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Business records
Willard and Smith (hardware)
records of purchases by individuals
Wages Acct. Allegany Lumber Co. 1911-1913, Chipmonk accts 1905-1920
Ledger 1894-1907, Day book 1862, 1868
E.F. Smith Account Book 1924-1932
Collins Brothers (memorials)
records of purchases of tombstones
1879, 1881, 1893, 1900, 1905-1910, 1916, 1919-1927

City directories
R.L. Polk's Olean Directories: includes towns of Allegany and Portville.
The following years are available:



1882 1894-95 1902 1918 1920 1922 1924 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1939-40 1941 1943 1945
1947 1948 1950 1952 1953 1954-55 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
1967 1969 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1986

Also available:
Gazetteer and Business Directory of Cattaraugus County, NY for 1874-5
compiled and published by Hamilton Child

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Genealogies

ALLEN
Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Lee and Clarinda Knapp Allen
ARNOLD
Arnold - Muskets to Missiles
compiled by George Irving
BAXTER
Baxter - George and Thomas
BLOOMINGDALE
Bloomingdale - Binns
BOOTH
Joseph Booth and Descendants 1818-1991
by Clifford T. Booth
BURROUGHS
Burroughs and Burroughs
compiled by Theodora Blanche Burroughs 1942-1959
CARLS
The Carls Family
CRAM
The Cram Sourcebook-Vol I, II, III
by Michael A. Cram
DIETEMAN
1. The Dieteman Family
compiled by Mark W. Dieteman
2. John and Mary Kempf Dieteman
by Tim Jones
ENSWORTH
Ancestors of Tracey Ensworth and Williams
FORNESS
The Forness Family
compiled by Patricia Vedder
FREEMAN
1. Descendants of John Freeman
2. Freeman Genealogy
by Frederick Freeman, 1875
GRADER
The Grader Family
compiled by Tim Jones
HALL
Hall and Kyser
by Merle Kyser
HITCHCOCK
1. Hitchcock
by Corky Simon
2. Shadrack Hitchcock
compiled by Phyllis Beebe
KEYS
The Keys Family
KREAMERS
KYSER
Hall and Kyser
By Merle Kyser
LE GAULT
Payment, Vezina, Seguin, Le Gault, and Lepine Families
LEPINE
Payment, Vezina, Seguin, Le Gault, and Lepine Families
MARTINY
The Martinys
compiled by Orma Carls
from data furnished by Helen Martiny Rehler
MCRAE
The Memories of Irene Schnell McRae
MILLER
The Miller Family History
MORRIS
The Descendents of John Morris
by Richard H. Goms Jr.
NENNO
1. The Nenno Family Tree
by Don Gentner
2. The Nenno History
OYER
The Oyer and Allied Families
supplement by Phyllis Smith Oyer
PAYMENT
Payment, Vezina, Seguin, Le Gault, and Lepine Families
RICE
1. By the Name of Rice
by Charles E. Rice
2. Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice
SCHNELL
Schnell Family
by Gertrude Schnell
SCOTT
1. The Twisted Tree - A Scott Family
by Dan Schultz
2. The Scott Family
SHELDON
The Sheldon Saga
by Clara E. Sheldon
SIGGINS
Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins
by E. B. White
THORNBURY
Heritage in Thornbury
WHITE
The John N. White Family
WILBUR
1. Wilbur Family
by Charlotte Tyler
2. Freeman Wilbur and Mercy Kenyon
by Phyllis Beebe
WILSON
The Wilson Family
WILSONS
Wilsons of Jefferson County
WILBOR
Wilbor-Wildbor Family, 5 volumes

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Journals and diaries
Local history
Five Mile Valley Farms and Owners of the Early 1900's and Later (book and video)
by Vernon E. Field
History of Cattaraugus County, NY with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of it's prominent men and pioneers
by L.H. Everts, 1879
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus County, N.Y. with map and illustrations
edited by William Adams, 1893
Our Allegany Heritage - A Sesquicentennial Review
edited by Islay Nicholson Bergreen and Thomas J. Schaeper
published by the town of Allegany, 1981
Scrapbooks

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