Online Genealogy Resources

Ancestry (available in library only)

Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Jean Sampson Scott Greater New York Chapter

Castle Garden Immigration

Ellis Island Immigration

Fold3 – Military Database [requires library card to login]

Fulton History – Digitized Newspapers

Historic Homes of Watertown

Historic Map Works

Jefferson County Cemeteries

NNY SAR/DAR Joint Patriot Project

New York Heritage Digital Collections

New York State Vital Statistics: Births  [1881 – 1942]

New York State Vital Statistics: Deaths  [1880 – 1956]

New York State Vital Statistics: Marriages  [1881 – 1954]

NYS Historic Newspapers

Old Houses of the North Country

Watertown City Directories

Take a trip down Memory Lane. Explore the following Watertown City Directories included in the New York Heritage Collection: 1840, 1855, 1856-1857, 1859-1860, 1865-1866, 1867-1868, 1870, 1872-1873, 1874-1875, 1876-1877, 1877-1878, 1880-1881, 1882-1883, 1884-1885, 1885, 1886, 1888-1889, 1891-1892, 1892-1893, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1914, 1915, and 1916. Additional years are available for browsing in the Reference section of the Flower Memorial Library.

Watertown Daily Times

     2018 – present [Newspaper layout]
     1988 – present [Text content only. Login required.]
     1870 – 1922 [Newspaper layout. Split into three listings.]

Watertown High School Yearbooks