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Buffalo Birth Records

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1881-1942 New York Birth Index MyHeritage online

Baptisms & marriages; church records of St. Boniface Church. 1849-1899, Buffalo, N.Y. Archive Grid

Bethel A.M.E. Church Papers Collection Archive Grid

Birth Index for New York State, 1881-1942 Ancestry online

Births, deaths, and marriages found in select Buffalo and Erie County publications WorldCat

Births, marriages, deaths, 1850-1982 Saint Francis Xavier Church (Buffalo, N.Y.) WorldCat

Buffalo, Erie County, N. Y., birth records : Canadian parentage extracts, 1878, 1879, 1881, 1882 FamilySearch Library

Church Records, 1812-1952, Buffalo Roman Catholic, St. Paul's Episcopal Church Archive Grid

Church records 1812-1897, St. Paul's Church (Buffalo, N.Y.). Archive Grid

New York, Birth Records, 1880-present New York State Department of Health

Record of baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1828-1843 Archive Grid

Record of pastors, church officers church members, births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials : communion seasons and an annual summary and a record of interesting and important events occuring from time to time in the history of the English Ev. Lutheran Church of the Redeemer at Buffalo, N.Y., 1894-1940 FamilySearch Library

Buffalo Cemetery Records

Beth Jacob Cemetary [i.e. Cemetery] inscriptions FamilySearch Library

Beth Jacob Cemetery Find a Grave online

Chapel Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Concordia Cemetery Find a Grave online

Concordia Cemetery Billion Graves online

Forest Lawn Billion Graves online

Forest Lawn : its history, dedications, progress, regulations, names of lot holders, etc. FamilySearch Library

Forest Lawn Cemetery Find a Grave online

German ME Cemetery WNY Genealogy online

German Methodist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Erie County, New York Ancestry online

Holy Cross Cemetery (Buffalo, New York) records, 1855-1881 FamilySearch Library

Howard Cemetery Find a Grave online

Index, NY GRC 1932, Volume S1-V34 : Unpublished cemetery, church and town records with genealogical notes and data WorldCat

Index, NY GRC 1935 Volume S1-V77 : Unpublished cemetery, church and town records with genealogical notes and data WorldCat

Lubavitz Cemetery Find a Grave online

Parkside Ev. Lutheran Church Memorial Chapel Find a Grave online

Pine Rest Pet Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Francis Xavier cemetery, Buffalo, New York FamilySearch Library

Saint Joseph Cathedral Find a Grave online

Saint Michael Cemetery Billion Graves online

St. John's (Werkley) Cemetery US Gen Web online

St. John's Cemetery (Werkley) US Gen Web Archives online

Tombstone records, Concordia Cemetery, Buffalo, New York, and Tonawanda Cemetery, Tonawanda, New York FamilySearch Library

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI: Limestone Hill Cemetery, Buffalo, New York Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI: Pine Hill Cemetery, Buffalo, New York Ancestry online

Westminster Churchyard Find a Grave online

Buffalo Census Records

1855 New York State Census Ancestry online

1865 New York State Census Ancestry online

1875 New York State Census Ancestry online

1892 New York State Census Ancestry online

1905 New York State Census Ancestry online

1915 New York State Census Ancestry online

1925 New York State Census Ancestry online

Buffalo, New York, 1925 census maps FamilySearch Library

Census 1810, Buffalo US Gen Web Archives online

City of Buffalo FamilySearch Library

Erie Co., New York, census records, 1915 FamilySearch Library

Map of Buffalo showing ward boundaries, 1912 FamilySearch Library

New York, Erie County Census 1855, 1865, 1875 Ancestry online

State census of Erie Co., New York, 1855 FamilySearch Library

State census of Erie County, New York, 1865 FamilySearch Library

State census of Erie County, New York, 1875 FamilySearch Library

State census of Erie County, New York, 1892 FamilySearch Library

States census of Erie County, New York, 1905 FamilySearch Library

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Buffalo Church Records (187)


Buffalo City Directories (202)


Buffalo Court Records

Court record books, 1875, 1877, 1885, New York (State) Superior Court (Buffalo) Archive Grid

Buffalo Death Records

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1880-1956 New York Death Index MyHeritage online

1880-1956 New York, Death Index Ancestry online

1880-1956 New York, Death Index (includes Buffalo 1852 to 1944) Ancestry online

A necrology excerpted and organized from the Buffalo City Directories, 1882-1892 WorldCat

Baptisms index, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, 1850-1924 WorldCat

Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths WorldCat

Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths Saint Simon's Episcopal Church (Buffalo, N.Y.) WorldCat

Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths Trinity Swedish Lutheran Church; Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church WorldCat

Baptisms, marriages, deaths, confirmations WorldCat

Bethel A.M.E. Church Papers Collection Archive Grid

Births, deaths, and marriages found in select Buffalo and Erie County publications WorldCat

Births, marriages, deaths, 1850-1982 Saint Francis Xavier Church (Buffalo, N.Y.) WorldCat

Buffalo African-American funeral program and obituary collection WorldCat

Buffalo Death Index 1852-1944 Internet Archive online

Buffalo Death Index 1871-2016 FamilySearch Books online

Buffalo NY Death Index - 1852-1944 Internet Archive online

Card file of death records from news clippings, 1812-1985 FamilySearch Library

Cholera Deaths, 1832, 1849, 1854 The Buffalo History Museum online

Death notices as published in the Buffalo News, Buffalo, N.Y. from January through June (inclusively), 1998 WorldCat

Death record of old Buffalo Settlers, 1833-1883 The Buffalo History Museum online

Index and introduction to the microfilmed Buffalo African-American funeral program and obituary collection. Volume 1. WorldCat

Index of select deaths from Western NY newspapers WorldCat

Index to 1998 death notices, obituaries, and reports of deaths as appeared in the Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY WorldCat

Index to all of 1998, and 1999 (through Sept. 23) death notices, obituaries, and reports of deaths as appeared in the Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY WorldCat

List of Bailey Lodge death dates, 1889-1908 FamilySearch Library

List of deaths in 1962 FamilySearch Library

Marriages from Buffalo church records WorldCat

New York, Death Records, 1880-present New York State Department of Health

Obituary Records, 1812-1895, Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.). Archive Grid

Record of baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1828-1843 Archive Grid

Record of pastors, church officers church members, births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials : communion seasons and an annual summary and a record of interesting and important events occuring from time to time in the history of the English Ev. Lutheran Church of the Redeemer at Buffalo, N.Y., 1894-1940 FamilySearch Library

Undertaker Records, 1883-1899 The Buffalo History Museum online

Buffalo Histories and Genealogies (113)


Buffalo Immigration Records

Alien declarations, 1839-1895 FamilySearch Library

Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalization of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, 1906-1966 Ancestry online

Index to Petitions of Naturalization, New York Western District 1907-1966 Fold3 online

Manifests of alien arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954 : NARA Record Group 85, M1480 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1831-1906; index, 1831-ca.1930 FamilySearch Library

Buffalo Land Records

A concise view of Black Rock : including a map and schedule of property, belonging to the Niagara City Association, with a description of and boundaries of the same, and the articles of agreement, forms and regulations of the Niagara City Association and the Black Rock Land and Railroad Company FamilySearch Library

Deeds (Erie County, New York), 1808-1927; index to deeds, 1808-1964 FamilySearch Library

Original Buffalo Lot Holders, 1806-1835 US Gen Web Archives online

Western New York Land Transactions, 1804-1824 Ancestry online

Western New York Land Transactions, 1825-1835 Ancestry online

Buffalo Map Records

A concise view of Black Rock : including a map and schedule of property, belonging to the Niagara City Association, with a description of and boundaries of the same, and the articles of agreement, forms and regulations of the Niagara City Association and the Black Rock Land and Railroad Company FamilySearch Library

Atlas of the Vicinities of the Cities of Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda and Buffalo, New York, 1893 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

Buffalo Harbor, New York 1856 Map American Geographical Society online

Buffalo, 1872 Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Buffalo, 1915, Vol 3 Suburban Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Buffalo, New York 1898 Map American Geographical Society online

Ground-plan of elevators, mills, warehouses, yards and docks map of the Washburn-Crosby Company and Frontier Elevator & Mill Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1925 Library of Congress online

Map of Buffalo New York 1851 Library of Congress online

Map of Buffalo and vicinity, 1903 FamilySearch Library

Map of Buffalo showing ward boundaries, 1912 FamilySearch Library

Map of Buffalo, Erie Co., N.Y., 1902 Library of Congress online

Map of the city of Buffalo [1907] FamilySearch Library

Map of the city of Buffalo, N.Y. : showing all the territory including the upper and lower villages of Black Rock, Cold Springs &c. ; compiled from actual survey and authentic records under the direction of and published by Buell, Moore & Quackenboss FamilySearch Library

New map of the city of Buffalo FamilySearch Library

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Buffalo, Erie County, New York, 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Buffalo, Erie County, New York, 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Buffalo, Erie County, New York, 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Buffalo, Erie County, New York, 1893 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Buffalo, Erie County, New York, 1895 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Buffalo, Erie County, New York, 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Buffalo, Erie County, New York, 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Buffalo, Erie County, New York, 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Buffalo, Erie County, New York, 1916-1940 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Buffalo, Erie County, New York, 1939 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Buffalo, Erie County, New York, 1950 Library of Congress online

The Matthews-Northrup new map of the city of Buffalo, 1916 Library of Congress online

The city map of Buffalo, N.Y. 1880. Library of Congress online

Buffalo Marriage Records

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1881-1967 New York State, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Baptisms & marriages; church records of St. Boniface Church. 1849-1899, Buffalo, N.Y. Archive Grid

Baptisms index, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, 1850-1924 WorldCat

Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths WorldCat

Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths Saint Simon's Episcopal Church (Buffalo, N.Y.) WorldCat

Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths Trinity Swedish Lutheran Church; Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church WorldCat

Baptisms, marriages, deaths, confirmations WorldCat

Bethel A.M.E. Church Papers Collection Archive Grid

Births, deaths, and marriages found in select Buffalo and Erie County publications WorldCat

Births, marriages, deaths, 1850-1982 Saint Francis Xavier Church (Buffalo, N.Y.) WorldCat

Church Records, 1812-1952, Buffalo Roman Catholic, St. Paul's Episcopal Church Archive Grid

Church records 1812-1897, St. Paul's Church (Buffalo, N.Y.). Archive Grid

Early Canadian marriages in Erie County, New York, 1840-1890 FamilySearch Library

Early justice of the peace & church marriages, 1877-1880 FamilySearch Library

Early justice of the peace marriages performed in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., from 1840-1880 FamilySearch Library

Index of Marriages from Buffalo Newspapers, 1811-1884 : from A File in the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Supplemented With Additional Information from Erie County Hall FamilySearch Library

Index, NY GRC 1935 Volume S1-V77 : Unpublished cemetery, church and town records with genealogical notes and data WorldCat

Marriages from Buffalo church records WorldCat

Marriages from Buffalo church records 1825-1900 : transcribed from microfilm of English-speaking Protestant Church records and compared with marriage license records in Erie County Hall FamilySearch Library

New York Marriages, 1600-1784 Ancestry online

New York, Marriage Records, 1881-present New York State Department of Health

Record of baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1828-1843 Archive Grid

Record of pastors, church officers church members, births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials : communion seasons and an annual summary and a record of interesting and important events occuring from time to time in the history of the English Ev. Lutheran Church of the Redeemer at Buffalo, N.Y., 1894-1940 FamilySearch Library

Buffalo Military Records

Alphabetical card-index of the rolls of the 164th New York Infantry Ancestry online

Chronicles of the Twenty-first Regiment New York State Volunteers : embracing a full history of the regiment Ancestry online

Civil War military discharges & pensions FamilySearch Library

Civil War military discharges & pensions WorldCat

History of the One hundredth regiment of New York state volunteers: being a record of its services from its muster in to its muster out; it muster in roll, roll of commissions, recruits furnished through the Board of trade of the city of Buffalo, and shor Genealogy Gophers online

Lafayette High School of Buffalo, N.Y. in the World War, 1914-1919 Ancestry online

Regimental association 28th annual reunion at Buffalo, N.Y., Aug. 23-28, 1897 with roster Genealogy Gophers online

Regimental association 28th annual reunion at Buffalo, N.Y., Aug. 23-28, 1897 with roster LDS Genealogy online

Regimental association 28th annual reunion at Buffalo, N.Y., Aug. 23-28, 1897 with roster Internet Archive online

The village of Buffalo during the war of 1812 Cornell University Library online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI: Limestone Hill Cemetery, Buffalo, New York Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI: Pine Hill Cemetery, Buffalo, New York Ancestry online

Buffalo Minority Records

Buffalo Irish Times. Buffalo, N.Y. 2001-12-01 to 2002-12-01 NYS Historic Newspapers online

Buffalo Jewish Review. (Buffalo, N.Y.) 1921-Current US Newspaper Directory

Dziennik Dla Wszystkich = Polish Everybody's Daily. Buffalo, N.Y. 1911-01-17 to 1957-04-30 NYS Historic Newspapers online

Family and community : Italian immigrants in Buffalo, 1880-1930 FamilySearch Library

Jewish Review. (Buffalo, N.Y.) 1920-1921 US Newspaper Directory

Buffalo Miscellaneous Records

Buffalo Town Meeting Proceedings, 1814-1837 The Buffalo History Museum online

Buffalo town meeting proceedings, 1814-1837 Archive Grid

Ledger and member records, 1917-1919 FamilySearch Library

Letter from Grand Lodge adding member names, 1965 FamilySearch Library

Poll lists and registers of voters, 1838-1889, Buffalo (N.Y.). Clerk Archive Grid

Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society FamilySearch Library

Records, 1889-1966 FamilySearch Library

Records, 1895-1918 FamilySearch Library

Records, 1909-1976 FamilySearch Library

Records, 1957-1976 FamilySearch Library

Roster and register of Canton, 1919-1976 FamilySearch Library

Roster of officers, 1937-1969 roll call and minutes 1894-1910 FamilySearch Library

The Political blue book : an official manual of Buffalo and Erie County, New York FamilySearch Library

The Political blue book : an official manual of Buffalo and Erie County, New York Genealogy Gophers online

U.S., Applications for Seaman's Protection Certificates, 1916-1940 (includes Buffalo, New York) Ancestry online

Buffalo Newspapers and Obituaries (212)


Buffalo Probate Records

1659-1999 New York, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Buffalo School Records (277)


Buffalo Tax Records

Lovejoy Street extension assessment records, 1857-1913 (bulk 1857-1859) Archive Grid



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