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
SHERIDAN - Incorporated 16 Apr 1827	10 Jul 1875	23 Feb 1882	24 Sep 1881
SHERMAN - Incorporated 7 Apr 1832	1 Oct 1881	13 Dec 1881	26 Feb 1885
STOCKTON - Incorporated 9 Feb 1821	10 Jul 1881	3 Jul 1881	19 Jul 1881
CASSADAGA - Incorporated 1921	Sep 1923	none (records kept by Town Clerk)	Sep 1923
VILLENOVA - Incorporated 24 Jan 1823	Nov 1887	Dec 1887	Nov 1887	Earlier records destroyed by fire.
WESTFIELD - Incorporated 29 Mar 1829	none (Town Clerk), 1881 (Registrar)	1881 (Town Clerk), none (Registrar)	none (Town Clerk), 1881 (Registrar)
WESTFIELD Village				Records kept by Town as above.

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.