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COUNTY HISTORY
Chautauqua County was formed in 1808 from Genesee County. Available information includes:

• Detailed information on the history of Chautauqua County from the 1824 Gazetteer.
• Detailed information on the history of Chautauqua County from the 1860 Gazetteer.
• Individual Town listings from the 1824 New York State Gazetteer.
• Individual Town listings from the 1860 New York State Gazetteer.

SKETCHES of the HISTORY of CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY by Emory F. Warren, 1846
    Scanned page images

HISTORY of CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY by Andrew W. Young, 1875
        View the entire contents of this book online - University of Michigan
          Another transcription of the entire book - Nathan Zipfel

• Churches
• Early Banking
• Portland
• Early Settlers: Lot Purchases & Family Histories

1881 CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY ATLAS - transcribed by Sue Gullo & Marsia Painter

• County History
• Personal Notices
• Township Histories

CENTENNIAL HISTORY of CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, 1904

• The Ellery Friends 
• Ellery Stories

TOWN HISTORY

Arkwright
Arkwright Sesquicentennial - 1955 by John and Evangeline Griswold
There-A-Bouts: Mills and Dams in Hanover and Arkwright 1804-1930 - 1984 by Ernest F. Donahue

Town(e) Family of Arkwright – Aaron Town Diaries 1877-1878 – Sheryl Lucas & Nathan Towne

Busti    

Carroll
Harry Saxton & Early Kennedy History

Charlotte    

Chautauqua    

Cherry Creek

Clymer    

Dunkirk    

Ellery

• Long Point, Ellery
• Ellery Stories, 19?? from the Jamestown Newspaper

Ellicott 
EARLY HISTORY of the TOWN of ELLICOTT by Dr. Gilbert W. Hazeltine, 1887

• Our Country's Defenders
• Prendergast Academy & "Juty" Smith
• Quaker School & the Murder of Mrs. Cornell

Ellington    

French Creek

Gerry    

Hanover

• ONCE UPON A TIME by Marion Thomas, 1976

• Silver Creek, 1948 Lake Shore News Supplement for the 100th anniversary of Incorporation.
  All Articles &  Photos from  the Supplement are available.

• Blue Eagle Tavern, 1978

• There-A-Bouts: Mills and Dams in Hanover and Arkwright 1804-1930 - 1984 by Ernest F. Donahue

Harmony

Jamestown
JAMESTOWN PAST and PRESENT, 1913

• Oldest Streets in the City

Kiantone    

Mina    

North Harmony

Poland    

Pomfret   

Portland

Ripley    

Sheridan    

Sherman

Stockton    

Villenova    

Westfield
PORTAGE TRAIL HANDBOOK

• The Button Family

NEWS & MAGAZINE ARTICLES

• Old Settler's Reunion, 1873
• B47 Plane Crash into Wright Peak of Adirondacks, 1962
• Dr Storms Plane Crash [1, 2], and obituary, 1963
• Early Home Textile Production, 1982
• Family Century Farms from the Jamestown Post-Journal

E-BOOKS (Books On-line)

• Books On-line at the Digital Book Index - a great link provided by Yvelle Zak, Elkridge, MD

Updated 05 APRIL 2009