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Saturday, December 30, 2006

A history of the city of Buffalo and Niagara Falls

History of Buffalo: its origin, rise and progress

The First Unitarian Church of Buffalo : its history and progress : Rev. Dr. Hosmer's quarter centennial discourses, the parish -- the pulpit

Cattaraugus County : embracing its agricultural society, newspapers, civil list

The last sermon preached in the First Unitarian Church, Sunday, May 16th : and addresses delivered at the dedication of the Church of Our Father

The cradle of the queen city : a history of Buffalo to the incorporation of the city

Modern antiquities, comprising sketches of early Buffalo and the Great Lakes : also sketches of Alaska

Sketches of early Buffalo and the Niagara region

History of Allegany County, N.Y.

History of Cattaraugus Co., New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers

Historical sketch of the village of Gowanda, N.Y. : in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of its incorporation, August 8, 1898

New gazetteer and business directory for Livingston County, N.Y., for 1868

History of Chautauqua County, New York

The old Cattaraugus County court house and Ellicottville town hall

100th anniversary, St. Paul of the Cross Church, Dayton, New York

The history of the Buffalo and Susquehanna

A Brief history of Portville's flash flood in 1942

The Sesquicentennial of Cattaraugus County, 1808-1958 : to be held in Ellicottville, August 10-16, 1958

History of the Robbins family of Walpole, Massachusetts : descendants of William and Priscilla Robbins

Genealogies of the Lewis and kindred families

Inventory of the county archives of New York State (exclusive of the five counties of New York City)

A genealogical history of the Robert and Abigail Pancoast Hunt family : with a few thumb-nail sketches of the heads of the sub-families

A Book to commemorate the golden jubilee of Holy Name of Mary Church, Ellicottville, New York, 1909-1959

History of the original town of Concord : being the present towns of Concord, Collins, N. Collins and Sardinia, Erie County, New York

Mortality in retail trade

Seneca myths and folk tales

Illustrated history of the United Trades and Labor Council of Erie County

Semi-centennial celebration of the city of Buffalo : address of the Hon. E.C. Sprague before the Buffalo Historical Society, July 3, 1882

A Gallery of pen sketches : well known men of Buffalo and western New York in caricature

History of the Volunteer Fire Department of Buffalo, N.Y. : the Firemen's Benevolent Association, the Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Association

The saga of a city : and a new concept of government

Elbert Hubbard and his work : a biography, a sketch, and a bibliography

100 years of education, 1847-1947

History of Buffalo and Erie County, 1914-1919

Friday, December 29, 2006

History of the diocese of Buffalo

Fifty years of family social work, 1877-1927 : Charity Organization Society of Buffalo : Conference on Family Life in America Today, Buffalo, New York

Greater Buffalo and Niagara frontier : Niagara Falls, the Tonawandas, Lockport and Depew : commercial and industrial, illustrated

Rough list of manuscripts in the library of the Buffalo Historical Society

Buffalo, your city

The first hundred years of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce

Great citizens of Buffalo : the individuals to whom the University of Buffalo has awarded the Chancellor's Medal

Thursday, December 28, 2006

The Ebenezer community of true inspiration

Nationality, color, and economic opportunity in the city of Buffalo

Five minutes' talk about Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Buffalo to-day, industrial and commercial

Centennial of the town of Brant, 1839-1939

Quarto-sequennial of the town of Brant, 1839-1964

Forest Lawn : its history, dedications, progress, regulations, names of lot holders, etc.

Sesquicentennial history of the town of Brighton, Monroe County, New York, 1814-1964

History of Kenmore, Erie County, New York, 1926

History of the town of Ontario

The corners

A history of the village of Waterloo, New York : and thesaurus of related facts

Old Northampton in western New York

Purpose, principles, and progress of the Buffalo Baptist Union, 1880-1905

History of the town of Tonawanda, Erie County, New York, 1805-1930

Red Jacket

The past and future of Buffalo : a paper

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

The City of Buffalo and its surroundings

Irondequoit centennial album, 1839-1939

A memoir of the late William Hodge, Sen. : and illustrative miscellanies

The Village of Cattaraugus, New York : diamond jubilee, 1882-1957, seventy-five years of progress

Memorial of the city and county hall opening ceremonies, Buffalo, N.Y.

Niagara frontier : a narrative and documentary history

Buffalo Forge (1877-1952) : world-wide name in industrial equipment

Half century discourse : the first church in Buffalo

Statistics of the trade and commerce of Buffalo, 1884

Semi-centennial celebration : the Buffalo Orphan Asylum

Gravestone inscriptions of Chautauqua Cemetery, Chautauqua, N.Y. : Hunt family private cemetery, Chautauqua, N.Y., Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia Springs

Chautauqua Lake steamboats

Laws and resolutions of the Board of Supervisors of Chautauqua County

Inventory of the county archives of New York State

Some events in the history of Sherman

Chautauqua County schools and education, 1802-1902 : Westfield, New York

History of Evergreen cemetery : Sinclairville, Chaut. Co., N.Y., and other burial grounds in its laws, rules, regulations, names of lot-owners and map

Soldiers of the American Revolution : who at one time were residents of, or whose graves are located in Chautauqua County, New York

Proceedings of the Chautauqua Society of History and Natural Science

A reading journey through Chautauqua

Centennial history of the First Presbyterian Church and Society, Westfield, N.Y. : being a compilation of historical papers, given during the centenni

Selections of editorial miscellanies and letters

Stockton centennial address

The early history of Fluvanna, Chautauqua County, N.Y. : with numerous biographical and family sketches

A general administrative survey of the city of Jamestown, New York

Chautauqua publications : an historical and bibliographical guide

Addresses, essays, and miscellanies : from 1849 to 1890

The early history of the town of Ellicott, Chautauqua County, N.Y.

An elegant but salubrious village : a portrait of Geneva, New York

Complete history of the public utility movement in Jamestown : and other narratives of important events during his fifty years of public service, 1893

The portage trail

About Chautauqua : as an idea, as a power, and as a place

Tales of early Fredonia

Rochester imprints, 1819-1850 : in libraries outside of Rochester, an informal checklist

A discourse embodying facts connected with the early settlement and growth of Mount Morris : delivered at the dedication of the Presbyterian Church

History of the Batavia Union Free School, number two : of the village of Batavia, N.Y., from the formation of the school dist. in 1813

Tombstone inscriptions from the abandoned cemeteries and farm burials of Genesee County

The water supply of the city of Jamestown : a discussion of its quality, including reports upon examinations of the water

Re-union and memorial services of First Presbyterian Church, Fredonia, N.Y. : held March 22d and 23d, 1874 : with historical sermon and addresses

The churches and clergy of the pioneer period in Chautauqua County

A complete index to more than 10,000 personal names mentioned in Andrew W. Young's history of Chautauqua County, New York

Chautauqua historical and descriptive : a guide to the principal points of interest

The conquest of Chautauqua : Jamestown and vicinity in the pioneer and later periods as told by pioneer newspapers and persons

Chautauqua caravan

Autobiography

The Chautauqua region [of] New York

Chautauqua, an American place

Monday, December 25, 2006

We called it culture : the story of Chautauqua

Morally we roll along

Historical and descriptive review of Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, N.Y.

The story of Chautauqua

Fifty years of Chautauqua : its beginning, its development, its message, and its life

Centennial history of the Fredonia Baptist Church : Fredonia, New York (organized October 20, 1808)

History of the town of Perry, New York

Lafayette High School of Buffalo, N.Y. : in the World War, 1914-1919

Chautauqua sketches : Fair Point and the Sunday-school Assembly : descriptive history

When Buffalo was young : some incidents of local history retold for young people

Button's Inn

Pauls' dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and vicinity

Ninety years in Westfield, 1848-1938 : the National Bank of Westfield, Westfield, New York

Ins and outs of Buffalo : the queen city of the lakes, a thoroughly authentic and profusely illustrated guide

Federation of Churches, Buffalo and vicinity, Buffalo, N.Y. : the Federation is to the churches what the Chamber of Commerce is to the business intere

The rural community and its school

The silva of Chautauqua Lake, N.Y.

The Historic annals of southwestern New York

Directory of the First Congregational Church

The semi-centennial celebration of the Central Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, New York : addresses and discourse

Additional Geneva imprints, 1815-1849

The town of Amherst, Erie County, New York

A bibliography of books and pamphlets printed at Geneva, N.Y., 1800-1850

A bibliography of books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed at Canandaigua, New York, 1799-1850

History of Victor, New York, from 1669 to 1900

Representative Americans (continued)

A history of Ontario County, New York, and its people

A Remington family history, 1687-1962

Raskob-Green record book

Records of the Rawle family

Rochester and its early canal days : reminiscences of the author, while engaged on the New York State waterways, the Erie, Genesee Valley, Black River

The Academian

Reference business directory of Seneca County, N.Y. 1894-'95

History of Ontario County, New York : with illustrations and family sketches of some of the prominent men and families

Geneva sesqui-centennial celebration : commemorating 150 years of progress, August 18-24, 1957 : a presentation to the people of Geneva, New York

Descendants of Reade or Reed : William Reade and Mabel (Kendall), his wife, Supply Reed and Susannah (Byam), his wife, John Reed and Rebecca (Bearce)

Souvenir of Clifton Springs, N.Y. : the sanitarium and environs

The Seneca Falls of David B. Lum, 1806-1875

The family of Requa, 1678-1898

History of the Seneca Baptist Association : with sketches of churches and pastors

William Randolph I of Turkey Island (Henrico County) Virginia and his immediate descendants

Henry Randolph I (1623-1773) [sic] of Henrico County, Virginia and his descendants : preceded by short review of the Randolph family in early England

History, correspondence, and pedigrees of the Mendenhalls of England, the United States and Africa

The descendants of William Milhous, Jr. and Martha Vickers

Ancestry of Sharpless Moore and Rachel (Roberts) Moore

The descendants of Ensign John Moor of Canterburg, N.H., : born 1696-died 1786

Biographical sketches of the Moody family : embracing notices of ten ministers and several laymen, from 1633 to 1842

The Minor family of Virginia

Old houses and churches of Wayne County, New York State

Americana in Drumlin Square

Sunday, December 24, 2006

The University of Rochester, the first hundred years

Rochester and Monroe County, New York : pictorial and biographical

A narrative of Thomas Hathaway and his family, formerly of New Bedford, Massachusetts : with incidents in the life of Jemima Wilkinson, and the times

The centuries in Elma : a compilation of historical accounts by many authors relative to the history of the town of Elma, Erie County, New York

Beat 'em or join 'em

A city plan for Rochester : a report for the Rochester Civic Improvement Committee, Rochester, N.Y.

Backward glances at old Rochester

George W. Aldridge, big boss, small city

A story of Rochester

First Church chronicles, 1815-1915 : centennial history of the First Presbyterian Church, Rochester, New York

Traveling on the Democratic donkey

Christ Church, Rochester, western New York : a story-chronological A.D. 1854-A.D. 1905

Municipal manual of Rochester and register of Monroe county

Irondequoit story : a history of the town of Irondequoit (suburb of Rochester, county of Monroe, state of New York) covering the years 1839-1957

Yates County miscellany : newspaper clippings

A sketch of the early settlement of Olean : and its founder Major Adam Hoops

Pioneers of Macedon : and other papers of the Macedon Center Historical Society

A Biographical record of Schuyler County, New York

History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, and Schuyler Counties, New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and p

Rose neighborhood sketches : Wayne County, New York, with glimpses of the adjacent towns: Butler, Wolcott, Huron, Sodus, Lyons, and Savannah

Gazetteer and business directory of Chemung and Schuyler counties, N.Y., for 1868-9

The book of industrial Rochester

History of Macedon Academy, 1841-1891

One hundred and fifty years of the Presbyterian Church, Lyons, New York, 1809-1959

"Grip's" historical souvenir of Wolcott, N.Y.

Penn Yan, New York

Descriptive guide book of the Watkins Glen : (located at Wakins--head of Seneca Lake--Schuyler Co., N.Y.) and its romantic surroundings

Centennial record, First Presbyterian Church, Penn Yan, N.Y.

Yates County's "boys in blue", 1861-1865 : who they were and what they did

Club men of Rochester in caricature : nineteen hundred fourteen

Memories of local naturalists

The First settlement and early history of Palmyra, Wayne County, N.Y. : embracing some incidents and anecdotes hitherto unpublished.

Fairport, New York, centennial, 1867-1967

Palmyra and vicinity

History of Jerusalem : containing and treating of traces of pre-historic people

Early Wayne County settlers and their Rhineland origins

History of the town of Marion, Wayne County, state of New York, 1795-1937

The military history of Yates County, N.Y. : comprising a record of the services rendered by citizens of this county in the army and navy

Military history of Wayne County, N.Y. : the county in the Civil War

The early history of Palmyra : a Thanksgiving sermon

The student's handbook of Yates County

"Grip's" historical souvenir of Clyde, N.Y.

Around the town in by-gone days : Newark and town of Arcadia, N.Y., 1971-1853

History of Yates County, N.Y. : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers

The history of the town of Catherine, Schuyler County, N.Y.

Reference business directory of Schuyler County, N.Y. 1893-'94 : with map

Pioneer history of Sodus Point, N.Y.

Manual of the Plymouth Church of Rochester : Rochester, N.Y.

A path to freedom : one underground railroad route in Monroe County

A Memorial of the celebration of Palmyra, N.Y. of centennial Fourth of July, 1876

The First Congregational Church : sesquicentennial, 1802-1952

Golden jubilee : history of St. Bridget's parish, Rochester, New York : November sixth

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rochester, N.Y. : a brief history of the first one hundred years of Rochester's second Episcopal parish

The Book of the Rochester centennial

Historical and biographical history of the township of Dayton, Cattaraugus County, New York

History and directory of Yates County : containing a sketch of its original settlement by the Public Universal Friends

Landmarks of Wayne County, New York

Portrait and biographical record of Seneca and Schuyler Counties, New York

A Brief history of the Salem Evangelical Church, Rochester, New York

Seventy-fifth anniversary, St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Norton and Jewel Streets, Rochester, New York : September 26th to October 10th

Greek letter men of Rochester

Four-score years : a contribution to the history of the Catholic Germans in Rochester

Manual of the First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, N.Y. : with historical sketch and account of the centennial celebration, February 2nd to 5th, 1912

History of the town of Elma, Erie County, N.Y., 1620 to 1901

Franklinville, N.Y., in pictures and story

Town of Phelps, its history, agricultural prosperity, etc. : an address before the officers and members of the Phelps Agricultural Society

The story of Brockport for one-hundred years, 1829-1929

The history of the township of Farmington, New York : with biographies of prominent citizens

"Grip's" historical souvenir of Lyons, N.Y.

Ogden centennial pioneer reminiscences, 1802-1902

Wheatland, Monroe County, New York : a brief sketch of its history

50 years of progress : village of Webster

Fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the Brick Church, Rochester, N.Y. : thirty-fifth anniversary of the pastor, November 28th, 1875

Churches of Rochester : ecclesiastical history of Rochester, N.Y. : narrative of the rise, progress, and present condition of each religious

Perinton's heritage : Perinton sesquicentennial, 1812-1962

Rochester : a story historical

Rochester social centers and civic clubs : story of the first two years

Desultory notes and reminiscenses of the city of Rochester : its early history, remarkable men and events, strange revelations of the murders

Rochester ways

An address before the association at its annual gathering and festival, Oct. 26, 1859

History of Rochester and Monroe County, New York : from the earliest historic times to the beginning of 1907

An authentic history of the Douglass monument : biographical facts and incidents in the life of Frederick Douglass, his death at Anacosta, D.C.

St. Mary's Hospital and the Civil War

History of the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Rochester, New York 1911-1961 : an historical sketch

History of the police department of Rochester, N.Y. : from the earliest times to May 1, 1903 : with a record of the principal crimes committed

Rochester in the Civil War

A survey of the character building agencies of Rochester, New York

Jonathan Child and his house

Register of the William Henry Seward papers : typescript

The town of Clarkson sesquicentennial, 1819-1969

Early history of the town of Perinton : typescript

Rochester and Post Express : a history of the city of Rochester from the earliest times : the pioneers and their predecessors

A contribution toward a bibliography on Rochester, N.Y. : typescript

The early settlers of Perinton, N.Y., 1790-1830 : typescript

Records of Bethel Free Church, Washington Street Church, Central Presbyterian Church and Central Presbyterian Church Sunday School, 1836-1906

Annotated bibliography of periodical references on Rochester, New York : January 1925-September, 1936

Published writings of Arthur Caswell Parker 1900-1959 : a bibligraphy : typescript

Gazetteer and business directory of Monroe County, N.Y. for 1869-70

Semi-centennial history of the city of Rochester : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers

The pioneers of Mendon : early history of the town and its settlers

The pioneers of Mendon

Century old houses (histories and pictures) of Monroe County, New York State : typescript

Boys grown tall : a story of American initiative : a reprint of thirty-two biographical sketches of Rochester industrialists published in the daily

A major street plan for Rochester, New York

The grandest playground in the world

Handbook of social agencies : Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Greek revival architecture in the Rochester area

One hundred years : a century of commerce in Rochester, N.Y.

The quarter century : a review of the first twenty-five years, 1925-1950

Notable men of Rochester and vicinity : XIX and XX centuries

Short skyride : a story of golden days in Rochester

Moses Atwater of Canandaiqua N.Y. to Samuel J. Andrews of Derby, Conn. : a packet of letters relating to the early history of Rochester, 1812-14

Life in Rochester, or, Sketches from life : being scenes of misery, vice, shame, and oppression, in the city of the Genesee

In memoriam, James Boylan Shaw, D.D.

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