Allegany County, New York Genealogy

''This article is about a southwestern New York county. For other uses, see Allegany''.

United States New York  Allegany County



Parent County

 * 7 March 1806: Set off from Genesee County.

Neighboring Counties
Cattaraugus· Livingston· Steuben· Wyoming· Pennsylvania counties: McKean· Potter

Boundary Changes
1683: Allegany County was part of Albany County.


 * 1808: a portion transferred from Steuben County.
 * 1811: a portion transferred to Genesee County.
 * 1812-1816: Cattaraugus County was included in Allegany County. Some of records kept at Belmont.
 * 1822: a portion transferred to Tioga County.
 * 14 May 1841 a portion was set off to create Wyoming County.

Bible Records

 * 1581–1917 New York, Family Bible Records at Ancestry– ($); Index. Database is a collection of genealogically important records taken from the Bibles of colony and state residents. Reveals the Bible's original owner, brief record of descendants,and a particular event such as birth or marriage as recorded in Bible.

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries in Allegany County - Allegany County NY Gen Web Project
 * Cemeteries in Allegany County - Allegany County Historical Society
 * Cemeteries in Allegany County - Painted Hills Genealogy Society
 * Cemeteries in Allegany County - The Tombstone Transcription Project
 * Map of Cemeteries in Allegany County - Find a grave
 * List of Cemeteries in Allegany County - Find a grave
 * Portageville Cemetery Transcription and Other Cemetery Links - Linkpendium

LDS Cemetery Records (in rural areas)


 * Vol. 1
 * page 41 - Kenyon Family Cemetery, near Nile
 * page 52 - Lattice Bridge Cemetery
 * page 65 - Norton Cemetery
 * page 79 - Swift Family Cemetery, near Cuba Lake
 * page 80 - Van Campen Creek Cemetery

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

1890
Loss of 1890 Census records

Church Records

 * 1800s - "Baptist Church, Rushford, Allegany County, N.Y." (Membership Lists), Early Settlers of New York State, Vol. II (begin on page 279), courtesy: Ancestry ($).
 * 1800s-1925 - St. Andrews Episcopal Church Index - Friendship, New York, courtesy: NYGenWeb. Rectors; Communicants; Baptisms; Confirmations; Marriages; Marriage Witnesses; Burials; Families.
 * 1820s-1840s - History of the Baptist Church in Friendship, New York, courtesy: NYGenWeb. Includes membership lists.
 * 1830s, 1880s - First Seventh-day Baptist Church, courtesy: NYGenWeb. Includes membership lists.
 * 1846-1915 - The Welsh Congregational Church, Centerville, Allegany County, New York, courtesy: Upstate New York Welsh Heritage. Includes membership lists and a few baptisms.
 * 1850s-1910s - St. John's Episcopal Church, Wellsville, New York, courtesy: NYGenWeb. History, families, members, marriages, marriage witnesses, confirmations, baptisms, baptism sponsors, communicants, burials.
 * 1856 - First Congregational Church of Wellsville, New York, courtesy: NYGenWeb. Includes list of charter members.
 * 1831-1917 St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Parish Lists, courtesy: NYGenWeb. Includes baptisms 1831-1910; index of baptisms sponsors and witnesses; membership lists 1857-1900; parish history index; nineteenth-century confirmation and marriage indexes; marriage witness index; and nineteenth- and twentieth-century burial index.
 * 1850s-1860s - Christ Episcopal Church - Cuba, New York, courtesy: NYGenWeb. Parish history index; baptisms; confirmations; communicants; marriages; burials; parish members.
 * 1885-1966 - Grace Episcopal Church - Belfast, New York, courtesy: NYGenWeb. Communicants, Baptisms, Baptism Sponsors, Confirmations, Marriages, Marriage Witnesses, Burials.
 * 1910-1917 - University Mission Episcopal Church Records, courtesy: NYGenWeb. Baptisms, Confirmations, Burials.
 * 1910-1917 - St. John's Episcopal Church - Wellsville, New York - Volume 2, 1910-1917, courtesy: NYGenWeb. Parish history, gifts, families, baptisms, baptism sponsors, marriages, marriage witnesses, funerals, confirmations.

Church Histories

 * Newman, Lucile Thornton. Centennial, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Angelica, New York, Diocese of Western New York: A Short History of the Parish, 1827-1927. Angelica, N.Y.?: unknown, 1927?. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Court Records
USGen Web has A Digital Library on line of indexes ot Allegany County, New York Court Records, including Guardianship Orders 1852-1864, Indexes Guardianship 1829-1895, Declarations of Intent 1866-1929; and Petitions 1907-1930.

History
The southern part of the county lies within the oil field where the petroleum was first discovered in the USA at Titusville, Pennsylvania. Names such as Wellsville, Petrolia and Olean were oil-based. Oil played out but the natural gas is still an important resource.

Maps

 * Map of Allegany County Towns - Regional Knowledge Network
 * Map of Allegany County Towns - Painted Hills Genealogy Society
 * Outline of Allegany County Over Google Map - NY Home Town Locator
 * Allegany County Map Links - Linkpendium (84 maps)

Civil War
Available towns. Registers are available for: Alfred· Allen· Alma· Almond· Amity· Andover· Angelica· Belfast· Birdsall· Bolivar· Burns· Caneadea· Centerville· Clarksville· Cuba· Genesee· Granger· Grove· Hume· Independence· Rushford· Scio· Ward· Wellsville· West Almond· Willing· Wirt.

Regiments. Service men in Allegany County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were formed in Allegany County.


 * -104th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * -130th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * -136th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * -160th Regiment, New York Infantry

Naturalization and Citizenship
SAMPUBCO Browsable index of applicants.

Newspapers

 * Andover Free Library Newspaper Archive - a few newspapers online from Allegany County 1860-1980
 * Old Fulton Postcards - Free search-able web site which holds newspapers from upstate New York.

Probate Records
Copies of Original Records

Abstracts


 * 1831-1841 - Allegany Co., New York Will Bk 1 - Index &amp; Will Abstracts (1831-1841), courtesy: NYGenWeb.

Indexes


 * 1804-1906 - SAMPUBCO - Browsable index of testators of wills.
 * 1852-1889 - SAMPUBCO - Browsable index of letters of administration.
 * Every Name Index to Allegany County, New York Surrogate Court Records, Box 1, courtesy: NYGenWeb.

Guardianships


 * 1829-1895 - SAMPUBCO Browsable index of guardianships (names of children).

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Libraries

Belfast Public Library P.O. Box 455 75 South Main Street Belfast, NY 14711 Phone 1-585-365-2072 Website: http://WWW.STLS.ORG/BELFAST

Dansville Public Library 200 Main Street Dansville, NY 14437 Phone: 1-585-335-6720 Website: http://WWW.DANSVILLE.LIB.NY.US

Hornell Public Library 64 Genesee St Hornell, NY 14843 Phone: 1-607-324-1210 Website: http://WWW.STLS.ORG/HORNELL

David A. Howe Public Library 155 North Main Street Wellsville, NY 14895 Phone: 1-585-593-3410 Website: http://WWW.DAVIDAHOWELIBRARY.ORG

Howard Public Library 3607 County Route 70A Hornell, NY 14843 Phone: 1- 607-566-2412

Whitesville Public Library 500 Main Street Witesville, NY 14897 Phone: 1-607-356-3645 Website: http://WWW.STLS.ORG/WHITESVILLE

Courthouses
The County Clerk's office has marriage records from 1908- 1935, land records from 1807, divorce and court records. The Surrogate's court has probate records. For further information about where the records for Allegany County are held, see the Allegany County Courthouses page.

Societies
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.

Birth
Birth Substitutes


 * 1640–1962 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index.
 * See Town Clerks' Registers of Men who Served in the Civil War in  in the Civil War section of Military for birth information.

Bible Records


 * 1581–1917 New York, Family Bible Records at Ancestry– ($); Index. Database is a collection of genealogically important records taken from the Bibles of colony and state residents. Reveals the Bible's original owner, brief record of descendants,and a particular event such as birth or marriage as recorded in Bible.

Marriage

 * 1664–1784 New York. Secretary of State, Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued By the Secretary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784 (Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1860). At Cornell University digital library-free; Internet Archive - free; Ancestry edition($); ; . Marriage bonds issued in the State of New York prior to 1784, and the earliest record dating 1664.


 * Marriage Substitutes


 * 1686-1980 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
 * 1800–1855 New York Marriage Notices at Ancestry– ($); Index. This database is a collection of marriage notices published in newspapers around the state. Contains name of bride and groon, marriage date, marriage location, residence, and newspaper found in.
 * 1801–1880 Barber Collection- Newspaper Marriages at Ancestry– ($); Index. Information extracted from the "Brooklyn Eagle" and the "New York Evening Post."
 * 1856–1863 Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald at Ancestry– ($); Index. These newspaper notices refer to people up and down the East Coast as well as midwesterners and persons from as far west as the State of California. Also browseable.
 * 1864-5, 1874-5 See Marriage Schedule information in the State Census section of Census for marriage information for 1864-5, and 1874-5.

Death
Death Substitutes


 * 1795–1952 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. The entries are primarily from the IGI along with some entries derived from compiled and original records such as Family Records, Church Records, and Civil Registration. There may be entries that cite a specific source.


 * 1801–1890 Barber Collection- Newspaper Deaths at Ancestry– ($); Index. Information extracted from the "Brooklyn Eagle" and the "New York Evening Post."


 * 1856–1863 Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald at Ancestry– ($); Index. These newspaper notices refer to people up and down the East Coast as well as midwesterners and persons from as far west as the State of California. Also browseable.


 * See Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War in  in the Civil War section of Military for death information.


 * 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 See Mortality Schedule information in the Federal Census section of Census for death information.


 * 1864-5, 1874-5 See Mortality Schedule information in the State Census section of Census for death information for 1864-5, and 1874-5.


 * Social Security Death Index, begins about 1962 to at least 2 months ago.

Additional Resources

Websites

 * The Allegany County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Allegany County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Allegany County. (backup site)
 * Webtree.com, listing individuals who born or died in Allegany County, New York. Submitters of gedcoms may add, update or remove contents.
 * catalog for Allegany County
 * Allegany County Historical Society - a member of ALHN/AGHP, listing biographies, funeral home records, cemeteries, histories, maps
 * Painted Hills Genealogy Society - records for Allegany County and three surrounding counties
 * ancestry.com Allegany County Search - ($)
 * Allegany County Links - Linkpendium
 * Allegany County Links - Cyndi's List - Scroll or search down to "Allegany" for Allegany County Links
 * Allegany County Links - Genealogylinks.net
 * Allegany County Links - My New York Genealogy
 * Allegany County Links - Kindred Trails
 * Allegany County Links - D'ADDEZIO.com (Italian Emphasis)
 * Allegany County Links - The Record Project (Vital Record Emphasis)