Heritage Room

Our Heritage Room is a source for family and local records. Volunteers can assist you with finding materials.

We have

• Microfiled newspaper records of the Carthage Republican Tribune and NYS Cenus records
• Microfilm reader
• Printer
• Computer with Internet access for research.

Helpful Genealogical Links

• Ancestry.com
• Cyndi's List - a list of hundreds of genealogical websites
• Family Tree Magazine's Free Forms - A selection of blank worksheets to help you organize your research.
• Jefferson County Historical Society
• Jefferson County on NYGENWeb
• Jefferson County Newspapers on microfilm and paper
• Jefferson County Pioneer Portraits Project
• National Archives - Research
• New York Historical Society
• The New York Biographical and Genealogical Society
• New York Public Library Milstein Division of United States History, Local History & Genealogy
• Northern New York Genealogy - a great starting place. Includes census, military & cemetary information, as well as burials, births, deaths, marriages and more.
• Northern New York Historical Newspapers
• NYGenWeb - gateway to New York Genealogy and History (includes cemetery, military & census information)
• Roots - Ancestry
• Towns in Jefferson County
• Your Home Town: Carthage/West Carthage New York
• Your Home Town: The Naming of Carthage New York