Buffalo Drinking Map
Feature article on our map of breweries, distilleries, malt houses, cider houses, and wineries
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Mapping Buffalo Churches
Feature article on our Buffalo Church Map
Staff Ride Handbook for the Niagara Campaigns, 1812-1814
Full text of a book by Richard Barbuto
Constitution and by-laws, names of officers, visitor's manual and directory of the Buffalo Association for the Relief of the Poor
This booklet is not digitized or online and can be seen in hard copy at The Bufaflo History Museum.
Photographs from the Margaret L. Wendt Center at Forest Lawn Cemetery
The Wendt Center is the new archival storage and research facility at Forest Lawn Cemetery, housing their cemetery & burial records. Here are some pictures from their collection.
Dig History & Genealogy Consulting
We are trained historians with extensive research and archival experience. Whether you just want your old family letters transcribed, or you want us to narrate your family history and print it up like a real book, let us put our skills to work for you.
Archival Supply Vendors
A list of companies who sell acid-free supplies to libraries, museums, and individuals. Courtesy of the New York State Archives.
Collections Care: Advice from the Library of Congress
Basic information and simple steps to take for the good care, handling, and storage of collections: Paper Books Photographs Scrapbooks and Albums Newspapers Comic Books Audio-Visual: Grooved Media, Magnetic Tape, and Optical Discs Audio-Visual: Motion Picture Film Asian Bindings
Professional Genealogists associated with Ancestry.com
Census Charts & Forms
Downloadable copies of the forms census takers used for each census. You can see what questions were asked in each census year. Brought to you by the National Archives.
Anthropology interfacing with pathology: Cultural perceptions of the other: Evidence from the bio-archaeological record
Powerpoint presentation by Dr. Jennifer Muller about burials on the grounds of UB South Campus, which used to the the Erie County Poorhouse.
Forgotten People in Forgotten Places: The Archaeology, History and Biology of the Erie County Poorhouse in Buffalo, NY
Studies presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Physical Anthropologists, 2014
Erie County Almshouse illustration, 1880
Brought to you by the New York Public Library
Registers of inmates, 1829-1877
These records are on three rolls of microfilm at The Buffalo History Museum. They are not digitized or online.
Heritage Research Center, Ltd.
This firm researches and writes company histories documenting topics such as: corporate structure dates and locations of operations patents and manufacturing processes relationships with government regulators contributions to war industrial mobilization efforts corporate succession to track changes in names and owners, or mergers and acquisitions historical connections to slavery to satisfy city ordinance requirements institutional success stories and challenges marketing strategies and advertising campaigns
Chemical Company Index
Lists of chemical companies, sorted by state, then city.
Fenian Brotherhood
This collection contains materials related to the Fenian Brotherhood, a secret society founded in New York in 1857 by Irish refugees, and their unsuccessful attempts to spark revolution in Ireland by the invasion of Canada from Buffalo, New York at the close of the United States Civil War. Brought to you by Villanova Uiversity.
Broderick Park: Underground Railroad Station in Buffalo, New York
The Archaeological Survey Institution at the University at Buffalo donated its time and resources to assist the Friends of Broderick Park association in their application to the National Park Service for designation of the park as a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Site. Here is the the historic text portion of the application. A full copy of the application is in the Library at The Buffalo History Museum.
The Buffalo History Museum's profile on OCLC
OCLC is the giant library cataloging & interlibrary loan service.
Erie County Deeds, 1808-1964
Microfilm of original volumes at the Erie County Courthouse in Buffalo, New York, scanned and browsable online. There is no name-searching capability so you have to click on a volume and read page by page, just like you would if you were doing this research in person in the County Clerk's office.
Social Security Death Index
The SSDI is a master index file of individuals whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. It has been kept since 1962, when operations were computerized. The index includes a few deaths from 1937 to 1961, about 50 percent of deceased persons from 1962 to 1971, and about 85 percent of deceased persons from 1972 to 2005. Records for the most recent 3 years are not available.
Professional Literature for Librarians
Classic pulp novel cover illustrations appropriated & disrupted by and for librarians
Early marriage records for First Universalist Church, 1840-1849
Organized by date of marriage and includes location of marriage, name of bride and groom, residence, occupation, age and notes. Not digitized or online; must be used in person.
First Baptist Church List of congregation deaths and marriages, 1843-1900
Includes eight pages listing date of deaths of members and one page of marriages with bridge and groom names and date of marriage. Listed as The First Baptist Church, formerly the Washington Street Church. Not digitized or online; must be used in person at The Buffalo History Museum.
Buffalo History Museum on Instagram
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Podcast: Buffalo History Museum with Cynthia Van Ness
Hour-long interview with Jane E. Wilcox recorded on Feb. 3, 2016
Buffalo Newspaper Custom Search Engine: Link & instructions
Some Buffalo newspapers have been digitized. Here is a free custom search that drills into them.
Summary of known deaths from 1832, 1849 and 1854 cholera epidemics, Buffalo
This list is online in full text.
Spicer Art Conservation: Art Conservation of Objects, Paper, Textiles & Upholstery
Located in Delmar, NY, Spicer Art Conservation, LLC specializes in the conservation of textiles, objects, paper and upholstery; typically organic materials from decorative and ethnographic collections. Expert, museum-quality services are provided to museums, historic agencies, private individuals and businesses in a fully equipped conservation laboratory.
Index to the subjects of obituaries (Sterbfälle, Todesanzeigen) abstracted from Der Christliche Botschafter of the Evangelical Church, 1836-1866
This book is not online and can be found in several libraries