I found this information on the Rome Sentinel Newspaper web site. Thought it would be helpful to some. Rome Area Genealogical Information Rome Historical Society Attn: archivist, 200 Church St., Rome, NY 13440 (Phone 315-336-5870) Jervis Public Library 613 N. Washington St., Rome, NY 13440. Lori Chien, genealogy librarian. (Phone 315-336-4570) Oneida County Historical Society 1608 Genesee St., Utica NY 13502 (Phone 315-735-3642) CNY Genealogy Society Box 104, Colvin Station, Syracuse, 13205 NY Genealogical and Biographical Society 122 E. 58th St., NY, NY 10022 (Phone 212-755-8532) More Information on Prime Sources Rome Historical Society Attn: archivist 200 Church St., Rome, NY 13440 Phone: (315) 336-5870 (info from Kathleen Hynes-Bouska, curator) On Site: call for an appointment to be sure one of the three part-time people is available to help Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fees: $5 a day research fee for non-members; free for full-time students and members. (Memberships $10 a year per person, $15 a year for family) Photocopies 25 cents per page for everyone. By Mail: Mail requests will be handled. A donation (usually at least $5 or $10) is requested and photocopies are 25 cents a page Mail as much information as possible in letter, ie: names, dates, locations Include SASE of sufficient size and postage. Eila Schiffer answers mail requests Resources: Area histories and genealogies; Newspapers with obituaries, death notices, births, marriages, some back to 1803; Griffiss Air Depot "Box Prop" newspaper and Griffiss Air Force Base "Mohawk Flyer" newspaper Rome city directories from 1857 to present; Some cemetery records. Military records. Some school records. Extensive photograph collection. Various family records and documents, diaries and journals donated to the society. (Fires in mid and late 1800s destroyed a lot of city records) (IF YOU VISIT: admission to the museum with permanent and rotating exhibits about local history is free.) Jervis Public Library (Phone 315-336-4570) 613 N. Washington St., Rome, NY 13440: e-mail: jervis@borg.com website: www.borg.com/(tilde)jervis Info from Lori Chien -- genealogy librarian. On Site: Hours: 9:30a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9:30-5:30 Fridays, 9:30-5 p.m. Saturday. Closed Sunday. Note: Closed Saturdays during the summer (late June through early September). Fees: copying charge of 25 cents per page. By Mail: Library does take written requests. It is suggested you try one source at a time -- Library and Historical Society don't want to be both researching same thing at same time. There is limited staff and time. Fees: Out-of-state request $15 research fee and New York but out-of-county requests $9 research and 25 cents page photocopies. Resources: Available to public: A microfilm reel of miscellaneous Rome newspapers from Feb. 28, 1803 through April 30, 1873. Also, microfilm of THE ROME TELEGRAPH July 8, 1834 through Dec. 12, 1837; THE ROMAN CITIZEN July 7, 1840 through Dec. 25, 1863; THE ROME SENTINEL Nov. 8, 1842 through Dec. 12, 1881. DAILY SENTINEL to present. city directories 1857 to present Published family histories Tree Talks -- quarterly publication of CNY Genealogy Society (Box 104, Colvin Station, Syracuse, 13205) -- lot of pre-1850 records NY Genealogical and Biographical Record -- quarterly publication of NY Genealogical and Biographical Society, 122 E. 58th St., NY, NY 10022 Phone 212-755-8532 County histories and City of Rome histories Various histories of area towns and villages Federal census on microfilm for Oneida-Madison-Herkimer counties Listing of families that lived here 1800-1920