Tonawanda Genealogy (in Erie County, NY)

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Tonawanda 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

Tonawanda Cemetery Records

Church records, 1856-1983 (Salem United Church of Christ (Tonawanda, New York)) FamilySearch Library

City Cemetery Billion Graves online

City Cemetery Find a Grave online

Failing Cemetery Find a Grave online

Failing/Zimmerman Cemetery Erie County New York Cemeteries online

Faling Cemetery Interment online

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

Inscriptions from Eggert Road cemetery, Eggertsville : Staley family cemetery, Grand Island, and St. Paul's cemetery, Tonawanda, in Erie County, New York FamilySearch Library

Mount Olivet Cemetery Billion Graves online

North Bush Cemetery Interment online

North Bush Chapel aka St. John's Cemetery Erie County New York Cemeteries online

Ohel Jacob Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Francis Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Francis Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Francis of Assisi Chapel Columbarium Find a Grave online

Saint John's Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Johns Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Peters German Cemetery Find a Grave online

Salem Cemetery Billion Graves online

Salem Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

St. Christopher's Roman Catholic Cemetery Erie County New York Cemeteries online

St. John's Cemetery Interment online

St. Peter's German Cemetery Interment online

St. Peter's German Evangelical Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

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

Tonawanda, New York burial, transit, and cemetery permit card index, 1894-1904 FamilySearch Library

Werkley Cemetery Billion Graves online

Tonawanda 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

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

Tonawanda Church Records

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

Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths Saint Francis of Assisi Church (Tonawanda, N.Y.) WorldCat

Church records, 1847-1922 (Zion United Church of Christ (Tonawanda, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1849-1960 (Saint Peter's United Church of Christ (Tonawanda, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1852-1979 (Catholic Church. St. Francis of Assisi (Tonawanda, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1856-1983 (Salem United Church of Christ (Tonawanda, New York)) FamilySearch Library

Ellwood United Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1911-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Tonawanda City Directories

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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

New York, City Directories (includes Tonawanda 1922 and 1927) Ancestry online

Paul's dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and vicinity : a descriptive index and guide to the various institutions, public buildings, societies, amusements, resorts, etc., in and about the city of Buffalo FamilySearch Library

Tonawanda City Directory 1911 MyHeritage online

Tonawanda City Directory 1914 MyHeritage online

Tonawanda City Directory 1952 MyHeritage online

Tonawanda, NY 1903-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1903 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1905 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

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

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1917 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1919 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1932 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Tonawanda, New York, City Directory, 1933 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Tonawanda/ North Tonawanda, NY 1936, 1938-1939, 1942 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Tonawanda/North Tonawanda (New York) city directories FamilySearch Library

Tonawandas, NY 1948, 1951-1953, 1955, 1958-1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Tonawanda Death Records

1880-1956 New York Death Index MyHeritage online

1880-1956 New York, Death Index Ancestry online

Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths Saint Francis of Assisi Church (Tonawanda, N.Y.) WorldCat

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

Tonawanda Histories and Genealogies

Greater Buffalo and Niagara frontier : Niagara Falls, the Tonawandas, Lockport and Depew, commerical and industrial, illustrated FamilySearch Library

History of the Town of Tonawanda, Erie County, New York, 1930 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

History of the town of Tonawanda, Erie County, New York, 1805-1930 Ancestry online

History of the town of Tonawanda, Erie County, New York, 1805-1930 FamilySearch Library

Pauls' dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and vicinity : a descriptive index and guide to the various institutions Ancestry online

Pioneer suburb : a comprehensive history of Kenmore, New York, 1899-1974, with background on the town of Tonawanda from 1641 to 1903 FamilySearch Library

Tonawanda, the way it was : a history of the town of Tonawanda from 1805-1903 FamilySearch Library

Tonawanda 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, 1831-1906; index, 1831-ca.1930 FamilySearch Library

Tonawanda Armory (N.Y.) archives, 1891-1952 Archive Grid

Tonawanda Land Records

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

Schedule of payments for improvements to Tonawanda Reservation lots, ca. 1849 Archive Grid

Western New York Land Transactions, 1804-1824 Ancestry online

Western New York Land Transactions, 1825-1835 Ancestry online

Tonawanda Map Records

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

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tonawanda, Erie County, New York, 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tonawanda, Erie County, New York, 1910-1951 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tonawanda, Erie County, New York, March 1886 Library of Congress online

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

Tonawanda Marriage Records

1881-1967 New York State, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths Saint Francis of Assisi Church (Tonawanda, N.Y.) WorldCat

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

New York Marriages, 1600-1784 Ancestry online

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

Tonawanda Military Records

Tonawanda Armory (N.Y.) archives, 1891-1952 Archive Grid

Tonawanda Newspapers and Obituaries

Daily News (Tonawanda, N.Y. : 1880) Tonawanda, Erie County : 1880-1885 New York State Library

Tonawanda Daily News (Tonawanda, N.Y. : 1885) Tonawanda, Erie County : 1885-1885 New York State Library

Tonawanda News 03/18/2010 to 01/30/2015 Genealogy Bank online

Tonawanda, New York newspaper index of births, marriages,and deaths FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Tonawanda

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.

Niagara River Pilot. (Tonawanda, N.Y.) 1853-1860

Tonawanda Herald. (Tonawanda, N.Y.) 1875-1903

Tonawanda Probate Records

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

Tonawanda School Records

Cardinal O'Hara High School yearbook, 1969, 1979, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kenmore East High School yearbooks, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kibler High School - Scholastics Yearbook (Tonawanda, NY), 1929 E Yearbook online

Tonawanda High School - Tonawandan Yearbook (Tonawanda, NY), 1934, 1936, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959 E Yearbook online

Tonawanda High School yearbook, 1929, 1934, 1936, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1984, 2004, 2006 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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