Morris, Otsego County, New York Genealogy
Guide to Morris, Otsego County, New York Genealogy ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
Resources
Church Records
Zion Episcopal Church
Address:
PO Box 156
158 Main Street
Morris, NY 13808
Parish Historian: Gary Norman
(607) 263-5965
gary@gatehousebooks.net
The church has parish registers, vestry minutes and accounts dating back to the early 19th century. Some of these records are on-line at:
morris.advantage-preservation.com
In addition, a finding aid for the Zion Church records is available at: https://familysearch.org/photos/documents/13577741
Newspapers
Morris Chronicle
http://morris.advantage-preservation.com/
Otsego Chronicle
http://morris.advantage-preservation.com/
Otsego Farmer
Repositories
Archives, Libraries and Museums
Village Library of Morris
PO Box 126
152 Main Street
Morris, NY 13808
(607) 263-2080
mo.ill@4cls.org
Manager: Gary Norman
The library maintains a collection of books on New York History, and especially Morris, New York and locality. They also furnish online access to the Morris Chronicles at the following website:
morris.advantage-preservation.com .
Town Historian
Donna Foote Henderson
PO Box 242
Morris, NY 13808-0242
Societies
Morris Historical Society
PO Box 332
152 Main Street
Morris, NY 13808
(607) 263-5965
gary@gatehousebooks.net
President: Gary Norman
The society maintains collections dealing the the history, people, businesses and structures of the Village of Morris (Louisville) and Town of Morris, New York
Town Records
Town Clerk
Linda Ewing
P.O. Box 117
Morris, NY 13808
Phone: 607–263-5944
Hours: Tues.,Wed. and Thurs. 9-1pm
Town of Morris
93 Main St.
Morris, NY 13808
Phone: 607–263-5944
To locate additional published and transcribed records for Morris, Otsego 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
References
Places
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