The Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library, commonly known as the Flower Library, is the principle research center for Jefferson County NY. Staffed by a group of dedicated and competent volunteers, it has collected the best assortment of genealogical and historical materials in the county.
For information about doing research and fees, visit their website.
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: refer to Flower Library's Genealogy Department website, or contact them via their online form.
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