Western New York Railroads: Photos and Text by Stephan M. Koenig
Public
Extreme Scenes by Joseph M. Cascio | Blurb Books
"Extreme Makeover" week in Buffalo
Manny Fried's "Boilermakers & Martinis" DVD
Mr. Fried's last stage appearance
The Underground Railroad and Local History, by Carol Kammen
Scroll to p. 11. Uses examples from upstate New York to urge caution when claiming sites for the UGRR. Our unforgiving geology make tunnels legends especially suspect.
Bostock's Trained Wild Animals
Three photographs from the popular Midway attraction
Roadside Marker Program: William G. Pomeroy Foundation
This private foundation funds the erection of the familiar yellow & blue roadside markers in New York State.
Escape of Jim and his companions
By Eber Pettit, Fredonia, NY, 1869
Church and Cemetery Record Microfilming Project
The Western New York Genealogical Society is interested in microfilming your records.
Revolutionary War Veterans Buried in Western New York
All 140 names and birth & death dates from a handwritten card file in the Research Library in the Buffalo History Museum. Most are in Erie County, with a handful of names from Niagara and nearby counties.
Marriages from Buffalo church records 1825-1900, volume 1: transcribed from microfilm of English-speaking Protestant church records and compared with marriage license records in Erie County Hall
This book is not digitized or online. It can be found in several library collections.
Index of marriages from Buffalo newspapers, 1811-1884 : from a file in the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, supplemented with additional information from Erie County Hall
This book is not digitized or online. It can be found in several library collections.
What to do with those old 78rpm recordings
Supreme Court Erie County
Full text of decisions from ca. 1890. The book's front matter is missing.
The Exposition
Full-text scholarship from the History and Social Studies Education Dept. at Buffalo State College.
Footage Distributors - University at Buffalo Libraries
A list developed by the Charles B. Sears Law Library to assist UB faculty in finding footage for educational purposes
Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: Search: "Buffalo, New York"
Over 2 dozen hits, including color news footage from the riots of 1967
Association of Professional Genealogists
Look here to find a researcher with the geographic or other specialty that you need.
Revolutionary War soldiers' graves located in Erie County, New York
This book is offline and can be found in a number of libraries
Theater in Buffalo: A Research Guide
A bibliography from the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Olmsted in Buffalo
A bibliography from the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Who Really Owns Your Photos in Social Media
Understand what your rights are as a creator when you use Twitter, Instagram, Flickr, and other image sharing sites
Book Collecting Guide: Valuing Your Collection
Helpful advice on what your old books might be worth.
Reminiscences, 1780 to 1814, including incidents in the war of 1812-14, by Mordecai Myers
Capt. Myers served on the Niagara Frontier and was one of the few Jewish officers in the army.
War of 1812 Pension Applications
Full text, A-Z lists. Brought to you by Ancestry Paths.
FRANK: The online catalog of the Research Library at The Buffalo History Museum
Search the catalog of the Museum's Library. Over 25,000 text-based works are listed here. These books & manuscripts are mostly offline and may be viewed in person. Shortcut link is http://tinyurl.com/frank-catalog
Unique Places: Historical Society
A short video from WGRZ on doing genealogy in the Research Library at the Buffalo History Museum
Journal of Major John Norton
Written in 1816. Norton was a Mohawk Indian.
New Immigrants at the Buffalo History Museum
A short video about an ESL class visiting the museum
Battle of Lake Erie
Annotated list of accounts from the period, with links to the original documents
Compendious account of the late war...
By Samuel Stubbs, published in1817. Stubbs served at the battles of Queenston, Chippewa, and others