Erie County Vital Records

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

Click the county below to view individual town and village record information:

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
ALDEN - Incorporated 27 Mar 1823	21 Nov 1882	17 Jan 1883	12 Nov 1882
ALDEN VILLAGE - Incorporated 7 May 1864	6 Aug 1885	26 Aug 1886	23 Jun 1886	Records kept by Town Clerk.
AMHERST - Incorporated 10 Apr 1818	3 May 1884	2 Apr 1884	1 Jun 1884
WILLIAMSVILLE - Incorporated 4 Nov 1850	5 Aug 1897	12 Oct 1897 *	7 Nov 1897
AURORA - Incorporated 11 Apr 1804	6 Feb 1882	18 Feb 1882	17 Feb 1882
EAST AURORA - Incorporated 1874	1 Mar 1907	3 Apr 1907 - 26 Dec 1907 (with Town records)	18 Apr 1907	Earlier records destroyed by fire in 1907.
BOSTON - Incorporated 5 Apr 1817	12 Sep 1882	19 Oct 1882	26 July 1882
BRANT - Incorporated 25 Mar 1839	10 Apr 1883	31 act 1883	10 Apr 1883
FARNHAM - Incorporated 11 Jan 1892	26 Jan 1924	22 June 1905-5 July 1908	16 Jan 1924
BUFFALO - Incorporated Town 8 Feb 1810, Village 2 Apr 1813, City 20 Apr 1832	1 Jan 1878	1 Jan 1877	2 Jan 1852
CHEEKTOWAGA - Incorporated 22 Mar 1839	22 June 1883	6 Jan 1884	7 Feb 1883
DEPEW - see Lancaster

Source: WNYGS JOURNAL, Vol. 1, No.1, June 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.