Fort Covington, Franklin County, New York Genealogy

United States

New York

Franklin County

Town of Fort Covington

History and Geography

Fort Covington was organized from Constable February 28, 1817.

Fort Covington, New York Wikipedia page

Resources

Newspapers

• New York Newspapers Online at Old Fulton New York Post Cards - index & images

• Fort Covington Sun 1887-1987

You will also find Fort Covington residents in other Franklin County newspapers, such as the Malone Palladium and Gazette, at Northern New York Historical Newspapers.

Repositories

Town Clerk

Fort Covington Town Clerk
Tammy Francis
2510 Chateaugay Street
Fort Covington, NY 12937
Phone: 518-358-4629

Town Historian

Fort Covington Town Historian
Jackie Harvey
Foster Road
Fort Covington, NY 12937
Phone: 518-358-2025
Collection: "Fort Covington Sun" weekly newspaper, 1889-1991; birth, marriage, death records - 1920-2010; General Covington story; school graduates - 1900-2010.

Town Records

To locate additional published and transcribed records for Fort Covington, Franklin County, New York Genealogy check:

• Gordon L. Remington, New York Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002). Archive.org; At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 974.7 D27r. Alphabetical list including date founded, if a town history exists, church and cemetery sources, and if a Civil War register (TCR) exists. The codes used under Church and Cemetery are defined in the link above the listing of towns, cities and villages.

Vital Records

Birth

• 1847-1849 Ft. Covington Births, Franklin, New York - free.
  
• 1847-1849 Fort Covington Birth Records - free.

Marriage

• 1847-1848 Ft. Covington Marriages, Franklin, New York at USGenWeb Archives - free.
  

Death

• 1847-1848 Ft. Covington Deaths, Franklin, New York at USGenWeb Archives - free.

• 1848 Fort Covington Death Records at USGenWeb Archives - free.