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Genesee
County History Department
County Building 2
3837 West Main Street Road
Batavia, NY 14020
Phone: (585) 815-7904
email: history@co.genesee.ny.us
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Genesee
Area Genealogists is an organization of people from Genesee,
Wyoming, and Ontario counties plus others from around the country
which meets on the third Tuesdays ten months a year (February
through November) at 7 pm in the Richmond Memorial Library at
19 Ross St., Batavia, NY. We welcome anyone who is interested
in genealogy or family history. Our fiscal year runs from July
1 to June 30 of the succeeding year. We are a very expensive
organization to join since our dues are $10.00 per year and
that includes a bi-monthly newsletter!!!
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The
"Western New York Genealogical
Society"
The Western New York Genealogical Society was founded in 1974
to help preserve and encourage interest in the area's rich
genealogical heritage. Its focus is the eight Western New
York counties which originally were part of the Holland Land
Company Purchase - Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie,
Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming.
Membership
benefits include seven meetings each year with speakers, workshops
and field trips; and a subscription to the quarterly Journal,
issued June, September, December and March.
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Richmond
Memorial Library, 19 Ross Street, Batavia, NY 14020
Phone: (585) 343- 9550
Online card catalog for the
NIOGA system (Richmond Library in Batavia is a member
library)
Further info on Richmond Library's genealogical holdings.
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The
Daniel E. Reed
Library, State University Fredonia, at Fredonia, NY 14063,
has microfilm of the archives of the Holland Land Company.
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The
Holland Land Office Museum
131 West Main St., Batavia, New York 14020
Phone: (585) 343-4727
Unfortunately, the Holland Land Office Museum is not a research
facility. However, they do work in conjunction with the Genesee
County History Department in genealogy research. The artifacts
in the museum tells the story of the settlement of Genesee County
and its people. Some of the documents about those people are
stored at the County History Department. The original Holland
Land Company records are in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The
Reed Library at SUNY-Fredonia,Fredonia, New York, has copies
of the Holland Land Company papers on microfilm.(see above)
Further info on exactly
what holdings the Holland Land Office has. |
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