Individuals or families with ancestors from Tompkins County are welcome to visit our Research Library to peruse our Genealogy Family Files, cemetery records, death and marriage notices, the rest of our collection of county records, directories, and the HistoryForge database which contains City of Ithaca census records from the 19th and 20th centuries.

In addition to our other genealogy resources, the following family files are available for research in the Cornell Local History Research Library.

Individuals interested in researching family histories outside of Tompkins County are encouraged to use the Local History & Genealogy resources compiled by the Tompkins County Public Library.  

Local Genealogical Resources

• Tompkins County Clerk Records
• Tompkins County NYGen Web 
• HistoryForge Database
• Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Tompkins County

Individuals pursuing genealogical research or interested in getting started are also invited to attend meetings of the Tompkins County Genealogical Society. A group of passionate individuals pursuing their own family histories and sharing their successes and roadblocks along the way.