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  From: Laws of the State of New York in Relation to the Erie and Champlain Canals, Together with the Annual Reports of the Canal Commissioners, and Other Documents, …~… Relating to the Erie and Champlain Canals,” passed February 8, 1925, Vol. II. It contains Comptroller’s Report of Feb. 21, 1821 with expenditures from 1817 to 1821, Comptroller’s Report of March 21, 1822, Comptroller’s Report of March 17, 1923, Comptroller’s Report of Feb. 16, 1824 and Comptroller’s Report of 19th Feb. 1825. http://tinyurl.com/c5fvnst 

 Annual Report of the Auditor of the Canal Department relative to the expenditures on the canals. Documents of the Senate of the State of New York Seventy-Fourth Session. 1851, volume 3 No. 65 to 97, Inclusive, contains Auditor’s Reports listing payments made for work on the New York State canal system 1849-1851 http://tinyurl.com/cgj7pq6  

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 the following database:

Newspaper of Western New York Irish.

 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)