Chemung County

Released May 02!

Chemung County Solider Index for Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen, Vol. II

Location
Chemung County
Collection Category
Military
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Collection Type
Indexed
Body

This volume of select biographies of Chemung county Civil War veterans was extracted from Presidents, Soldiers and Statesmen Vol. II, with an index compiled by Judy Bliss Slade. This chapter of the book also includes families from Schuyler, Steuben, Tompkins, and Tioga counties. In addition to...

Released January 10!

History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties, New York

Location
Tioga County
Chemung County
Tompkins County
Schuyler County
Collection Category
County Histories
Collection Type
OCR
Body

This book was written by Henry B. Peirce and D. Hamilton Hurd and published in 1879 by Everts & Ensign. It contains histories of the four south-central New York counties of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, and Schuyler. The introductory section includes information about settlers’ conflicts with Native...

Released March 25!

Chemung County Histories and Directories

Location
Chemung County
Collection Category
County Histories
Collection Type
OCR
Body

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

Searching for Records in Chemung County, NY

Located in the southwest of New York, Chemung County borders Pennsylvania and is in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. Europeans first entered the area in 1779 during the Sullivan Expedition against the Iroquois League, and Euro-American settlement began in 1784.

Chemung County, New York County Guide

This guide for Chemung County contains a detailed list of resources for those researching families that lived there. The guide includes a map of municipalities, a brief county history, as well as links to county, local and regional repositories, resources, and societies.  A selected bibliography is also available, along with other links that researchers will find highly valuable.

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