Central NY Genealogical Society. Not digitized or online.

About 5000 names. Courtesy of the Western New York Railway Historical Society

More advice on where to look

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

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.

The records of District 4 are at Penn State. Here is a lengthy list of what they have. An in-person visit is needed to view the records.

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."

The records of Bethlehem Steel, formerly Lackawanna Steel, are in the Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE. They are vast and are not digitized or online. An in-person visit is required to access them.

Grownups and kids alike have had a certain fascination with the railroads, and genealogists have a similar desire to know if any of their ancestors played a role in the development of the American railways. Tracking down employment records from the railroad companies can be a serious challenge.

This database consists of records of employees of the Brooklyn and Buffalo offices of the Internal Revenue Service. The records list for each employee name, title, address, compensation, appointment date, reason for termination of service, place and year of birth, prior civilian or military service, and names of relatives employed by the Federal government.

Lists of factories who had defense contracts during World War II and what they made.

Engagements, marriages & deaths among employees at the Curtiss-Wright factory. Courtesy of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

Includes births, marriages & deaths among employees at Bell Aircraft. Courtesy of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.

Courtesy of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library