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RECORD TYPE
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PLACE
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DATES
AVAILABLE
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CONTACT
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REMARKS
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Almshouse/
Poorhouse Records |
Erie
County |
Possibly
1830 to
present |
Erie
County Home & Infirmary
11580 Walden Avenue
Alden, NY 14004
716-937-5690 |
The
County Poorhouse, later
called the Almshouse, is now known as the
Home & Infirmary. |
Almshouse/
Poorhouse Links |
Erie
County |
19th
Century |
Erie
Poorhouse
History |
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Autopsies |
Erie
County |
1879
to
present |
Medical
Examiner
Erie County Dept. of Health
462 Grider St.
Buffalo, NY 14215
Voice 716-898-3191
FAX
716-898-4181 |
Usually
available for deaths
resulting from crimes, accidents,
suicides, drownings, or suspicious circumstances |
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Censuses,
Federal |
Erie
County |
1810,
1820, 1830, 1840,
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910,
1920, 1930 |
Grosvenor
Room, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Buffalo & Erie
County Historical
Society
New
York State
Library also has agriculture,
mortality, industry,
and other special schedules
|
See Census
FAQs. Libraries with census
indexes
might check the indexes for you but few have the staff to search
census microfilms for a particular name. Not every federal census has
been indexed. |
1820,
1830, 1840, 1850,
1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920,
1930 |
Capen
Multimedia Center, University of Buffalo
|
Censuses,
New York State |
Erie
County |
1855,
1865, 1875, 1892,
1905, 1915,
1925 |
Grosvenor
Room, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Buffalo & Erie
County Historical
Society
Lockwood
Memorial Library, University at Buffalo
New
York State
Library
|
See Census
FAQs. The 1855 state census
is
partially indexed (the towns of Erie County but not the City of
Buffalo).
None of the other surviving state censuses have been indexed. |
| Census
Links |
Erie
County &
Western NY |
1810-1920 |
These links
have all been moved to Delicious!
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Court
Records |
Erie
County
|
1980s
to
present in some cases
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New
York State Unified Court System
|
At
present, only Supreme Court, Housing Court, and Family Court
cases are available. You get defendant name, plaintiff name,
attorney names, and file numbers.
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Divorces |
Buffalo
and Erie
County
|
Early
1800s to 1963 |
Erie
County
Clerk |
Sealed
for 100 years
except to the two parties involved & their attorneys |
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1963
to
present |
New
York State Department of Health
|
Sealed
except for
the two parties involved & their attorneys, or someone with a
court
order |
|
Funeral
Home
Records |
Western
New York |
Unknown |
Funeral
Home Directory
|
Up
to the 20th century, most
people cared for their own dead. Undertaking
first became a profession during the Civil and First World
Wars. For what might have happened to these records, see my FAQ
page. |
Funeral
Home
Record Links
|
Buffalo and Erie County
|
Amigone
Funeral Home has
a
look-up service for its records
|
| Marriages |
Buffalo
& Erie
County |
1811
to
1900
(incomplete) |
Zintz, June
Partridge
Index
of Marriages from Buffalo, New York Newspapers, 1811-1884
Hamburg, NY : June P. Zintz, ©1999
Zintz, June
Partridge
Marriages
from Buffalo church records 1825-1900, volume 1: Transcribed from
microfilm of English-speaking Protestant church records and compared
with marriage license records in Erie County Hall
Hamburg, NY : June P. Zintz, ©2004
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In
book form only,
not online.
Has index
of
brides' names and grooms' names.
Available
at various libraries and through interlibrary
loan.
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Buffalo
& Erie
County |
1877
to 1935
(incomplete) |
Western
NY
Genealogical Society Collection at the
Grosvenor
Room of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
|
On
156 rolls of
microfilm in chronological order. No staff available for this research.
Indexed in
loose
alphabetical order on the first 20 rolls of film
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City
of Buffalo
|
1877
to present |
Buffalo
City
Hall
Marriage Bureau
Room 1301
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-851-5444 |
City
Hall's website
says that marriage records are sealed. After 50 years, if both bride
& groom are deceased, a marriage certificate may be
requested for genealogical purposes. The
cost for copies varies.
|
1908-1957
|
Grosvenor
Room, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library |
An
index on microfiche from the NY State Dept. of Health |
| Buffalo
& Erie
County |
1881-1956 |
New
York State Archives |
An
index on microfiche |
|
1914
to present |
NY
State
Dept. of Health |
|
Erie
County towns
|
Dates of
First Vital Records
in Towns & Villages of Erie County |
Town
Clerk in the community
Erie
County
Directory of Public Officials--includes
town clerks |
|
1881-1957
|
Grosvenor
Room, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library |
An
index on microfiche from the NY State Dept. of Health |
| Justice of the Peace Marriages only |
Buffalo
& Erie
County |
1837
to 1876 |
Western
NY Genealogical Society Collection at
the
Grosvenor
Room of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
|
On
one roll of microfilm. No
staff available for this
research.
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Marriage Links |
Buffalo
& Erie
County |
Varies |
Marriages
in Elma, NY
About 500 couples who married prior to 1901
Marriages
in Chautauqua & Erie Counties, 1851-1890
Performed by Rev. Alfred J. Wilcox
1935
Buffalo, NY Marriages
Almost 800 couples |
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Misc.
Online Records |
Erie
County |
None
older than
1986, most from 1990s to present.
See:
Available
Dates.
|
Erie County Clerk
Online Document
Index & Retrieval |
Over
700 different
kinds of legal actions and transactions
are
searchable by name, including deeds, mortgages, foreclosures,
judgements and liens, affidavits, prenups, guardianships, building
loans, incorporations, DBAs, hunting, fishing & trapping
permits,
pistol permits, declarations of intent, military discharges. |
| Misc. Online Record Links |
Erie
County |
Varies
|
Searchable Databases &
Name
Lists for
Genealogists
A collection of links that do not fit into any of the categories on
this page
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Natural-
izations |
Buffalo
and Erie
County
|
1827
to 1929 |
Erie
County
Clerk
|
Little of
genealogical value in records prior to 1900 |
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27
Sep 1906 to
present |
Immigration
& Naturalization Service
130 Delaware Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-551-4741 |
Written
requests
only, limited to 5 free requests per day |
US
District Courthouse
68 Court St. Room 304
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-551-4211 |
In-person
requests
only |
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Allegany,
Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe,
Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne,
Wyoming, and Yates counties |
27
Sep 1906 to 1966 |
Grosvenor
Room, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
|
An index
on 20 rolls
of microfilm, giving name, date of petition for naturalization,
and file numbers. With this information, you can request the
full
papers from the government offices listed above.
|
Natural-
ization
Links
|
Allegany,
Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe,
Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne,
Wyoming, and Yates counties |
27
Sep 1906 to 1966, with
a tiny number of other dates
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Naturalization
Index -- NY Western
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Passenger
Lists |
Buffalo,
Lewiston,
Niagara Falls, Rochester |
1902-1954 |
Manifests
of Alien Arrivals
National Archives & Records Administration
Washington, DC
Western
NY
Genealogical Society Collection at the Grosvenor
Room of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
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On
165 rolls of microfilm. They list those who entered the US
at
cities that border Canada. There are no Buffalo passenger lists for
ocean-going vessels because they cannot physically bypass Niagara
Falls.
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Erie
Canal |
1827-1829 |
New
York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
518-474-8955
At the link above, scroll down to record group A1057. |
Passenger
lists were not required at any other time
in canal history. These records are not online or on microfilm and must
be consulted in person at the NY State Archives. |
Niagara
River
Red Jacket
steamboat |
1838-1839 |
New
York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
518-474-8955
At the link above, scroll down to record group A1079. |
A
passenger list for
daily steamboat trips between Buffalo and Niagara Falls provides names;
destinations; number in party; and fares paid.
These
records are not online or on microfilm and must be consulted in person
at the NY State Archives. |
| Passenger
List Links |
1834-1900
|
Varies
|
Passenger
List Databases at the National Archives
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