Erie County is located in western New York State. In 1990,
the county population was 968,532 in a land area of 1,044 square
miles, an average of 927 people per square mile. The county seat
is Buffalo, organized in 1810, incorporated as a village in 1816
and as a city in 1832.
Did your ancestor ride the Erie Canal?
- NYGenWeb's Off-Line Sources for Erie County
- Roots: The
Buffalo, NY Genealogy Forum.
A comprehensive list of genealogy related research sites, organizations and websites for Buffalo and Erie County. Check this first!
- Censuses State and federal
censuses taken in Erie County with notes on the availability
of indexes and links to those that are currently online.
- Home pages Personal web
sites with Erie County connections. Submit new listings to the
Webmaster.
- Queries
Searching for information on a surname? Enter it here!
- Query
Archive
Queries submitted prior to June, 1999.
- Volunteers E-mail addresses
of those who have volunteered to do limited look-ups on specific
reference books.