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Below you will find a complete list of each online collection. Click the title of each collection to view a full description and search the collection individually.

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Released February 11!

Oneida County Religious Records

Location
Oneida County
Collection Category
Religious Records
Collection Type
Text & Images
Body

Transcribed genealogy records from churches in Oneida County, New York. Some volumes are searchable, others can only be browsed by image. The collection page contains a complete list of all congregations available, including waypoint links to images from each church.

Released April 11!

Onondaga Cemetery Records

Location
Onondaga County
Collection Category
Cemetery
Collection Type
Indexed
Body

The Onondaga Cemetery Records collection contains of a volume of records from the South Onondaga Cemetery. Additions to the collection from other religious organizations in the area are forthcoming. This collection contains a searchable database, but researchers can also view the full file. The...

Released December 07!

Onondaga County Histories and Directories

Location
Onondaga County
Collection Category
County Histories
Collection Type
OCR
Body

Histories and directories of Onondaga County, New York. These volumes provide crucial historical context and contain information on the people of Onondaga County. Researchers can search all volumes or browse volumes individually. The collection description contains an overview of each volume.

Released November 21!

Onondaga Court Records

Location
Onondaga County
Collection Category
Court
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Collection Type
Indexed
Body

The Onondaga Court Records collection consists of two searchable collections containing Supreme Court judgements and Surrogate records. Onondaga Supreme Court Judgements Onondaga County Surrogate Records, 1795-1834 Some of these records were scanned offsite by the Town of Onondaga Historical Society...

Released December 15!

Onondaga Religious Records

Location
Onondaga County
Collection Category
Religious Records
Digitize New York
Collection Type
Indexed
Body

The Onondaga Religious Records collection consists of a volume of records of the Oakland Religious Society from 1845 to 1920, First Onondaga Religious Society Records, and Records of the First Congregational Church of Onondaga, Vol. IV. Additions to the collection from other religious organizations...

Released February 13!

Orange County Cemetery Records

Location
Orange County
Collection Category
Cemetery
Collection Type
Image Browse
Body

Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Orange County, New York. Researchers can browse digital images of these records, but they cannot currently be searched. The collection page contains a complete list of all cemeteries available, including waypoint links to view images from each cemetery.

Released September 07!
Released February 13!

Oswego County Religious Records

Location
Oswego County
Collection Category
Religious Records
Collection Type
OCR
Body

Transcribed genealogy records from churches in Oswego County, New York. Researchers can search these records by text and can browse digital images. The collection page contains a complete list of all congregations available, including waypoint links to images from each church.

Released February 13!

Otsego County Cemetery Records

Location
Otsego County
Collection Category
Cemetery
Collection Type
Image Browse
Body

Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Otsego County, New York. Researchers can browse digital images of these records, but they cannot currently be searched. The collection page contains a complete list of all cemeteries available, including waypoint links to view images from each cemetery.

Released February 13!

Otsego County Religious Records

Location
Otsego County
Collection Category
Religious Records
Collection Type
Text & Images
Body

Transcribed genealogy records from churches in Otsego County, New York. Some volumes are searchable, others can only be browsed by image. The collection page contains a complete list of all congregations available, including waypoint links to images from each church.

Released October 24!
Released October 24!
Released November 20!

Pine Family Account Books, Rye, Westchester County, 1794-1832

Location
Westchester County
Collection Category
Account Books
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Collection Type
Image Browse
Body

This collection of manuscript images dated from 1794 to 1832 includes a shop ledger, account book, and cipher book belonging to James Pine of Rye, New York. Shop Ledger of James Pine This title is dated from 1794 and is James Pine's shop ledger. Goods like rum, tobacco, and sugar are frequently...

Released March 06!

Pine Plains, Round Top Lutheran Church, 1760–1788

Location
Dutchess County
Collection Category
Religious Records
Collection Type
Image Browse
Body

This collection contains births and baptisms from 1760 to 1788, and communicants from 1763-1788. Births and Baptisms, 1760 to 1788 Communicants, 1763 to 1788 View the full file. This collection was edited by Royden Woodward Vosburgh.

Released September 21!

Pioneer History of Orleans County, New York

Location
Orleans County
Collection Category
County Histories
Collection Type
OCR
Body

Written by Arad Thomas and printed by H. A. Bruner of Albion, New York, in 1871. Subtitle, in full: "Containing Some Account of the Civil Divisions of Western New York, with Brief Biographical Notices of Early Settlers, and of the Hardships and Privations They Endured, the Organization of the Towns...