Curtis, Gates. Our County and its People, 1894. SLU

Durant, Samuel W. History of St. Lawrence Co., 1878. SLU

Hough, Franklin B. A History of St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties, 1853. SLU

Child, Hamilton. Gazetteer and Business Directory of St. Lawrence County, NY, 1873-74

Consult Town Historians

St. Lawrence County Historical Association. The Quarterly, 1956-present. Indexed. SLU

Canton Advertiser and St. Lawrence Republican, 1827-1828 SLU

Republican and Advertiser (Canton), 1828-1830. SLU

St. Lawrence Plaindealer, 1856-1958 SLU/SUNY Canton

St. Lawrence Plaindealer and Commercial Advertiser, 1958-1999. SLU/SUNY Canton

Gouverneur Free Press, 1882-1929. Gouverneur Public Library

Gouverneur Herald and Gouverneur Times, 1880-1884. Gouverneur Public Library

Gouverneur Herald Times, 1884-1892. Gouverneur Public Library

Gouverneur Herald, 1873-1880. Gouverneur Public Library

Gouverneur Times, 1864-1880. Gouverneur Public Library/

Adir. Museum/Blue Mt. Lk.

Gouverneur Tribune-Press, 1929-1999. Gouverneur Public Library/

Adir. Museum/Blue Mt. Lk.

Northern Tribune, 1887-1892. Gouverneur Public Library/

Adir. Museum/Blue Mt. Lk.

Northern Tribune and Gouverneur Herald-Times, 1892-1895 / 1985-1929. Gouverneur Public Library/

Adir. Museum/Blue Mt. Lk.

Hammond Advertiser, 188u-19uu. SLU

Heuvelton Bee, 1912-1923. Heuvelton Free Library

Columbian Independent, 1851-1852. SLU

The Madrid Herald, 1902-1918. SLU/Hepburn Library-Madrid

Massena Journal, 1930. Massena Public Library

Massena Observer, 1879-1989. SLU/Massena Public Library

Massena Press and Norfolk Times, 1915. Massena Public Library

Northern Observer, 1891-1897. Massena Public Library

Commerical Advertiser (Potsdam Junct.), 1873-1958. SLU/Adir. Museum/Blue Mt. Lk.

Norwood News, 1878-1942. SLU

Advance, 1861-1864. Ogdensburg Public Library

Advance News, 1967- >. Ogdensburg Public Library/

Massena Public Library

The Advance-News, 1933-35. Ogdensburg Public Library

Boys Daily Journal, 1855-1857. SLU/Ogdensburg Public Library

Daily Journal, 1857-1868. Ogdensburg Public Library

Daily Sentinel, 1845. SLU/Ogdensburg Public Library

Frontier Sentinel, 1844-1847. Ogdensburg Public Library

Journal, 1971- >. Ogdensburg Public Library

Northern Light, 1831-1834. Ogdensburg Public Library

The Ogdensburg Advance and St. Lawrence Weekly Democrat, 1855-1867. Ogdensburg Public Library

The Ogdensburg Advance News, 1935-1967. Ogdensburg Public Library

The Ogdensburg Advance and St. Lawrence Sunday Democrat, 1927-1933. Ogdensburg Public Library

The Ogdensburg Daily News, 1893-189u. Ogdensburg Public Library

Ogdensburg Journal, 1868-1916. SLU/Ogdensburg Public Library

Ogdensburg Journal, 1932-1971. Ogdensburg Public Library

Ogdensburg News, 1883-1893 / 1898-1933. Ogdensburg Public Library

The Ogdensburgh Sentinel, 1847-1858. Ogdensburg Public Library

Republican-Journal, 1916-1932. Ogdensburg Public Library

St. Lawrence American, 1855-1857? Ogdensburg Public Library

St. Lawrence Gazette, 1815-1830. SLU/Ogdensburg Public Library

St. Lawrence Republican, 1833-1858. SLU/Ogdensburg Public Library

St. Lawrence Republican and Ogdensburg Weekly Journal, 1858-1916. Ogdensburg Public Library

St. Lawrence Republican and General Advertiser, 1831-1833. Ogdensburg Public Library

Courier Freeman, 1861-1989. SLU/Potsdam Pub. Lib./SUNY Potsdam

Current, 1985-1993. SLU

Daily Courier-Observer, 1989-. SLU/Potsdam Pub. Lib./SUNY Potsdan/

Massena Public Library

Potsdam Herald-Recorder, 1905-1949. Potsdam Pub. Lib./SUNY Potsdam

The Potsdam Herald, 1949-19??. SLU/Potsdam Pub. Lib./SUNY Potsdam

Potsdam Recorder, 1892-1905. SLU/Potsdam Pub. Lib./SUNY Potsdam

The St. Lawrence Herald, 1878-1905. SLU/Potsdam Pub. Lib./SUNY Potsdam

St. Lawrence Mercury, 1847-1851. SLU/SUNY Potsdam

The Waddington Pioneer, 1877-1???. SLU

Waddington Recorder, 1894-1???. SLU/Ogdensburg Public Library

Waddington Reporter, 1879-1???. SLU

Richville Recorder and DeKalb Times, 1898-190?. Town of DeKalb Historical Association

Akwesasne Notes, 1969-. North Country Community College/

Akwesasne Libr. and Cultural Ctr. – Hogansburg

Facts & Fallacies, 1899-1955. Weed Library – Malone

The Chateaugay Journal, 1896-??. SLU/Weed Library – Malone

Chateaugay Record and Franklin Co. Democrat, 189u-1???. SLU/Weed Library – Malone

Chateaugay Record, 1878-189?. SLU/Weed Library – Malone

Fort Covington Sun, 1934-1993. SLU/Weed Library – Malone/Fort Covington

Museum/Akwesasne Libr. And Cultural Ctr.

Franklin Gazette, 1837-1911. Weed Library – Malone/Saranac Lake Free Libr.

Sun, 1885-1934. SLU/Weed Library – Malone/Fort Covington

Museum/Akwesasne Libr. And Cultural Ctr.

Franklin Telegraph, 1820-1930. SLU/Weed Library – Malone

Frontier Palladium, 184?-1863. SLU/Weed Library – Malone

Malone Evening Telegram, 1905-1990. SLU/Weed Library – Malone

The Malone Farmer, 18??-19??. SLU/Weed Library – Malone

The Malone Palladium, 1863-1909. SLU/Weed Library – Malone

The Malone Telegraph, 1990-0000. Weed Library – Malone

Adirondack News, 1887-1934. SLU/Weed Library – Malone/Town of Waverly

Adirondack Daily Enterprise, 1927-. SLU/Saranac Lake Free Library

The Adirondack Enterprise, 1895-1927. SLU/Saranac Lake Free Library

The Adirondack Observer, 1947-1948. Adirondack Museum – Blue Mountain Lake

Adirondack Pioneer, 1892-1???. Saranac Lake Free Library

Saranac Lake Mirror, 1933-??. Adirondack Museum - Blue Mountain Lake

Saranac Lake News, 1910-1919. Saranac Lake Free Library

The Saranac Lake Shopping News, 19??-19??. Saranac Lake Free Library

Tupper Lake Free Press and Tupper Lake Herald, 1937-0000. Tupper Lake Libr./Blue Mt. Lake Museum Libr.

Tupper Lake Free Press, 1931-1937. Tupper Lake Libr./Blue Mt. Lake Museum Libr.

The Tupper Lake Herald and Adirondack Mountain Press, 1924-1937. Tupper Lake Libr./Blue Mt. Lake Museum Libr.

The Tupper Lake Herald, 1895-1924. Tupper Lake Libr./Blue Mt. Lake Museum Libr.

Many 19^th century maps & atlases include names of residents that can be useful for research.

North Country Map Collection. Over 100 maps, 1782-present. SLU

New Topographical Atlas of St. Lawrence County, New York. 1865. SLU

Atlas of Franklin County, New York. 1876. SLU

Wall Maps. 1858, 1896. SLU

North Country Directory Collection. Various Publishers, 1848-1970. SLU

American Agriculturalist Farm Directory and Reference Book for St. Lawrence Co.. 1918 SLU

American Agriculturalist Farm Directory and Reference Book forFranklin Co..1918? SLU

M-Film #52 contains cemetery records, arranged by town, for St. Lawrence County only. Not indexed by personal name. Lists of cemeteries and towns covered are available at the SLU Reference or Periodicals desks, and in Special Collections (4 reels). For additional cemetery records, see: Saint Lawrence County Historical Association.

Broadly speaking, there are two types of census records: abstracts of census information and enumerations of individuals. Most of SLU’s holdings are the statistical summaries more useful to historians and sociologists than to genealogists. But we do have some enumerations:

M-Film #8. Federal census of 1850. Names of individuals in most North Country counties. (8 reels)

M-Film #9. Federal census of 1840. Names of individuals in the following counties only: Lewis, Madison, Herkimer, Jefferson, Essex, Genesee, and Dutchess. (4 reels)

M-Film #50. 1815 NY State census (for Potsdam only) and part of the state censuses of 1845 (Towns of Lawrence & Hopkinton only, and 1865 (Madrid, Massena, Morristown, Norfolk, Oswegatchie, and Parishville only).

Additional enumerative censuses are at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association.

All of SLU’s other census holdings are the various abstracts & statistical compilations, which do not contain personal names: New York (State). Secretary’s Office: Census of the State of New York for 1835, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875.

All U.S. 1810-1930 Census for St. Lawrence County are available on microfilm with indexes at Ogdensburg Public Library. Also SUNY Potsdam, 1810-1910. NYS censuses 1905-1925 at the St. Lawrence County Court House.

*Town or Village Clerk’s Offices keep most vital records.*

M-Film #51. Births, deaths and marriages in St. Lawrence County from 1864 to 1902. Taken from the Gouverneur Herald. Arranged chronologically. 1881-present – fee charged for search.

*Directory of archival and historical document collections…in the North Country. SLU/Also online: www.nc3r.org/archives

St. Lawrence County Historical Association. Cemetery records, family name files, and

Miscellaneous church records. Tel. 315-386-8133 Online: www.slcha.org/archives.html

St. Lawrence County Clerk’s Office. Index of Brides and Grooms: 1908-1938; land transfers,

Deeds, and mortgages: 1802-present; various naturalization records: 1802-1925; incorporation

records & business certificates; military discharges 1865-present with gaps. County court

records. Civil records (divorces, judgments, civil suits): 1879-present; some census records.

Maps, NY 1905, 1915, 1925. Tel. 315-379-2237/48 Court St./Canton

St. Lawrence County Surrogate Court Office. Wills, 1800-present. Tel. 315-379-2237/48 Court St./Canton

Town or Village Clerk’s Offices. Vital records (birth, death, and marriage; town laws and

meeting minutes.

Town or Village Historian. See list of local historians.

Watertown Times Archives. Currently indexes from 1988-present only. Hours: 1-3pm T-Th. Tel: 800-642-6222/ www.wdt.net/archives/htm

New York State Department of Health, Vital Records Section. www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/vr.htm

National Archives and Records Administration. www.nara.gov/