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Jefferson County NY
Genealogical Society

Jefferson County NY
Genealogical Society

 JCNYGS
PO Box 6453
Watertown, NY 13601

Who We Are

Image of a group of our members at annual Christmas party

The Jefferson County New York Genealogical Society was formed in 1994 with six members attending the inaugural meeting August 8, 1994 at the Dillenbach Room of the Flower Memorial Library in Watertown. Those six were Maurice Herron of Bellville, Gus Rogers of Clayton, Mary Lou McCreadie of Adams, Helen McDonald of Alexandria Bay, and John and Ellen Bartlett of Syracuse.

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Purpose

Our purpose is three-fold:

First, to promote and encourage original genealogical research.

The second purpose is to encourage and disseminate a greater knowledge of genealogy and its history in the county of Jefferson, State of New York.

And the third purpose is to gather, preserve, and display and make available: genealogy information, manuscripts, papers, books, photographs, electronic data, and other records and materials relating to genealogy and history of Jefferson County, New York.

Current News

NYS Death Index

Tom LaClair | May 31, 2025
The New York State Death Index, 1880-2017. We won. We won! Hello again from your friendly neighborhood historical records nerds at Reclaim The Records. We have a very big victory to share with you today: We just won the first-ever public r…
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Informer Back Issues Available

Tom LaClair | January 17, 2026
Tom LaClair, JCNYGS President, has several boxes of past Informers. If anyone would like either complete sets of 2000-2025 printed Informers or specific Informers, email leadership@jcnygs.org and inquire if one is available and discuss min…
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Revolutionary War Soldier Monument

Tom LaClair | May 13, 2025
All across the USA, people are excited to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution, which was not merely a day, July 4, 1776, but a decade-long struggle for our independence and freedom. A Jefferson County-wide committee…
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The JCNYGS gratefully acknowledges the generous Northern New York Community Foundation Grant which helped make this webpage a reality.

Article Request

We request members, both near and far, to submit a one or two-page genealogical article for an upcoming issue of the Informer. We would love to collect enough articles to last for one, two, or even three years to come. The best articles are ones submitted by members sharing genealogy and stories of your early Jefferson County ancestors.

Submit articles to informer@jcnygs.org

Respectfully, your JCNYGS Leadership.

Members

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Annual Membership Dues (and renewal)

$20 for individuals
$22 for families
$25 for organizations

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