Cattaraugus County NY Genealogy

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Cattaraugus County Records by Type

Birth Records (8)
Cemetery Records (337)
Census Records (186)
Church Records (40)
City Directories (74)
Court Records (1)
Death Records (11)
Histories and Genealogies (59)
Immigration Records (4)
Land Records (6)
Map Records (60)
Marriage Records (11)
Military Records (13)
Minority Records (1)
Miscellaneous Records (3)
Newspapers and Obituaries (132)
Probate Records (4)
School Records (57)
Tax Records (3)

Cattaraugus County Records by City/Town

Allegany Genealogy (47)
Ashford Genealogy (22)
Carrollton Genealogy (7)
Cattaraugus Genealogy (17)
Coldspring Genealogy (8)
Conewango Genealogy (10)
Dayton Genealogy (21)
Delevan Genealogy (9)
East Otto Genealogy (9)
Ellicottville Genealogy (57)
Farmersville Genealogy (10)
Franklinville Genealogy (42)
Freedom Genealogy (26)
Gowanda in Cattaraugus County Genealogy (14)
Great Valley Genealogy (21)
Hinsdale Genealogy (21)
Humphrey Genealogy (16)
Ischua Genealogy (20)
Leon Genealogy (8)

Limestone Genealogy (8)
Little Valley Genealogy (31)
Lyndon Genealogy (16)
Machias Genealogy (17)
Mansfield Genealogy (13)
Napoli Genealogy (21)
New Albion Genealogy (9)
Olean Genealogy (109)
Otto Genealogy (11)
Perrysburg Genealogy (23)
Persia Genealogy (6)
Portville Genealogy (42)
Randolph Genealogy (39)
Salamanca Genealogy (49)
South Dayton Genealogy (6)
South Valley Genealogy (7)
West Valley Genealogy (6)
Westons Mills Genealogy (5)
Yorkshire Genealogy (19)

Overview of Cattaraugus County Records

Cattaraugus County was created in 1808 from Genesee County.
The New York State Department of Health has copies of birth, marriage, and death records starting in 1880. Individual town or city clerks also have copies of birth, marriage, and death records.
The Cattaraugus County Clerk has land records starting in 1808, divorce records, court records starting in 1850, and naturalization records.
The Cattaraugus County Surrogate Court has probate records starting in 1800.
Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.