Yates County New York Genealogy and History VOLUNTEERS DEDICATED TO FREE GENEALOGY   Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This site is available for adoption! If you have a love for history, a desire to help others, and basic webpage-making skills, consider joining us! Get the details on our Volunteer Page. [A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage is required.] WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU. All data we come across will be added to this website, so please keep checking back. County Information Named in honor of Joseph C. Yates, who as Governor of New York, signed the act establishing the county. County Seat: Penn Yan Year Organized: 1823 Square Miles: 338 Towns: Barrington * Benton * Italy * Jerusalem * Middlesex * Milo * Potter * Starkey * Torrey * Villages and Hamlets Bellona * Branchport * Dresden * Dundee * Glenora *  Lakemont * Penn Yan * Rushville * Courthouse Info: County Courthouse 415 Liberty Street Penn Yan, NY 14527-1102 Yates County Data   Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Records Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles and Records History Topics Marriages Military Records Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Gleanings Obituaries and Death Records School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: Nov 2023: Bios: CALHOUN Jun 2023: News: Marriages: CORNELL-BISHOP, MURDOCK-COMPTON Obits/Death Notices: CATON, MALTBY, McCOLLISTER Mar 2023: News: Marriages: HATFIELD-WARNER, HORN-BELL, MERRITT-WESTCOTT, MURDOCK-WELCH, RICE-WILKINS, SPINK-HENDERSON Nov 2022: News: Marriages: JOHNSON-WARD, SEBRING-McCONNELL, SMITH-SMITH Oct 2021:   Party News of FENNER 50th Anniversary Marriage News of HORNIG-RUSCOE, BROOKS-PHILLIPS Sicklist news of HOWELL PREVIOUS UPDATES    SEARCH OUR SITES Submit an Obituary to Us for any of our county sites. EMAIL US Don't miss an Update! Join our Genealogy Trails Northeastern States Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. For the GT States of : Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia You never know who you might meet and what family data they may share with you -- it could start a whole new branch of the family! We also use the mailing lists to announce our website updates.   Surrounding Counties Ontario County Schuyler County Seneca County Steuben County Visit our GT NY State Site   Visit the National Genealogy Trails Site Copyright © Genealogy Trails 2025 All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters