Genealogy Resources - Allegany County, New York

Please follow the links below to learn more about your New York ancestors. Many great records relating to your family history can be found online and at local archives, libraries, courthouses, and genealogical and historical societies located throughout the state. New York Genealogy is your resource to help you find these and other important records which are critical to your research.

Archives and Libraries

Alfred Box of Books Library - Alfred, NY

Alfred University Herrick Memorial Library - Special Collections & Archives

Alfred University - Scholes Library of Ceramics

Alfred State University - College Archives

Alfred State University - Jean B. Lang Western New York Historical Collection

Alfred State University Hinkle Memorial Library - Local History

Almond 20th Century Club Library - Almond, NY

Andover Free Library - Andover, NY

Belfast Public Library - Belfast, NY

Belmont Literary & Historical Society Free Library - Belmont, NY

Bolivar Free Library - Bolivar, NY

Colonial Library - Richburg, NY

David A. Howe Public Library - Genealogy Resources

David A. Howe Public Library - Local History

Friendship Free Library - Genealogy Resources

Genesee Public Library - Little Genesee, NY

Houghton College Library - Library Collections

Mather Homestead Museum Library & Memorial Park - Wellsville, NY

New York State Library - Allegany County, NY

Rushford Public Library - Rushford, NY

Scio Memorial Library - Scio, NY

Southern Tier Library System

Town of Hume Museum - Hume, NY

USGenWeb Archives - Allegany County, NY

Whitesville Public Library - Whitesville, NY

Wide Awake Club Library - Local History Collection

Bible Records

Ancestry.com - New York, Family Bible Records, 1581-1917

Genealogy Trails History Group - Allegany County, New York

USGenWeb Archives - Allegany County Bible Records

Biographies

Allegany County Historical Society - Allegany County Biographies

Genealogy Trails History Group - Allegany County, New York

NYGenWeb - Allegany County Biographies

RootsWeb - Allegany County, New York Biographies

USGenWeb Archives - Biographies and Lineal Genealogies

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Biographies

Wikipedia.org - ​​Ellen Palmer Allerton

Wikipedia.org - Lady Baldwin

Wikipedia.org - Kristin Beck

Wikipedia.org - ​​Calvin T. Chamberlain

Wikipedia.org - ​​Charles Edwin "Charley" Ackerly

Wikipedia.org - Harvey Ellis

Wikipedia.org - George "Gabby" Hayes

Wikipedia.org - Calvin Fairbank

Wikipedia.org - ​​Ezra Kendall

Wikipedia.org - Rube Kroh

Wikipedia.org - ​​William Orton

Wikipedia.org - Sidney Rigdon

Wikipedia.org - William B. Rochester

Wikipedia.org - ​Judson W. Sherman

Wikipedia.org - Margaret Shulock

Wikipedia.org - Cornelius Mortimer Treat

Wikipedia.org - William Muldoon

Wikipedia.org - ​Billy Packer

Wikipedia.org - People from Allegany County, New York

Wikipedia.org - Jesse Peterson

Wikipedia.org - ​​James Pond

Wikipedia.org - John Rigas

Wikipedia.org - Jack Stevenson

Wikipedia.org - ​Ted Taylor

Wikipedia.org - ​​Edward B. Vreeland

Cemeteries

Allegany County Historical Society - Cemeteries of Allegany County, New York
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County Line Cemetery - Centerville, NY

Epodunk - Allegany County, NY Cemeteries

FamilySearch.org - New York Cemeteries

Find a Grave - Allegany County, NY Cemeteries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Allegany County, New York

Gravestone Inscriptions of Allegany County, NY
 
Interment.net - Allegany County, NY Cemeteries

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Cemetery Records

Names in Stone - Cemetery Maps

New York Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project

New York Gravestones - Allegany County, NY

NYGenWeb - Allegany County Cemeteries

RootsWeb - Allegany County, NY Cemeteries

Painted Hills Genealogy Society - Allegany County, NY Cemeteries

The Political Graveyard - Allegany County, NY

Tombstone Transcription Project - Allegany County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - Allegany County, NY Cemetery Records Archives

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Burials

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Cemeteries

Census Records

Ancestry.com - 1810 Census of Allegany County, NY

Ancestry.com - 1820 Census of Allegany County, NY -

Ancestry.com - 1830 Census of Allegany County, NY

Ancestry.com - 1840 Census of Allegany County, NY

1840 New York State Census of Pensioners

Ancestry.com - 1850 Census of Allegany County, NY

Ancestry.com - 1860 Census of Allegany County, NY

Ancestry.com - 1870 Census of Allegany County, NY

Ancestry.com - 1880 Census of Allegany County, NY

Ancestry.com - 1910 Census of Allegany County, NY

Ancestry.com - 1920 Census of Allegany County, NY

Ancestry.com - 1930 Census of Allegany County, NY

Ancestry.com - U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880

Census Online - Allegany County Census Records

FamilySearch.org - 1880 Census of Allegany County, NY

FamilySearch.org - New York Census Records

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1855

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1865

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1875

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1892

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1905

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1915

FamilySearch.org - New York State Census, 1925

Genealogy Trails History Group - Allegany County, New York

NYGenWeb - Allegany County Census

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Census Records

USGenWeb Census Project - Allegany County, New York Federal Census Index

USGenWeb Archives - Allegany County Census Records

Church Records

Christ Episcopal Church Parish Records Index, Volume 1 - Cuba, New York

First Congregational Church of Wellsville, New York

First Seventh-day Baptist Church – Wellsville, NY

Grace Episcopal Church - Belfast, NY

History of the Baptist Church in Friendship, New York

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Church Records

​NYGenWeb - Allegany County Church Records

RootsWeb - Church Records of Allegany County, New York

Saint Paul's Episcopal Church - Angelica, NY

St. Andrews Episcopal Church Index - Friendship, NY

St. John's Episcopal Church, Volume 1 - Wellsville, NY

St. John's Episcopal Church, Volume 2 - Wellsville, NY

University Mission Episcopal Church Records - Allentown, NY

The Welsh Congregational Church - Centerville, NY

Court Records

Allegany County Government - Online Records Search

Livingston's Law Register 1851 - Allegany County, NY

​NYGenWeb - Allegany County Court & Probate 

USGenWeb Archives - Allegany County, NY Court Records

USGenWeb Archives Projects - 1889 Court Case Reports, NY

Directories

Allegany County, New York Online Historical Directories

1875 Gazetteer and Business Directory - Allegany County, NY

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County City Directories

Estate Files

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Probate Records

​NYGenWeb - Allegany County Court & Probate

USGenWeb Archives - Allegany County, NY Will and Estate Records

History

Allegany County and its People - A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany County, NY

The Crooked Lake Review

Geography of the State of New York 1847 - Allegany County, NY

Genealogy Trails History Group - Allegany County, New York

History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps & Gorham's Purchase

History of Western New York

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Histories and Genealogies

National Register of Historic Places - Allegany County, NY 

The Natural, Statistical and Civil History of the State of New York, 1829

​NYGenWeb - Allegany County County Information

​NYGenWeb - Allegany County History

Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York

The Pioneer Period of Western New York

USGenWeb Archives - Allegany County, NY History

USGenWeb Archives - Penny Postcards from Allegany County, NY

WebArchive.org - Allegany County History

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Surnames

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Town Historians

Wikipedia.org - Allegany County, NY

Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places Listings in Allegany County, New York

Wikipedia.org - The Phelps and Gorham Purchase 

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Immigration and Naturalization Records

Ellis Island - Immigration Timeline

Ellis Island - National Museum of Immigration

German Genealogy Group - New York Naturalization Records

Italian Genealogical Group - Naturalizations at NARA in NYC

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Immigration Records

National Archives and Records Administration - Northeast Region

New York State Archives - New York Immigration Records

Sampubco - Declarations of Intention 1906

Sampubco - Old Declarations of Intent (before 1906)

Sampubco - Old Petitions for Naturalization 1866-1906

Sampubco - Petitions for Naturalization 1906-1930, Part 1

Sampubco - Petitions for Naturalization 1906-1930, Part 2

Land Records

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Land Records

​USGenWeb Archives - Allegany County Deed and Land Records

Maps

Hearthstone Legacy Publications - Historic New York Map Reprints

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Map Records

My Genealogy Hound - Allegany County, New York

​NYGenWeb - Allegany County Maps

USGenWeb Archives - New York Digital Map Library

WebArchive.org - Allegany County ​Maps

WebArchive.org - 1895 Atlas of NY

Wikipedia.org - Allegany County, New York Geography

Miscellaneous Records

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Minority Records

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Miscellaneous Records

My Genealogy Hound - Historic Photos and Vintage Postcards of New York

​NYGenWeb - Allegany County Resources

NYGenWeb - Allegany County Surnames

USGenWeb Archives - Special Collections Project

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Links

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Oil

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Plank Roads

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Racing History

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Railroads

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Stories & Local Folklore

WebArchive.org - Allegany County ​Waterways

Military Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Allegany County, New York

​LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Military Records

1840 New York State Census of Pensioners

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Allegany County, NY

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Allegany County, NY (con't)

​NYGenWeb - Allegany County Military

USGenWeb Archives - Allegany County Military Records

USGenWeb Archives Pensions Project - Pensions Project Wars

WebArchive.org - Allegany County ​Veteran Lists

Newspapers

Andover Free Library - Andover News Archive

Allegany County Historical Society - Newspaper Archives

Genealogy Trails History Group - Allegany County, New York

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Newspapers

NYS Historic Newspapers - Allegany County, New York

New York State Library - Allegany County Newspapers

​NYGenWeb - Allegany County Newspapers

USGenWeb Archives - Allegany County, NY Newspapers

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Newspapers

Obituaries

Allegany County Historical Society - Allegany County Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Allegany County, New York

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Obituaries

​NYGenWeb - Allegany County Obituaries

Painted Hills Genealogy Society - Allegany County Obituaries

Rootsweb.com - Allegany County Obituary Index

USGenNet - Allegany County, New York

USGenWeb Archives - Allegany County, NY Obituaries & Death Notices

USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project - Allegany County, NY Obituaries

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Obituaries

Wellsville Daily Reporter - Obituaries

Photographs

My Genealogy Hound - Historic Photos and Vintage Postcards of New York

National Archives - Allegany County, New York

School Records

Allegany County Schools - Allegany County, NY

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County School Records

Wikipedia.org - Alfred State College

Wikipedia.org - Alfred University

Wikipedia.org - Houghton College

Wikipedia.org - New York State College of Ceramics

Societies

Almond Historical Society - Almond, NY

Baker's Bridge Historical Association - Alfred Station, NY

Belmont Literary & Historical Society Free Library - Belmont, NY

Bolivar, Richburg, Allentown and Little Genesee Historical Society

Cuba Historical Society - Cuba, NY

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Catherine Schuyler Chapter

Painted Hills Genealogy Society

Western New York Genealogical Society

Towns, Cities & Villages

Allegany County New York History - Town Histories

Town of Alfred - Alfred, NY

Town of Almond - Almond, NY

Town of Amity - Amity, NY

Town of Bolivar - Bolivar, NY

Town of Burns - Burns, NY

Town of Caneadea - Caneadea, NY

Town of Friendship - Friendship, NY

Town of Granger - Granger, NY

Town of Grove - Grove, NY

Town of Hume - Hume, NY

Town of Independence - Independence, NY

Town of Rushford - Rushford, NY

Town of Scio - Scio, NY

Town of Wellsville - Wellsville, NY

Town of West Almond - West Almond, NY

Town of Willing - Willing, NY

LDS Genealogy - ​Alfred Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Allen Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Alma Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Almond Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​​Amity Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Andover Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Angelica Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Belfast Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Belmont Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​​Bolivar Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Burns Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Canaseraga Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Caneadea Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Centerville Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​​Clarksville Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Cuba Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Fillmore Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Friendship Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Genesee Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​​Grove Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Hume Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Independence Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Richburg Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Rushford Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​​Scio Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Ward Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Wellsville Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​West Almond Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​Willing Genealogy, New York

LDS Genealogy - ​​Wirt Genealogy, New York

​NYGenWeb - Allegany County Towns

Village of Andover - Andover, NY

Village of Angelica - Angelica, NY

WebArchive.org - Allegany County Towns, Villages & Reservations

Wikipedia.org - Alfred, New York

Wikipedia.org - Allen, New York

Wikipedia.org - Alma, New York

Wikipedia.org - Almond, New York

Wikipedia.org - Amity, New York

Wikipedia.org - Andover, New York

Wikipedia.org - Angelica, New York

Wikipedia.org - Belfast, New York

Wikipedia.org - Belmont, New York

Wikipedia.org - ​Bolivar, New York

Wikipedia.org - Burns, New York

Wikipedia.org - Canaseraga, New York

Wikipedia.org - Caneadea, New York

Wikipedia.org - Centerville, New York

Wikipedia.org - ​Clarksville, New York

Wikipedia.org - Cuba, New York

Wikipedia.org - Friendship, New York

Wikipedia.org - Genesee, New York

Wikipedia.org - Granger, New York

Wikipedia.org - ​Grove, New York

Wikipedia.org - Hume, New York

Wikipedia.org - Independence, New York

Wikipedia.org - New Hudson, New York

Wikipedia.org - Richburg, New York

Wikipedia.org - ​Rushford, New York

Wikipedia.org - Scio, New York

Wikipedia.org - Ward, New York

Wikipedia.org - Wellsville, New York

Wikipedia.org - West Almond, New York

Wikipedia.org - ​Willing, New York

Wikipedia.org - Wirt, New York

Vital Records

Genwed.com - Allegany County Marriage Records

FamilySearch.org - New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962

FamilySearch.org - New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936

FamilySearch.org - New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952

FamilySearch.org - New York Marriages, 1686-1980

GEDCOM Index - Alfred, Allegany County, NY

GEDCOM Index - Allegany County, NY

Genealogy Trails History Group - Allegany County Birth Records

Internet Archive - Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses were Issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Death Records

LDS Genealogy - Allegany County Marriage Records

​​NYGenWeb - Allegany County Vital Records

USGenWeb Archives - Allegany County Marriage Records

Vitalchek.com - Allegany County Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates