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Yonkers 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 St. John's Church, Yonkers, N.Y. ... : 1777-1836 WorldCat

New York Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms (includes baptisms 1819-1920 from churches including Holy Eucharist, Immaculate Conception & St Mary, Most Holy Trinity, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of the Rosary, Sacred Heart, St Anthony Nepara Park, St Anthony Willow Street, St Denis, St John the Baptist, St Joseph, St Peter, St Casimir) FindMyPast online

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

New York, Episcopal Diocese of New York Church Records, 1767-1970 (includes church records for Yonkers) Ancestry online

New York, Yonkers, Birth and Death Registration and Indexes, 1875-1916 Family Search online

Saint Johns Episcopal Church, Yonkers, Westchester, New York computer printout; births or christenings, 1820-1826 FamilySearch Library

Yonkers Cemetery Records

Burials in the Dyckman-Nagel burial ground and the Berrian graveyards near Kingsbridge, New York City FamilySearch Library

Cemetery inscriptions of Westchester County, N.Y. Ancestry online

Inscriptions copied from gravestones in Yonkers, N.Y. Ancestry online

Inscriptions copied from the gravestones in St. John's Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y. Ancestry online

Inscriptions copied from the gravestones in St. John's cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y. FamilySearch Library

Inscriptions from graveyards in Yonkers & Inwood, N.Y. Ancestry online

Oakland Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint John'sTuckahoe Cemetery and Columbarium Find a Grave online

Saint Johns Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Joseph Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Mary Cemetery Interment online

Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sherwood Park Cemetery Find a Grave online

The Province of Saint Mary Cemetery Find a Grave online

Yonkers 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

Federal Census of 1940, Yonkers, New York LDS Genealogy online

Map of the city of Yonkers FamilySearch Library

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

Yonkers Church Records

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Birth records St. John's Church, Yonkers, N.Y. ... : 1777-1836 WorldCat

Church and Sunday school work in Yonkers Ancestry online

Church records of Park Hill Reformed Church (Yonkers, New York), 1892-1918 FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1843-1924 (First Reformed Church (Yonkers, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1852-1899 (First Presbyterian Church (Yonkers, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1858-1979 (Methodist Episcopal Church (Yonkers, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1892-1965 (Park Hill First Reformed Church (Yonkers, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church year book of the First Presbyterian Church of Yonkers, N.Y. FamilySearch Library

Corporate centennial anniversary, 1835-1935 (of Asbury Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church in Yonkers) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1852-1877 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

History of the erection and dedication of the house of worship of the Warburton Avenue Baptist Church, Yonkers, N.Y. Ancestry online

Immanuel Chapel, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1920-1945 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

New York Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms (includes baptisms 1819-1920 from churches including Holy Eucharist, Immaculate Conception & St Mary, Most Holy Trinity, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of the Rosary, Sacred Heart, St Anthony Nepara Park, St Anthony Willow Street, St Denis, St John the Baptist, St Joseph, St Peter, St Casimir) FindMyPast online

New York Roman Catholic Parish Marriages (includes marriages 1871-1920 churches including Holy Eucharist, Immaculate Conception & St Mary, Most Holy Trinity, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of the Rosary, Sacred Heart, St Anthony Willow Street, St Casimir, St Denis, St John the Baptist, St Joseph, St Peter, Sacred Heart) FindMyPast online

New York, Episcopal Diocese of New York Church Records, 1767-1970 (includes church records for Yonkers) Ancestry online

Records of St. John's Episcopal Church, Yonkers, N.Y. : baptisms 1820-1826, marriages 1820-1840, deaths 1820-1826 : as published in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record, volume 79 (1948) WorldCat

Saint Johns Episcopal Church, Yonkers, Westchester, New York computer printout; births or christenings, 1820-1826 FamilySearch Library

Saint Johns Episcopal Church, Yonkers, Westchester, New York computer printout; marriages, 1820-1840 FamilySearch Library

St. John's Church of Tuckahoe (Yonkers, N.Y.) Records 1861-1879 Archive Grid

Yonkers City Directories

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Boyd's Yonkers city directory, 1888-1889 : containing also a complete business directory and an appendix of useful information FamilySearch Library

Bronxville and Tuckahoe (New York) city directories FamilySearch Library

Gopsill's Westchester County directory : containing a general directory of names in Peekskill, Sing Sing, Tarrytown, White Plains & Yonkers, 1866 Ancestry online

Hudson River (New York) directories FamilySearch Library

Westchester County (New York) directories FamilySearch Library

Yonkers (New York) city directories FamilySearch Library

Yonkers City Directory 1904 MyHeritage online

Yonkers City Directory 1907 MyHeritage online

Yonkers City Directory 1909 MyHeritage online

Yonkers City Directory 1910 MyHeritage online

Yonkers City Directory 1911 MyHeritage online

Yonkers City Directory 1912 MyHeritage online

Yonkers City Directory 1916 MyHeritage online

Yonkers City Directory 1919 MyHeritage online

Yonkers City Directory 1920 MyHeritage online

Yonkers City Directory 1921 MyHeritage online

Yonkers City Directory 1925 MyHeritage online

Yonkers City Directory 1926 MyHeritage online

Yonkers City Directory 1936 MyHeritage online

Yonkers, NY 1859/60 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Yonkers, NY 1902-1931 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Yonkers, NY, City Directory, 1902-1931 New York State Library

Yonkers, NY, Telephone Books, 1920, 1950 New York State Library

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1886 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1888 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1892 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1902 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1903 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1905 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1906 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1908 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1910 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1912 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1915 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1917 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1918 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1919 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1920 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1924 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, City Directory, 1936 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Yonkers, New York, city directory : containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens; buyers guide and a complete classified business directory FamilySearch Library

Yonkers Death Records

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1880-1956 New York Death Index MyHeritage online

1880-1956 New York, Death Index Ancestry online

Lives well spent : Westchester County obituaries and death notices in the Eastern State Journal May 1845-1875 FamilySearch Library

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

New York, Episcopal Diocese of New York Church Records, 1767-1970 (includes church records for Yonkers) Ancestry online

New York, Yonkers, Birth and Death Registration and Indexes, 1875-1916 Family Search online

Obituary notices from the Hudson River Chronicle, Sing Sing, New York, September 24, 1839 to April 16, 1850 FamilySearch Library

Records of St. John's Episcopal Church, Yonkers, N.Y. : baptisms 1820-1826, marriages 1820-1840, deaths 1820-1826 : as published in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record, volume 79 (1948) WorldCat

Yonkers Histories and Genealogies

A documentary history of Yonkers, New York FamilySearch Library

A documentary history of Yonkers, New York WorldCat

Historic markers in city of Yonkers Ancestry online

Philipse manor hall at Yonkers, N.Y.; the site, the building and its occupants Genealogy Gophers online

The History of Yonkers from the Earliest Times to the Present, 1896 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

The history of Yonkers from the earliest times to the present : including an elaborate description of its aborigines; a narrative of its discovery, and early settlement by the Dutch and other Europeans... FamilySearch Library

Yonkers illustrated Ancestry online

Yonkers in the rebellion of 1861-1865 : including a history of the erection of the monument to honor the men of Yonkers who fought to save the Union FamilySearch Library

Yonkers Immigration Records

Alphabetical Index to Declarations of Intention of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1917-1950 Ancestry online

Declarations of Intention of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Index, 1917-1950 Fold3 online

Declarations of intention, 1857-1906 FamilySearch Library

Declarations of intention, 1874-1895 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization Index - NY Southern District Petitions for Naturalization (1824-1941) Fold3 online

Naturalization Records, 1808-1955 Westchester County Archives online

Naturalization petitions and affidavits, 1872-1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1888-1895 ; Discharged soldiers record, 1888- 1895 FamilySearch Library

New York Naturalization Records for the Southern District (Manhattan, Bronx, and Westchester Counties) 1824-1959 Italian Genealogical Group online

Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944 Fold3 online

Yonkers Land Records

Deed records, 1684-1902; index, 1684-1966 (Westchester County, New York) FamilySearch Library

Yonkers, Westchester County, New York (map) FamilySearch Library

Yonkers Map Records

Map of Yonkers, N.Y. 1899. Library of Congress online

Map of building sites at Glenn Park, township of Yonkers, Westchester Co., N.Y., 1852 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, 1917 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, 1917-1951 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, 1957 Library of Congress online

Westchester County 1925 census maps FamilySearch Library

Yonkers City, 1889 Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Yonkers 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

For better or worse, Westchester County marriage notices in the Eastern State Journal, May 1845-April 1875 FamilySearch Library

Marriage Records, 1908-1935 Westchester County Archives online

New York Marriages, 1600-1784 Ancestry online

New York Roman Catholic Parish Marriages (includes marriages 1871-1920 churches including Holy Eucharist, Immaculate Conception & St Mary, Most Holy Trinity, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of the Rosary, Sacred Heart, St Anthony Willow Street, St Casimir, St Denis, St John the Baptist, St Joseph, St Peter, Sacred Heart) FindMyPast online

New York, Episcopal Diocese of New York Church Records, 1767-1970 (includes church records for Yonkers) Ancestry online

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

Records of St. John's Episcopal Church, Yonkers, N.Y. : baptisms 1820-1826, marriages 1820-1840, deaths 1820-1826 : as published in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record, volume 79 (1948) WorldCat

Saint Johns Episcopal Church, Yonkers, Westchester, New York computer printout; marriages, 1820-1840 FamilySearch Library

Yonkers Military Records

Chronicles of Yonkers Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1888-1895 ; Discharged soldiers record, 1888- 1895 FamilySearch Library

Yonkers in the World War : including the honor roll of the citizens of Yonkers who served in the military forces of the United States during the World War, with a record of overseas and home activities during the war period, of the city of Yonkers as a community FamilySearch Library

Yonkers Newspapers and Obituaries

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Eastchester Rising 10/31/2008 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Herald Statesman 1932-1998 Newspapers.com online

Lives well spent : Westchester County obituaries and death notices in the Eastern State Journal May 1845-1875 FamilySearch Library

North Castle Rising 01/23/2009 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Obituary notices from the Hudson River Chronicle, Sing Sing, New York, September 24, 1839 to April 16, 1850 FamilySearch Library

Sound View Rising 01/16/2009 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Statesman (Yonkers, N.Y. : 1863) Yonkers, Westchester County : 1863-1874 New York State Library

Statesman 1863-1874 Newspapers.com online

The Herald Statesman. Yonkers, Westchester County : 1932-1998 New York State Library

Westchester Rising 01/16/2009 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Yonkers Daily Record 1883-1883 Newspapers.com online

Yonkers Examiner 1857-1863 Newspapers.com online

Yonkers Gazette 1868-1893 Newspapers.com online

Yonkers Herald 1891-1932 Newspapers.com online

Yonkers NY Herald Statesman 1922-1985 Fulton History online

Yonkers NY Statesman 1863-1932 Fulton History online

Yonkers Rising 11/14/2008 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Yonkers Statesman (Yonkers, N.Y. : 1875) Yonkers, Westchester County : 1875-1899 New York State Library

Yonkers Statesman (Yonkers, N.Y. : 1883) Yonkers, Westchester County : 1883-1921 New York State Library

Yonkers Statesman (Yonkers, N.Y. : 1924) Yonkers, Westchester County : 1924-1932 New York State Library

Yonkers Statesman 1875-1886 Newspapers.com online

Yonkers Statesman 1883-1921 Newspapers.com online

Yonkers Statesman 1924-1932 Newspapers.com online

Yonkers Statesman and the Yonkers Daily News 1921-1924 Newspapers.com online

Yonkers Statesman and the Yonkers Daily News. Yonkers, Westchester County : 1921-1924 New York State Library

Yonkers Tribune 03/08/2007 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Yonkers

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Gazette. (Yonkers, N.Y.) 1864-1866

Herald Statesman. (Yonkers, N.Y.) 1932-1998

Mt. Vernon Independent. (Yonkers, N.Y) 1991-Current

Sound View News. (Yonkers, N.Y.) 1981-Current

Statesman. (Yonkers, N.Y.) 1863-1874

Westchester Crusader. (Yonkers, N.Y.) 2002-Current

Yonkers Daily Herald. (Yonkers, N.Y.) 1867-1872

Yonkers Examiner. (Yonkers, N.Y.) 1856-1863

Yonkers Gazette. (Yonkers, N.Y.) 1866-1923

Yonkers Herald. (Yonkers, N.Y.) 1852-1864

Yonkers Herald. (Yonkers, N.Y.) 1889-1932

Yonkers Statesman. (Yonkers, N.Y.) 1875-1899

Yonkers Statesman. (Yonkers, N.Y.) 1883-1921

Yonkers Weekly Herald. (Yonkers, N.Y.) 1872-1876

Yonkers Probate Records

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

Early wills of Westchester County, New York : from 1664 to 1784 : a careful abstract of all wills (nearly 800) Ancestry online

Estate Inventory Records, 1775, 1782, 1784, 1787-1915 Westchester County Archives online

Original Will Records, 1779, 1784, 1787-1941 Westchester County Archives online

Yonkers School Records

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Blessed Sacrament Academy yearbook, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Burroughs Junior High School - Cosmos Yearbook (Yonkers, NY), 1971 E Yearbook online

Burroughs Junior High School yearbook, 1971 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Charles E Gorton High School - Promenade Yearbook (Yonkers, NY), 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1953 E Yearbook online

Charles E Gorton High School yearbook, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Charles E. Gorton High School yearbooks, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Commerce High School - Ledger Yearbook (Yonkers, NY), 1947, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959 E Yearbook online

Commerce High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Elizabeth Seton College - Chandelle Yearbook (Westchester, NY), 1966 E Yearbook online

Elizabeth Seton College yearbook, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Elizabeth Seton School yearbooks, 1960, 1961 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Halsted High School yearbooks, 1952, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Halsted School - Gingko Leaf Yearbook (Yonkers, NY), 1952 E Yearbook online

Halsted School yearbook, 1952 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

John Burroughs Junior High School yearbook, 1971 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lincoln High School yearbook, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1981, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lincoln Junior High School - Lancer Yearbook (Yonkers, NY), 1957, 1960 E Yearbook online

Lincoln Junior High School yearbook, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Roosevelt High School - L envoi Yearbook (Yonkers, NY), 1934, 1937, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1987 E Yearbook online

Roosevelt High School yearbook, 1934, 1937, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Sacred Heart High School - Lance Yearbook (Yonkers, NY), 1950 E Yearbook online

Sacred Heart High School yearbook, 1950, 1959, 1971, 1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saunders Trades and Technical High School - Technicraft Yearbook (Yonkers, NY), 1955 E Yearbook online

Saunders Trades and Technical High School yearbook, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Walt Whitman Junior High School yearbook, 1963 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Yonkers Commerce High School yearbooks, 1947, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1971 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Yonkers High School - Blackboard Yearbook (Yonkers, NY), 1924, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1955, 1959 E Yearbook online

Yonkers High School of Commerce yearbook, 1947 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Yonkers High School yearbooks, 1924, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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