Public Records Information

General Instructions

The Historian Search Surname database is not available online at this time.

If you would like copies of records available at the NY Wayne County Historian Office, you have 2 options:

Visiting the Historian's Office is always preferred. (Everything free except copying. 19 of 20 researchers discover additional information.)  Open by appointment only.  Please email us or call at 315-946-5470.

If visiting the Historian's Office here in Lyons New York is not possible at this time, you may submit a Research Request Form (PDF)

Note: Research Request Form (PDF) must be completed and mailed with a deposit check.

Mailing address is: Historian
7376 State Route 31
Suite 100
Lyons, NY 14489

Available Files

  • Wills: 1823-ca 1919
  • Surrogate Files: 1823-ca 1900
  • Census
    • Indexed except 1920
    • Federal 1790 Junius
    • 1800 Junius, Ontari
    • 1810 Junius, Ontario
    • 1820
    • 1830
    • 1840
    • 1850
    • 1860
    • 1870
    • 1880
    • 1900
    • 1910
    • 1920
    • New York State 1845 Rose only
    • 1855 (no Rose, Savannah, Sodus, Walworth, Williamson, Wolcott)
    • 1865
    • 1875
    • 1892
    • 1905
    • 1915
    • 1925
  • Vital Statistics
    • Birth, death, marriage certificates
    • Before 1881: None Except lists in all towns for 1847,1848, 1849; Rose only 1850
    • After 1881 Town Clerk contact list (PDF)
  • Cemetery: Some indexing for all known Wayne County New York cemeteries
  • Newspapers: Sources of Information (PDF)