Chautauqua County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Chautauqua County

Parent County
11 March 1808:  Created from Genesee County.

Neighboring Counties
Cattaraugus· Erie· Pennsylvania counties: Erie· Warren· Lake Erie

Cemeteries

 * US Gen Web Cemetery List  Several cemetery listings.
 * Find a grave Chautauqua County Cemetery Map
 * Find a grave Chautauqua County Cemetery List

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

Directories
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness has located a volunteer willing to do lookups in the 1892-1893 Jamestown Directory.

Land and Property

 * Livsey, Karen E. Western New York Land Transactions, 1804-1824. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Livsey, Karen E. Western New York Land Transactions, 1825-1835. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Maps

 * Map of Chautauqua County Towns -  Regional Knowledge Network
 * Chautauqua County Outline Overlays Google Map via NY Home Town Locator
 * NY Home Town Locator Chautauqua County Gazatteer By Name of Cities, Towns, Census Designated Places, Neighborhoods, Subdivisions &amp; Settlements

Military
Civil War

Available towns. Registers are available for: Arkwright· Busti· Carroll· Charlotte· Chautauqua· Cherry Creek· Clymer· Dunkirk· Ellery· Ellicott· Ellington· French Creek· Gerry· Hanover· Kiantone· Mina· Poland· Pomfret· Portland· Sheridan· Sherman· Stockton· Villenova.

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


 * - 112th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 154th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 156th Regiment, New York Infantry

Naturalization and Citizenship
SAMPUBCO Index of naturalization records

Probate Records
Abstracts


 * Wills, Chautauqua County, Vol. 1, 1830-1843, courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * Wills, Chautauqua County, Vol. 2, 1844-1856, courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * Proceedings of Administration, Chautauqua County, Vol. 2, 1842-1850, courtesy: NYGenWeb.
 * Proceedings of Administration, Chautauqua County, Vol. 3, 1851-1865, courtesy: NYGenWeb.

Indexes


 * SAMPUBCO - Index of testators of wills.

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Fenton History Center 67 Washington Street Jamestown, NY 14701 Phone: 716-664-6256 The research center includes family name files, cemetery inscriptions, marriages and death extracted from 19th century newspapers, photographs, diaries and other sources associated with the county.

County Historian Michelle Henry 1 North Erie Street Mayville, New York 14757 E-mail: HenryM@co.chautauqua.ny.us Phone: 716-753-4857


 * For a 17-page 2003 inventory of holdings, click here.

Chautauqua Institution Smith Memorial Library 21 Miller Ave P.O. Box 1093 Chautauqua, NY 14722 Phone: (716) 357-6332/6306 Fax: (716) 357-9014

Darwin R. Barker Library and Historical Museum 7 Day Street Fredonia, NY 14063-1891 Phone: (716) 672-8051 Fax: (716) 679-3547

Patterson Library 40 South Portage Street Westfield, NY 14787 Phone: (716) 326-2154 Fax: (716) 326-2554

Reed Library SUNY College at Fredonia Fredonia, NY 14063 Phone: (716) 673-3183 Fax: (716) 673-3185

Dunkirk Historical Museum 513 Washington Avenue Dunkirk, NY 14048 Phone: (716) 366-3797

Courthouses
The office of the County Clerk has marriage, divorce, court and land records. The surrogate Court has probate records. For further information on where the records for Chautauqua County are held, see the Chautauqua County Courthouse page.

Societies
Chautauqua County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 404 Fredonia, NY 14063 The socieites publication, The Chautauqua Genealogist, is published quarterly.

Chautauqua County Historical Society and McClurg Museum P.O. Box 7 Westfield, NY 14787 Phone: 716-326-2977

Central New York Genealogical Society Box 104, Calvin Station Syracuse, New York 13205 E-mail: [mailto:CNYGS@yahoo.com CNYSG@yahoo.com]


 * Member queries; surname research list; online resources; six meetings/year; publication: Tree Talks  quarterly with annual index.


 * Counties served: Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Oreleans, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Washington, Wayne, Warren, Wyoming, and Yates.

Divorce
Additional Resources

Web Sites

 * The Chautauqua County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Chautauqua County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Chautauqua County. (Mirror site)
 * My New York Genealogy Chautauqua County Site
 * Cyndi's List New York (Scroll down to Chautauqua County or word search for "Chautauqua" )