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Cattaraugus County Vital Records

Dates of First Vital Statistics Records

(as published in the Western New York Genealogical Society Journal)

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This map shows each Western New York county's founding date and the name of its parent county.

Town and Date
Births
Marriages
Deaths
Notes
LYNDON - Incorporated 24 Jan 1829
1888
1888
1888
Formed from Franklinville. Changed to Elgin 7 Apr 1857 and back to Lyndon 16 Apr 1858.
MACHIAS - lncorporated 16 April 1827
28 May 1877
9 May 1877
6 Apr 1877
Formed from Yorkshire.
MANSFIELD - Incorporated 23 February 1830
1 Jan 1889
1 Jan 1889
1 Jan 1889
Formed from Little Valley.
NAPOLI - Incorporated 20 January 1823
1847-49, Jun 1886
1847-56, 1889
1847-49, 1889
Formed from Little Valley as Cold Spring, changed 15 Apr 1828 to Napoli.
NEW ALBION - Incorporated 23 February 1830
8 Apr 1889
18 Oct 1887
30 Mar 1889
Formed from Little Valley.
CATTARAUGUS VILLAGE
Records kept by Town Clerk.
OLEAN - Incorporated 11 March 1808
1882
1896
1882
Initially included all of Cattaraugus Co.
OLEAN ClTY - Incorporated 1858
30 Jun 1882
19 Jul 1882
12 Jul 1882
OTTO - Incorporated 29 January 1823
28 Jul 1889
21 Oct 1889
18 Jul 1889
Formed from Perrysburgh.
PERRYSBURG - Incorporated 13 April 1814
2 Oct 1883
27 Nov 1883
18 Feb 1884
Formed from Olean and Ischua (now Franklinville) as Perry, changed to Perrysburgh 10 Apr 1818.
PERRYSBURG VILLAGE
Records kept by Town Clerk.
PERSIA - Incorporated 7 February 1835
1 Jan 1914
20 Jan 1908
6 Jan 1914
Formed from Perrysburgh.

Source: WNYGS JOURNAL, Vol. 2, No.4, March 1976

In cases where data is not available, it can be assumed that the dates of records are similar to the other towns in the county. 

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