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New York Erie CountyTown of Amherst
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Resources
Church Records
History
Additional Resources:
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Genealogical Resources: History of Amherst, NY |
Repositories
Archives, Libraries and Museums
Amherst Main Library at Audubon
350 John James Audubon Parkway
Amherst, NY 14228
Phone: 716-689-4922
Fax: 716-689-6116
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Nederlander Research Library and Archives |
Genealogical Resources: Genealogy Collection, edgers, scrapbooks, maps photographs. Catalog Search |
Amherst Museum
3755 Tonawanda Creek Road
Amherst, NY 14228
Phone: 716-689-1440
Contact Form
Societies
| Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society 25 Nottingham Court Buffalo, NY 14216 716-873-9644 Facebook page |
Genealogical Resources: Library, Guide to Genealogical Materials, city directories, church records (many Roman Catholic parishes), cemetery transcriptions, censuses, genealogy books, obituary index to Buffalo newspapers (1811-2001), private papers, obituary request form, published family histories, list of professional researchers for hire. |
| Erie County Historical Federation 11 Danforth Street Chektowaga, NY 14227 Facebook page[1] |
Genealogical Resources: "Loosely organized group of local historical societies and appointed town historians of Erie County, acting as a liaison between groups and providing a speakers bureau."[1] |
| Western New York Genealogical Society P.O. Box 338 Hamburg, N.Y. 14075-0338 |
Genealogical Resources: Surname list, locality list, 1865 Census index, journal, research library. |
Town Clerk
Town of Amherst, Clerk
Amherst Municipal Building
5583 Main Street
Williamsville, NY 14221
Phone: 716-631-7045
Email: sjaros@amherst.ny.us
Town Historian
Joseph Weichert[2]
3069 Tonawanda Creek Road
North Tonawanda, NY 14228
Town Records
To locate additional published and transcribed records for Amherst, New York check:
- Gordon L. Remington, New York Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002). American Ancestors online edition; At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 974.7 D27r. Alphabetical list including date founded, if a town history exists, church and cemetery sources, and if a Civil War register (TCR) exists. The codes used under Church and Cemetery are defined in the link above the listing of towns, cities and villages.
Vital Records
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Erie County, New York Town Historians, Historical Societies and Historical Museums, Updated: 20 October 2004, http://wnyroots.tripod.com/index-historians.html (accessed 15 December 2011).
- ↑ Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogist's Address Book: State and Local Resources, with Special Resources Including Ethnic and Religious Organizations, 6th ed. (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub., 2009), 402. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D24ben 2009.
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