Buffalo, Erie County, New York Genealogy

Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records


 * Vol. 1
 * page 41 - Frick Cemetery, Eggertsville (within the town of Amherst)
 * page 82 - Werkley Cemetery, near Sheridan Drive (Buffalo)
 * Because of boundary changes, Werkley Cemetery aka St. John's Cemetery is now located in Tonawanda, New York. Burials are listed on the following sites:


 * Town History of Tonawanda &amp; Kenmore, New York http://www.tonawanda.ny.us/history/Werkley_Query.asp


 * USGenWeb Archives: Werkley Cemetery

Church Records

 * 1847-1854 - St. Peters German Evangelical Church Records - Buffalo NY 1847 - 1854.


 * 1853 - 1853 Membership List, North Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, N.Y., courtesy: Internet Archive.


 * 1876? - Catalogue of Members of Church Congregation, Lafayette Street, Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, N.Y., courtesy: Dunham - Wilcox - Trott - Kirk.
 * Early Polish Priests of Western New York at Polish Genealogical Society of New York - free; biographies.


 * Records of Grace Lutheran Church, Buffalo, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Directories

 * A compilation of all known digitized city directories for Buffalo are online at BuffaloResearch.com.

History
Additional Resources:

City Clerk
Gerald Chwalinsk, Clerki City Hall, Niagara Square, Room 1308 Buffalo, NY 14202 Phone: 716-851-5844 Email: [mailto:gchwalinski@city-buffalo.com gchwalinski@city-buffalo.com]

Genealogy Records and Resources on the City of Buffalo government website explains how to order Buffalo birth, marriage, and death certificates.

City Historian
Records Center Phone: 716-851-5431

Newspapers

 * Blasdell NY Frontier Herald 1956-1966
 * Buffalo NY Daily Courier 1847-1888
 * Buffalo NY Evening Courier and Republic 1862-1884
 * Buffalo NY Polish Weekly Review 1929-1930
 * Buffalo NY Morning Express 1880-1924

Other resources:


 * The Griffin 1933-1948 Canisius College, Buffalo, NY at Canisius College
 * The Spectrum 1950-1957 at University at Buffalo

Obituaries

 * BuffaloResearch.com has a compilation of all known online obituary and death notice sources for Buffalo and Erie County.
 * 1911-1941 Dziennik Dla Wsystkich Death Notice Database at Polish Genealogical Society of New York - free. Obituaries of Polish individuals.

Vital Records

 * Polish Midwives of Western New York at Polish Genealogical Society of New York - free.


 * 1935 1935 Buffalo, NY Marriages - free.


 * Births, marriages and deaths in select Buffalo and Erie County Publications

Websites

 * catalog for Buffalo
 * Buffalo Genealogy
 * Buffalo see: The Erie County NYGenWeb Project, a member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.