Amherst, Erie County, New York Genealogy

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

History
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Archives, Libraries and Museums
Amherst Main Library at Audubon 350 John James Audubon Parkway Amherst, NY 14228 Phone: 716-689-4922 Fax: 716-689-6116

Amherst Museum 3755 Tonawanda Creek Road Amherst, NY 14228 Phone: 716-689-1440 Contact Form

Town Clerk
Town of Amherst, Clerk Amherst Municipal Building 5583 Main Street Williamsville, NY 14221 Phone: 716-631-7045 Email: [mailto:sjaros@amherst.ny.us sjaros@amherst.ny.us]

Town Historian
Joseph Weichert 3069 Tonawanda Creek Road North Tonawanda, NY 14228

Vital Records

 * 1847-1851 Early Erie County Vital Records Index has births, marriages, and deaths from Amherst. Courtesy of The Buffalo History Museum.