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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] in ''Fredonia State University of New York'' (accessed 3 May 2016).</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><br><br> | ||
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