Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York Genealogy

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Dunkirk Free Library 536 central Ave. Dunkirk, NY 14048 Phone: 716-366-2511 Fax: 716-366-2525 E-mail: dunkirklibrary@gmail.com

Dunkirk Historical Museum 513 Washington Avenue Dunkirk, NY 14048-2522 (716) 366-3797 E-mail: contact@dunkirkhistoricalmuseum.org

Societies
Chautauqua County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 404 Fredonia, NY 14063 The societes 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

Town Clerk
Dunkirk, City Clerk 342 Central Ave Dunkirk, NY 14048 Phone: (716) 366-0452

Town of Dunkirk, Clerk 4737 Willow Road Dunkirk, NY 14048 Phone: 716-366-3967 Fax: 716-366-3544 E-mail: townofdunkirk@adelphia.net

Town Historian
Robert Harris, City Historian 73 Otter Street Dunkirk, NY 14048 Phone: 716 366-6352

Town Historian (Vacant)

Jewish Histories

 * Rubenstein, Joseph. The History of the Founding of Temple Beth El, Dunkirk, New York. The History of the Founding of Temple Beth El, Dunkirk, New York. Dunkirk, N.Y.?, 1987. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Newspapers

 * Dunkirk Evening Observer. 1827-1950. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).


 * Evening Observer. (Dunkirk, N.Y.). 1882-1885. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).


 * Lake Shore Observer (Dunkirk, N.Y.). 1885. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).


 * The Dunkirk Observer Journal. 1887-1889. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).