Last modified: September 04, 2019
My Genealogy Links Page
This page contains links to sites that I have found useful.
The major sections are:
General Genealogy Research Sites
Immigration/Emigration Sites
Genealogy Research Sites by Geography
Buffalo/Western New York
- Western New York Genealogical Society, Inc.
- Niagara County Genealogical Society
- Erie County NY Genealogy & History
- Niagara County NYGenWeb Project: Niagara County Genealogy Resources
- Erie County Clerk Record Retrieval and Filing
- BuffaloResearch.com: Genealogy & Local History in Buffalo, NY
- LDS Family History Centers in Erie County, New York
- WNY Mailing Lists:
- Buffalo News Death Notices Archive (9/11/1997-Present), a service of Legacy.com
- Buffalo & Erie County Public Library's Genealogy Collection:
This is located in the Grosvenor Room,
on the first floor next to the escalators to the second floor.
I have not found a good list of the microfilms available in that room,
so here is a quick list of just some of the collections:
- Buffalo City Directories, 1832-1993, complete except for the years
in which they were not published: 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1949,
1954, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1994, and 1998.
- Buffalo Telephone Books, 1896-1975.
- Erie County Birth Records, 1881-1913.
- Erie County Marriage Records, 1837-Sep. 1935.
- Erie County Petitions for Naturalization, 1901-1966.
- Buffalo Newspapers:
- Buffalo Evening News, 4/11/1881-2/16/2005.
- Buffalo Morning Express, 1/15/1846-6/13/1926.
- Buffalo Daily Courier, 11/1/1842-6/13/1926.
- Buffalo Courier-Express, 6/14/1926-9/19/1982.
- Buffalo Tribune (German language), 1/2/1886-11/14/1914.
- Buffalo Enquirer, 4/9/1891-1/3/1925.
- Buffalo Times, 6/2/1932-1/30/1939.
- The Capen Multimedia Center at UB:
- City Directories of the U.S.
Note: The Buffalo City Directories for 1904 (all), 1905 (all), and
1909 (part of O, all of P-Z) are not on these microfilms.
- Federal Census Rolls
for Erie County, New York, 1840-1930. Note: Most of the 1890 census
was destroyed by a fire at the Commerce Department in 1921.
- New York State Census Rolls for Erie County, New York, 1855-1925
- Western New York Newspapers,
including The Buffalo News (1881-1925,1956-Present) and
The Courier-Express (1842-61, 1979-82)
- LexisNexis Buffalo News Online Archive, Nov. 1, 1992-Present (UB library card holders only)
- Jillaine Smith's
great web site, which includes info about Concordia Cemetery and other
Buffalo genealogical resources. Here are several examples:
- The History of Buffalo's Cemeteries
- Wards1855-90.jpg (JPEG Image, 835x1385 pixels)
- List of Street Changes, Buffalo, Erie County, New York
- 1884 Buffalo, Erie Co., NY Street Directory
- Erie County, New York Censuses
- Cemeteries of Erie County, New York - Cemetery Records - Genealogy - Geneology
- Williamsville Cemetery, Village of Williamsville, Town of Amherst, Erie County, New York
- Buffalo and Its German Community
- The History of the Germans in Buffalo and Erie County, N.Y.
- Niagara County, New York - Census Index
- New York State Newspaper Project:
New York State
Michigan
Ohio
Germany
Prussia
Alsace-Lorraine (Elsaß-Lothringen)
Elsewhere in Europe
Sites Concerning Some of My Families
Yearke/Gierke
Harlach
Manquen
Drenkhan/Drenken
Doster
Gruber
My Wife's Families: Baumgart/Gloss/Mayer/Uhl
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