Record Books Indexed in the Ledger Series of the Livingston County Historian’s Online Records Index
Business Records
o Avon Springs Water Cure ledger, 1872 to 1881. Lists names of patients and visitors to the Avon Cure hotel and spa.
o Black Walnut and White River Coffins, Livonia, 1852-1856. This account was likely created by a coffin-maker in Livonia and lists the individual for whom the coffin was made.
o Caledonia General Store Daybook, 1815 to 1816. A very early register of customers' accounts in the Caledonia vicinity.
o Reuben Waldo account book, 1829 to 1839. Waldo was a wagon maker and blacksmith in the Village of Avon.
o Reuben Waldo account book, 1857 to 1870.
Governmental Records
o Geneseo Town Clerk’s Book of Estrays, 1824-1880. Notices about stray livestock were usually published in a newspaper and recorded at the town level. o Groveland Town Clerk’s Book, 1797-1833. Appointments and elections of officials, road and school district surveys, livestock ear marks and stray notices, and more. (In process) o Groveland Justice of the Peace Civil Docket, 1903 to 1908. Just a few civil cases seen by the Groveland Justice of the Peace.
o Groveland Justice of the Peace Criminal Docket, 1903 to 1905.
o Livingston County Wills, Liber 1, 1821-1828. Letters of administration and appointments of guardianships. o Livonia Justice of the Peace Docket, 1850 to 1880.
Medical Registers
o Record of Registered Nurses Certificates (2 vols.), 1904 to 1937.
o Affidavits of Registered Professional and Practical Nurses, 1938 to 1952.
o Affidavits of Registered Nurses, 1921 to 1959.
o Affidavits of Trained Attendants, 1922 to 1950. Only 4 entries.
o Dentist’s Registers, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, 1889 to 1956.
Livingston County Historian’s Office, Mt. Morris, New York o Eclectic Medical Society of the State of New York, Physicians Certificates, 1874 to 1909.
o Record of Optometrists' Certificates, 1908 to 1948.
o Register of Physicians and Surgeons, Vol. 1, 1880 to 1893.
o Register of Physicians and Surgeons, Vol. 2, 1893 to 1963.
o Veterinary Medical Register, 1886 to 1959.
o Postcards, lists of physicians in Lima and Livonia, 1878-1879. Two postcards.
Organization Records
o Knights of the Maccabees, York Lodge, Member Register, 1903 to 1905.
o Lakeville Temperance Society minute book, 1828 to 1840. The members of this early temperance society in a hamlet in Livonia have been indexed.
o Livingston County Anti-Slavery Society minutes, 1837-1839. Elections of officers, lecturers, and even opponents of the movement are named.
o Mt. Morris Anti-Slavery Society minutes, 1835-1837.
o Register of Oakland Lodge, 1855 to 1875. The members of this Masonic Lodge were from the Nunda/Portage/Castile/Genesee Falls and Pike areas.
o Scottsburg Young Men’s Association, 1849-1850. Lists of members.
School Records o Avon . School Register, Avon Dist. #4, August 1901 to July 1902. . School Register, Avon Dist. #4, August 1902 to July 1903. . School Register, Avon Dist. #4, August 1903 to July 1904. . School Register, Avon Dist. #4, August 1905 to July 1906. . School Register, Avon Dist. #4, August 1906 to July 1907. . School Register, Avon Dist. #4, August 1908 to July 1909. . School Register, Avon Dist. #6, August 1917 to July 1918. o Geneseo . School Register, Geneseo Dist. #3, August 1899 to July 1900. . School Register, Geneseo Dist. #3, October 1899 to Feb. 1900. . School Register, Geneseo Dist. #3, Feb. 1900 to June 1900. . School Register, Geneseo Dist. #3, August 1900 to July 1901.
Livingston County Historian’s Office, Mt. Morris, New York . School Register, Geneseo Dist. #3, August 1904 to July 1905. . Census of Children of Geneseo District #5, 1874. o Livonia . School Register, Livonia Dist. #13, August 1899 to July 1900. . School Register, Livonia Dist. #13, August 1901 to July 1902.
o Nunda Dist. #4 / #3 Pupils, 1841-1864.
o School Register, Portage Dist. #4, August 1905 to July 1906.
o School Register, Springwater/Canadice Dist. #4, November 1866 to May 1868.
o School Attendance Register, Sparta Dist. #19, Nov. 1841 to Mar. 1842.
o Record Book, Union Corners [West Sparta] School Dist. #4, 1840-1853.
o School Register, York Dist. #8, Aug. 1895 to July 1896.
Vital Records: o Livingston County Vital Records, 1847 to 1849. An 1847 law required each town clerk to collect vital statistics (birth, death, and marriage records), though they ceased doing so after a few years. This series includes the towns of Caledonia through York, between about 1847 and 1849. There are no records from the town of Avon, nor from Ossian (which was still part of Allegany County). Other towns had varying degrees of compliance with the law.
o 1965 Transcriptions of Livingston County Vital Records, 1847-1849. Encompasses only the towns of Caledonia, Conesus, and North Dansville and generally overlaps with the above.
o A Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Town of Groveland. These records may mostly overlap with the Livingston County Vital Records, 1847-1849 for the Town of Groveland, but came from separate sheets held by the Historian’s Office.
o Rev. C. L. Bown Marriage Records, 1843 to 1881. Records of marriages around Geneseo.
o Deaths in Livonia, 1850.
o List of Deaths in the Town of Livonia, 1853. These two lists of deaths in Livonia are likely related to a Livonia coffin-maker’s business accounts, also indexed by name.
o Record of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in the Town of York, 1847-1935. Partially indexed; Included are: Births, Deaths, and Marriages 1847-1849, 1863, 1887-1889 and Births 1878- 1903. Some of the earlier entries overlap with the Livingston County Vital Records, 1847-1849.
Other Records: o Craig Colony Patient Property Books, c. 1912-1947
Updated September 2020
Livingston County Historian’s Office, Mt. Morris, New York