Genealogy Materials

Census records
Note: The New York Room has obtained the 1930 census for Otsego County, N.Y. If you would like to order census schedules from other counties, we can get them for you from the Family History Library.
-NY State census indexes: 1790-1870
-Otsego County federal census: 1790-1920
-Otsego County state census: 1825-1925

Newspapers
-Evening News, 1891-1892
-Home and Abroad, 1869-1870
-Oneonta Daily Local, 1887-1888
-Oneonta Daily News, 1889-1891
-Oneonta Daily Star, 1891-present
-Oneonta Herald, 1853-1946
-Oneonta Herald & Democrat, 1874-1884
-Oneonta Press, 1884-1891
-Oneonta Spy, 1887-1891
-Susquehanna Independent, 1868-1869
 
Other Resources
-Oneonta City Directories, 1887-1994
-Military histories
-Genealogies and family histories
-County and local histories
-Obituaries and cemetery records
-Genealogical dictionaries
-Handbooks and guides
-Family History file
-Vertical file of family histories contributed by our patrons.