Chautauqua County Vital 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
DUNKIRK - City Incorporated 1880	1885	1885	1885
ELLERY - Incorporated 29 Feb 1821	Jul 1885	Jul 1885	Jul 1885	Earlier records destroyed by fire June 1885; there is a book for a year in the 1840's.
BEMUS POINT - Village Incorporated 1911				Records kept by Town Clerk.
ELLICOTT - Incorporated 1 June 1812	17 Jul 1881	15 Jun 1881	9 Oct 1886
CELERON - Incorporated 1896	5 Apr 1904	19 Oct 1904	15 Aug 1904	Earlier records destroyed by fire.
FALCONER - Incorporated Jan 1891	Jan 1891	Jan 1891	Jan 1891	Town Clerk has earlier records.
JAMESTOWN - Incorporated 6 Mar 1827, City 1886	16 Mar 1882	18 Jul 1882	9 Jan 1882
ELLINGTON - Incorporated 1 Apr 1824	27 Dec 1880 only, 16 Mar 1882-	27 Oct 1881	5 Jul 1882
FRENCH Creek - Incorporated 23 Apr 1829	misc 1847, 1848, 1849, 1883-	misc 1847, 1848, 1849, 1884-	misc 1847, 1848, 1849, 1882-
GERRY - Incorporated 1 June 1812	22 Jan 1849, 28 Aug 1881, 18 Jul 1882-	5 Sep 1849, 12 Mar 1884-	2 Jul 1849, 14 Aug 1881-
HANOVER - Incorporated 1 June 1812	1881	21 Mar 1883	31 Jul 1881
FORESTVILLE - Incorporated 1848	misc 1874 to 1891-	1891	1891

Source: WNYGS JOURNAL, Vol. 1, No.3, December 1974

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.