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There are two searchable components available online, the Series Descriptions and the Records Indexes.

 

Series Descriptions

Descriptions of historical records and others belonging to the Office of the County Clerk 1658-1999.

  • Collections Search

    Search record groups pertaining to specific topics, including: Historical Records - 101 Box Collection, Ashokan Reservoir, Naturalization, Pauper & Poorhouse, and unspecified records.

  • Record Series Title Search

    Search by the title of the record series, for example: Account Book/Deacon's/Old Dutch Church c.(1683 - 1719) or Ashokan Reservoir/Court Orders c.(1936 - 1946)

  • Date Search

    Search by era: Colonial (1658-1776), Post Colonial Eighteenth Century (1777-1800), Nineteenth Century (1801-1900), Twentieth Century (1901-2000) or enter a date range.

  • Keyword Search

    Search the database by entering any word or phrase. An Advanced Search Screen is available on this page.

Record Indexes Query Screen Titles

This index was created by transcribing handwritten information and required interpretation. Please search using a variety of spellings.

  • 1905 Ulster County Census Index Search

    The 1905 Ulster County Census Index was created from a typewritten transcription of the original made some time ago by the clerk’s office.  To make this information available as quickly as possible, it is presented here without verification.  Cross references should be considered to help verify the accuracy of your discoveries.  Please note that the index shows all the information of the original census except occupation.  The 1905 census is just one of many taken by New York State between 1825 and 1925.

  • Antique Map Inventory Search

    The Antique Map Inventory c. (1806-1960) is an artificial collection of 436 maps that were stored together in a map case at the County Clerk’s Office.  The collection was transferred to the archives as a group in 1989 for re-housing and storage.  Finding aids and microfilm copies for these and all maps filed with the County Clerk are available at the main office of the County Clerk.

  • Ashokan Reservoir Records Search

    A finding aid for Board of Water Supply taking maps of the Ashokan and other reservoirs in the Catskill system c.(1905-1943), microfilmed transcripts of claimants seeking damage and business losses due to reservoir construction c.(1906-1958), and any original papers filed regarding those claims c.(1907-1948).

  • Dutch Records - Deed Book 1, 2 & 3 Index Search

    An index to the English translations of the Dutch court records of Wiltwyck 1661-1709. The index was first published by the Albany County Board of Supervisors c. 1900 in a project supervised by Wheeler B. Melius. Book and page numbers refer to the location of the complete entry in the three "deed" books. These records are the earliest court and land records of Ulster County.

  • Marriage Record Index Search 1908-1935

    From 1908 to 1926 county clerks were required to maintain indices or registers of marriages. The requirement was abolished in 1926 but some county clerks continued to maintain these summary records into the 1930s. Except for the name of the groom, bride, license date and place of issue, these records are confidential. Please contact the clerk of the village, town or city that issued the license or the New York State Department of Health to request copies.
    Click here to view telephone numbers of Ulster County Town & Village Clerks.

  • Minutes of the Board of Supervisors Search 1710-1731

    Minutes of the Board of Supervisors of Ulster County 1710-1731 were first transcribed and published by the Historical Records Survey of the Works Projects Administration (W.P.A.) Albany, New York in 1939.  Archives staff created a database directly from the transcriptions in 2004.

  • Naturalization Record Collection Index Search

    An index to citizenship records c.(1800-1992) including Declarations of Intention, Oaths of Allegiance, Petitions, Affidavits and register entries regarding all applications for naturalization filed in Ulster County.

  • Town Clerk Returns of Births, Deaths and Marriages Search
    c.(1847-1850, 1873-1884)

    Town Clerk Returns of Births, Deaths and Marriages was created from annual reports compiled by town clerks and filed with the county clerk primarily between 1847 and 1849.  Other entries came from individual marriage reports c.(1873-1884) and occasional entries from census records.

Please Note:
Information transcribed from early archival records may contain language and terminology that reveal certain social and cultural standards of that time. Those terms and words are included here, not to endorse those standards, but to report the content of the records as accurately as possible.

Technical Note:
Some Microsoft Windows users may experience an overlapping of text when using some of the database queries above. This can be resolved by changing your PC display setting to use either "Normal" or "Small" font size, which is found by depressing your right mouse button on your desktop, selecting properties and accessing the "Settings" tab.

* About the 101 Box Collection:
The 101 Box Collection is an artificial collection of the Ulster County Clerk. In 1963, Resolution #30 of the Ulster County Board of Supervisors temporarily released "certain old records" of the County Clerk to the History Department of Queen's College for cataloging, indexing and microfilming. At the request of the Ulster County Legislature in 1969, the records were returned to Ulster County and rehoused in 101 boxes. The records are currently under the care and control of the Ulster County Clerk's Records Management Program, established in 1988