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SEARCHING
FOR YOUR ANCESTORS AT THE RICHMOND MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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19
Ross St., Batavia, NY 14020, (716) 343-9550
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LOCAL
MATERIAL
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Beers,
FW
Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, NY, 1788-1890
Beers, FW
History of Wyoming County, 1841-1880
Bowman, Fed Q.
10,000 vital records of Western NY, 1809-1850
Churches of Genesee and Wyoming Counties, 1897
Cooley, LaVerne C.
Tombstone Inscriptions form the Abandoned Cemeteries and Farm Burials
of Genesee County
Foley, JH
Early Settlers of Western NY
French, JH
Gazetteer of the State of NY, 1860
Genesee County Pioneer Association Record Book
* Holland Land Company records pertaining to Genesee County
Livsey, Karen E
Western NY Land Transactions, 1804-1824
Western NY Land Transactions, 1825-1835
McCulley, Mary
History of Genesee County, NY, 1890-1982
McEvoy, Ruth
History of the City of Batavia, 1915-1985
North, Safford E.
Our County and Its People
Saul's Notes on Genesee County People
Seaver, William
Historical Sketch of the Village of Batavia
Turner, Orsamus
History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelpls and Gorham's Purschase
and Morris' Reserve
Turner, Orsamus
Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western, NY
War Dead of Genesee County |
CHURCH
RECORDS
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Attica
Presbyterian Church, 1823-1939
Batavia
Emmanuel Baptisit Church, 1884-1939
First Baptist Church, 1834-1939
First Methodist Episcopal Church, 1841-1939
First Presbyterian Church, 1809-1939
St. James Episcopal Church, 1813- 1939
*St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 1849-1917
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1874-1936
Bergen
*St. Brigid's Roman Catholic Church, 1871-1919
Stone Church, 1828-1842
LeRoy
*First Baptist Church, 1850-1911
First Presbyterian Church, 1812-1842
* St. Peter's Roman Cathollic Church, 1854-1917
*United Methodist Church, 1851-1891
Morganville
*United Church of Christ, 1817-1956
Oakfield
*St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 1857-1922
Sheldon
* St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church, 1848-1916
Stafford
*St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 1841-1981 |
TAX
RECORDS
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*Genesee
County Assessment and Tax Rolls, 1838-1979 (excludes city of Batavia) |
FEDERAL
CENSUS RECORDS
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Genesee,
Livingston, and Wyoming Counties:
*1790, *1800, *1810, *1820, *1830, *1840, *1850, *1860, *1870, *1880,
*1890 (Civil War Vets only), *1900, *1910, *1920 (No Livingston County
for 1900, 1910, 1920) |
NEW
YORK STATE CENSUS RECORDS
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Genesee
County
*1875, *1892, *1905, *1915, *1925 |
INDEX
TO NEW YORK AND FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS
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1790,
1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1890 |
INDEX
TO GENESEE COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS
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1860,
1870, 1880 |
NEWSPAPERS
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* Republican
Advocate, 1822- 1876
* Spirit of the Times, 1830-1902
* Progressive Batavian, 1868-1897
* Batavia Daily News, 1878-present
* Batavia Times, 1902-1945
Some issues are missing. A few older newspapaers have been indexed
for births, marriages and deaths
* Batavia Daily News Index, 1878- 1992 |
FAMILY
GENEALOGIES
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The
libary has many published family genealogies, as well as a vast collection
of files and notes on individual families. |
GENESEE
AREA GENEALOGISTS
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This
is the local genealogy group. Meetings are held at the Richmond Memorial
Library on the third Tuesday of each month (excluding Dec. and Jan)
at 7 pm. |
CEMETERY
RECORDS
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Batavia
Cemetery, 1868-1989
Elmwood Cemetery (Batavia), 1872-1938
Grandview Cemetery (Batavia), 1906-1995
St. Joseph's Cemetery (Batavia), 1851-1904
Also available are early records for many Genesee County Cemeteries. |
DIRECTORIES,
ETC.
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Gazeteer
and Business Directory of Genesee County, NY for 1869-70
Directory of Persons, Firms, and Indians of Genesee County, 1890
Batavia City Directoires: *1880, *1883, *1898, 1900, 1915, 1919
Genesee County Directories: 1881, *1888 (Batavia, LeRoy, Oakfield
only), 1896
Wyoming County 1870 Directory
Telephone Directoires for the Batavia Area: 1938- on
Yearbooks of Batavia High School, from 1913 |
PERIODICALS
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Genealogical
Helper
Historical Wyoming
New England Historical and Genealogical Register
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
Tree Talks (Central NY Genealogical Society)
Western New York Genealogical Society Journal |
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