A text file by P.D. Smith

A text file by P.D. Smith

Names of some Germans who arrived 1834-1854. Text is in German.

In 1867, Rev.Chrysostom, the second pastor of Fourteen Holy Helpers', took a census of the parish community. The information contained below is given as shown in this census. The spelling of some family names may be slightly different that by which we know the descendants today.

The men listed in these pages are men who served in New York Units during the Spanish-American War of 1898. For each man you will find a name, the regiment he served in, the volume the regiment appears in and the page the man is listed on. The volume refers to New York in the Spanish-American War 1898 (prepared by the New York State Adjutant General's Office. Albany: J.B. Lyon, State printer, 1900).

Shows which regiments (units) were recruited from which cities and towns in Erie County, NY, with links to unit histories

Downloadable forms which show which questions were asked.

Compiled by a volunteer

Compiled by a volunteer, focuses on Ward 10

June P. Zintz and Glenn R.P. Atwell, courtesy of the Wayback Machine

This page lists families found in the census records of Alden and Darien, arranged alphabetically.

Names of heads of households in the counties of Western NY, once known as the "burned over district" because of religious passions.

Need to identify what Enumeration (or Election) District your ancestor lived in to order the correct census microfilm? Try this tool.

A short article from the New York State Military Museum

A good guide to discharge, pension, and other records

Several dozen online maps for Buffalo-area cemeteries

This guide compiles links to digital materials related to the War of 1812 that are available throughout the Library of Congress Web site. In addition, it provides links to external Web sites focusing on the War of 1812 and a bibliography containing selections for both general and younger readers.

A fully-searchable personal name index to Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land Bounty Under the Act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850 and its supplement, Muster Rolls of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812. Approximately 40,000 names are indexed.

Located on the south side of Aero Road, west of Youngs Road, between Transit Road and Wehrle Drive, Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York. Also known as the Creek Road / Garrison Road Cemetery.

Names of those who served.

Contributed by Irvine Gaffney, Town of Collins Historian.

This cemetery was located across from McDonald's (on the north side of the street) on Buffalo Street in Gowanda, NY. At some point in the past, the cemetery was plowed over and the stones discarded.

The Harris Cemetery is located on south Jennings Road, near Conger and is a Quaker cemetery. It was noted in an article by "Alnorca" in 1933. The cemetery is now abandoned.

Source unknown.

Provided by Dorothea Hickman Meyer, Town of Eden Historian.

Source unknown.

Located southeast of the intersection of Route 75 (Sisson Highway) and Marshfield Road, North Collins, NY

Purchasers of plots at the abandoned cemetery on Route 75 (Sisson Highway) near Marshfield Road (slightly south and up a hill), North Collins.

Provided by Dorothea Hickman Meyer, Town of Eden Historian.

Provided by Dorothea Hickman Meyer, Town of Eden Historian.