GENESEE COUNTY HISTORY DEPARTMENT RESEARCH FORM

GENESEE COUNTY HISTORY DEPARTMENT RESEARCH FORM
Genesee County History Department and Records Management
3 West Main Street
Batavia, NY 14020
585/344-2550 ext. 2613
VITAL RECORDS ARE HELD BY THE CLERK OF THE TOWN WHERE THE EVENT (BIRTH, MARRIAGE,
DEATH) TOOK PLACE. NEW YORK STATE DID NOT REQUIRE VITAL RECORDS UNTIL AFTER 1880!
If you want a copy of a vital record you will have to write to the municipal clerk. You can also contact the New
York State Archives as they have a copy of the index for vital records. Their address is: New York State Archives
Cultural Education Center, Room 3043, Albany, NY 12230, phone (518) 474-8955, or e-mail at
archref@nysed.gov.
To obtain copies of birth, marriage or death certificates you might contact: New York State Department of Health
Vital Records Section, Corning Tower Building, Albany, NY 12237, phone (518) 474-3077, or e-mail at
www.health.state.ny.us
LAND RECORDS/DEEDS ARE HELD BY:
THE GENESEE COUNTY CLERK, COUNTY BUILDING #1, BATAVIA, NEW YORK 14020, TELEPHONE #
585/344-2550 EXT. 2242
WILLS, PROBATE, ADMINISTRATION RECORDS ARE HELD BY:
THE SURROGATE COURT, GENESEE COUNTY COURTS FACILITY, 1 WEST MAIN STREET, BATAVIA,
NEW YORK 14020, TELEPHONE #585/344-2550 EXT. 2237
HOLLAND LAND COMPANY RECORDS ON MICROFILM ARE HELD AT:
REED LIBRARY, S.U.N.Y. FREDONIA, FREDONIA, NEW YORK 14063
PLEASE NOTE: OUR RECORDS COVER THE THIRTEEN TOWNS OF GENESEE COUNTY AS IT IS
TODAY!
THE GENESEE COUNTY HISTORIAN’S OFFICE DOES NOT ANSWER e-MAIL REQUESTS! A FILLED-
OUT GENESEE COUNTY HISTORY DEPARTMENT RESEARCH FORM ACCOMPANIED BY PAYMENT
IS REQUIRED.
To request a search of the records held by the Genesee County History Department, please complete this form and
send the appropriate fees. Please remember that a search does not always produce a record and the department
must receive payment before sending you information. Checks are to be made payable to: Genesee County
Treasurer.
YOUR NAME:________________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:___________________________________________________________________________________
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GENESEE COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS:
THE DAILY NEWS 1878-1974 (Batavia newspaper)
1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, $20.00 per surname per decade [Please note: this is
1880 are available time-and consuming and labor intensive.] If date is
$10 per year per surname known please fill out the Daily news article
request form.
Name: Year: Fee: Name: Year/Date: Fee:
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CEMETERY RECORDS:
$15.00 per surname to check the following
towns: Alabama, Alexander, Bergen, Bethany,
Byron, Darien, Elba, Oakfield, Pavilion,
Pembroke and Stafford $20.00 per surname to
check Batavia and LeRoy cemetery records, this
does not include Catholic Cemeteries, Only St.
Joseph’s of Batavia
Name: Town: Fee:
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OBITUARY NOTEBOOKS:
Our notebooks include any obituary that was in
the Batavia Daily.
$5.00 per name per year
$30.00 per name to check all years
(1891-1937 with some gaps & 1992-2007)
Name: Year: Fee:
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GENEALOGY FILES
(Includes any information collected for that
surname, we do not search the file for a
particular individual.)
$15.00 per surname
Name:
Fee:
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NATURALIZATION RECORDS:
$15.00 per individual
Name:
Fee:
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MILITARY RECORDS:
Civil War & Spanish American War only
$15.00 per individual
Name:
Fee:
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MILITARY NOTEBOOKS
$5 per surname per war
_____ Civil War -Registration Cards
_____ Civil War Soldiers Miscellaneous
Information Including Registration Cards And
Applications For Headstones.
_____ Civil War Newspaper Articles 1861-1865
(All Typed)
_____ WWI Newspaper Articles
_____ WWII In progress
_____ Korean Newspaper Articles
_____ Vietnam Newspaper Articles
Check the War
Name:
Fee:
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DIRECTORIES (Batavia) 1869-1981 with some
gaps $5.00 per year
Name: Year: Fee:
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LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS:
$10.00 per book: Gazetter and Biographical
Record of Genesee County, NY 1788-1890 by
F. W. Beers, Descriptive and Biographical
Record of Genesee County, New York by Safford
North 1899, City of Batavia by Ruth M.
McEvoy, History of Genesee County1890-1982
edited by Mary McCulley
Name: Title: Fee:
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SAULS NOTES
$5 per surname
Name:
Fee:
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COUNTY HOME
(Deaths That Occurred In The County Home)
$5 per surname
Name:
Fee:
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YEAR BOOKS SENIORS ONLY

$10.00 per year, per name
Alexander- 1947, 1950-52, 1962
Batavia- 1912, 1914-16, 1918, 1921-38, 1959
Byron-Bergen- 1977
Notre Dame- 1955
GCC- 1966, 1969, 1979
LeRoy- 1912, 1929-32, 1934-80
Oakfield-1928-29
Name: Year: Fee:
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CHURCH RECORDS
$15.00 per church
Alexander
________Secretary’s book of LADIES SEWING
CYCLE OR BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONorganized
1849
________UNIVERSALIST (membership list)
1840, 1843, 1884, 1871, 1891, 1892
Batavia
________FIRST BAPTIST 1834-1939
_______ EMMANUAL BAPTIST 1884-1939
________St. PAUL’S LUTHERAN 1880-1939
________EPISCOPAL 1815-1939
________FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL
1841-1939
_________PRESBYTERIAN 1809-1939
Bergen
________CONGREGATIONAL (First)
1831-1852
________STONE 1828-1842
Elba
________BAPTIST 1820-1881
Le Roy
________BAPTIST 1816-1829
________PRESBYTERIAN 1850-1887
________METHODIST EPISCOPAL
1851-1905
Stafford
_________SAINT PAUL’S EPISCOPAL
ca.1842
Check the church
Name:
Fee:
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