Buffalo, Erie County, New York Genealogy

Guide to Buffalo, Erie County, New York ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

African American

 * African American history and genealogy sources available in the Grosvenor Room at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
 * Buffalo Criterion newspaper - African-American newspaper published in Buffalo, NY since 1925

Cemeteries

 * 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

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Cemetery Record Holdings - A research guide.

Census Records

 * Buffalo Wards by Street 1915, 1920, and 1925 - Compiled by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
 * Buffalo Wards and Census Tracts by Street, 1940

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.
 * Buffalo & Erie County church records available through the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
 * 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

 * The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library has digitized Buffalo city directories from 1832-1913. A detailed guide to the library's print holdings is available online.
 * 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

Maps and Atlases

 * Buffalo & Erie County Atlases: Best Bets for Genealogists and House Researchers - A research guide by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
 * Buffalo Street Name Changes - Compiled by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.

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:


 * A Timeline of Buffalo Newspapers - By the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
 * Buffalo & Western New York Newspapers at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
 * Erie County, New York Newspapers at New York State Historic Newspapers
 * 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.
 * Death Notices and Obituaries: Finding deaths in Buffalo & Erie County Newspapers - A research guide by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
 * 1911-1941 Dziennik Dla Wsystkich Death Notice Database at Polish Genealogical Society of New York - free. Obituaries of Polish individuals.

City Records
City of Buffalo Inactive Records Center

Vital Records

 * Polish Midwives of Western New York at Polish Genealogical Society of New York - free.
 * 1935 1935 Buffalo, NY Marriages - free.
 * Buffalo Deaths 1882-1892 - Deaths listed in Buffalo city directories.
 * An Index to Births, Marriages, and Deaths found in select Buffalo & Erie County Publications by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
 * A Select Index to the Bellringer, 1940-1945 - A publication by the Bell Aircraft Corporation. The index includes births, marriages, deaths and more. It was created by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
 * A Select Index to the Curtiss WrightER, 1943 to 1944 - A publication by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The index includes marriages, engagements, deaths and more. It was created by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
 * Marriages and Deaths in the Pierce Arrow Newsletter, 1918 to 1922 - A publication by the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company. The index was created by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
 * Vital and Related Records for Buffalo & Erie County - Research guides by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
 * The Why of This Book - Early Western New York marriage and death announcements from Buffalo, NY newspapers.

Voting Registers
Published official lists of registered voters for the City of Buffalo (1919-1961; 1969-1971) are available in the Grosvenor Room at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. The listings are arranged by ward--> district --> street address.

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.

Yearbooks

 * Yearbooks & School Publications, Buffalo & Erie County - A research guide by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.