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Handwritten transcript of St. Louis R. C. Church Records, Buffalo, New York. Baptisms, marriages, and burials transcribed from the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library microfilm

Courtesy of Stephen P. Morse

Hopkins was a Justice of the Peace

Card index to approximately 48,000 petitions for naturalization in the Western District of New York. Courtesy of FamilySearch. You will need to register for an free account.

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Vietnam War Casualties in Western NY, compiled by Patrick Kavanagh.

A map compiled at Canisius College

Compiled by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

Compiled by the Buffalo History Museum

Marriages from 1881 to 1965

Indexed by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

An index of all names compiled by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

Indexed by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

Faling, St. John’s (North Bush Chapel), St. John's (Werkley), and St. Peter German. Compiled by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.

An index compiled by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

From the New York State Archives

All 200 rolls of Holland Land Company records on microfilm are digitized, courtesy of FamilySearch.org. Scroll down to the tiny camera icons on the right. You will need to sign up for a free account.

Part of the Mt. Calvary Cemetery Group in Cheektowaga, NY. Courtesy of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.

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In the Smithsonian Institution. They are not digitized or online.

Over 2,000,000 men enlisted for part or all of 1860-1865. These records do include some Indian Soldiers, and listed as Indian, others are listed with the

Curtiss-Wright's business records are in the Smithsonian. They are not digitized or online, but there is an online finding aid/inventory.

U.S. immigration officials did not regulate the presence of alien vessel crewmen in the U.S. until 1917. Vessel crew lists for the Great Lakes are available for the 1920s to 1970s for selected ports, and are part of Record Group (RG) 85, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Over 6,000 adults who lived in the Buffalo, NY area, mostly prior to 1840. Compiled from multiple sources by Library volunteers.

Iroquois Genealogy Society. Our mission is to encourage interest in the genealogy of the Hodinöhsö:ni' (Iroquois) Nations– Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Tuscarora and associated peoples.

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