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Montgomery County, New York (Map It) was created on March 12, 1772 from Albany County. This particular county was originally named after Tryon County after colonial governor William Tryon (1729–1788), renamed after the American Revolutionary War generalRichard Montgomery (1738–1775) in 1784 .
Montgomery County Cities and Towns include Ames (village), Amsterdam (city), Amsterdam (town), Canajoharie (town), Canajoharie (village), Charleston (town), Florida (town), Fonda (village), Fort Johnson (village), Fort Plain (village), Fultonville (village), Glen (town), Hagaman (village), Minden (town), Mohawk (town), Nelliston (village), Palatine Bridge (village), Palatine (town), Root (town), St. Johnsville (town), St. Johnsville (village) .
Montgomery County, New York Courthouse Records
Montgomery County, NY Courthouse
The Montgomery County Courthouse is located in Fonda, New York. Also contact local Town Clerks. They are responsible for vast amounts of local information from deeds, property transfers, and genealogical materials. Research on place and road names, the history of property transfers and much more are available through your Town Clerk. They are a tremendous resources. Learn More About State of New York Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.
Please contact the each clerk's department to confirm mailing address, hours, fees and other information before visiting or requesting information because contact information sometimes changes. The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. The documents are available to interested parties, barring confidential issues. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.
The following dates indicates what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Montgomery county. The date listed for each category of record is usually the earliest registration filed. The earliest date does not indicate that there are numerous records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually registered.
- Montgomery County Clerk has Land Records from 1777, Court Records from 1777 and Naturalization Records. State court naturalization records remain in custody of the county clerks. Older court naturalization records have been transferred to the National Archives--Northeast Region. The County Clerk is the keeper of most civil and criminal trial court records for Supreme Court and County Court, naturalizations, marriages (1908–35), censuses (Some county clerks' offices hold duplicate copies of some of the State censuses taken periodically between 1825 and 1925 and copies of the federal census), as well as deeds and mortgages.
- Montgomery County Surrogate Court Clerk has Probate Records from 1787. The County Surrogate Court Clerk maintain records of wills, letters testamentary, letters of administration, orders and decrees, and appointments of guardians; and filed papers, including original wills, petitions for probate (gives date of death and lists next of kin), performance bonds, property inventories (seldom found after ca. 1900), administrator's or executor's accountings, etc. Surrogate's Courts create comprehensive indexes to records and files.
- Montgomery County Treasurer is responsible for the collection of taxes.
- Montgomery County Historian maintains archival holdings for virtually every facet of the county’s history. In New York State, every municipality (town, city, village, county) must have an appointed historian. Most of the towns have their own historians as well and each can be contacted. The County Historian may provide access to obituaries, vital records, church records, maps, and family files or journals. Some historians provide search services for their office records and others may refer you to local genealogists who research in the area.
Montgomery County, New York Census Records
- Learn More: State of New York Census Records
- U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
- U.S. Census Reconstructed Records: 1660-1820
- State Population Schedules: 1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915, 1925
- Other State Census Schedules: Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses, 1830-1920, Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880, Non-Population Schedules 1850-1880
- U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880
- Union Veterans Schedules: 1890
Montgomery County, New York Vital Records
- Learn More: State of New York Vital Records
- Birth and Death Records: from 1880 to present
- Marriage Records: from 1880 to present
- Divorce Records: from January 1963 to present. Earlier Records are in the County Clerk's Office.
- Locations: New York State Dept of Health, Vital Records Section
- Vital Records Online: USAVital or Social Security Death Index
- Vital Records by Mail: Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate, Genealogy Applications.
- In Person: New York State Dept of Health, Vital Records Section, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237; (518) 474-3077, (518) 474-3038 Information
Montgomery County, New York Resources
- State of New York Archives and Societies
- RAOGK Volunteers for New York
- Central New York Genealogical Society
- Capital District Genealogical Society
- Walter Elwood Museum of the Mohawk Valley
- Noteworthy Indian Museum
- Old Fort Johnson
- Montgomery County Department of History and Archives
- Margaret Reaney Memorial Library and Museum
- New York Genealogy Research Community
- Montgomery County, New York Message Boards
- Montgomery County, New York Genealogy Forum
Montgomery County, New York External Links
- Historical Newspapers from New York (1719 - 1992)
- Montgomery County, New York Books - Amazon
- Montgomery County, New York mortality schedules
- Montgomery Co., New York - FindaGrave
- German Reformed Church of Montgomery, Orange County, New York
- Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga
- Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia : in the town of Palatine, Montgomery County, N.Y.
- Records of the Dutch Reformed Saint John's Church : in the town of St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, N.Y.
- Records of marriages and baptisms of the Rev. James Dempster
- Register of baptisms, marriages, communicants, & funerals begun by Henry Barclay at Fort Hunter, January 26th, 1734 /5
- Directory, First [sic] Ave. Methodist Episcopal Church
- Fort Plain Reformed Church records
- Fonda church records
- Records of the Lutheran Trinity Church of Stone Arabia
- History of Montgomery County
- Columbus on the Chattahoochee
- Compendium of Early Mohawk Valley Families
- The story of old Fort Plain and the middle Mohawk Valley
- Montgomery County, New York Links - Cyndi's List
- Montgomery Co. NYGenweb
- Amsterdam, New York Directories, 1887-90
- Gazetteer and business directory of Montgomery and Fulton Counties, N.Y. : for 1869-70
- Montgomery County, New York Ancestry Database Collections
- A descriptive geography of Montgomery County
- Montgomery County, New York Military Records