TBHM at Buffalo as an Architectural Museum
By Chuck LaChiusa
Public
Book of the Museum (1921)
A book-length history of the Buffalo Historical Society, now called the Buffalo History Museum, online in full text
Business First of Buffalo
Our weekly business newspaper sometimes features articles about historic businesses. This link opens up the search page for their online archives, which go back to the 1990s.
United States Town/County Database
Need to know what county a town is in? Enter it here and you'll get your answer.
Finding Places
If you have a place name (for example, the place where an ancestor was born) but you're not sure exactly where in New York - or the U.S., or the world - that place is, one of the resources listed here may help you to pinpoint the location. Brought to you by the New York State Library.
Erie County Searchable Town Data
Find out what sorts of genealogical information & name lists are online for each city & town in Erie County
Copyright Renewal Database
This database makes searchable the copyright renewal records received by the US Copyright Office between 1950 and 1992 for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963. Note that the database includes ONLY US Class A (book) renewals.
Erie County Town Histories
Short histories of the towns of Erie County published in 1898
Erie County, New York Cemeteries, Past and Present
A must-see. Dozens and dozens of online burial lists here.
Museums, Cultural Sites, and Attractions
A guide to all kinds of museums and historical societies in Buffalo and the Western New York area.
Local Census Data
Compiled by the librarians at the University at Buffalo Libraries, this page offers an overview of finding local population facts and figures.
Buffalo Population Growth and Decline
Offers a table of figures for Buffalo and Erie County, 1810-2000
American Factfinder
Offers in-depth access to numbers and statistics from the 1990 and 2000 censuses
Historical Census Browser
Find demographic numbers of all kinds from 1790-1960 for your city or town.
New York State Historic Preservation Office
New York's State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) helps communities identify, evaluate, preserve and revitalize their historic, archeological and cultural resources. SHPO reviews National Register nominations.
House History Handbooks for Buffalonians
These books form the core collection for anyone who wants to research a house, church, or other kind of building in the Buffalo, NY area.
History of Buffalo's Cemeteries
Written in 1884 by William Hodge. Lots of info about cemeteries that aren't there anymore.
Cemetery Maps of the Buffalo, New York, Vicinity
Brought to you by the Schwertfeger / Schwert Families.
National Register of Historic Places
Search here to see if a building or site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. National Register listing opens the door to preservation tax credits when it comes to restoration.
Picture Book of Earlier Buffalo
Published by the Buffalo Historical Society in 1916, this 400 page volume is packed with pictures of things that aren't there anymore and is fully scanned online. It is now public domain.
Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society
A bibliography, with links to full-text versions where available, of the publications of the Buffalo Historical Society. They are packed with articles and essays about notable people, places, and events in Buffalo history.
Preservation Board, City of Buffalo
The Preservation Board is empowered to officially designate a building or site within the City of Buffalo as a historic landmark and to designate historic districts. Local landmark status offers the best protection against demolition. The Historical Society plays no role in the official designation of landmarks.
Buffalo Address Book & Family Directories
These social directories focused on Buffalo's well-off famililes and neighborhoods and were published between 1883 and 1915. They are gradually being digitized.
Grain Elevators in Buffalo, NY: A Bibliography
Behemoth concrete silos still line the Buffalo waterfront, monuments from the years when Buffalo was one of the largest grain ports in the world. The items listed here are in the collection of the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society and focus on the grain elevators, grain scoopers, and Buffalo's flour milling & feed industry.
Pavement Markers
An intriguing remnant of Buffalo's history can often be found right beneath our feet. The builders of sidewalks in many older sections of Buffalo -- generally between the Niagara River on the west, the Kensington expressway on the east, from Summer, Best and Stanislaus Streets and Walden Avenue on the south, to northern limits including Fordham Drive on the 1901 Pan-American Exposition site and Forest and Kensington Avenues -- are identified by bronze pavement marker plates embedded in the concrete.
Pan-American Exposition Links
A collection of documents, essays, pictures and more
Assassination of President McKinley: Selected Bibliography on Medical Aspects
Period articles about the medical care McKinley got after being shot
McKinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History of William McKinley's Assassination
The items reproduced hereinbook chapters, articles, essays, editorials, letters to the editor, sermons, poetry, public addresses, editorial cartoons, photographs, &cprovide; an increasingly full-bodied historical record of the times.
Last Days of a President: Films of McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition, 1901
The twenty-eight films of this collection are from the Paper Print Collection of the Library of Congress. They include footage of President William McKinley at his second inauguration; of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York; of President McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition; and of President McKinley's funeral.
Pan-American Exposition of 1901
The Pan-American Exposition provides fertile ground for examination of several subject areas, including sociology, politics, music, law, racial stereotypes, the visual arts, technology, and many more. The exhibit contained on these pages has been created by the University at Buffalo Libraries to commemorate the grand events that took place in Buffalo in 1901. Includes some digitized full-text publications from the period.