Dunkirk Genealogy (in Chautauqua County, NY)

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Dunkirk Birth Records

1881-1942 New York Birth Index MyHeritage online

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

Index To Births, Deaths and Marriages Reported in the Evening Observer, Dunkirk, New York 1983 - March 1, 1990 FamilySearch Library

Index to births, deaths and marriages reported in the Evening observer, Dunkirk, New York, 1983-March 1, 1990 WorldCat

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

Dunkirk Cemetery Records

Genealogical information reported in the Evening observer, Dunkirk, New York WorldCat

Holy Trinity Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pioneer Cemetery Painted Hills Genealogy Society online

Saint Hedwig Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Hyacinth Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Mary Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Mary's Cemetery Find a Grave online

St. Mary's Cemetery : Bennett Road at Williams Street, Dunkirk, New York WorldCat

St. Mary's Cemetery, Bennett Road at Williams Street, Dunkirk, New York FamilySearch Library

Town of Dunkirk Cemetery Interment online

Town of Dunkirk Cemetery Interment online

Willowbrook Park Cemetery Find a Grave online

Willowbrook Park Cemetery Billion Graves online

Dunkirk 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

Chautauqua County Census Index 1825 US Gen Web online

Chautauqua County Census Index 1845 US Gen Web online

Federal Census of 1940, Dunkirk, New York LDS Genealogy online

The history of the founding of Temple Beth El, Dunkirk, New York 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

Dunkirk Church Records

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Church records, 1838-1952 (First Methodist Episcopal Church (Dunkirk, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1851-1917 (Catholic Church. St. Mary (Dunkirk, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1854-1892 (German Methodist Episcopal Church (Dunkirk, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1856-1931 (St. John's German Evangelical Church (Dunkirk, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1858-1946 (Catholic Church. Sacred Heart (Dunkirk, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1863-1891 FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1875-1917 (Catholic Church. St. Hyacinth (Dunkirk, New York)) FamilySearch Library

The history of the founding of Temple Beth El, Dunkirk, New York Ancestry online

Dunkirk City Directories

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Dunkirk City Directory 1909 MyHeritage online

Dunkirk City Directory 1912 MyHeritage online

Dunkirk City Directory 1944 MyHeritage online

Dunkirk City Directory 1946 MyHeritage online

Dunkirk City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Dunkirk City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Dunkirk and Fredonia (New York) city directories FamilySearch Library

Dunkirk, NY, City Directory, 1902-1903, 1904-1905, 1906-1907, 1909, 1910-1911, 1912-1913, 1915, 1925, 1930-1931, 1935 New York State Library

Dunkirk, NY, Telephone Books, 1940-1946 New York State Library

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1887 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1889 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1891 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1896 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1898 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1900 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1902 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1906 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1910 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1912 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1915 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1935 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1941 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1944 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1946 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1951 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk, New York, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Dunkirk/Fredonia, NY 1902-1907, 1909-1913, 1915, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Dunkirk/Fredonia, NY; 1938, 1940 - 1942, 1944 - 1951, 1953 - 1959 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Jamestown directory, 1879-80 : containing the names of the inhabitants of Jamestown : together with a business directory of Brocton, Broken Straw, Busti, Cassadaga, Clymer, Corry, Delanti, Dunkirk, Forestville, Fredonia, Frewsburg, Kennedy, Mayville, Panama, Randolph, Ripley, Sherman, Smith's-Mills, Sinclairville and Westfield FamilySearch Library

Johnson's Business and Professional Directory of Buffalo, Rochester, Erie, Pa., Niagara Falls, Lockport, North Tonawanda, Tonowanda, Batavia, Hamburg, Dunkirk, Williamsville, Geneva, Lyons, Canandaigua and Lancaster, N.Y. 1902-1903 Rochester Public Library online

Dunkirk Death Records

1880-1956 New York Death Index MyHeritage online

1880-1956 New York, Death Index Ancestry online

Index To Births, Deaths and Marriages Reported in the Evening Observer, Dunkirk, New York 1983 - March 1, 1990 FamilySearch Library

Index to births, deaths and marriages reported in the Evening observer, Dunkirk, New York, 1983-March 1, 1990 WorldCat

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

Dunkirk Histories and Genealogies

Dunkirk-Fredonia Central Park FamilySearch Library

Historical and descriptive review of Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, N. Y FamilySearch Library

Historical and descriptive review of Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Ancestry online

Out of the wilderness : Dunkirk's first century Ancestry online

Out of the wilderness : Dunkirk's first century FamilySearch Library

The City of Dunkirk : illustrated in a souvenir number of the Grape belt to celebrate the appropriation for Dunkirk Harbor Ancestry online

The city of Dunkirk : illustrated in a souvenir number of the Grape belt to celebrate the appropriation for Dunkirk Harbor FamilySearch Library

Dunkirk Immigration Records

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

Naturalization records, 1837-1972 FamilySearch Library

Dunkirk Land Records

Deed records, 1811-1908; index, 1811-1917 FamilySearch Library

Western New York Land Transactions, 1804-1824 Ancestry online

Western New York Land Transactions, 1825-1835 Ancestry online

Dunkirk Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, 1919 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, March 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, May 1893 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, September 1888 Library of Congress online

Dunkirk Marriage Records

1881-1967 New York State, Marriage Index Ancestry online

County Marriages of New York, 1847-1849; 1907-1936 Ancestry online

Index To Births, Deaths and Marriages Reported in the Evening Observer, Dunkirk, New York 1983 - March 1, 1990 FamilySearch Library

Index to births, deaths and marriages reported in the Evening observer, Dunkirk, New York, 1983-March 1, 1990 WorldCat

New York Marriages, 1600-1784 Ancestry online

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

Dunkirk Military Records

Militia enrollment list, June 1917, Dunkirk, New York FamilySearch Library

Revolutionary Soldiers from Falconer, Fredonia, Jamestown, Silver Creek, Westfield, Carroll, Ellington, Gerry, Poland, Charlotte, Cherry Creek, Dunkirk, Pomfret, Portland, Stockton Jane Devlin online

Dunkirk Newspapers and Obituaries

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Advertiser and Union. Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1868-1913 New York State Library

Chautauqua Farmer, 1892-1894, 1898 Google News Archive online

Chautauqua Farmer. Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1869-1900 New York State Library

Dunkirk Beacon. Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1835-1845 New York State Library

Dunkirk Daily Herald. Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1890-1909 New York State Library

Dunkirk Evening Observer (Dunkirk, New York) (selections from 1827, 1889-91, and 1916-1950) Ancestry online

Dunkirk Evening Observer 1882-1950 Newspapers.com online

Dunkirk Gazette. Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1828-1828 New York State Library

Dunkirk Journal (Dunkirk, N.Y. : 1867) Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1869-1870 New York State Library

Dunkirk Journal (Dunkirk, N.Y. : 1882) Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1882-1885 New York State Library

Dunkirk Press & Western Argus. Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1860-1860 New York State Library

Dunkirk Weekly Journal (Dunkirk, N.Y. : 1863) Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1863-1866 New York State Library

Dunkirk Weekly Journal (Dunkirk, N.Y. : 1872) Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1873-1882 New York State Library

Dunkirk evening observer. Dunkirk, N.Y. 1889-12-09 to 1901-03-19 NYS Historic Newspapers online

Evening Observer (Dunkirk, New York) (selections from 1882-5) Ancestry online

Evening observer. Dunkirk, N.Y. 1882-12-04 to 1885-07-11 NYS Historic Newspapers online

Genealogical information reported in the Evening observer, Dunkirk, New York WorldCat

Genealogical information reported in the Evening observer, Dunkirk, New York 1882-1990 FamilySearch Library

Grape Belt (Dunkirk, N.Y.) Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1959-1960 New York State Library

Grape Belt and Chautauqua Farmer 1953-1954 Newspapers.com online

Grape Belt and Chautauqua Farmer, 1932-1933, 1938-1950, 1951-1952 Google News Archive online

Index To Births, Deaths and Marriages Reported in the Evening Observer, Dunkirk, New York 1983 - March 1, 1990 FamilySearch Library

Index to births, deaths and marriages reported in the Evening observer, Dunkirk, New York, 1983-March 1, 1990 WorldCat

Lake Shore Observer (Dunkirk, New York) (selections from 1885) Ancestry online

Lake shore observer. Dunkirk, N.Y. 1885-07-14 to 1886-07-12 NYS Historic Newspapers online

Risveglio (Dunkirk, N.Y.) Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1950-1950 New York State Library

The Dunkirk Observer Journal (Dunkirk, New York) (selections from 1887-9) Ancestry online

The Dunkirk Union. Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1860-1868 New York State Library

The Dunkirk observer-journal. Dunkirk, N.Y. 1886-07-13 to 1889-12-07 NYS Historic Newspapers online

The Grape Belt and Chautauqua Farmer. Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1900-1959 New York State Library

The evening observer. Dunkirk, N.Y. 1901-09-11 to 1909-08-26 NYS Historic Newspapers online

Timely News-Topics. Dunkirk, Chautauqua County : 1940-1941 New York State Library

Offline Newspapers for Dunkirk

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Advertiser and Union. (Dunkirk, N.Y. ;) 1868-1913

Chautauqua Farmer. (Dunkirk, N.Y.) 1869-1900

Dunkirk Beacon. (Dunkirk, N.Y.) 1835-1845

Dunkirk Evening Observer. (Dunkirk, N.Y.) 1916-1964

Dunkirk Journal. (Dunkirk, N.Y.) 1851-1863

Dunkirk Observer-Journal. (Dunkirk, N.Y.) 1886-1889

Dunkirk Tribune. (Dunkirk, N.Y.) 1876-1877

Dunkirk Union. (Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, N.Y.) 1860-1868

Evening Observer. (Dunkirk, N.Y.) 1882-1885

Evening Observer. (Dunkirk, N.Y.) 1901-1916

Grape Belt and Chautauqua Farmer. (Dunkirk, N.Y.) 1900-1959

Lake Shore Observer. (Dunkirk, Chautauqua Co., N.Y.) 1885-1886

Dunkirk Probate Records

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

Dunkirk School Records

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Cardinal Mindszenty High School - Herald Yearbook (Dunkirk, NY), 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958 E Yearbook online

Cardinal Mindszenty High School yearbook, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 Classmates online

Cardinal Mindszenty High School yearbook, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Cardinal Mindszenty High School yearbooks, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Dunkirk High School - Ivy Tower Yearbook (Dunkirk, NY), 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1958, 1959 E Yearbook online

Dunkirk High School yearbook, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Dunkirk High School yearbook, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Dunkirk High School yearbook, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Classmates online

Dunkirk Industrial High School - Tradesman Yearbook (Dunkirk, NY), 1944, 1958 E Yearbook online

Dunkirk Industrial High School yearbook, 1944, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963 Classmates online

Dunkirk Industrial High School yearbook, 1944, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Dunkirk Industrial High School yearbooks, 1944, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Mary's High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Marys Academy - Bells Yearbook (Dunkirk, NY), 1953 E Yearbook online

St Marys Academy yearbook, 1953 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Mary's High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 Classmates online

St. Mary's High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online



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