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*[http://www.fredonia.edu/library/collections/archives/holland.asp Holland Land Company] description, historical background, contents, inventory (downloadable), supplementary collections, and Holland Land Company records in other libraries.<br> | *[http://www.fredonia.edu/library/collections/archives/holland.asp Holland Land Company] description, historical background, contents, inventory (downloadable), supplementary collections, and Holland Land Company records in other libraries.<br> | ||
*[http://fre.sunyconnect.suny.edu:4410/F OneSearch Fredonia Catalog] online. Search by keyword, title, author, subject, publisher, series, call number, ISBN, or ISSN. [[File:Holland Land Co holdings in NY & PA.png|right|400px]]<br> | *[http://fre.sunyconnect.suny.edu:4410/F OneSearch Fredonia Catalog] online. Search by keyword, title, author, subject, publisher, series, call number, ISBN, or ISSN. [[File:Holland Land Co holdings in NY & PA.png|right|400px]]<br> | ||
*[http://www.fredonia.edu/library/collections/archives/index.asp Archives and Special Collections] Holland Land Company and | *[http://www.fredonia.edu/library/collections/archives/index.asp Archives and Special Collections] Holland Land Company and the Local History Collections.<br><br> | ||
=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
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The '''Daniel A. Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia''' has indexes to, and most of the original patents (first deeds) showing the transfer of land ownership between 1801 and 1840 from the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] to private individuals in western New York and Pennsylvania. Some names on the patents could be fictitious.<ref name="DB83">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 83. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | The '''Daniel A. Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia''' has indexes to, and most of the original patents (first deeds) showing the transfer of land ownership between 1801 and 1840 from the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] to private individuals in western New York and Pennsylvania. Some names on the patents could be fictitious.<ref name="DB83">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 83. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | ||
The Local History Collections are mostly focused on Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties, but also include some material from surrounding New York and Pennsylvania counties. They hold books, pamphlets, serials, manuscripts, audio-visual materials, maps and atlases, and microforms, including censuses, vital records, local newspapers abstracts, cemetery transcirpts, church records, manuscripts, county histories, newspapers (on microfilm), and reference files.<ref>[http://www.fredonia.edu/library/collections/archives/localhistory.asp Local History]</ref> | The Local History Collections are mostly focused on Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties, but also include some material from surrounding New York and Pennsylvania counties. They hold books, pamphlets, serials, manuscripts, audio-visual materials, maps and atlases, and microforms, including censuses, vital records, local newspapers abstracts, cemetery transcirpts, church records, manuscripts, county histories, newspapers (on microfilm), and reference files.<ref>[http://www.fredonia.edu/library/collections/archives/localhistory.asp Local History] in ''Fredonia State University of New York'' (accessed 3 May 2016).</ref> | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
*The staff of the Archives and Special Collections do not provide individualized genealogical research for patrons beyond fulfilling specific requests for resources determined to be in our holdings. | |||
*To schedule a research appointment to work with the Local History collections at SUNY Fredonia, please use the [http://www.fredonia.edu/library/services/request_forms/archives_request.asp Archival Research Request] e-mail form online. | |||
=== Alternate Repositories === | === Alternate Repositories === | ||