Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York Genealogy
Guide to Olean, Cattaraugus ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Resources
Church Records
Online Church Dadtabases
Original Church Records
- Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church (Olean, New York), Church records, 1829-1938 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983). FS Library Film 1378639
- First Methodist Episcopal Church (Olean, New York), Church records, 1871-1938 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983). FS Library Film 1381556 Items 2-6
- Catholic Church. St. Mary of the Angels (Olean, New York), Church records, 1876-1917. FS Library Film 1324439
- People's Methodist Episcopal Church (Olean, New York), Church records, 1893-1959 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983). FS Library Film 1381556 Item 1
- Bethany Lutheran Church (Olean, New York), Church records, 1902-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985). FS Library Film 1411870 Item 1
History
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Repositories
Archives, Libraries and Museums
Libraries
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Olean Public Library |
Genealogical Resources: Newspapers, Obituary Index, cemetery records, local history, census data. Genealogy Information |
Museums
Olean Point Museum
The Fannie Bartlett House
302 Laurens St.
Olean, NY 14760
Phone: 716-376-5642
Email: ddeckman@cityofolean.org
Museum Information
Societies
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Olean Historical and Preservation Society |
Genealogical Resources: Family files, photos, local history, city directories. |
City and Town Clerks
Alexander Utecht, City Clerk
Olean Municipal Building
l01 East State Street
PO Box 668
Olean, NY 14760
Phone: 716-376-5604
Fax: 716-376-5634
Email: autecht@cityofolean.org
Wannetta A. Shelley, Town Clerk[1]
1143 Steam Valley Rd.
PO Box 487
Olean, NY 14760
Phone: (716) 373-0582
Fax: (716) 373-0640
City and Town Historians
David Deckman, City Historian
107 East Ohio St.
Olean, NY 14760
Olean Town Historian (Vacant)
Newspapers
- The Democrat (Olean, N.Y.). 1880-1883. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).
- The Democrat (Olean, N.Y.). 1880-1883. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).
- The Olean Democrat. 1883-1895. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).
- The Olean Democrat. 1883-1895. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).
- Olean Evening Times. 1909-1941. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).
- Olean Evening Times. 1909-1941. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).
- Olean Evening Herald. 1913-1925. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).
- Olean Evening Herald. 1913-1925. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).
- Times Herald (Olean, N.Y.). 1935-1951. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).
- Times Herald (Olean, N.Y.). 1935-1951. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).
City/Town Records
To locate additional published and transcribed records for Olean, Cattaraugus 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
City of Olean, Vital Records
101 East State Street
PO Box 668
Olean, NY 14760-0668
Phone:716-376-5604
Additional Resources
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The USGenWeb Project: Olean, New York |
Genealogical Resources: Church and vital records, local history, cemetery information, pictures |
References
- ↑ Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogist's Address Book: State and Local Resources, with Special Resources Including Ethnic and Religious Organizations, 6th ed. (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub., 2009), 379. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D24ben 2009.
Places
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