Edit existing Rating: SUNY Fredonia Reed Library

{{breadcrumb | link1=[[United States Genealogy|United States]] | link2=[[New York, United States Genealogy|New York]] | link3=[[Chautauqua County, New York Genealogy|Chautauqua County]] | link4=[[New York Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] | link5=[[SUNY Fredonia Reed Library|SUNY Fredonia Reed Library]] }} {| width="100%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="5" style="border-bottom: rgb(147,139,119) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(147,139,119) 1px solid; background: rgb(245,241,240) 0% 50%; border-top: rgb(147,139,119) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(147,139,119) 1px solid; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" |- | {| width="99%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="7" border="0" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" |- | style="text-align: left; line-height: 110%; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0,51,102); font-size: 180%" | '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' |} [[File:Reed Library Fredonia.jpg|thumb|border|right|600px|<center>State University of New York at Fredonia Daniel A. Reed Library</center>]] === Contact Information === '''Email:''' [mailto:reedref@fredonia.edu reedref@fredonia.edu] <br> '''Address:'''<br> {{Block indent|Daniel A. Reed Library<br>SUNY Fredonia<br>280 Central Ave<br>Fredonia, NY 14063<br><br>}} '''Telephone:''' Library 716-673-3184; Special Collections 716-673-3183; Special Collections Fax: 716-673-3185<br> [https://fredonia.libcal.com/hours/ '''Hours and calendar'''] '''Map and public transportation:'''<br> *'''''Maps, Directions, Public transportation: ''''' [https://www.fredonia.edu/admissions-aid/visit-tour/maps-directions Travel Info and Directions]<br> *'''''Google map: ''''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Daniel+A+Reed+Library/@42.4510187,-79.3459265,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89d2cc7d948ccbd9:0x56342509735408ae SUNY Fredonia Reed Library]<br> '''Internet sites and databases:'''<br> *[http://www.fredonia.edu/library/ Daniel A. Reed Library] library catalog, news, find, services, collections, about, and ask a librarian. *[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. *Fredonia State University of New York, Daniel A. Reed Library, [https://fredonia.libguides.com/specialcollections Special Collections & Archives].<br> {{Block indent|1=*[https://fredonia.libguides.com/c.php?g=968870&p=7000993 Digitized Holland Land Company Archives Microfilm on New York Heritage (DC004)]<br>|2=1}} {{Block indent|*[https://nyheritage.org/organizations/suny-fredonia-daniel-reed-library New York Heritage Digital Collections]: [https://nyheritage.org/collections/holland-land-company-archives Holland Land Company Archives]<br>}} {{Block indent|*[https://nyheritage.org/collections/holland-land-company-maps Holland Land Company Maps].}} === Collection Description === [[File:Holland Land Co holdings in NY & PA.png|right|400px]] 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>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 83. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> The Local History Collections are mostly focused on Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties of New York, 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 transcripts, 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> === Tips === *The staff do not provide individual genealogical research for patrons beyond fulfilling specific requests for resources determined to be in their holdings. *Schedule a research appointment to work in the Local History Collections at SUNY Fredonia by using the [https://fredonia.libcal.com/appointments/reedlibrary Schedule a Research Appointment] form online. === Alternate Repositories === If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. '''Overlapping Collections'''<br> *[[Buffalo and Erie County Public Library]] has a good collection with good indexes including biographies, family folders, county and local histories for all of New York, and [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] deeds. *[[Library of Congress]], Washington, DC, the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] deeds are part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources.<ref name=DB4>William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 4. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> *[[National Archives at New York City]], has [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] deeds, federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passenger indexes, port of NYC records, naturalizations, inventions.<ref name=DB125>Dollarhide and Bremer, 125-26.</ref> *[[New York Public Library]] Genealogy Division in Manhattan has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New York censuses, directories, and vital records.<ref name="Milstein">[http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/milstein-division-us-history-local-history-genealogy Irma and Paul Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History and Genealogy] in ''New York Public Library'' (accessed 16 October 2010).</ref> They also have the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] deeds. *[[New York State Archives]], Albany, has manuscripts, vital record indexes, [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] deeds, maps, military, court, alien depositions, prisoners, Erie Canal passenger lists, wills, estates, and state censuses. *[[Stadsarchief Amsterdam]] (Amsterdam Municipal Archives in the Netherlands) Some of the earliest New York City ([[New Netherland|New Netherland]]) records are also stored here. Also, the earliest European New York settlers often lived in Amsterdam before their move to the New World.<ref>Gwenn F. Epperson, ''New Netherland Roots'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub., 1994), 37-43. {{WorldCat|29980509}}; {{FSC|651271|item|disp=FS Library Book 974.7 D27e}}.</ref> Includes the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] 1801-1840 deeds from western New York state, and northwestern Pennsylvania.<ref name="HLC">[http://www.fredonia.edu/library/collections/archives/holland.asp Holland Land Company] in ''SUNY Fredonia'' (accessed 22 November 2013).</ref> '''Similar Collections''' *[[Cornell University Library]], Ithaca, has a large collection of Protestant church records for western New York as well as an excellent collection of histories, maps, newspapers, and New York censuses. Rare books and manuscripts are outstanding, and they publish the best research guides to New York counties. '''Neighboring Collections''' *[http://chautauqua.ny.us/168/County-Clerk Chautauqua County Clerk], Mayville, deeds, marriages 1908-1935, censuses 1825-1925, and military discharges. (Town clerks have births and deaths)<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 9th ed''. (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1999), 282. {{WorldCat|812163213}}; {{FSC|740321|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 1999}}.</ref> *[http://chautauqua.ny.us/170/County-Historian Chautauqua County Historian], Mayville, earliest legal and court records dating from 1811. *[https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/8jd/Chautauqua/surrogates.shtml Chautauqua County Surrogates Court 8th JD], Maysville, wills and probate records. *[http://www.nywd.uscourts.gov/ United States District Court for the Western District of New York], Buffalo and Rochester, (includes Chautauqua County) has recent civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases. *[http://mcclurgmuseum.org/Genealogy%20-%20Family%20Name%20adj.pdf Chautauqua County Historical Society], Westfield, has dozens of genealogies. *[http://www.chautgen.org/ Chautauqua County Genealogical Society], Fredonia, seminars and publications. *[https://chq.org/season/literary-arts/community/smith-memorial-library Smith Memorial Library], Chautauqua, helps genealogical researchers. *[[Orchard Park New York FamilySearch Center]] has [[FamilySearch Center Portal|premium online services]] for free and offers research guidance. *Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' in '''New York:''' [[Cattaraugus County, New York Genealogy|Cattaraugus]], [[Erie County, New York Genealogy|Erie]], and in '''Pennsylvania:''' [[Erie County, Pennsylvania Genealogy|Erie]], and [[Warren County, Pennsylvania Genealogy|Warren]]. *[[Albany Institute of History and Art]] with the best indexes and colonial Albany records of the 1600s. *[http://archnyarchives.org/ Archives of the Archdiocese of New York], Yonkers, includes parish register births, confirmations, marriages, and deaths, school records, and leadership papers.<ref>[http://archnyarchives.org/collections/ Collections] in ''Archives of the Archdiocese of New York'' (5 May 2016).</ref> *[[Bronx County Historical Society]] has a large manuscript collection, biographical files, family folders, obituaries, cemetery transcripts, city directories, and marriages.<ref name="DB81">Dollarhide and Bremer, 81.</ref> *[[Brooklyn Historical Society]] includes finding aids and collections guides to archives, manuscripts, oral histories, photographs, paintings, oral history database, and maps. They have sources for New England immigrants to Long Island, NY.<ref name="DB81" /> *[[Children's Aid Society]], NYC, an orphan train sending institution. Archives searches ($) for adoptions, and orphan train riders. NYHS houses some of their records.<ref name="Guide">[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/childrensaidsociety/dscref11.html Guide to the Records of the Children's Aid Society 1836-2006 (bulk 1853-1947) MS 111] at ''The New-York Historical Society'' (accessed 8 April 2021).</ref> *[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/ Columbia University Libraries], NYC, history, biography, ethnic studies, newspapers, and government documents.<ref>[http://library.columbia.edu/subject-guides.html Research Guides by Subject Area] in ''Columbia University Libraries'' (accessed 5 May 2016).</ref> *[[Historic Hudson Valley Library]], Tarrytown, has unique early Hudson River migration sources such as steamboats, industries, and culture. *[[Holland Society of New York]], NYC, has 7,000 [[New Netherland]] family and local history books, Dutch Reformed Church records. Good collection for other ethnic groups along the Atlantic coast.<ref name="DB81" /> *[[Huguenot Society of America]], NYC, open by appointment: history, settlement, genealogy, biography, theology. They have the largest Huguenot collection outside London, including 1600s records of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and colonial America.<ref name="DB81" /> *[[Leo Baeck Institute]], NYC, preserves family and community histories about Jews in German speaking countries.<ref>[https://www.lbi.org/ Home] in ''Leo Beck Institute'' (accessed 5 May 2016).</ref> *[[Montgomery County Department of History and Archives]], early Montgomery (formerly Tryon) County had jurisdiction over much of upstate New York. These archives have an extensive genealogy section. *[[New York City Department of Records]] has New York City birth, death, and marriage records; the 1890 police census; city directories; voter registrations; almshouse records; and municipal government records.<ref name="DB81" /> *[[New York City Municipal Reference and Research Center]] can provide street name origins, city council minutes, serials and books.<ref name="DB81" /> *[[New York Foundling Hospital]], NYC, an orphan train sending institution, can do records research for close relatives only. NYHS houses some of their records.<ref name="Guide2">[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/foundling Guide to the Records of the New York Foundling Hospital 1869-2009 MS 347] at ''New-York Historical Society'' (accessed 28 September 2012).</ref> *[[New York Genealogical and Biographical Society]], NYC, has donated their collection to the [[New York Public Library]]. NYG{{amp}}BS now offers educational programs, publications, and digital communication.<ref>[http://newyorkfamilyhistory.org/global/about-us/history-nygb History of the NYG{{amp}}BS] in ''The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society'' (accessed 5 May 2016).</ref> *[[New-York Historical Society]] has the largest manuscript collection in NY, town records, colonial records, newspapers, periodicals, biographies, histories, directories, maps, photos.<ref name="DB81" /> *[[New York State Library]], Albany, has local histories, genealogies, atlases, church, cemetery (including DAR), city directories, microfilmed newspapers, censuses, passenger lists, ad periodicals.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 83.</ref> *[[Onondaga Historical Association]], Syracuse, has the best collection of family folders (10,000) on the East Coast *[[Queens Historical Society]], Flushing, This large facility has many indexes to biographical and historical sources in their collection.<ref name="DB81" /> *[[Staten Island Historical Society]] is the best place for Staten Island research. Because many immigrants settled there, they have a strong immigration collection.<ref name="DB81" /> *[[Steele Memorial Library]], Elmira, has a good collection of indexes to biographies, genealogies, family folders, books, periodicals, and manuscripts. *[[Vital Records Section of the New York State Department of Health]], Menands, NY, for '''''outside''''' New York City births and deaths (1881-present), and marriage licenses (1880-present). Also, all divorces since 1963.<ref>[http://www.health.ny.gov/vital_records/ Vital Records] in ''New York State Department of Health'' (accessed 6 May 2016).</ref> *Repositories in '''''surrounding states (or provinces):''''' [[Connecticut Archives and Libraries|Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts Archives and Libraries|Massachusetts]], [[New Jersey Archives and Libraries|New Jersey]], [[Ontario Archives and Libraries|Ontario]], [[Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries|Pennsylvania]], [[Quebec Archives and Libraries|Quebec]], and [[Vermont Archives and Libraries|Vermont]]. === Sources === {{reflist}} |} {{New York|New York}} [[Category:United States Repositories]] [[Category:Chautauqua County, New York]] [[Category:New York, United States]] [[Category:New York Archives and Libraries]]