Cattaraugus County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Cattaraugus County

Boundary Changes
11 March 1808: Created from Genesee County.

Record Loss
County records:

Cemeteries

 * USGenWeb Cemetery List Many online cemetery listings.
 * Painted Hills Genealogical Society Cattaraugus County Cemetery List Many online cemetery listings
 * Find a grave Cattaraugus County Cemetery Map
 * Find a grave Cattaraugus County Cemetery List

Census
For information and tips on using and accessing online census records, see New York Census.

Federal
1890: Census records were damaged and destroyed prior to the establishment of the National Archives and Records Service (NARA).

Maps

 * Simple Town Map of Cattaraugus County via NY Gen Web Page
 * Map of Towns of Cattarugus County via Regional Knowledge Network
 * NY Home Town Locator Cattaraugus County Gazateer By Name of Cities, Towns, Census Designated Places, Neighborhoods, Subdivisions &amp; Settlements

Civil War
Service men in Cattaraugus County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county.


 * -105th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * -116th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * -122nd Regiment, New York Infantry
 * -154th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * -160th Regiment, New York Infantry

Naturalization and Citizenship
SAMPUBCO Index of naturalization records

Probate Records
SAMPUBCO - Index of testators of wills.

Guardianships
SAMPUBCO Index of guardianships (names of children).

Libraries
Allegany Public Library

90 West Main Street

Allegany, NY 14706

Phone: 1-716-373-1056

Website:

Delvan-Yorkshire Public Library

P.O. Box 185

28 School Street

Delevan, NY 14042

Phone: 1-716-492-1961

Website:

Gowanda Free Library

56 West Main Street

Gowanda, NY 14070

Phone: 1-716-532-3451

Website: WWW.CCLSLIB.ORG/GOWANDA

Memorial Library of Little Valley

110 Rock City Street

Little Valley, NY 14755

Phone: 1-716-938-6301

Ellicottville Memorial Library

1 Washington Street

Ellicottville, NY 14731

Phone: 1-716-699-2842

King Memorial Library

Town Hall, Roszyk Hill Road

Machias, NY 14101

Phone: 1-716-353-9915

Website: http://WWW.CCLSLIB.ORG/MACHIAS

Myers Memorial Library

P.O. Box 559

26 Ivory Street

Frewsburg, NY 14738

Phone 1-716-569-5515

Website: http://WWW.CCLSLIB.ORG/FREWSBURG

Seneca Nation Library-Cattaraugus Branch

1490 Route 438

Irving, NY 14081

Phone: 1-716-532-9449

Courthouse
The County Clerk's office has marriage, military, naturalization, divorce, court and land records. The Surrogate Court office has probate records. For further information about where the records for Cattaraugus County are held, see the Cattaraugus County Courthouse page.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Olean New York Family History Center

Websites

 * The Cattaraugus County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
 * Roots Web Cattataugus County Links
 * My New York Genealogy Cattaraugus County Site
 * Cyndi's List New York (Scroll down to Cattagaugus County or word search for "Cattaraugus" )
 * ancestry.com Cattaraugus County Search Ancestry.com (S)
 * Painted Hills Genealogical Society Cattaraugus County Page