19 Ross Street
Batavia, New York 14020
(585) 343-9550
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Genealogical Materials Available:
Local Material
* Denotes Microfilm
F. W. Beers:
Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County NY, 1788-1890
History of Wyoming County, 1841-1880Fred Q. Bowman:
10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850Churches of Genesee and Wyoming Counties, 1897
LaVerne C. Cooley:
Tombstone Inscriptions From the Abandoned Cemeteries & Farm Burials of
Genesee CountyJ. H. Foley:
Early Settlers of Western New YorkJ. H. French:
Gazetteer of the State of New York, 1860Genesee County Pioneer Association Record Book
Holland Land Company Records Pertaining to Genesee County*
Karen E. Livesey:
Western New York Land Transactions, 1804-1824
Western New York Land Transactions, 182-1835Mary McCulley:
History of Genesee County, New York 1890-1982Ruth McEvey:
History of the City of Batavia, 1915-1985Safford E. North:
Our County and Its PeopleSaul's Notes on Genesee County People
William Seaver:
Historical Sketch of the Village of BataviaOrsamus Turner:
History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelp's and Gorham's Purchase and
Morris' Reserve
Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New YorkWar Dead of Genesee County
Church Records Attica
Presbyterian Church, 1823-1939Batavia
Emmanuel Baptist 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, 1874-1939Bergen
St. Brigid's Roman Catholic Church, 1871-1919*
Stone Church, 1828-1842LeRoy
First Baptist Church, 1850-1911*
First Presbyterian Church, 1812-1842
St. Peter's Roman Catholic 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*
Genesee County Assessment and Tax Rolls, 1838-1979*
(excludes City of Batavia)
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)
Genesee County*
1875, 1892, 1905, 1915, 1925
1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1890
1860, 1870, 1880
Newspapers
Republican Advocate, 1822-1876*
Spirit of the Times, 1830-1902*
Progressive Batavian, 1868-1897*
Batavia Daily News, 1878-Present*
Batavia Daily News Index, 1878-1992*
Batavia Times, 1902-1945*
(Some issues are missing. A few older newspapers have been indexed for
births, marriages and deaths)
The library has many published family genealogies,
as well as a vast collection of files and notes on
individual families.
Cemetery Records
Batavia Cemetery, 1868-1989Also available are early records of many Genesee County Cemeteries.
Elmwood Cemetery (Batavia), 1872-1938
Grandview Cemetery (Batavia), 1906-1995
St. Joseph's Cemetery (Batavia), 1851-1904
Directories, Etc.
Gazetteer and Business Director of Genesee County NY, 1869-1870
Directory of Persons, Firms, and Indians of Genesee County, 1890
Batavia City Directories, 1880*, 1883*, 1898*, 1900, 1915, 1919
Genesee County Directories: 1881, 1888* (Batavia, LeRoy, Oakfield Only), 1896
Wyoming County Directory, 1870
Telephone Directories for the Batavia Area, 1938-On
Yearbooks of Batavia High School from 1913
Periodicals
Genesee Helper
Historical Wyoming
New England Historical & Genealogical Register
New York Genealogical & Biographical Record
Tree Talks (Central NY Genealogical Society)
Western NY Genealogical Society Journal