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[[United States|''United States'']]''[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] ''[[New York|''New York'']]''[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] ''[[Erie County, New York|''Erie County'']]''[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'''''Buffalo'''  
 
[[United States|''United States'']]''[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] ''[[New York|''New York'']]''[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] ''[[Erie County, New York|''Erie County'']]''[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'''''Buffalo'''  
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== Resources ==
  
 
=== Cemeteries  ===
 
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*USGenWeb Archives: [http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/erie/cemeteries/werkley.txt Werkley Cemetery]
 
*USGenWeb Archives: [http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/erie/cemeteries/werkley.txt Werkley Cemetery]
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=== Church Records  ===
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:*'''1847-1854''' - [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jillaine/stpeters/ St. Peters German Evangelical Church Records - Buffalo NY 1847 - 1854].<br>
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:*'''1853''' - [http://www.archive.org/details/manualofnorthpre00nort 1853 Membership List, North Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, N.Y.], courtesy: [http://www.archive.org/ Internet Archive].<br>
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:*'''1876?''' - [http://dunhamwilcox.net/ny/buffalo_presb_ch.htm Catalogue of Members of Church Congregation, Lafayette Street, Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, N.Y.], courtesy: [http://dunhamwilcox.net/ Dunham - Wilcox - Trott - Kirk].<br>
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:*[http://pgsnys.org/polish-priests-wny.php Early Polish Priests of Western New York] at [http://pgsnys.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of New York] - free; biographies.
  
 
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| valign="top" width="40%" | [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/subjectguides.asp '''Grosvenor Room Genealogy''']<br>Buffalo and Erie County Public Library<br>Lafayette Square<br>Buffalo, NY 14203<br>(716) 858-8900<br>[http://www.buffalolib.org/ebranch/askus/ask.asp Email form] &#124; [http://grogenealogylocalhistory.wordpress.com/ blog]  
 
| valign="top" width="40%" | [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/subjectguides.asp '''Grosvenor Room Genealogy''']<br>Buffalo and Erie County Public Library<br>Lafayette Square<br>Buffalo, NY 14203<br>(716) 858-8900<br>[http://www.buffalolib.org/ebranch/askus/ask.asp Email form] &#124; [http://grogenealogylocalhistory.wordpress.com/ blog]  
 
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'''Genealogical Resources''': Local histories, census records, church and cemetery records, city directories, ethnic and immigration research, African American research, published family histories, maps and atlases, military records and history, vital records, yearbooks and school records. The website includes dozens of guides for topics such as: [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/AfAmGenealogy2010.pdf African-American Genealogy], [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/CanadianGenealogy.pdf Canadian Genealogy], [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/GermanGenealogy2011.pdf German Genealogy], [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/IrishGenealogy2009.pdf Irish Genealogy], [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/ItalianGenealogy2011.pdf Italian Genealogy], [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/JewishGenealogy2009.pdf Jewish Genealogy], [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/NativeGenealogy.pdf Native American Genealogy], and [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/PolishGenealogy.pdf Polish Genealogy].
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'''Genealogical Resources''': Local histories, census records, church and cemetery records, city directories, ethnic and immigration research, African American research, published family histories, maps and atlases, military records and history, vital records, yearbooks and school records. The website includes dozens of guides for topics such as: [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/AfAmGenealogy2010.pdf African-American Genealogy], [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/CanadianGenealogy.pdf Canadian Genealogy], [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/GermanGenealogy2011.pdf German Genealogy], [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/IrishGenealogy2009.pdf Irish Genealogy], [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/ItalianGenealogy2011.pdf Italian Genealogy], [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/JewishGenealogy2009.pdf Jewish Genealogy], [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/NativeGenealogy.pdf Native American Genealogy], and [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/pdfs/SubjectGuides/PolishGenealogy.pdf Polish Genealogy].  
  
 
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| valign="top" width="40%" | [http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/archives/ '''University at Buffalo Archives''']<br>420 Capen Hall<br>Buffalo, NY 14260-1674<br>716-645-2916<br>Email: [mailto:lib-archives@buffalo.edu lib-archives@buffalo.edu]  
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| valign="top" width="40%" | [http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/archives/ '''University at Buffalo Archives''']<br>420 Capen Hall<br>Buffalo, NY 14260-1674<br>Phone: 716-645-2916<br>Email: [mailto:lib-archives@buffalo.edu lib-archives@buffalo.edu]  
 
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| valign="top" width="40%" | [http://library.buffalostate.edu/archives/ '''Archives and Special Collections of Buffalo State College''']<br>E.H. Butler Library<br>1300 Elmwood Avenue<br>Buffalo, NY 14222<br>716-878-6300<br>Email: [mailto:library@buffalostate.edu library@buffalostate.edu]  
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| valign="top" width="40%" | [http://library.buffalostate.edu/archives/ '''Archives and Special Collections of Buffalo State College''']<br>E.H. Butler Library<br>1300 Elmwood Avenue<br>Buffalo, NY 14222<br>Phone: 716-878-6300<br>Email: [mailto:library@buffalostate.edu library@buffalostate.edu]  
 
| valign="top" | '''Genealogical Resources:''' Private papers, Richard B. Morris Historical Papers (well-known historian).
 
| valign="top" | '''Genealogical Resources:''' Private papers, Richard B. Morris Historical Papers (well-known historian).
 
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| valign="top" | '''Genealogical Resources:''' Guides to tracing Polish ancestry, Polish maps, Polish gazetteers, Polish coats of arms, Polish biographies.
 
| valign="top" | '''Genealogical Resources:''' Guides to tracing Polish ancestry, Polish maps, Polish gazetteers, Polish coats of arms, Polish biographies.
 
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| valign="top" width="40%" | [http://www.canisius.edu/archives/ '''Rev. J. Clayton Murray, S.J. Archives &amp; Special Collections''']<br>Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library<br>Canisius College, 2001 Main Street<br>Buffalo, NY 14208-1098<br>716-888-8406<br>Email: [mailto:delaneyk@canisius.edu delaneyk@canisius.edu]  
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| valign="top" width="40%" | [http://www.canisius.edu/archives/ '''Rev. J. Clayton Murray, S.J. Archives &amp; Special Collections''']<br>Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library<br>Canisius College, 2001 Main Street<br>Buffalo, NY 14208-1098<br>Phone: 716-888-8406<br>Email: [mailto:delaneyk@canisius.edu delaneyk@canisius.edu]  
 
| valign="top" | '''Genealogical Resources:''' Obituaries, student newspapers.
 
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| valign="top" | '''Genealogical Resources''': [http://becplsubjectguides.pbworks.com/w/page/10282964/Genealogy Genealogy Subject Guide].
 
| valign="top" | '''Genealogical Resources''': [http://becplsubjectguides.pbworks.com/w/page/10282964/Genealogy Genealogy Subject Guide].
 
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| valign="top" width="35%" | [http://bigs.limewebs.com/ '''BIGS-Buffalo Irish Genealogical Society''']<br>Buffalo Irish Center<br>245 Abbott Rd<br>Buffalo, NY 14220<br>716-627-2417<br>Email: [mailto:EPatton@adelphia.net EPatton@adelphia.net]  
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| valign="top" width="35%" | [http://bigs.limewebs.com/ '''BIGS-Buffalo Irish Genealogical Society''']<br>Buffalo Irish Center<br>245 Abbott Rd<br>Buffalo, NY 14220<br>Phone: 716-627-2417<br>Email: [mailto:EPatton@adelphia.net EPatton@adelphia.net]  
 
| valign="top" | '''Genealogical Resources''': [http://bigs.limewebs.com/library.html The GAAA Library Collection], Sons of Erin Indexing Project, Holy Cross Cemetery Records and Index, local history project.
 
| valign="top" | '''Genealogical Resources''': [http://bigs.limewebs.com/library.html The GAAA Library Collection], Sons of Erin Indexing Project, Holy Cross Cemetery Records and Index, local history project.
 
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| valign="top" width="35%" | [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/merriweather/index.asp '''William A. Miles Center for African and African-American Studies''']<br>Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library<br>1324 Jefferson Avenue<br>Buffalo, NY 14208<br>716-883-4418  
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| valign="top" width="35%" | [http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/merriweather/index.asp '''William A. Miles Center for African and African-American Studies''']<br>Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library<br>1324 Jefferson Avenue<br>Buffalo, NY 14208<br>Phone: 716-883-4418  
 
| valign="top" | '''Genealogical Resources''': Books on African-American topics, ''Schomburg Clipping File,'' books on African countries.
 
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==== City Clerk  ====
 
==== City Clerk  ====
  
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Gerald Chwalinski<ref name="petty">Elizabeth Petty Bentley, ''Genealogy Address Book'' (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2009), 401-405.</ref><br>City Hall, Niagara Square, Room 1308<br>Buffalo, NY 14202<br>716-851-5844<br>Email: [mailto:gchwalinski@city-buffalo.com gchwalinski@city-buffalo.com]  
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Gerald Chwalinski<ref name="petty">Elizabeth Petty Bentley, ''Genealogy Address Book'' (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2009), 401-405.</ref><br>City Hall, Niagara Square, Room 1308<br>Buffalo, NY 14202<br>Phone: 716-851-5844<br>Email: [mailto:gchwalinski@city-buffalo.com gchwalinski@city-buffalo.com]  
  
 
[http://www.city-buffalo.com/Home/City_Departments/City_Clerk/GenealogyRecordsandResources Genealogy Records and Resources] on the City of Buffalo government website explains how to order Buffalo birth, marriage, and death certificates.  
 
[http://www.city-buffalo.com/Home/City_Departments/City_Clerk/GenealogyRecordsandResources Genealogy Records and Resources] on the City of Buffalo government website explains how to order Buffalo birth, marriage, and death certificates.  
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==== City Historian  ====
 
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'''Records Center'''<br>716-851-5431<ref name="erie">Erie County, New York Town Historians, Historical Societies and Historical Museums, Updated: 20 October 2004, http://wnyroots.tripod.com/index-historians.html (accessed 15 December 2011).</ref>  
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'''Records Center'''<br>Phone: 716-851-5431<ref name="erie">Erie County, New York Town Historians, Historical Societies and Historical Museums, Updated: 20 October 2004, http://wnyroots.tripod.com/index-historians.html (accessed 15 December 2011).</ref>  
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:*'''1847-1854''' - [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jillaine/stpeters/ St. Peters German Evangelical Church Records - Buffalo NY 1847 - 1854].<br>
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:*'''1876?''' - [http://dunhamwilcox.net/ny/buffalo_presb_ch.htm Catalogue of Members of Church &amp; Congregation, Lafayette Street, Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, N.Y.], courtesy: [http://dunhamwilcox.net/ Dunham - Wilcox - Trott - Kirk].<br>
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:*[http://pgsnys.org/polish-priests-wny.php Early Polish Priests of Western New York] at [http://pgsnys.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of New York] - free; biographies.
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:*[http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html Old Fulton Postcards] - Free searchable website which holds newspapers from upstate New York.  
 
:*[http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html Old Fulton Postcards] - Free searchable website which holds newspapers from upstate New York.  
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:*'''1911-1941''' [http://pgsnys.org/research/databases-and-local-resources/dziennik-dla-wsystkich-obituary-database/ ''Dziennik Dla Wsystkich'' Death Notice Database] at [http://pgsnys.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of New York] - free. Obituaries of Polish individuals.<br>
 
:*'''1911-1941''' [http://pgsnys.org/research/databases-and-local-resources/dziennik-dla-wsystkich-obituary-database/ ''Dziennik Dla Wsystkich'' Death Notice Database] at [http://pgsnys.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of New York] - free. Obituaries of Polish individuals.<br>
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:*'''1935''' [http://nsampson.tripod.com/1935marriages.html 1935 Buffalo, NY Marriages] - free.<br>
 
:*'''1935''' [http://nsampson.tripod.com/1935marriages.html 1935 Buffalo, NY Marriages] - free.<br>
  
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Revision as of 21:31, 10 January 2012

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Contents

Resources

Cemeteries

LDS Cemetery Records

  • Vol. 1
  • page 41 - Frick Cemetery, Eggertsville (within the town of Amherst)
  • page 82 - Werkley Cemetery, near Sheridan Drive (Buffalo)
  • Because of boundary changes, Werkley Cemetery aka St. John's Cemetery is now located in Tonawanda, New York. Burials are listed on the following sites:

Church Records

Repositories

Archives, Libraries and Museums

Grosvenor Room Genealogy
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
Lafayette Square
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 858-8900
Email form | blog

Genealogical Resources: Local histories, census records, church and cemetery records, city directories, ethnic and immigration research, African American research, published family histories, maps and atlases, military records and history, vital records, yearbooks and school records. The website includes dozens of guides for topics such as: African-American Genealogy, Canadian Genealogy, German Genealogy, Irish Genealogy, Italian Genealogy, Jewish Genealogy, Native American Genealogy, and Polish Genealogy.

University at Buffalo Archives
420 Capen Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-1674
Phone: 716-645-2916
Email: lib-archives@buffalo.edu 		Genealogical Resources:
Archives and Special Collections of Buffalo State College
E.H. Butler Library
1300 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone: 716-878-6300
Email: library@buffalostate.edu 		Genealogical Resources: Private papers, Richard B. Morris Historical Papers (well-known historian).
University at Buffalo Polish Room
Room 517, Lockwood Library
Buffalo, NY 14260-2200
Email: library@buffalo.edu 		Genealogical Resources: Guides to tracing Polish ancestry, Polish maps, Polish gazetteers, Polish coats of arms, Polish biographies.
Rev. J. Clayton Murray, S.J. Archives & Special Collections
Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library
Canisius College, 2001 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14208-1098
Phone: 716-888-8406
Email: delaneyk@canisius.edu 		Genealogical Resources: Obituaries, student newspapers.

A list of local libraries and archives with Polish resources is available online at the Polish-American Heritage in Buffalo and Erie County, New York website.

Family History Centers

Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources for family history research.

The main FHC for Buffalo, New York is the Buffalo New York Family History Center. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory.

Societies

Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
25 Nottingham Court
Buffalo, NY 14216
716-873-9644
Facebook page 		Genealogical Resources: Library, Guide to Genealogical Materials, city directories, church records (many Roman Catholic parishes), cemetery transcriptions, censuses, genealogy books, obituary index to Buffalo newspapers (1811-2001), private papers, obituary request form, published family histories, list of professional researchers for hire.
Buffalo and Erie County Library
Lafayette Square
Buffalo, NY 14203
716-858-8900 		Genealogical Resources: Genealogy Subject Guide.
BIGS-Buffalo Irish Genealogical Society
Buffalo Irish Center
245 Abbott Rd
Buffalo, NY 14220
Phone: 716-627-2417
Email: EPatton@adelphia.net 		Genealogical Resources: The GAAA Library Collection, Sons of Erin Indexing Project, Holy Cross Cemetery Records and Index, local history project.
William A. Miles Center for African and African-American Studies
Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library
1324 Jefferson Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14208
Phone: 716-883-4418 		Genealogical Resources: Books on African-American topics, Schomburg Clipping File, books on African countries.

City Clerk

Gerald Chwalinski[1]
City Hall, Niagara Square, Room 1308
Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone: 716-851-5844
Email: gchwalinski@city-buffalo.com

Genealogy Records and Resources on the City of Buffalo government website explains how to order Buffalo birth, marriage, and death certificates.

City Historian

Records Center
Phone: 716-851-5431[2]

Newspapers

Online Digital Newspapers

Obituaries

City Records

To locate additional published and transcribed records for Buffalo, New York check:

  • Gordon L. Remington, New York Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002). American Ancestors online edition; At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 974.7 D27r. Alphabetical list including date founded, if a town history exists, church and cemetery sources, and if a Civil War register (TCR) exists. The codes used under Church and Cemetery are defined in the link above the listing of towns, cities and villages.


Vital Records


Web Sites

References

  1. ↑ Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogy Address Book (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2009), 401-405.
  2. ↑ Erie County, New York Town Historians, Historical Societies and Historical Museums, Updated: 20 October 2004, http://wnyroots.tripod.com/index-historians.html (accessed 15 December 2011).
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