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The Erie County Public Library has a large amount of material that would assist your in your search for ancestors that lived in the Erie/ NW Pennsylvania area.
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=== The Grosvenor Room ===
=== Obituary Listings ===


The Buffalo and Erie County Public Library's genealogy and local history department is known as the Grosvenor ''[pronounced GROVE-ner]'' Room. It is the premiere genealogical destination in Western New York. The focus of the collection is on Buffalo and Erie County; however, it includes resources for other New York counties, states, and foreign countries. The collections of the Western New York Genealogical Society and the Polish Genealogical Society of New York State are housed in the Grosvenor Room. [https://www.buffalolib.org/subject-guides/home-and-family/genealogy This page lists databases, special collections, and other materials of interest to genealogists.]
As a service to their patrons doing genealogical research, the ECPL has compiled and maintains an obituary index for Erie County, Pennsylvania, from 1822 to present.
[http://www.erielibrary.org/research-services/obituary-listings/ Obituary Listings]


=== Local History File ===
=== Genealogy Collection ===
 
The Grosvenor Room is the premiere genealogical destination in Western New York and holds a wealth of information on all things Buffalo and Erie County. The focus of the collection is on Buffalo and Erie County, however, it includes resources related to other New York counties, states, and foreign countries.
[http://www.buffalolib.org/content/grosvenor/genealogy-collection Genealogy Collection]


As a service to their patrons doing genealogical research, the Grosvenor Room has an extensive card file called the Local History File, with thousands of newspaper citations. Most date from the 1930s to the 1980s. In addition to obituaries, it lists articles about people, places, things, and events drawn from Buffalo newspapers.


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ErieCounty to New York Societies to Buffalo and Erie County Public Library

Buffalo&Erie County Historical Society.jpg

The Heritage Room[edit | edit source]

The Erie County Public Library has a large amount of material that would assist your in your search for ancestors that lived in the Erie/ NW Pennsylvania area. The Heritage Room

Obituary Listings[edit | edit source]

As a service to their patrons doing genealogical research, the ECPL has compiled and maintains an obituary index for Erie County, Pennsylvania, from 1822 to present. Obituary Listings

Genealogy Collection[edit | edit source]

The Grosvenor Room is the premiere genealogical destination in Western New York and holds a wealth of information on all things Buffalo and Erie County. The focus of the collection is on Buffalo and Erie County, however, it includes resources related to other New York counties, states, and foreign countries. Genealogy Collection