Vitals

A brief history of the laws in New York State regarding vital records:

The church parishes were required by the Colony of New York to record vital records. However, after the American Revolution, no law was passed requiring the recording of vital records until 1847. The 1847 law was not fully complied with, and the data was fraught with errors and ommissions and was suspended in 1850 by the state. Another attempt was made in 1864 for deaths for a short time, but it was not until 1880 that another concerted effort was made by the state to record vital records. Again, it was not fully complied with and in 1888 penalties were applied for those who didn't follow the law. However, it is not until well into the early 1900s before all localities complied fully. Some cities started recording records prior to 1880 and the cities of Albany, Buffalo, Yonkers, New York, and Brooklyn maintained their own records after the 1880 law was passed. Thus these city records are kept at the city level, and are not included in state indices.

Scrapbooks:

Mae Rossiter, Rockwood, 1903
Mae Rossiter, Rockwood, 1903, alphabetical index
Fulton County Scrapbook, with alphabetical index

Family Bibles and Records:

Jonathan Baker Family Bible Records, Cranberry Creek
Clancy Family Records
Creighton Family Bible and Records, Perth
Thomas Getman Family Bible, Oppenheim
George Hartin Family Bible, Mayfield
John M. Wells Family Bible, Gloversville

Births:

1778-1803 Baptism Records of Rev. James Dempster, Circuit Minister
1847-1849 Town Birth Records: Bleecker, Broadalbin, Caroga, Ephratah, Oppenheim, Stratford
1891-1908 Misc. Gloversville Births

Marriage Records:

1778-1803 Marriage Records of Rev. James Dempster, Circuit Minister
1830-1831 Marriages, extracted from Montgomery Republican
1834-1836 Marriages, extracted from Montgomery Republican
1834-1841 Marriage Records of 1st Presbyterian Church of West Galway, Town of Perth
1835-1856 Marriage Records of Joseph F. Spier, Northville M. E. Church, Listed by Bride or by Groom
1847-1849 Town Marriage Records: Bleecker, Caroga, Ephratah, Oppenheim, Stratford
1865 Marriages extracted from the NYS Census, Listed by Bride, or by Groom
1875 Marriages extracted from the NYS Census, Listed by Bride, or by Groom
1889 Misc. Ephratah Marriage Records
1884-1924 Misc. Gloversville Marriage Records
1895-1940's Northampton Marriage Index, from holdings of the Northampton/Northville Historian's office
Misc. Marriage Records, contributed by site visitors

Deaths:

1830-1831 Deaths, extracted from Montgomery Republican
1834-1836 Deaths, extracted from Montgomery Republican
1847-1849 Town Death Records: Bleecker, Caroga, Ephratah, Johnstown, Oppenheim
1875 Deaths, extracted from the NYS census
1865 Deaths, extracted from the NYS census
Miscellaneous Death listings, A - G
Miscellaneous Death listings, H - R
Miscellaneous Death listings, S - Z

Obituaries and Bios of Broadalbin (part 1), from Dave Bixby
Obituaries and Bios of Broadalbin (part 2), from Dave Bixby
Obituaries and Bios of Northampton, from Dave Bixby
1902-1903 Misc. Ephratah Death Records
1877-1880 Misc. Gloversville Mortuary Records
1885-1939 Misc. Gloversville Death Records
1910 Johnstown Death Index
1911 The Utica Saturday Globe, April 1st ; featuring Gloversville/Johnstown obituaries
1913 Johnstown Death Index
1922 Johnstown Death Index
1895-1940's Misc. Northampton Obituary Index
1915-1917 Oppenheim Deaths

In Memory of Lewis G. Decker, Fulton County Historian
Doxtader / Glenar Deaths
Capt. David Getman, jr., obituary
Smith Family Obituaries

PROBATE RECORDS