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Heritage Discovery Center Library Collection

 Our library contains artifacts and original family letters dating in the mid to early 1800s. We also have genealogical resource books, maps, documents, computers and reproduction equipment, procured with membership dues and/or donations to the library by members and/or benefactors 

You can make an appointment with Donna Shine to visit the Heritage Discovery Center Library. Contact Donna at librarian@bigswy.org

Northeast Pennsylvania Connections

There are many families from Northeast Pennsylvania who came to Western New York to work in the steel plants and on the railroads. Newspaper articles/death notices that reference Northeast Pennsylvania people with Western New York connections can be found in a database that will be uploaded shortly.

ConferenceKeeper

ConferenceKeeper is an entire calendar of VIRTUAL genealogy events, webinars, and zoom meetings, hosted by libraries and societies all over North America. We've also added more online volunteer projects/opportunities from several very excellent organizations, on the "Volunteer" page. 

Buffalo and Erie Country Public Library (B&ECPL)

The Local History File, located in the Grosvenor Room at the Central Library, is the B&ECPL's most comprehensive resource on Buffalo's history. It consists of index cards with citations to articles and books about Buffalo and Erie County topics. The Richardson Olmsted Complex is featured. The Special Collections Division maintains and preserves the rare, unique, and locally significant holdings of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System

 https://www.buffalolib.org/subject-guides/home-and-family/genealogy 

John Joseph 'Exile' McBride - Buffalo's Forgotten Irish Freedom Fighter & Human Rights Crusader

BIGS member Michael McBride discovered, through DNA, that he was the great nephew of a internationally known human rights crusader known as Exile McBride. Exile joined the Fenians in the Battle of Ridgeway and was captured. After his release, he worked with five American presidents and met with the Prime Minister of England to help gain Irish independence from England.

New York Central Railroad (NYCRR) employee cards available

 New York Central Railroad (NYCRR) employee cards are available for purchase. A Sample of the NYCRR index is below - it is a work in progress constantly being added to.


To see if your ancestors records are available you can request a FREE name verification of the record: you will receive a YES/NO answer as being listed in our databases. If YES: You would also be told the number of cards attached to the employee and how many backside copies would be available for a total black & white copy cost AND what a colored copy cost would amount to. (LIMIT of 10 names per month) 

NYCRR EMPLOYEE CARDS research request and costs (pdf)

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BIGS Public Index-NYCRR 4654 employee cards (pdf)

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Buffalo Irish Sites

Buffalo Irish Center

Buffalo Irish in the Civil War

Buffalo's Old First Ward

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Buffalo's Old First Ward

Buffalo Irish in the Civil War

Buffalo's Old First Ward

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Buffalo Irish in the Civil War

Buffalo Irish in the Civil War

Buffalo Irish in the Civil War

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Buffalo Research

The History of Buffalo

Buffalo Irish in the Civil War

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The Buffalo Barracks

The History of Buffalo

The History of Buffalo

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The History of Buffalo

The History of Buffalo

The History of Buffalo

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Buffalo Irish Times

Buffalo Irish Times

Buffalo Irish Times

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Photo Gallery

Western NY Sites

Western New York Genealogical Society

The Western New York Railway Historical Society

Western New York Genealogical Society

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Niagara County Genealogical Society

The Western New York Railway Historical Society

Western New York Genealogical Society

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The Western New York Railway Historical Society

The Western New York Railway Historical Society

The Western New York Railway Historical Society

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Steel Plant Museum of Western New York

Steel Plant Museum of Western New York

The Western New York Railway Historical Society

  A  small but dynamic museum interpreting Buffalo and WNY’s steelmaking history 

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The Buffalo Geological Society

Steel Plant Museum of Western New York

The Buffalo Geological Society

Not a genealogical organization, but co-located in the HDC with BIGS. For those who share an interest in minerals, fossils, rockhounding, geosciences, and the lapidary arts. 

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Heritage Discovery Center

Steel Plant Museum of Western New York

The Buffalo Geological Society

   The museum offers interactive, educational opportunities for young and old by providing a center of learning about railroad, steel, industrial and maritime history. Home of BIGS.

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Irish Genealogical Sites

Irish Lives Remembered

Irish Lives Remembered

Irish Lives Remembered

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Ask About Ireland

Irish Lives Remembered

Irish Lives Remembered

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Dysert O’Dea Clan

Irish Lives Remembered

Ireland Reaching Out

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Ireland Reaching Out

The National Archives of Ireland

Ireland Reaching Out

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Irish Network USA

The National Archives of Ireland

The National Archives of Ireland

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The National Archives of Ireland

The National Archives of Ireland

The National Archives of Ireland

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Irish Genealogy.ie

About Griffith's Valuation page at "Ask About Ireland"

About Griffith's Valuation page at "Ask About Ireland"

Has links to the civil and some church records

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About Griffith's Valuation page at "Ask About Ireland"

About Griffith's Valuation page at "Ask About Ireland"

About Griffith's Valuation page at "Ask About Ireland"

Provides info on why this Valuation is important and its history.

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Griffith's Valuation

About Griffith's Valuation page at "Ask About Ireland"

Griffith's Valuation

Provides detailed information on where people lived in mid-nineteenth century Ireland  

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Genealogical Sites

New York Heritage

New York Heritage

New York Heritage

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London Lives

New York Heritage

New York Heritage

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Cyndi's List

New York Heritage

Family Search

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Family Search

Family Search

Family Search

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RootsWeb

Family Search

RootsWeb

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Legacy

Family Search

RootsWeb

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Buffalo Irish Genealogical Society (BIGS)

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