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| Genealogy Library |
| The Barker Historical Museum's book catalog will soon be online at The Library Thing (check back with us soon, the link will become live shortly!)
The Barker Historical Museum is also the headquarters for the Chautauqua County Genealogy Society. A list of the publications created by the Genealogy Society can be obtained on request. The Town of Pomfret lost pre-1880 vital records in a fire. Contact Roberta Valentine, Village Clerk, for vital records after 1880 at 716-672-7496 or write to: Town of Pomfret Offices, 9 Day St., Fredonia, NY 14063. To obtain a birth certificate from the Village of Fredonia call Lucy at 679-2303/2302. The cost is $10. Cemetery records can be acquired by contacting: Audry Schmoyer - Forest Hill Cemetery Sexton at 716-672-7156 Michaelene Comerford - Town of Pomfet Cemetery Sexton 716-672-7185 The Garland Genealogy Library at the Barker Historical Museum collections’ focus is mainly on Northern Chautauqua County although if we do not have your family we will recommend additional resources in the County, for example the Fenton History Center covers the Jamestown area and also has a research library. Contact information for the Fenton is http://www.fentonhistorycenter.org/ |
| -Family files and family histories
-Indexes to Chautauqua County census records for 1820, 1855, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1875 -Chautauqua County Census records on microfilm for 1825 - 1930 -The Fredonia Censor on microfilm and indexed -Chautauqua County cemetery records -Indexes for the Dunkirk Observer 1882 - 2000 -Local Civil War research materials -Multiple newspaper indexes -Genealogy journals -New England general genealogy information -General genealogy reference material -DAR materials |
| Reference Materials found in the Garland Genealogy Library |