Rochester Genealogy (in Monroe County, NY)

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Rochester Birth Records

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1881-1942 New York Birth Index MyHeritage online

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

Birth Records of the Society of Friends of Rochester US Gen Web online

Birth notices from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle and Times-Union, 1977-2014 Rochester Public Library online

Corn Hill Methodist Church records, 1860-1968 Archive Grid

Index to Rochester Church Records (48 churches included) Rochester Genealogical Society online

New York Birth Records, 1847 - 1849 New Horizons Genealogical Services online

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

Records of the Dutch Reformed Church in Rochester, Ulster County, New York Archive Grid

Rochester Cemetery Records (74)


Rochester 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

Deaths from the Monroe County - City of Rochester, New York State Census, 1865 New Horizons Genealogical Services online

Marriages - 1865 State Census Records New Horizons Genealogical Services 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

Rochester Church Records (176)


Rochester City Directories (184)


Rochester Death Records

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1880-1956 New York Death Index MyHeritage online

1880-1956 New York, Death Index Ancestry online

Baptisms, burials, & marriages, St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Rochester, N.Y.) WorldCat

Corn Hill Methodist Church records, 1860-1968 Archive Grid

Crimes and obituaries : a scrapbook. WorldCat

Death Records, 1847-1849 New Horizons Genealogical Services online

Death notices from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle and Times-Union, 1960-2016 Rochester Public Library online

Deaths from Central Presbyterian Church 1852-1907 US Gen Web online

Deaths in the Monroe County poor house FamilySearch Library

Index to Rochester Church Records (48 churches included) Rochester Genealogical Society online

Marriages and Death from Rochester Newspapers 1818-1820 US Gen Web online

Marriages and Death from Rochester Newspapers 1821-1822 US Gen Web online

Marriages and Death from Rochester Newspapers 1823-1824 US Gen Web online

Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers 1825-1826 US Gen Web online

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

Records of Bethel Free Church, Washington Street Church, Central Presbyterian Church (includes baptisms, marriages, and deaths) Ancestry online

Rochester Historical Society : obituaries. WorldCat

Rochester Museum obituary : scrap book. WorldCat

Rochester obituaries WorldCat

The North Star & Frederick Douglass paper : marriages & obituaries 1808-1888, Rochester, New York FamilySearch Library

The North star & Frederick Douglass' paper, marriages and obituaries : 1808-1888, Rochester, New York WorldCat

Rochester Histories and Genealogies (113)


Rochester 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

Declarations of intention, 1821-1898; indexes, 1822-1898 (Monroe County, New York) FamilySearch Library

Declarations of intention, 1898-1906 FamilySearch Library

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

Manifests of alien arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954 : NARA Record Group 85, M1480 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization petitions, ca. 1823-1906 FamilySearch Library

Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Rochester July-Sept. 1866 US Gen Web online

U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists (includes Rochester 1866 ) Ancestry online

Rochester Land Records

Deeds (Monroe County, New York), 1821-1920; index, 1821-1975 FamilySearch Library

Rochester Map Records

Birdseye view map of Rochester and Despatch, 1910 Library of Congress online

Map of Rochester : from the latest surveys, 1872 Library of Congress online

Map of Rochester from a correct survey, 1832 Library of Congress online

Map of Rochester, New York FamilySearch Library

Map of the city of Rochester : from Cornells' Maps : to accompany Boyd's Rochester and six county directory, 1870 Library of Congress online

Map of the city of Rochester, 1879 Library of Congress online

Outline map of Rochester, New York showing wards and portions of assembly districts of Monroe County within its limits FamilySearch Library

Plat book, map city of Rochester, New York : carefully compiled from official records and surveys, 1900 Library of Congress online

Rochester, 1880 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Rochester, 1888 Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Monroe County, New York, 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Monroe County, New York, 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Monroe County, New York, 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Monroe County, New York, 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Monroe County, New York, 1911-1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Monroe County, New York, 1911-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Monroe County, New York, 1924-1938 Library of Congress online

Settlement in the West : sketches of Rochester with incidental notices of western New York ; a collection of matters designed to illustrate the progress of Rochester during the first quarter-century of its existence, including a map of the city and some representations of scenery, edifices, etc. FamilySearch Library

View map of Rochester, New York 1880. Library of Congress online

Rochester Marriage Records

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1881-1967 New York State, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Banns and marriage record, First Dutch Reformed Church, Rochester, Ulster County, New York, 1736-1795. WorldCat

Baptisms, burials, & marriages, St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Rochester, N.Y.) WorldCat

Corn Hill Methodist Church records, 1860-1968 Archive Grid

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

Early marriages in Rochester, Monroe Co. N.Y. and in the vicinity : taken from church records and newspapers Archive Grid

First Methodist Church marriages 1854-1870 US Gen Web online

Index to Rochester Church Records (48 churches included) Rochester Genealogical Society online

Marriage notices from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle and Times-Union, 1965-2009 Rochester Public Library online

Marriages - 1865 State Census Records New Horizons Genealogical Services online

Marriages and Death from Rochester Newspapers 1818-1820 US Gen Web online

Marriages and Death from Rochester Newspapers 1821-1822 US Gen Web online

Marriages and Death from Rochester Newspapers 1823-1824 US Gen Web online

Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers 1825-1826 US Gen Web online

Marriages from Central Presbyterian Church 1858-1907 US Gen Web online

Marriages from Monroe County Newspapers 1827-1830 US Gen Web online

Married daughters: taken from Surrogate records of Monroe County, N.Y.: listed under their husband's names; work done by The Genealogical Records Committe[e], Irondequoit Chapter, D.A.R., Rochester, N.Y. Rochester Public Library online

Monroe County, New York marriage records of Rev. George Washington Montgomery, 1846-1879, founding minister of the First Universalist Society of the City of Rochester. WorldCat

Monroe County, New York, marriage records of Rev. George Washington Montgomery, 1846-1879 : founding minister of the First Universalist Society of the city of Rochester, he served as its pastor until 1854 ; a working copy transcribed from the original record, with indexes added for bride, groom and witness names FamilySearch Library

New York Marriages, 1600-1784 Ancestry online

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

Records of Bethel Free Church, Washington Street Church, Central Presbyterian Church (includes baptisms, marriages, and deaths) Ancestry online

Records of the Dutch Reformed Church in Rochester, Ulster County, New York Archive Grid

The North Star & Frederick Douglass paper : marriages & obituaries 1808-1888, Rochester, New York FamilySearch Library

The North star & Frederick Douglass' paper, marriages and obituaries : 1808-1888, Rochester, New York WorldCat

Rochester Military Records

Civil War wounded treated in Rochester Hospitals US Gen Web online

From Rochester to Winchester : the regimental history of the 22nd New York Cavalry, 1864-1865 WorldCat

Rochester in the Civil War Ancestry online

Rochester in the Civil War FamilySearch Library

Rochester; its founders and its founding Cornell University Library online

Sons of old Monroe, a regimental history of Patrick O'Rorke's 140th New York Volunteer Infantry FamilySearch Library

St. Mary's Hospital and the Civil War FamilySearch Library

St. Mary's Hospital and the Civil War (Rochester) Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York Ancestry online

World War service record of Rochester and Monroe County, New York FamilySearch Library

Rochester Minority Records

African-American Heads of Household in early Rochester, NY 1838-1852 US Gen Web online

An Italian passage : immigrants to three American cities, 1890-1930 FamilySearch Library

City Directory of Negro Business and Progress 1939-1940 Rochester Public Library online

Italians in Rochester, New York, 1900 - 1940 FamilySearch Library

Jewish Ledger (Rochester, N.Y.) Rochester, Monroe County : 1924-1993 New York State Library

Jewish Ledger. (Rochester, N.Y.) 1924-Current US Newspaper Directory

The Jewish community in Rochester, 1843-1925 FamilySearch Library

Rochester Miscellaneous Records

Rochester Orphan Asylum records 1837-1839 US Gen Web online

The political blue book of Rochester, N.Y FamilySearch Library

U.S., Applications for Seaman's Protection Certificates, 1916-1940 (includes Rochester, New York) Ancestry online

Rochester Newspapers and Obituaries (141)


Rochester Probate Records

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

Monroe County, New York, abstracts of wills Ancestry online

Rochester School Records (126)




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