Elmira Genealogy (in Chemung County, NY)

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Elmira Birth Records

1881-1942 New York Birth Index MyHeritage online

Birth Index for New York State, 1881-1942 Ancestry online

New York, Birth Records, 1880-present New York State Department of Health

Elmira Cemetery Records

Baptist Church (Wisner) Cemetery Joyce Tice online

Chemung County cemetery records FamilySearch Library

Ennis Cemetery Find a Grave online

Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Joyce Tice online

Forest Lawn Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Forest Lawn Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Franklin Street Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fulton Street (Southport) Cemetery Joyce Tice online

Fulton Street Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fulton Street Cemetery Billion Graves online

Fulton Street Hebrew Cemetery Find a Grave online

Grace Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Greatsinger Cemetery Joyce Tice online

Jenkins Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jenkins Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jenkins Family Cemetery Joyce Tice online

List of Confederate soldiers buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York FamilySearch Library

List of Confederate soldiers buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York Genealogy Gophers online

List of Confederate soldiers buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York WorldCat

List showing inscriptions on headstones for the Confederate soldiers and sailors who, while prisoners of war, died at Elmira, N.Y., and were buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery. WorldCat

Marriage records : copy of the original records of marriage by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher of Park Church, Elmira, New York from 1854 to 1900 ... WorldCat

Mount Saviour Abbey Find a Grave online

Old Second Street Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Second Street Cemetery Joyce Tice online

Saint Peter and Pauls Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery Billion Graves online

Second Street Cemetery records, Elmira, Chemung County, New York FamilySearch Library

Temple B'nai Israel Cemetery Find a Grave online

The Confederate dead of Woodlawn : lists of Confederate soldiers buried in Woodlawn Cemetery FamilySearch Library

Virginia Confederates buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York Genealogy Gophers online

Virginia Confederates buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York LDS Genealogy online

Virginia Confederates buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York Internet Archive online

Wisner Burying Ground Find a Grave online

Woodlawn Cemetery Find a Grave online

Woodlawn Cemetery Joyce Tice online

Woodlawn Cemetery Billion Graves online

Woodlawn Cemetery Interment online

Woodlawn Cemetery New York Gravestones online

Woodlawn Cemetery burial records Burial Search online

Woodlawn Cemetery records (Elmira, New York) FamilySearch Library

Woodlawn National Cemetery Find a Grave online

Woodlawn National Cemetery Billion Graves online

Woodlawn National Cemetery Interment online

Woodlawn National Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Woodlawn National Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Woodlawn National Cemetery New York Gravestones online

Elmira Census Records

1855 New York State Census Ancestry online

1865 New York State Census Ancestry online

1875 New York State Census Ancestry online

1892 New York State Census Ancestry online

1905 New York State Census Ancestry online

1915 New York State Census Ancestry online

1925 New York State Census Ancestry online

Census 1840 Joyce Tice online

Census Town and City of Elmira 1860 Joyce Tice online

Census of Town and City of Elmira 1880 Joyce Tice online

Elmia Veterans Census 1890 Joyce Tice online

Newtown Census (now Elmira) 1800 Joyce Tice online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Elmira Church Records

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Church records of St. Anthony's Catholic Church (Elmira, New York), 1907-1910 FamilySearch Library

Church records of the St. Cecilia Catholic Church (Elmira, New York), 1870-1910 FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1821-1844 (South Presbyterian Church (Elmira, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1851-1910 (Catholic Church. SS. Peter and Paul (Elmira, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1871-1910 (Catholic Church. St. Patrick's (Elmira, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1872-1910 (Catholic Church. St. Mary's (Elmira, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1890-1910 (Catholic Church. St. Casimir (Elmira, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Fiftieth anniversary of the Park Church (of Elmira) Ancestry online

Fiftieth anniversary of the Park Church : Elmira, N.Y., January 1, 1896 FamilySearch Library

Marriage Records - Park Church, 1854-1901 New Horizons Genealogical Services online

Marriage records : copy of the original records of marriage by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher of Park Church, Elmira, New York (1854-1900) Ancestry online

Marriage records : copy of the original records of marriage by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher of Park Church, Elmira, New York from 1854 to 1900 ... WorldCat

Marriage records of Park Church, recorded by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, 1854 to 1909 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, copy of the original records of marriage by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher of Park Church, Elmira, N. Y., from 1854-1900 FamilySearch Library

Park Church Marriage Records, 1854-1901 LDS Genealogy online

Park Church Marriages 1854-1900 Joyce Tice online

St. Mary's Baptismal Records 1870s-1890s Joyce Tice online

Elmira City Directories (146)


Elmira Death Records

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1880-1956 New York Death Index MyHeritage online

1880-1956 New York, Death Index Ancestry online

Burial list of approximately 2,950 confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war at the Elmira Prison Camp, Elmira, New York : and were interred in the Woodlawn National Cemetery in Elmira, New York FamilySearch Library

Deaths Recorded in Elmira 1867-1881 Joyce Tice online

Deaths recorded in the city of Elmira, New York FamilySearch Library

Elmira : death camp of the north FamilySearch Library

Elmira Republican 1847-1850 vital records ( included in 10,000 Vital Records of Central New York, 1813-1850) Ancestry online

New York, Death Records, 1880-present New York State Department of Health

Elmira Histories and Genealogies

A short history of Elmira Ancestry online

A short history of Elmira FamilySearch Library

Brief History of Elmira and Horseheads 1868 Joyce Tice online

Elmira historical pageant : presented at Elmira, New York, July 4-5, 1923 Ancestry online

Elmira historical pageant : presented at Elmira, New York, July 4-5, 1923 FamilySearch Library

Elmira, New York (the logical manufacturing and distributing center of southern New York) Ancestry online

Elmira, New York : the logical manufacturing and distributing center of southern New York FamilySearch Library

Facts about Elmira History Joyce Tice online

History of Elmira, Horseheads, and the Chemung Valley : with sketches of the churches, schools, societies, railroads, manufacturing companies, etc., etc. ; also, directory & business advertiser for 1868 FamilySearch Library

Home for the aged, Elmira, N. Y. : articles of incorporation, by-laws and rules of the society, treasurer's report, list of officers for 1883, history of the work of the society FamilySearch Library

Home for the aged, Elmira, N.Y. : articles of incorporation, by-laws and rules of the society, treasurer's report Ancestry online

The Elmira centennial and Scottish pioneers, 1838-1938 (includes genealogies) Ancestry online

The Street railway operations of the Elmira Water, Light, and Railroad Co. : its predecessors and successors, 1871-1939 FamilySearch Library

Town of Elmira 1879 History Joyce Tice online

Town of Elmira History Joyce Tice online

Elmira Immigration Records

Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalization of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, 1906-1966 Ancestry online

Index to Petitions of Naturalization, New York Western District 1907-1966 Fold3 online

Naturalization record, v. 1-4, 1859-1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalizations, 1906-1955 FamilySearch Library

Elmira Land Records

Deed records, 1791-1903; index, 1791-1942 FamilySearch Library

Elmira Map Records

Elmira, 1896 Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Map of Elmira, N.Y. 1901. Library of Congress online

Map of Elmira, N.Y. : 1873 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Elmira, Chemung County, New York, 1903 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Elmira, Chemung County, New York, April 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Elmira, Chemung County, New York, January 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Elmira, Chemung County, New York, June 1887 Library of Congress online

Elmira Marriage Records

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1881-1967 New York State, Marriage Index Ancestry online

County Marriages of New York, 1847-1849; 1907-1936 Ancestry online

Elmira Republican 1847-1850 vital records ( included in 10,000 Vital Records of Central New York, 1813-1850) Ancestry online

Marriage Records - Park Church, 1854-1901 New Horizons Genealogical Services online

Marriage records : copy of the original records of marriage by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher of Park Church, Elmira, New York (1854-1900) Ancestry online

Marriage records : copy of the original records of marriage by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher of Park Church, Elmira, New York from 1854 to 1900 ... WorldCat

Marriage records of Park Church, recorded by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, 1854 to 1909 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, copy of the original records of marriage by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher of Park Church, Elmira, N. Y., from 1854-1900 FamilySearch Library

New York Marriages, 1600-1784 Ancestry online

New York, Marriage Records, 1881-present New York State Department of Health

Park Church Marriage Records, 1854-1901 LDS Genealogy online

Park Church Marriages 1854-1900 Joyce Tice online

Elmira Military Records

History of the 27th Regiment N.Y. Vols. : being a record of its more than two years of service in the War for the Union Ancestry online

History of the Elmira Prison Camp (Civil War) and Burials of Those Who Died There Joyce Tice online

List of Confederate soldiers buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York FamilySearch Library

List of Confederate soldiers buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York Genealogy Gophers online

List of Confederate soldiers buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York WorldCat

Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate prisoners of war, 1861-1865 : NARA Record Group 109 FamilySearch Library

The Confederate dead of Woodlawn : lists of Confederate soldiers buried in Woodlawn Cemetery FamilySearch Library

The Elmira prison camp : a history of the military prison at Elmira, New York, July 6, 1864 to July 10, 1865; with an appendix containing the names of Confederate prisoners buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery FamilySearch Library

Elmira Minority Records

The Elmira centennial and Scottish pioneers, 1838-1938 FamilySearch Library

The Elmira centennial and Scottish pioneers, 1838-1938 (includes genealogies) Ancestry online

Elmira Newspapers and Obituaries (58)


Elmira Probate Records

1659-1999 New York, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstracts of wills of Chemung County, N.Y. : from 1836 to 1850 Ancestry online

Elmira School Records

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A Century of public education in Elmira, 1845-1945 Ancestry online

A Century of public education in Elmira, 1845-1945 FamilySearch Library

Elmira Catholic High School - Victorian Yearbook (Elmira, NY), 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943 E Yearbook online

Elmira Catholic High School yearbooks, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Elmira Christian Academy yearbook, 1987, 1988 Classmates online

Elmira Christian Academy yearbooks, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Elmira College - Iris Yearbook (Elmira, NY), 1905, 1910, 1912, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1928, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1969 E Yearbook online

Elmira College Directory, 1925-1926 Internet Archive online

Elmira College yearbook, 1905, 1910, 1912, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1928, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1969, 1994, 1995 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Elmira Free Academy - Torch / Sagoyawatha Yearbook (Elmira, NY), 1909, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1972, 1984 E Yearbook online

Elmira Free Academy yearbook, 1909, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Elmira Free Academy yearbook, 1909, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 Classmates online

Elmira Free Academy yearbooks, 1909, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Notre Dame High School - Credo Yearbook (Elmira, NY), 1960, 1963, 1967, 1968 E Yearbook online

Notre Dame High School yearbook, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Notre Dame High School yearbook, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1975 Classmates online

Notre Dame High School yearbook, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1975 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Southside High School - Edsonian Yearbook (Elmira, NY), 1921, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1977 E Yearbook online

Southside High School yearbook, 1921, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Southside High School yearbook, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Southside High School yearbook, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Classmates online

Elmira Tax Records

Tax Assessment, Town of Newtown (now Elmira) 1799 Joyce Tice online

Tax Assessment, Town of Newtown (now Elmira) 1800 Joyce Tice online

Tax Assessment, Town of Newtown (now Elmira) 1801 Joyce Tice online

Tax Assessment, Town of Newtown (now Elmira) 1802 Joyce Tice online

Tax Assessment, Town of Newtown (now Elmira) 1803 Joyce Tice online



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