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Thank you for visiting the Town of Gainesville "Roots Web" site. The
emphasis of this site is to provide data for genealogy research, especially
names with dates of life events (births, baptisms, weddings and deaths),
information that ties names together (obituaries that list other family
members or weddings listing the bride's maiden name), or just general
history that adds context to the names and dates.
The Town (or Township) of Gainesville, Wyoming County, in western New
York State.
It is bordered to the north by Warsaw,
west by Wethersfield, south by Pike and east by Castile. The Town
encompasses the villages or settlements of Gainesville (village),
Gainesville Center, Hardys, Newburgh, North Gainesville,
Silver
Springs (East Gainesville), and Rock Glen. Gainesville is about
50 miles south-west of Rochester,
50 miles south-east of Buffalo, and 80 miles north-west of Corning.
The site was created in January 2004. It is very much a
work-in-progress, with some
sections fairly full (never complete), and others just set up as page
structure yearning
for information.
- Gainesville History -
Added 2/14/04
Basic history of Gainesville and its villages.
- Maps - Updated
12/3/05
Maps from various time periods, including a name index for 1888.
Recent addition is transcribed 1870 Gazetteer by
Childs
- Cemeteries -
Updated 8/8/04, added North
Gainesville Cemetery
Transcriptions of all cemeteries in Gainesville.
- Churches -
Updated 10/10/04, added Gainesville & North Gainesville United Methodist
(Histories, Records, and Pictures)
Silver Springs United Methodist Complete (Baptisms, Weddings & Funerals)
Brief histories and church records for baptisms, weddings and burials.
- Schools -
Updated 1/2/05 - Letchworth Central History
Gainesville Female Seminary, Silver Springs & Gainesville "High Schools"
Would like to get records and pictures from various district schools.
- Soldiers & Wars -
Added 3/8/04 the list of Rev. War
Soldiers, with additional information from land records, pension & service
records, DAR and more.
Names from 1812 added.
- Businesses -
Updated 10/10/04 - Added "Silver Springs Main
Street",
the stores & businesses on Main St. in early to mid 1900s.
- Bibliography & Resources -
Ongoing with other page updates.
- Guest Book -
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