Information for genealogists

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery can confirm burial of specific individuals by date of death. Its records, continuous from 1849 through the present, include around 45,000 interments. Contact the office during business hours: Monday through Friday, except major holidays, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Fees may apply for research time and photocopying.

If you are seeking an ancestor who died before 1849, you probably should direct your attention to the churchyard of the neighboring Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. There are approximately 1,700 interments in the Old Dutch Burying Ground, the majority from the mid 18th century through the late 19th century. The church is not affiliated with Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Contact the Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns for information on burials: 42 North Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591, www.rctodc.org, 914-631-4497. See also books below.

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Government agencies and non-government organizations.

In New York state birth and death certificates and marriage licenses are filed with township government. Contact town clerks or NYS Bureau of Vital Statistics for copies of those documents. For example, if you seek a record of a marriage in the village of North Tarrytown (now Sleepy Hollow), you would contact the Town of Mount Pleasant. Deeds and wills are filed with the county.

Village of Sleepy Hollow
Incorporated as North Tarrytown in 1874, the village changed its name to Sleepy Hollow in 1996. This village is located in the township of Mount Pleasant.
Village Clerk, 28 Beekman Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
www.villageofsleepyhollow.org
914-631-0533

Town of Mount Pleasant
May have records of vital statistics for individuals who resided in what is now Sleepy Hollow. Some of its records predate the incorporation of the village of North Tarrytown.
1 Town Hall Plaza
Valhalla, NY 10595
www.mtpleasantny.com
914-742-2300

Village of Tarrytown
Incorporated in 1870. This village is located in the township of Greenburgh.
Village Clerk, 21 Wildey Street, Tarrytown, NY 10591
www.tarrytowngov.com
914-631-1652

Town of Greenburgh
May have records of vital statistics for individuals who resided in what is now Tarrytown. Some of its records predate the incorporation of the village of Tarrytown.
Town Clerk, 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607
www.greenburghny.com
914-993-1500

New York State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Birth, death, and marriage records, after 1881.
http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/genealogy.htm

Westchester County Archives and Records Center
The county archives have indexes of deeds, wills and estates, naturalization records, veterans records. Holds records from 1680 to present.
www.westchesterarchives.com
914-231-1500

Westchester County Historical Society
Its collection includes papers of many Westchester families, genealogical files, colonial and federal census records, maps, and much more. Holds records from 1680 to present.
www.westchesterhistory.com
914-592-4323

Historical Society Serving Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow
1 Grove Street, Tarrytown, NY 10591
914-631-8374

Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
For those unable to travel to distant archives, local volunteers will research genealogical records.
www.raogk.org

NYGenWeb - Westchester County, NY
Identifies regional resources for those researching family history.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/index.htm

Westchester County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 518
White Plains, NY 10603-0518
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywcgs/

Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
An extensive, cross-referenced list of genealogical resources.
www.cyndislist.com

National Archives and Records Administration, Northeast Region
Federal records including census, military, courts, immigration, and much more.
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10014
www.archives.gov

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Family History Center
Local center provides access to most of the microfilms and microfiche in the main LDS Family History Library.
801 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
914-941-9150
www.familysearch.org

Books

First English Record Book of the Reformed Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow
Formerly the Manor Church of Philipsburgh, Now the First Reformed Church of Tarrytown.
Ed. by Edgar Mayhew Bacon. 122p., paper. (1931) 1997
www.higginsonbooks.com

The Old Dutch Burying Ground of Sleepy Hollow:
A Record of the Early Gravestones & Inscriptions.
William Graves Perry
192p. (1953) 1991
www.higginsonbooks.com

Chronicles of Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow
Edgar Mayhew Bacon. 163p. (G.P. Putnam's Sons; 1907) 1997.
www.higginsonbooks.com

The Place Names of Historic Sleepy Hollow & Tarrytown
Henry Steiner (1998), 2004, 224 pp.
www.heritagebooks.com

History of the Tarrytowns
Jeff Canning and Wally Buxton. 384p. 1975, third printing, 1993
http://sleepyhollowgiftsonline.com/