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Town of Pendleton Births, Marriages, and Deaths

Town of Pendleton Births, Marriages, and Deaths

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:June 24, 2024
  • Post Category:General / Niagara County

The following is from an e mail with the Town of Pendleton clerk on 23 February 2024: Genealogical Information for: Births, Deaths, & Marriages Births: a. Records exist for years…

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Protected: (V45, N1) Cemetery Urns Across Niagara County by Jeanette Sheliga

Protected: (V45, N1) Cemetery Urns Across Niagara County by Jeanette Sheliga

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:January 1, 2023
  • Post Category:Cemeteries / Digital Newsletter / Niagara County

Different books define the meaning of the urn as: death contains the soul container for ashes of a person who has been cremated death of the flesh #1. Stahler Cemetery,…

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1927 Map of Niagara Falls

1927 Map of Niagara Falls

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:February 8, 2022
  • Post Category:Niagara County

Part of the Digital Collections of the New York Heritage website is a Map of Niagara Falls and Vicinity made by the Niagara Falls Power Company in 1927. This map…

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Lockport, NY Newspapers – Digital Guide Creation

Lockport, NY Newspapers – Digital Guide Creation

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:February 4, 2022
  • Post Category:General / Newspapers / Niagara County / Online Resources

The following is the start of creating a Digital Guide to Newspapers Published in Lockport and their availability. If you know of resources to add to this, please contact Jeanette…

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Businesses of Niagara County: Seitz & Co., Undertakers

Businesses of Niagara County: Seitz & Co., Undertakers

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:January 26, 2022
  • Post Category:Niagara County

SEITZ & CO.,UNDERTAKERS. A LARGE STOCK OF Coffins and CasketsON HAND. We sell 10 to 15 per cent. cheaper than any dealer in the county, as we pay no commission.…

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Niagara County History in the News: September 3, 1886

Niagara County History in the News: September 3, 1886

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:September 3, 2021
  • Post Category:Newspapers / Niagara County

The following is an article from The Youngstown News and Niagara Free Press on September 3, 1886: NORTH RIDGE Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ball, of Leroy, are rising relatives on…

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People of Niagara County: Dr. Wm. B. Rice

People of Niagara County: Dr. Wm. B. Rice

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:August 20, 2021
  • Post Category:Niagara County / People

Found on the Old Fulton Postcards website (https://www.fultonhistory.com) is the following article about a new doctor in Niagara Falls. This article was published within the Niagara Falls Gazette on Wednesday,…

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People of Niagara County: C. H. and Joseph Witmer

People of Niagara County: C. H. and Joseph Witmer

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:June 12, 2021
  • Post Category:Niagara County / People

Ann Marie Linnabery of the Niagara County Historical Society wrote an article for the Lockport Union Sun & Journal titled “The Witmer Family” on 1 December 2018. You can read…

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Online Resource: Pauls’ Dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and Vicinity (1896)

Online Resource: Pauls’ Dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and Vicinity (1896)

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:May 24, 2021
  • Post Category:Niagara County / Online Resources

One of the books that has been added to Archive.org is Pauls' Dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and Vicinity (1896) published by the Peter Paul Book Company in Buffalo,…

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People of Niagara County: Joseph Johnson

People of Niagara County: Joseph Johnson

  • Post Author:Jeanette Sheliga
  • Post published:May 7, 2021
  • Post Category:Niagara County / People

This sad story was found in the Buffalo Evening Courier and Republic on 14 February 1873: "Death of a Drinking Man. Last night Joseph Johnson, a man somewhat addicted to…

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The Niagara County Genealogical Society is an all volunteer organization created in January 1979 for the purpose of advancing the study of genealogy. We are chartered by the NY Board of Regents as a non-profit educational group. Our library is housed in the Historical Society Building in Lockport, NY.

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