site includes National Archives census microfilm
catalogs.
NARA
1930 Census Microfilm Locator
A comprehensive guide to the 1930 census.
National
Genealogical Society
New
England Historic Genealogical Society
New
York State Archives: Genealogical Resources
New
York State Department of Health: Vital Records
Information and forms for obtaining genealogy copies
of NYS vital records.
New
York State GenWeb
Links to New York State counties, online maps, New
York State military links, New York Cemetery List
Project and other sites.
New
York State Library Genealogy
NYS
Newspapers on Microfilm at the New York State Library
Listed by city of publication.
NYS
Newspapers on Microfilm at the New York State Library
Listed by county of publication.
Online
Searchable Death Indexes & Records
A listing of online death indexes by state.
Roots-L
Mailing List
A mailing list for people who are interested in
any or all aspects of genealogy, anywhere in the
world. Over 10 years of messages are archived and
can be searched.
RootsWeb
The Internet's oldest and largest genealogical community.
Searchable databases, mailing lists, message boards,
and more.
RootsWeb
Surname List
Massive list of more than 1,000,000 surnames submitted
by over 194,000 genealogists. Keyword searching
is available; surname searching returns a list of
people researching that name.
Social
Security Death Index
Soundex
Converter
United States
Census Bureau
United
States GenWeb Project
Critical web site providing searchable links to
all states. Leads to Internet addresses that may
include cemetery inscriptions, military and vital
records, important addresses and contacts, pioneer
indexes, obituaries and much more.
Upstate New York Genealogy
A resource for genealogical research on ancestors that lived in the Upstate New York communities from the Colonial Period onward. Also includes image galleries from Oneida County, listings of lectures and events, tips on conducting your genealogical research, and more.
USGS Geographic
Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS),
developed by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S.
Board of Geographic Names, contains information
about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic
features in the U.S. and its territories. The federally
recognized name of each feature described in the
database is identified, and references are made
to a feature's location by state, county, and geographic
coordinates.
Vital Records
Information
Information about where to obtain vital records
(such as birth, death and marriage certificates
and divorce decrees) from each state, territory
and county of the United States.
Last updated April 24, 2008