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
SILVER CREEK Incorporated 1848	misc 1874, 1880, 1881, 30 May 1888-	misc 1874, 1880, 1881, 13 Jun 1888-	misc 1874, 1880, 1881, 4 Jun 1888-	Merged with Town 1902.
HARMONY - Incorporated 14 Feb 1816	1882 misc	1882 misc	1882 misc
PANAMA - Incorporated 1861	18 Jan 1914	none (Records kept by Town Clerk)	17 Jan 1914	Previous births and deaths kept by Town Clerk.
KIANTONE - Incorporated 16 Nov 1853	22 Dec 1881	8 Dec 1881	27 Aug 1882
MINA - Incorporated 23 Mar 1824	1 Sep 1881	3 Jul 1881	16 Apr 1882
NORTH HARMONY - Incorporated 1919	1920	1920	1920	Previous Records kept by Harmony Town Clerk.
POLAND - Incorporated 9 Apr 1832	10 Sep 1884	12 Sep 1882	26 Nov 1884
POMFRET - Incorporated 11 Mar 1808	Jan 1881	Jan 1881	Jan 1881
FREDONIA - Incorporated 1829	1885	1885 (Kept by Town Clerk after 1906)	1885
PORTLAND - Incorporated 9 Apr 1813	15 Feb 1881 misc, 1891-	29 Sep 1881 misc, 1891-	12 Apr 1882-Apr 1883 misc, 1891-
BROCTON - Incorporated 1894				Records kept by Town Clerk.
RIPLEY - Incorporated 1 Mar 1816	1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1881-	1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1881-	1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1881-

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.