Many county, town, and village clerks have available to them various archival material as well as a wide range of legal records of interest to researchers.

An updated list of county, town, and village clerks follows. Researchers interested in a particular geographic location may wish to contact these officials directly to determine the availability of public records for research use.

	Clinton County		Essex County		Franklin County		Hamilton County
	Jefferson County		Lewis County		Oswego County		St. Lawrence County