Cortland County NY Genealogy

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Cortland County Records by City/Town

Cincinnatus Genealogy (63)
Cortland Genealogy (211)
Cortlandville Genealogy (39)
Cuyler Genealogy (49)
Freetown Genealogy (41)
Harford Genealogy (41)
Homer Genealogy (96)
Lapeer Genealogy (49)
Marathon Genealogy (58)


McGraw Genealogy (44)
Preble Genealogy (50)
Scott Genealogy (56)
Solon Genealogy (59)
Taylor Genealogy (44)
Truxton Genealogy (66)
Virgil Genealogy (66)
Willet Genealogy (40)

Overview of Cortland County Records

  • Cortland County was created in 1808 from Onondaga County.
  • The New York State Department of Health has copies of birth, marriage, and death records starting in 1880. Individual town or city clerks also have copies of birth, marriage, and death records.
  • The Cortland County Clerk has marriage records starting in 1910, land records starting in 1808, divorce records, court records starting in 1908, and naturalization records from 1831 to 1848 and from 1871 to 1929.
  • The Cortland County Surrogate Court has probate records starting in 1808.
  • Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.