The Tompkins County Team welcomes you to our site. We are all volunteers and have worked hard to provide you with as much Tompkins County history as we can obtain. If your family information is not on this site, it is because material about them has not yet been donated. All information within this site has been donated or gathered by volunteers at their own expense. We hope that you enjoy what we have placed on the site; if so, please sign our guestbook at the bottom of this page. Let our volunteers know what you think. All information is to be used as a guide for your research, we take no responsibility for any errors that may be contained in this material. We hope you are pleased with all the new projects that are forthcoming.
Tompkins County was formed in 1817 from the neighboring counties of Cayuga and Seneca. Records from 1799 to 1817 for those townships that were a part of Cayuga County until 1817 are found at the Cayuga County Courthouse in Auburn, NY. Records for Ulysses, (now Ulysses, Enfield and Ithaca) and Hector, which were part of Seneca County from 1804 to 1817, are found at the Seneca County Courthouse, Waterloo, NY. The county seat of Tompkins County is Ithaca. Part of the 2 million acre Military Tract set aside by the NY Legislature in 1789 for the use of soldiers of the Revolution was located in Tompkins County. This Tract was surveyed in 1789 and 1790 and divided into twenty-eight townships containing 100 one square mile lots. The town of Dryden was designated as Township No. 23. Each township had one lot reserved for "gospel" and one lot reserved for "literature". In 1791, New York private and non-commissioned officers of the Revolution took part in a drawing and were allowed to draw one lot. The results of the drawing were recorded in the "Balloting Book". As a result of the balloting, early settlers were from many different locations. Some land was occupied by the original owner, but other lots were sold to investors and potential settlers.
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Past, Present & Future This is the place to see what has been added to the web pages. You can also see what we have planned for the future! |
Cemetery Records
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Surname Listings
Find out who is researching your surnames and post yours so others can find you. |
Our Towns Cross-reference links to information unique to a particular town |
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School Records |
Vital Records
Marriages, obits, probate |
Scrapbook Odds and Ends, Newspaper clippings, snippets of info, family reunions, some family histories. |
Land deeds 1817-1860 An on-going project |
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Military Resources |
Church Records Baptism, marriage, etc. also found here. |
Census Records | Where to Write for Information Contact info for Courthouses, Historical Societies, Town Historians |
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Off-Site Resources A listing of various web sites that have Tompkins County and New York Info |
Source Look-ups Those willing to do lookups in their sources. |
Folk Tales Stories about people and Folklore around Tompkins County |
Photo Album |
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Maps | Genealogies & Bios Family histories and biographies. |
Copyright All files on this site are copyrighted |
Wills An index to wills in full text |
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Our Team of Volunteers (so many we need a whole page! See how you can help too.) |
The Online Library Books in full-text that we have on the site, including "Landmarks of Tompkins County" and "Records of Tompkins County" By Catherine M. Martin |
To Our Military & Their Families Our Prayers are with each and every one of you. God Bless. |
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Email Lists
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Our Neighbors Cayuga - Seneca - Chemung - Schuyler - Tioga - Cortland |
Genealogy Connect - Plus By JanMarie (off-site) Many new records - Town information, genealogies, cemeteries, books, & misc. records. |
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USGenWeb Project | USGenWeb Archives Archives of Mailing Lists |
NYGenWeb Project |
USGenWeb Archives for Tompkins County |
The NYGenWeb pages are part of The USGenWeb Project. The idea is to provide a single entry point for all counties where collected information can be found. The information provided is intended for personal genealogy and local history research. If you are interested in adopting a county or want more information about the NYGenWeb Project, contact Bob Sullivan the NY GenWeb Project State Coordinator. |