Genealogy
and Local History
The
Jon F. Popkey Genealogy Room
Books and Periodicals
Our
collection includes both circulating and non-circulating materials.
Topics cover specialty areas of research such as: geographical,
cemetery research, courthouse research, computer resources,
naturalization records, vital records, Family History Guides by the
Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) and much, much more. Periodicals
include Ancestry magazine, the New England Historical and
Genealogical Register and more.
Special
Records
Germans to America (1850-1888), Edited by
Ira Glazier and P. William Filby
This CD-ROM is a compilation of
names and data on millions of German immigrants to America.
Applications
from the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows
Various
lodges including: Lewiston, Fort Niagara, Niagara Falls, LaSalle and
Wilson (1846-1935)
Includes
name, age, location, and occupation
Record of Marriages - Lewiston - 1838 to 1841
Published
Genealogies
Our
collection includes over 40 personal local family genealogies.
Vertical
Files
Our
vertical files have been compiled for decades and include family
histories, local histories, newspaper clippings, newsletters and the
following:
The town
and village of Lewiston tax roll, 1838
The
village of Pekin tax roll, 1838
State of
NY Census of Indians, 1845, Tuscarora
Village
of Lewiston Census, 1865
Lewiston
School Fund, Commissioner’s Old Blotter and Ledger 1816-1843
A record
of the proceedings of School District No. 3, formed out of parts of the
towns of Lewiston and Porter, Niagara County, 1819-1872
Hotchkiss
Store ledger, 1819
Early
settlers in Niagara, including the first census, 1782-84, 1786, 1787
(with index)
Loyalist
Provisioning lists, 1786, Niagara
Butler’s
Rangers, 1771-1784
The Irish
in Niagara Falls (a scrapbook of local interest)
The
Good Templars, 1868, Meeting Minutes, Lewiston, NY
Independent Order of the Odd Fellows, Sacarissa Lodge, 1846,
Meeting
Minutes, Lewiston, NY
Cemetery
Records
St.
Mary’s/Sacred Heart, Niagara Falls
The Village
of Lewiston Cemetery 1801-1997
By Alan Johnson
Lewiston,
New York, Village Cemetery Census, 1966
