The first applications were based on disability or death of a soldier. Beginning in 1871, they were based on service. A veteran's pension file typically includes his rank, place of residence, age or date of birth, and time of service.
City of Buffalo Inactive Records & Research Facility
Has the following items, which are not digitized and must be viewed in person: - Tax & Assessment Roll Books - 1815-1837 (Bound Volumes) - Tax & Assessment Roll Books - 1838-1997 (Microfilm) - Assessors Land Maps - 1855, 1870, 1912 (Microfilm)
This article originally appeared in "Business, Institution, and Organization Records" by Kay Haviland Freilich, CG, CGL, and Ann Carter Fleming, CG, CGL in "The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy."
Index to War of 1812 Volunteer Soldiers' Service Records
These microfilm records from the National Archives were placed on the Internet Archive by the Allen County Library Genealogy Center. The finding guides were provided by DonsList.Net.
Synagogue Records of the Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo. Records of Congregation B'rith Sholem (Pine Street Shul) and Temple Sinai include account books, record books, receipt and memo pads, photographs, deeds, correspondence, committee minutes, and bulletins.
Including the Superior Court of the city of New York, the Court of Common Pleas of the city of New York, Superior Court of Buffalo, City Court of Brooklyn, City Court of New York, Surrogates' Courts, etc.
Official website of the Eighth Judicial District. It includes the Supreme, County, Family and Surrogate Courts in the eight counties of Western New York: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming. There are also eleven city courts in our district: Batavia, Buffalo, Dunkirk, Jamestown, Lackawanna, Lockport, Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda, Olean, Salamanca, and Tonawanda. In each judicial district there is an Administrative Judge who oversees the courts contained in each district.
Court Records and Cases in New York. Court Reference shows where and how to find court cases in New York. County by county listing of all trial courts in New York.
