Here is a collection of many kinds of Vital Records that may be of use to you in your genealogical research. Included are Church records with some births and, marriages. Also view the earliest Probate records and military and election records.
You can search through all the web pages on this site. For best results, only put a surname in the search box. Putting in common given names such as "Mary" or "John" will give positive results for too many pages.
| General Monroe County records | |||
| Brighton | Chili | Clarkson | Gates |
| Greece | Hamlin | Henrietta | Irondequoit |
| Mendon | Ogden | Parma | Penfield |
| Perinton | Pittsford | Riga | Rochester |
| Rush | Sweden | Wheatland | |
General coverage of Monroe County, NY
Alphabetic Family Groupings from 1821 - 1876 Birth Records of Dr. Samuel Beach Bradley for Adjacent Parts of the Towns of Greece, Parma, Ogden, and Gates in Monroe County, New York (1973) compiled by Grace Goodell Witty.
Birth Records of Doctor Abdiel Bliss Carpenter (1841 - 1865)
Marriages and Death from Rochester Newspapers; 1818 - 1820
Marriages and Death from Rochester Newspapers; 1821 - 1822
Marriages and Death from Rochester Newspapers; 1823 - 1824
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; 1825 - 1826
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; 1827
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; 1828
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; 1829
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; Jan. 1830 - June 1830
Marriages and Deaths from Newspapers of Monroe County; July 1830 - Dec. 1830
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; Jan. 1831 - June 1831
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; July 1831 - Dec. 1831
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; Jan. 1832 - June 1832
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; July 1832 - Dec. 1832
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; Jan. 1833 - June 1833
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; July 1833 - Dec. 1833
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; Jan. 1834 - June 1834
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; July 1834 - Dec. 1834
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; Jan. 1835 - June 1835
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; July 1835 - Dec. 1835
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; Jan. 1836 - June 1836
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; July 1836 - Dec. 1836
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; Jan. 1837 - June 1837
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; July 1837 - Dec. 1837
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; Jan. 1838 - June 1838
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; July 1838 - Dec. 1838
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; Jan. 1839 - June 1839
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; July 1839 - Dec. 1839
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; Jan. 1840 - June 1840
Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers; July 1840 - Dec. 1840
Marriages from Moore's Rural New-Yorker, Rochester, NY; Jan - Dec. 1854
Marriages found in the "Miscellaneous Records" volumes in the Monroe Co., NY Courthouse; (1848 - 1916)
Marriage Licenses extracted from The Daily Record, Rochester; (Jan. 1, 1936 - June 30, 1936)
Marriage Licenses extracted from The Daily Record, Rochester; (July. 1, 1936 - Dec. 31, 1936)
Marriage Licenses extracted from The Daily Record, Rochester; (Jan. 1, 1937 - June 30, 1937)
Deaths in the Monroe County, NY Almshouse (Poor house); Oct. 1, 1873 - Sept. 30, 1880
Deaths in the Monroe County, NY Almshouse (Poor house); Oct. 1, 1880 - Sept. 30, 1890
Deaths in the Monroe County, NY Almshouse (Poor house); Oct. 1, 1890 - Sept. 30, 1900
Deaths in the Monroe County, NY Insane Asylum; Oct. 1, 1873 - Sept. 30, 1890
Inquests Held by the Coroners of the Monroe County between Nov. 1885 and Sept. 1901
Deaths from the Western NY Masonic Relief Association (1874 - 1893).
Monroe Co. Casualties in the Korean War.
Monroe Co. Casualties in the Vietnam War.
Co. A, 8th NY Cavalry roster from the Civil War.
Military Deaths during the Vietnam War Era - Surnames beginning with A - C
Military Deaths during the Vietnam War Era - Surnames beginning with D - G
Military Deaths during the Vietnam War Era - Surnames beginning with H - L
Military Deaths during the Vietnam War Era - Surnames beginning with M - R
Military Deaths during the Vietnam War Era -
Surnames beginning with S - Z
Early Wills of Monroe County, NY; (1821 - 1929)
Will Book Number One; (1829 - 1835)
Will Book Number Two; (1835 - 1841)
Will Book Number Three; (1841 - 1847)
Wills of Monroe County, NY; 1821 - 1863 (surnames: A-L) (on the Rochester Public Library website).
Wills of Monroe County, NY; 1821 - 1863 (surnames: M-Z) (on the Rochester Public Library website).
Cross index to Wills of Monroe County, NY; 1821 - 1863 (on the Rochester Public Library website).
Wills of Monroe County, NY; 1863 - 1874 (on the Rochester Public Library website).
Cross index to Wills of Monroe County, NY; 1863 - 1874 (on the Rochester Public Library website).
Intestate Estates of Monroe County; 1821-1863 (on the Rochester Public Library website).
Intestate Estates of Monroe County; 1863-1874 (on the Rochester Public Library website).
Cross index of Intestate Estates of Monroe County, NY; 1863 - 1874 (on the Rochester Public Library website).
Married Daughters in both intestate estates (without a will) and those with wills from 1821 to 1874 (on the Rochester Public Library website).
Vital Record Index to to the Rochester Daily American newspaper (Dec. 1844 - Dec. 1857); Surnames: A - C; | Surnames: D - K; | Surnames: L - R; | Surnames: S - Z or the whole Index as a PDF file.
Vital Records from the Monroe County Poorhouse (1847 - 1850)
Legal Names Changes (1870 - 1917) in Monroe Co., NY
Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Rochester; July - Sept. 1866
Pioneer Society of Rochester and Western N. Y.
The Northampton Town Records; 1797 - 1808. This Town once encompassed all the land in NY State west of the Genesee River.
Rochester Orphan Asylum records; 1837 - 1839
Index to Indentures at the Rochester Orphan Asylum (1837 - 1906)
Burial Records of the Rochester Orphan Asylum (1838 - 1905)
Index to Index to Some Rochester Area Adoption Records (1860 - 1917). Adoptions from another source which must remain private.
1790 Census of Ontario Co., NY
Index to 1830 census of Monroe County, NY - pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6
Brighton vital records (1847 - 1849)
Brighton Baptist Church; members (1818) & deaths 1822 - 1832
Business Directory of Brighton, NY from 1869
Business Directory of Chili, NY from 1869
Business Directory of Clarkson, NY from 1869
Baptisms and Deaths from the records of Clarkson Congregational Church, Clarkson, NY (1839 - 1907)
Business Directory of Gates, NY from 1869
Gates vital records; (1848 - 1850)
School District #3; 1861 - 1862
Tax Assessment Roll for 1826 (includes the Village of Rochester) (PDF file).
Business Directory of Greece, NY from 1869
Registered Voters; 1917 - 1918
Registered Voters; 1922
Tax Assessment Roll for 1858 (PDF file).
Business Directory of Hamlin, NY from 1869
Business Directory of Henrietta, NY from 1869
Tax Assessment Rolls for the following years: 1819, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1861, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1868, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1885 B, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907 (on the Rochester Public Library website).
Business Directory of Irondequoit, NY from 1869
Business Directory of Mendon, NY from 1869
List of Registered Voters for the Town of Mendon for 1957.
Alphabetized 1892 NYS census for the Town of Ogden
Business Directory of Ogden, NY from 1869
Membership and Baptisms in the Ogden Presbyterian Church
Union Church Society list of members from the 1830s
Business Directory of Parma, NY from 1869
Parma Methodist Episcopal Church records from the 1860s & 1870s
Parma vital records (1847 - 1849)
Business Directory of Penfield, NY from 1869
Voter Enrollment List for the Town of Penfield; 1946 - 1947.
Business Directory of Perinton, NY from 1869
Business Directory of Pittsford, NY from 1869
Records of the Second Congregational Church, (later First Presbyterian Church,) Pittsford, New York, from 1809 to about 1839.
Baptisms from St. Vincent de Paul Church, Churchville, NY (1869 - 1910).
Business Directory of Riga, NY from 1869
Records of the Congregational Church at Riga Corners, NY
African-American Heads of Household in early Rochester, NY; (1838 - 1852)
Birth Records of the Society of Friends.
Tax Assessment Roll for 1826 for the Town of Gates, including the Village of Rochester.
Cholera epidemic of 1832 in Rochester
Civil War wounded treated in Rochester Hospitals
Early Records from First Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY
First Methodist Church: marriages; 1854 - 1870
Plymouth Congregational Church: founding members in 1855
Second Presbyterian Church: list of members from 1825 - 1827 and baptisms from 1826 - 1829
Baptisms from Central Presbyterian Church; 1852 - 1906.
Marriages from Central Presbyterian Church; 1858 - 1907
Deaths from Central Presbyterian Church; 1852 - 1907
Voter Enrollment List for the City of Rochester; Wards 1 - 13; 1920 (on the Rochester Public Library website).
Business Directory of Rush, NY from 1869
Business Directory of Sweden, NY from 1869
Sweden Methodist Episcopal Church
Union Church Society: list of members from the 1830s
Business Directory of Wheatland, NY from 1869
Records of the Belcoda Baptist Church.
Births and Marriages (1850 - 1922) from the records of Associated Reformed Church of Beulah
Go to Monroe County Gen-Web page.
- 25 Dec. 2019
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