Monroe County NY Genealogy

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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Monroe County Records by Type Birth Records (44) Cemetery Records (616) Census Records (49) Church Records (317) City Directories (307) Court Records (1) Death Records (42) Histories and Genealogies (207) Immigration Records (10) Land Records (10) Map Records (73) Marriage Records (53) Military Records (25) Minority Records (8) Miscellaneous Records (8) Newspapers and Obituaries (348) Probate Records (13) School Records (213) Tax Records (13)

Overview of Monroe County Records

• Monroe County was created in 1821 from Genesee and Ontario counties.
• 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 Monroe County Clerk has marriage records starting in 1908, court records starting in 1860, divorce records, land records starting in 1821, and naturalization records starting in 1822.
• The Monroe County Surrogate Court has probate records starting in 1824.
• The Monroe County Health Department has birth records and death records.
• The Monroe County Historian has state census records.
• Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.