Chautauqua County NY Genealogy
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Chautauqua County Records by TypeBirth Records (8)Cemetery Records (485) Census Records (84) Church Records (90) City Directories (163) Death Records (16) Histories and Genealogies (208) Immigration Records (4) Land Records (9) Map Records (77) Marriage Records (21) Military Records (44) Minority Records (4) Miscellaneous Records (4) Newspapers and Obituaries (257) Probate Records (4) School Records (95)
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Overview of Chautauqua County Records
- Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County Clerk has marriage records starting in 1908, land records starting in 1811, divorce records, and court records starting in 1811.
- The Chautauqua County Surrogate Court has probate records starting in 1811.
- Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.