JAMESTOWN, NY -- Classes on using city directories for genealogical searches will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28, and Monday, April 30, in the new Public Computer Center at Prendergast Library, 509 Cherry Street in Jamestown. Fenton History Center Archivist Karen Livsey, who has 40 years of genealogical experience, will ... Read More

Painstakingly extracted years ago from the large volume of New York State records, the muster rolls of Chautauqua County men who served in the Civil War are now available for the first time online. Recently scanned by the Chautauqua County Historical Society, the typed, notebook pages give the names, regiments, ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY — Last week I spent time with three members of the Upstate NY Chapter of Association of Personal Historians at the George Eastman House in Rochester. If you're like many, you probably don't know what a "personal historian" is or does. Until recently, I also did not know about the myriad of services they provide. Simply put, ... Read More