Canton Genealogy (in St Lawrence County)

Birth Records

Register of births, deaths, and marriages in the town of Canton, 1881-1901 Family History Library

Cemetery Records

Brick Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave
Brick Chapel Cemetery US Gen Web
Bridge Cemetery Find a Grave
Bridge Cemetery US Gen Web
Canton, New York, cemeteries Family History Library
Clark Cemetery US Gen Web
Clark Cemetery Find a Grave
Crary Mills Cemetery Find a Grave
Inscriptions from the Silas Wright Cemetery and St. Mary's Old Cemetery, Canton, N. Y. Family History Library
Inscriptions from the Silas Wright Cemetery and St. Mary's Old Cemetery, Canton, N.Y. Ancestry
Jerusalem Cemetery US Gen Web
King Cemetery Find a Grave
King Cemetery US Gen Web
Morley Cemetery US Gen Web
Norton Cemetery US Gen Web
Norton Cemetery St Lawrence Cemeteries
Norton Cemetery Find a Grave
Old Canton Cemetery Find a Grave
Old St. Mary's Cemetery North Country History
Olin Cemetery St Lawrence Cemeteries
Olin Cemetery Find a Grave
Olin Cemetery US Gen Web
Rensselaer Falls Cemetery US Gen Web
Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave
Silas Wright Cemetery US Gen Web
Silas Wright Cemetery North Country History
Walrath Cemetery US Gen Web

Census Records

1920 Census for the town of Canton US Gen Web

Church Records

Church records, 1855-1915 (Catholic Church. St. Mary's (Potsdam, New York)) Family History Library
Church records, 1856-1872 (United Methodist Episcopal Church (Canton, New York)) Family History Library
Church records, 1868-1915 (Catholic Church. St. Mary's (Canton, New York)) Family History Library

Death Records

Register of births, deaths, and marriages in the town of Canton, 1881-1901 Family History Library

Directories

Canton Town info including business/individual directory 1873-4 US Gen Web
Massena and Potsdam (New York) city directories Family History Library
U.S. City Directories (includes Potsdam; Canton 1950, 1955, 1958) Ancestry

Historical Records

Funeral registers, 1887-1917 Family History Library
History of Canton, New York Ray's Place
History of the Village of Canton, New York (before 1805) Ray's Place
Religious Societies and Schools in Early Canton, New York Ray's Place
Reminiscences of the village of Canton Family History Library
Sixty years of Saint Lawrence (Saint Lawrence University in Canton) Ancestry
St. Lawrence University in the World War, 1917-1918 : a memorial Family History Library

Marriage Records

Register of births, deaths, and marriages in the town of Canton, 1881-1901 Family History Library

Military Records

Record of soldiers and officers in the military service, 1861-1865 Family History Library

Newspapers

Canton College Student Newspapers New York Heritage
Northern New York Historical Newspapers, includes Canton Commercial Advertiser, 1874-1952 Northern New York Library Network
Northern New York Historical Newspapers, includes Hill News of St. Lawrence University, 1911-2008 Northern New York Library Network
Plain Dealer 1864-1958 Old Fulton NY Postcards

Obituaries

Northern New York Historical Newspapers, includes Canton Commercial Advertiser, 1874-1952 Northern New York Library Network
Northern New York Historical Newspapers, includes Hill News of St. Lawrence University, 1911-2008 Northern New York Library Network
Plain Dealer 1864-1958 Old Fulton NY Postcards

School Records

Canton Central School Yearbooks Collection New York Heritage
Canton College Student Newspapers New York Heritage
Canton Williams High School - Algonquin Yearbook (Canton, NY) 1959 E Yearbooks
Canton Williams High School - Algonquin Yearbook (Canton, NY) 1973 E Yearbooks
General catalogue of the officers, graduates, and non-graduates, 1856-1925 Family History Library
History of Saint Lawrence University in Canton, New York Ray's Place
Sixty years of Saint Lawrence Family History Library
St. Lawrence University Yearbook Collection New York Heritage
St. Lawrence University in the World War, 1917-1918 : a memorial Family History Library
St. Lawrence University in the world war, 1917-1918 : a memorial Ancestry
U.S. School Yearbooks Index (includes Canton-Williams High School 1986) Ancestry
U.S. School Yearbooks Index (includes Hugh C. Williams High School 1973) Ancestry
U.S. School Yearbooks Index (includes Saint Lawrence University 1949) Ancestry
U.S. School Yearbooks Index (includes State University of New York at Canton 1974) Ancestry
U.S. School Yearbooks Index (includes Waterloo High School 1986) Ancestry

Vital Records

Register of births, deaths, and marriages in the town of Canton, 1881-1901 Family History Library


More records for Canton are available on the St Lawrence County page and the statewide page