Historical Records and the Local Government Historian
Clarification of the role of city, town & county historians in N State
Public
Western Terminus of the Erie Canal: Buffalo or Black Rock?
By Ashley Maready, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Erie Canal Museum, Syracuse
Archives of the Holland Land Company
Scroll down for a few folders of scans from the company records in Amsterdam.
Parker Family Tree
Ode for the Canal Celebration
For the Meeting of the Waters/Wedding of the Waters, 1825
Grand Celebration!
Broadside for Geneva residents about planning the Meeting of the Waters, 1825
Hydrology and Environmental Aspects of Erie Canal (1817-99)
By the U.S. Geological Survey, 1976
Blizzard 2022 Submission Form - Google Forms
For donors to submit photos & other digital files
Medical Record Shredding Guidelines for New York State
If you work in a medical profession, it is important to know how to treat the confidential information found in many medical records. The NYS Department of Health & HIPAA have strict retention, storage, and shredding guidelines for these type of personally identifiable documents. Are you in compliance? Find out now!
Title: Section 405.10 - Medical records | New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
NY State code regarding the retention of hospital records
New York (State). Canal Commissioners Annual reports
Multiple editions online in full text.
Was the Michigan Street Baptist Church a Secret Hiding Place? – BuffaloResearch.com
The professional historians who compiled the 2013 Historic Structures Report of the Michigan Street Baptist Church were unable to find any period evidence that the church served as a hiding place during Underground Railroad days.
Underground Railroad Agents in Erie County – BuffaloResearch.com
These names were originally compiled by Christopher Densmore, with additions by the author of this website.
WKBW-TV Television News Film and Video Archives | New York Heritage
Tax Maps | Real Property Tax Services
How to get copies of tax maps from the County of Erie
Erie County NY New York Aerial Photo CDs
Aerial photography for GIS mapping, 2006-2021, available for sale on CD-ROM.
Requesting Information About Patients from Buffalo Psychiatric Center
What you can and cannot find out about inmates at the Buffalo State Asylum
Mementos Left at Jefferson Avenue Tops Site Preserved - Buffalo Rising
The mementos that have been left behind at the Tops on Jefferson – the site of the tragic massacre that took place this past May – have been collected and
Aerial photographs of western New York, 1938
This collection is undigitized and offline and can be viewed at the New York State Archives in Albany, NY.
Structure condition report, Barge Canal - western section, Fairport to Lockport
New York State Department of Transportation
Interior of the Temple of Music, showing the spot where President McKinley stood when assassinated
One of hundreds of thousands of free digital items from The New York Public Library.
Records of the Pan-American Exposition at the National Archives
Correspondence of the State Department with the Board of Management, 1900-1. Catalog of the State Department exhibit, 1901. Newspaper clippings, in album, 1899-1901. The Pan American Magazine, 1901. Not digitized or online.
Underground Railroad and Antislavery Activists
Unclear who is responsible for this map.
Investigative Report on the role of online platforms in the tragic mass shooting in Buffalo on May 14, 2022
New York State Attorney General
Transcript of Biden’s Speech in Buffalo - The New York Times
The president traveled to Buffalo on Tuesday to meet families of the victims of the shooting, as well as local law enforcement, first responders and community leaders.
Adoptions recorded in Erie County Hall, Buffalo, New York, 1874-1900
Not digitized or online, must be used at an owning library.
Grover Cleveland in the U.S. Census Records | National Archives
Millard Fillmore in the U.S. Census Records | National Archives
Zeneta Everhart’s Testimony at Oversight Hearing on Gun Violence Crisis | House Committee on Oversight and Reform
June 8, 2022
Testimony of Garnell Whitfield, Jr., Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on “Examining the ‘Metastasizing’ Domestic Te
June 7, 2022