Genealogy Research

Find A Grave
Millions of cemetery records

National Archives

US GenWeb Project
Free Genealogy Resources

Genesee County GenWeb
Genesee County, NY Genealogy Resources

Orleans County GenWeb
Orleans County, NY Genealogy Resources

International African American Museum Center for Family History

The Freedmen’s Bureau
Established in 1865, the Bureau provided relief for displaced Southerners, including newly freed slaves.

How to Preserve Family Archives (papers and photographs)

New York State Military Museum and Veterans Outreach Center

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database

Muster Rolls of the New York Infantry Regiments During the Civil War

Genesee County Home Inmates
Residents of the Genesee County Home/ poor house in East Bethany, NY. (Genesee County History Department)

Record of Inmate Deaths in the County Home (Genesee County, NY)
Genesee County History Department

The Statue of Liberty – Ellis Island Foundation
Free passenger & ship search records.