Collections concentrate on Jamestown and southern Chautauqua County, but cover all of the county and include family history files, a card file for deaths and marriages from 19th century newspapers, printed family genealogies, county census records and indexes, Jamestown city directories, plus manuscript and photograph collections. Copying is available. Copying is available. The Archives of the Holland Land Company offer insights into the settlement and development of Western New York. There are extensive Seneca Nation records there, and the librarian, Jack Ericson, is a Seneca genealogy expert.
Copying is available.
These include family history materials, city directories, school yearbooks, local histories, diaries, photographs, and clipping files. Copying is available. Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat. The library of the Chautauqua County Genealogical Society is also located here. Copying is available.