The Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library, commonly known as the Flower Library, is the principle research center for Jefferson County. Staffed by a group of dedicated and competent volunteers, it has collected the best assortment of genealogical and historical materials in the county.

  
CENSUS:
          Jefferson County, Federal: 1810/1820; 1840-1910  
  
          Jefferson County, State: 1825, 1835, 1865, 1875, 

          Jefferson County, Civil War Veterans: 1890  
  
          Lewis County, Federal:  1850 - 1910  
  
          St. Lawrence County, Federal: 1850 - 1910  
  
          Oswego County, Federal: 1850 - 1910  
  
          Canada: Wolfe Island, Howe Island, Amherst Island, 
             Portsmouth, Dundas County:  1851, 1861, 1871, 1881  
  
          New York State Census Index, bound volumes: 
                   1830, 1840, 1850, 1860  
  
  
JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORIES  

     Child, Hamilton: Gazetteer of Jefferson county, 1890

     Emerson, Edgar C.:   Our County and Its People, 1898.

     Everts, L.H.:  History of Jefferson County, 1878.

     Hough, Franklin B.: History of Jefferson County, 1854.   
  
                                                                         
  
FUNERAL HOME RECORDS           

     Bossout, Carthage, 1933 - 1940  
  
     Box-Cleveland, Watertown, 1912 - 1925  
  
     Carpenter-Stoodley, Belleville, 1915 - 1929  
  
     Cummings, Clayton, 1919 - 1933  
  
     Northam and Fox, Watertown, 1872 - 1973  
  
     Quencer, Alexandria Bay, 1880 - 1967  
  
     

CEMETERY  RECORDS    -    

     Jefferson County before 1880  
  
     Lewis County - partial listeing  
  
     St. Lawrence County - partial listing  
  
     Oswego County - Sandy Creek cemeteries  
  
  

MICROFICHE  -  

     Ontario, Canada, Island records  
  
     LDS Family Index  
  
     Index Vital records of Massachusetts  
  
  

NATURALIZATION RECORDS    (Copied from originals at courthouse)          

     Documents, 1831 - 1904  
     
     Declarations, 1823 - 1895  
  
  

NEWSPAPERS  

     "Adams Journal" marriages and deaths, 1855 - 1885  
  
     "Watertown "Reformer" marriages and deaths, 1851 - 1860  
  
     "Carthage Republican"  marriages and deaths, 1860 - 1900           
 


CHURCH RECORDS
  
     Towns of Adams, Alexandria, Antwerp, Brownville, Cape Vincent, 

     Carthage, Champion, Clayton, Ellisburg, Henderson, Hounsfield, 

     Leray, Lorraine, Lyme, Orleans, Pamelia, Philadelphia, Rodman, 

     Rutland, Theresa, Wilna, and the City of Watertown  
  
  
WAR RECORDS
  
     Revolutionary: Abstracts of Jefferson County Pension records  
  
     Loyalists: Loyalists of Massachusetts by E. Alfred Jones  
                Loyalists in Ontario by William D. Reed  
                Sabine's Biographical Sketches  
                United Empire Loyalists by Mike and Helma Mika  
  
     War of 1812: Vermont Roster 1812 - 1914 by Herbert Johnson  
                Index of Awards of Soldiers  
                Pension List - 1818  
                Roster of Jefferson County - War of 1812  
  
     Civil War: N.Y. State in the War of Rebellion - 5 volumes  
                N.Y. State Adjutant General's Report, 1897 & 1902  
                Roster of Surgeons  
                152nd N.Y. Volunteeers  
                55th N.Y. Volunteers  
    
     Spanish American War: Discharge records from 
                Jefferson County Courthouse 
  
     World War I: Discharge records from Jefferson County Courthouse  
                  Jefferson County in World War I by George Reeves  
  

RESEARCH:  Send queries to Genealogy Department, Flower Library at 
           the above address with SASE.

Contact:
Genealogy Department

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