Genealogical Web Pages

Federal Sites

• The National Archives (NARA) Genealogy Page
• http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/genindex.html
  
  Genealogical Publications, Quick Guides, General Information Leaflets The Soundex Machine, Catalogs of Microfilm Publications, , Regional Records Services Facilities




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• Social Security Administration: Freedom of Information Requests
• http://www.ssa.gov/foia/html/foia_guide.htm
  
  Guide to Freedom of Information Act Requests
  
  

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• US Census Genealogy Page
• http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/
  
  The only service the US Census provides that is related to genealogy is the Age Search Service. There is also a searchable database of Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census.

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• US GenWeb Project
• http://www.usgenweb.com/
  
  A group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States, the Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone. Organization on the page is by county and state, and this website provides you with links to all the state websites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties.

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• USGenWeb Archives Table of Contents
• http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/
  
  

State of New York Sites

• Census On line - New York
• http://www.census-online.com/links/NY.html
  
  135 links to census information within Albany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Clinton, Cortland, Delaware, Duchess, Livingston, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Suffolk, Ulster, Washington, Yates Counties of New York State

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• New York State Archives and Records Administration
• http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/nysaservices/ns_research.shtml
  
  

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• New York Vital Records Information
• http://vitalrec.com/ny.html
  
  This page contains information about where to obtain New York vital records.

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• New York State Library Genealogy Page
• http://unix2.nysed.gov/gengen.htm
  
  The New York State Library's genealogy collection is of interest to those who are tracing the history of their families, as well as to professional genealogical researchers, biographers and historians who are seeking information about the collective history of families or the domestic life of a period in American history.

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• NYS Health Department: Where To Get Copies of Birth, Marriage, Death and Divorce Certificates
• http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/

Erie County Genealogical Pages

• Erie County GenWeb Project
• http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyerie/
  
  

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• Erie County Cemeteries
• http://members.tripod.com/~wnyroots/
  
  Kathy Kopp has a web site under construction which lists all Erie County cemeteries by city and township. The eventual goal is to have the actual tombstone inscriptions online also.

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• Erie County Censuses
• http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyerie/ercensus.htm
  
  A list of state and federal censuses taken in Erie County with notes on the availability of indexes and links to those that are currently online.

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• Erie County Cities and Towns
• http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyerie/ertowns.htm
  
  A list of the cities and townships of Erie County with information about some of the early settlers and links to other on-line resources.

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• Erie County Genealogical Societies
• http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyerie/ergensoc.htm
  
  A listing of local genealogical societies in Erie County.

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• Erie County Historical Resources
• http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyerie/erhist.htm
  
  A collection of links to some Buffalo and Erie County history related web sites.

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• Erie County Queries
• http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyerie/queries/qryindex.htm
  
  Erie County queries have been reorganized in a new database. You can now view queries by date of submission and by researcher as well as by surname. All surnames are now indexed. Researchers can now submit changes to their address information.

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• Erie County Vital Records
• http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyerie/ervital.htm
  
  Where to obtain vital records in Western New York.

Buffalo

• Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society
• http://www.bechs.org/research.htm
  
  An excellent resource for all types of genealogists.

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• Buffalo & Erie County Public Library - Special Collections
• http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/grosvenor.asp?sec=genealogy
  
  A superb resource for all types of genealogical research.

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• Buffalo Evening News Obituary Search Page
• http://www2.buffnews.com/deaths/search.asp
  
  The Buffalo Evening News has a search engine for their obituary notices since September 11, 1997.

Other Pages of Genealogical Interest

• Obituary Daily Times
• http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary
  
  Visit the Web site to search the database of more than two million entries indexed in the last four years and to learn how to become a contributor of obituaries indexed from your local newspaper. To subscribe to the mailing list, either visit the Web site and click the option to subscribe to the GEN-OBIT list, or send your SUBSCRIBE message to Gen-Obit-request@apple.rootsweb.com. NOTE: If you have a Juno account, instead of the foregoing, send your request to be added to the mailing list to wstyles@erols.com.

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• Social Security Death Index at Ancestory.Com
• http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/advanced.htm
  
  Search for your deceased ancestors social security information on-line.