Resources

There are many websites with genealogy-related info for New York family history research. If you know of additional helpful resources about Niagara County ancestors, please share them with us.

• 1850 Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York
• 1887 Historical Sketches and Local Names of the Niagara Frontier
• 1892 Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Niagara County, New York
• 1893 The Niagara Book
• 1896 A Brief History of Old Fort Niagara
• 1897 Landmarks of Niagara County, New York edited by William Pool
          Volume 1 Historical and Index,  Volume 2 Biographical & Family Sketches
• 1902 25th Anniversary of Pioneer Association
• 1909 An Apple Orchard Survey
• 1910 Quaker Births, Marriages and Deaths, from Hartland
• 1910 Souvenir Raymond Public School
• 1910 Raymond Public School, Lockport Township
• 1920 Officers and Enlisted Men of the United States Navy , who lost their lives during the World War I
• 1925 Early History of St. Paul Lutheran Church
• 1931 Niagara Frontier; A Narrative and Documentary History
          Volume 1,  Volume 2,  Volume 3,  Volume 4
• 1958 Niagara County and Its Towns
• 1961 Outpost of Empires; A Short History of Niagara County
• 1999 Diary of a Dead Man 1862-1864 letters and diary of Private Ira S. Pettit, Wilson, Niagara County, New York, who served Company B, 2nd Battalion, and Company F, 1st Battalion, 11th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, United States Army, during the War Between the States
• New York State Education Department - Find Public Libraries in Niagara County
• Niagara County Community College Library
• Niagara University Library
• Lewiston Public Library - Journal of the Dead Beats Society,  WWII archives, & more
• University at Buffalo Library - Love Canal Collection
• Buffalo and Erie County Library - neighboring counties library
• New York Heritage - Digital Collections
• New York State Archives - Digital Collections
• Library of Congress - Digital Collection
• Library of Congress - Chronicling America - newspaper collection
• NYS Public Library - Niagara County Newspapers Listing
• Obituary Index from Legacy and Memory of Jose Rivera Nieves
• ObitCity
• SamPubCo's Niagara Will Book Testators Index -  A-D    E-K    L-R    S-Z 
• Good Shepard Cemetery in Pendelton
• FindAGrave
• Interment.net
• Wikipedia
• National Register of Historic Places - Niagara County
• Niagara Parks Historic Plaques and Markers
• Historical Markers Database - Niagara County - The database includes photos of the markers, as well as accompanying biographical information for many of the markers
• Early History St. Paul's Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda, 1925
• Niagara Falls History & Human History
• Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center
• The Erie Canal
• 1830 Census of "Burned-Over" District
• HonorStates military who died in service during WWI, WWII, Korean, and Vietnam wars
• New York State Military Museum
• Brief History of the Grand Army of the Republic - from Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
• WWI Honor Roll for Niagara County - New Horizons Genealogy
• Army Air Corps Museum
• Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum - City of North Tonawanda
• Deaths Over the Falls
• Preservation Buffalo Niagara - formerly the Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier
• Niagara County Historical Society
• Town of Cambria Historical Society
• Historical Association of Lewiston - Historic Lewiston
• Newfane Historical Society
• Town of Niagara District School No. 2
• North Tonawanda History Museum
• Somerset Historical Society
• Historical Society of the Tonawandas
• Town of Wilson Historical Society
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• Historic Map Works
• Atlases of New York in Digital Collection at New York Public Library - Niagara
• NYGenWeb Mailing List and Query Board at groups.io
• FamilySearch - List of some church record collections
• New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B) Collections Catalog Search
• Leeds Method for working through distant family relations
• DNAngels - a nonprofit helping to identify biological parents using DNA interpretation, mapping, and extensive research
• Rick Porter - A researcher who may be able to guide those tracing there roots thru the county, who "would be more than happy to discuss with any one who may have a connection, or just a Civil War forms hobbyist."
• The Ancestor Hunt
• GenealogyBuff
• GenealogyTrails
• My Genealogy Hound
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Niagara County, Facebook
• Cyndi's List - New York

Local Government Websites

• Niagara County Government, County Historian, County Clerk
• Town of Cambria
• Town of Hartland
• Town of Lewiston, Clerk
• Town of Lockport
• Town of Niagara
• Town of Porter, Clerk, Historian
• Town of Royalton
• Town of Somerset, Clerk, Historian
• Town of Wheatfield, Clerk
• Town of Wilson, Clerk
• Village of Barker, Clerk
• Village of Lewiston, Clerk
• Village of Middleport
• Village of Youngstown
• City of Niagara Falls
• City of North Tonawanda, Clerk

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