Olean Genealogy (in Cattaraugus County, NY)

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Olean Birth Records

1881-1942 New York Birth Index MyHeritage online

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

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

Olean Cemetery Records

B'Nai Isreal Cemetery Painted Hills Genealogy Society online

B'nai Israel Cemetery Billion Graves online

Bnai Israel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Gravestone inscriptions in Cattaraugus County, New York : including cemeteries in Freedom, Franklinville and Yorks Ancestry online

Mount View Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mountview (Olean Library) Cemetery Painted Hills Genealogy Society online

Mt. View Cemetery, cemetery records, Olean, New York FamilySearch Library

Pleasant Valley Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pleasant Valley Cemetery New York Gravestones online

Olean 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

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

Town of Olean Census Index 1855 Painted Hills Genealogy Society online

Town of Olean Census Index 1865 Painted Hills Genealogy Society online

Town of Olean Census Index 1875 Painted Hills Genealogy Society online

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

Olean Church Records

Bethany Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records, 1829-1938 (Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church (Olean, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1871-1938 (First Methodist Episcopal Church (Olean, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1876-1917 (Catholic Church. St. Mary of the Angels (Olean, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1893-1959 (People's Methodist Episcopal Church (Olean, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1902-1946 (Bethany Lutheran Church (Olean, New York)) FamilySearch Library

New York, U.S., Frank S. Rowland Church Register, 1889-1917 (includes records from First Methodist Episcopal Church, Olean, New York, 1903-1904) Ancestry online

Olean City Directories

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Jamestown and Olean, NY, City Directories from 1875-1916 New York Heritage Digital Collections online

Olean (New York) city directories FamilySearch Library

Olean City Directory 1918 MyHeritage online

Olean City Directory 1922 MyHeritage online

Olean City Directory 1926 MyHeritage online

Olean City Directory 1934 MyHeritage online

Olean City Directory 1936 MyHeritage online

Olean, NY 1904-1934 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Olean, NY 1936, 1938-1941, 1943, 1945, 1947-1948, 1950, 1952, 1953-1957 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Olean, NY, City Directory, 1916, 1922/1923, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1939/1940, 1941, 1943 New York State Library

Olean, NY, Telephone Books, 1923, 1928, 1940/41, 1947/48, 1950/51 New York State Library

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

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

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1918 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1920 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1924 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1934 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1936 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1943 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1945 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1947 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Olean, New York, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

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

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

Olean, New York, city directory : including Allegany, Hinsdale, Portville, Westons Mills; also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory FamilySearch Library

Olean Death Records

1880-1956 New York Death Index MyHeritage online

1880-1956 New York, Death Index Ancestry online

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

Olean Histories and Genealogies

A sketch of the early settlement of Olean : and its founder Major Adam Hoops Ancestry online

A sketch of the early settlement of Olean and its founder Major Adam Hoops FamilySearch Library

Olean Historical Gazetteer published 1893 (brief biographies) Painted Hills Genealogy Society online

Olean History Painted Hills Genealogy Society online

Olean, N.Y., "the city of natural advantages" : its history and institutions, with illustrated sketches of its industries Ancestry online

Olean, N.Y., the city of natural advantages : it's history and institutions, with illustrated sketches of its industries and some of its citizens FamilySearch Library

The Oleander review and outlook : Olean, 1922-1923, an illustrated compendium of the municipal, religious, educational Ancestry online

The Oleander review and outlook : Olean, 1922-1923, an illustrated compendium of the municipal, religious, educational, residential, industrial, financial, commercial and general public interests FamilySearch Library

Olean 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, 1847-1956 FamilySearch Library

Olean Land Records

Deed records, 1818-1917; index, 1817-1968 FamilySearch Library

Western New York Land Transactions, 1804-1824 Ancestry online

Western New York Land Transactions, 1825-1835 Ancestry online

Olean Map Records

Bird's eye view map of Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York 1882. Library of Congress online

Olean, 1882 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York, 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York, 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York, 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York, August 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York, February 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York, May 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York, September 1894 Library of Congress online

Olean Marriage Records

1881-1967 New York State, Marriage Index Ancestry online

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

New York Marriages, 1600-1784 Ancestry online

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

Olean Military Records

Olean, NY Civil War Soldiers Painted Hills Genealogy Society online

Olean Newspapers and Obituaries

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Olean Democrat 1880-1895 Newspapers.com online

Olean Evening Herald (Olean, New York) (selections from 1913-1925) Ancestry online

Olean Evening Times (Olean, New York) (selections from 1909-1913, 1919-1931, and 1941) Ancestry online

Olean Evening Times. Olean, Cattaraugus County : 1909-1931 New York State Library

Olean NY Times Herald 1932-1972 Fulton History online

Olean daily herald. Olean, N.Y. 1881-09-08 to 1882-03-29 NYS Historic Newspapers online

Olean herald. Olean, N.Y. 1884-04-12 to 1905-12-30 NYS Historic Newspapers online

Sunday morning herald. Olean, N.Y. 1882-04-09 to 1884-12-27 NYS Historic Newspapers online

The Democrat (Olean, New York) (selections from 1880-3) Ancestry online

The Democrat. Olean, N.Y. 1883-01-09 to 1885-12-31 NYS Historic Newspapers online

The Independent Olean Press. Olean, Cattaraugus County : 1989-1989 New York State Library

The Olean Democrat (Olean, New York) (selections from 1883-95) Ancestry online

The Olean Democrat. Olean, N.Y. 1886-01-07 to 1909-12-31 NYS Historic Newspapers online

Times Herald (Olean, N.Y.) Olean, Cattaraugus County : 1932-1932 New York State Library

Times Herald (Olean, New York) (selections from 1935-1946 and 1948-1951) Ancestry online

Times Herald 1909-1951 Newspapers.com online

Times Herald 1942-1942 Allegany Public Library online

Offline Newspapers for Olean

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.

Olean Advertiser. (Olean, N.Y.) 1856-1866

Olean Democrat. (Olean, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y.) 1883-1909

Olean Evening Herald. (Olean, N.Y.) 1906-1925

Olean Evening Times. (Olean, N.Y.) 1909-1931

Olean Herald. (Olean, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y.) 1883-1905

Olean Morning Times. (Olean, N.Y.) 1882-1909

Olean Times. (Olean, N.Y.) 1860-1900

Olean Weekly Advertiser. (Olean, Cattaraugus County, N.Y.) 1866-1868

Times Herald. (Olean, N.Y.) 1932-Current

Olean Probate Records

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

Olean School Records

Archbishop Walsh High School - Aerie Yearbook (Olean, NY), 1964 E Yearbook online

Archbishop Walsh High School yearbook, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Olean High School - Congress Yearbook (Olean, NY), 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959 E Yearbook online

Olean High School yearbooks, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Westbrook Academy, 1908-09 Painted Hills Genealogy Society online

Westbrook Academy, 1928-29 Painted Hills Genealogy Society online



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