Niagara Co. NYGenWeb Project -- Genealogy Resources
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Niagara County Genealogy Resources
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- Niagara
County genealogy research lists at RootsWeb -- talk to hundreds of
other folks researching ancestry in Niagara County!
(NYNIAGAR concentrates on genealogy, including name-place-date
queries, and Niagara County local history; NYNIAGAR-FOLKS is for
those interested in sharing more details which flesh out their family
stories.)
- The RootsWeb Surname List
-- check your Niagara County surnames
- The WorldConnect
Project at RootsWeb -- find others researching the same
Niagara County ancestors here!
- GENDEX WWW Genealogical
Index -- another way to connect with researchers of the same
folks you're looking for
- Records
in the New York State Archives Useful for Genealogical
Research describes holdings of vital records indexes, military
service records, census records, Indian records, property transfer
and tax records, court records, naturalization records, marriage
records, prison/reformatory records, poorhouse censuses, maps, and
microfilmed local records.
- The New York State
Library (housed in the same building as the Archives) holds
printed histories on individual families; surname records; vital
records; city
directories; and a collection of lineage and
vital records compiled by the DAR.
- The Family History Library's New York Research
Outline is required reading for all New York genealogists.
- Cyndi's List -- New
York. Simply the most comprehensive list of links imaginable, all
neatly categorized by type; don't miss this page.
- Chris Andrle's Upstate New York
Genealogy site. Note that:
- United
States Resources: New York (from the ROOTS-L folks)
- The NYGenWeb
Project is our parent site, and has more state-wide resources
this page can't begin to list.
Niagara County cemeteries online
Other cemetery resources
Niagara County has a wealth of census records available for
research. Since its formation in 1808, the county has participated in
all federal censuses, so every decennial census from 1810 to 1920 is
available (except the 1890, which burned). A few supplements to the
federal census are also available for Niagara County:
- 1820: industrial schedules
- 1840: Revolutionary War pensioners
- 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880: agricultural, industrial, and mortality schedules
- 1890: Union Civil War veterans
Aside from the usual federal census indexes, there is an 1880 index
done specifically for Niagara County; it can be borrowed on microfilm
through an LDS
Family History Center. (In 2001, the LDS church also published a
national index of the 1880 census on CD-ROM.)
In addition, the various New York state censuses
are available for Niagara County: these were done in 1855, 1865, 1875,
1892, 1905, 1915, and 1925. All can be borrowed on microfilm through
LDS
Family History Centers; some can be found in well-stocked
genealogical libraries. None, however, has been indexed.
At present, very few census transcriptions are online for Niagara
County. Exceptions include:
A handful of census indexes have been made available for towns in
Niagara County. These include:
For other partial (or fragmentary) census indexes between 1850 and
1875, see Niagara
County, New York: Surname Census Index.
Other genealogical societies, libraries, and museums, like the
Niagara County Genealogical Society Research Library, are listed on
the Niagara County genealogy society
resources page. (For other types of libraries in Niagara County,
see the "Historical resources" page.)
- The
Holland Purchase of Western New York -- Deed. From the 1850
book Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New
York, by Orsamus Turner, this "reflects the majority of the
land purchases sold by the Holland Company to various individuals
in New York" from 1801 to 1806, with some later purchasers listed
as well. [This file has vanished from the NYGenWeb Archives;
your coordinator is trying to track down its new location.]
- Holland
Land Papers at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
- Kim Alexis
(supermodel/actor, born in Lockport)
- Lou
Rosselli
Do you have a story regarding a person from Niagara County to tell -- past
or present? Submit it today!
- Obtaining
New York State Records for Genealogy Purposes
- Niagara County Clerk
By mail: P.O. Box 461, Lockport, NY 14094-0461
In person: Courthouse, 175 Hawley Street, Lockport
Telephone: 716-439-7022
Fax: 716-439-7066
- Niagara Falls City Clerk
745 Main Street
Niagara Falls, NY 14301
As of mid-1998, the fee for a copy of birth or
death records is $10. The Niagara Falls City Clerk's Office does
not accept personal checks for copies of birth or death records --
money orders only.
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