Elma, Erie County, New York Genealogy

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Resources[edit | edit source]

Church Records[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

Additional Resources:

Erie County, New York History

Genealogical Resources: History of Elma, NY

Repositories[edit | edit source]

Archives, Libraries and Museums[edit | edit source]

Elma Public Library
1860 Bowen Road
Elma, NY 14059
Phone: 716-652-2719

Grosvenor Room [pronounced GROVE-ner]
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
1 Lafayette Square
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 858-8900
Email form | blog

Genealogical Resources: Local histories, census records, church and cemetery records, city directories, ethnic and immigration research, African American research, published family histories, maps and atlases, military records and history, vital records, yearbooks and school records. The website includes dozens of guides for topics such as: African-American Genealogy, Canadian Genealogy, German Genealogy, Irish Genealogy, Italian Genealogy, Jewish Genealogy, Native American Genealogy, and Polish Genealogy.

Buffalo History Museum
Research Library
1 Museum Court
Buffalo, NY 14216
Contact | Library Catalog | Digital Projects

Genealogical Resources: Atlases, gazetteers, city and social directories, church records, cemetery records, censuses, compiled genealogies, histories, manuscripts and personal papers, maps, military indexes, newspapers, obituary index, periodicals, photographs, onsite access to full text Buffalo newspapers, 1811-1923, at Newspapers.com

Elma Town Museum
Elma Historical Society

Elma Town Hall
1910 Bowen Road
Mailing address: P.O. Box 84
Elma, NY 14059-0084
Phone: 716-652-6310[1]

Societies[edit | edit source]

Elma Historical Society
1910 Bowen Road
P.O. Box 84
Elma, NY 14059-0084
Phone: 716-652-6310
Email: elmahistory@aol.com

Western New York Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 338
Hamburg, N.Y. 14075-0338
Genealogical Resources: Surname list, locality list, 1865 Census index, journal, research library.

Town Clerk[edit | edit source]

Town of Elma, Clerk
Town Hall, 1600 Bowen Road
Elman, NY 14059
Phone: 716-652-3260
Email: townclerk@elmanewyork.com

Town Historian[edit | edit source]

Robert C. Newton, Historian
251 Creek Road
East Aurora, NY 14052
Phone: 716-652-9274

Town Records[edit | edit source]

To locate additional published and transcribed records for Elma, Erie County, New York Genealogy check:

  • Gordon L. Remington, New York Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002). Archive.org; At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 974.7 D27r. Alphabetical list including date founded, if a town history exists, church and cemetery sources, and if a Civil War register (TCR) exists. The codes used under Church and Cemetery are defined in the link above the listing of towns, cities and villages.


Vital Records[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Erie County, New York Town Historians, Historical Societies and Historical Museums, Updated: 20 October 2004, http://wnyroots.tripod.com/index-historians.html (accessed 15 December 2011).

Places[edit | edit source]