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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
[[File:Holland Land Co holdings in NY & PA.png|right|400px]] | [[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 | 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}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL 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 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> | 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 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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*[[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 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 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 | *[[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</ref> | *[[Onondaga Historical Association]], Syracuse, has the best collection of family folders (10,000) on the East Coast</ref> | ||
*[[Queens Historical Society]], Flushing, This large facility has many indexes to biographical and historical sources in their collection.<ref name="DB81" /> | *[[Queens Historical Society]], Flushing, This large facility has many indexes to biographical and historical sources in their collection.<ref name="DB81" /> | ||