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Historical &
Genealogical
Societies and Museums
Note: If you know of additional
Societies to be added or corrections to those listed, please email me with the
information at: email correct/add
Membership Now Open
in
ALLEGANY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY!!
Please Consider Joining Today!
Your Support is Needed & Will Be Appreciated.....
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Craig Braack, Allegany County Historian
Court Street, Belmont, NY 14813, (585) 268-9293 email:
historian@alleganyco.com
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The Rushford Museum
Main Street - Rushford, New York
OPEN 9-12 Saturday - - Memorial Day to Labor Day
Ruth & Dan Metcalf, Curators; Owned and operated by Rushford Historical Society, Inc. John
Jessop, President
PHONE: (585) 437-2340 - EMAIL: jjess@cnyti.com
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Almond Historical Society
7 Main Street
Almond, Allegany County, New York 14804
(Above, "Hagadorn House", home of Almond Historical Society)
Society Hours: Fridays 2 - 4 p.m. or by appointment Call Doris Montgomery @ 607-276-6324
Press Here - For Stories on this website;
Press Here For Website of AHS (OFFSITE
LINK)
Friendship-Nile Historical
Society
Richard Langdon, Contact
email-
Richard.langdon@va.gov or langdonrichard@yahoo.com
phone- (585) 973-7185;
mail- Friendship-Nile Historical Society, P.O. Box 466 - Friendship, NY 14739
Meetings: 2nd Sunday of Month, 2 pm at Town Hall Meeting Room
call to make sure, we sometimes change the day.
Belfast Historical
Society 
P.O. Box 143
- Belfast, N.Y. 14711
Contact: President, David Chalker 585-365-2676 Open: Saturday 10am - noon, April thru November (Phone numbers
listed on premises during off-months for contact.) (Meetings are the 2nd Monday of
each month, 7pm, at our building located on Main Street next to the Post
Office)
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The Bolivar-Richburg-Allentown-Genesee
Historical
Preservation Society (B.R.A.G.)

c/o
Bolivar Free Library --
390 Main Street
--Bolivar,
New York
14715
BRAG
Historical Society is located downstairs in the Bolivar Free Library.
An
attendent is on duty on Mondays, 12-9pm and the phone to call on Mondays ONLY
is (585) 928-2659. It is open the rest of the week, the same hours as the
library; Tues & Fri 12:30-4:30, Wed & Thurs 6-9, and Sat 12:30 3:30.
BRAG
has all Allegany County census records, the Indian Census records, and the
Bolivar Breeze Newspaper (1895-1965) on micro-fiche, over 100 family
genealogies, yearbooks, 40,000 name database on computer, 8 filing cabinets full
of family group sheets, over 5,000 obituaries and military records on index
cards, most of the local cemetery records, births, deaths and
marriages.
We
cannot list all of the things that we have available for people to use in their
researches.
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Pioneer Oil Museum of New York
Box 332
Bolivar, NY 14715
The Pioneer Oil Museum is located in what used to be the McEwen Brothers Oilfield Supply Store, in the heart of the old "Allegany Oil Field." The oil fields of Cattaraugus and
Allegany Counties are the northermost exstensions of the nation's oldest oil-producing region; Northwestern Pennsylvania. For over a century the "Penn Grade" fields of Appalachia
have been the source of the world's finest lubricating oils.
The museum was started in 1968.
The museum is run by donations.
Website: http://www.pioneer-oil-museum.com/about-us.html
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Catherine Schuyler Chapter
National
Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Belmont-Allegany,
New York
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Website: http://www.nydar.org/chapters/cschuyler.html
The DAR insignia is the property of, and is copyrighted by,
the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Town of Caneadea
Historian's Office & Museum
Gert Hall, Town Historian
Corner of Rt 19 & 243 Intersection - Caneadea, NY
By appointment, or, By chance.........
Webpages (Onsite) Press Here for more info......
Baker's Bridge Historical Association

P.O. Box 13, Alfred Station, NY 14803
Susan Greene, Historian
Box 71 - Alfred Station, NY 14803
Website:
www.bakersbridge.org
Information for the area of Alfred & Alfred Station
Town of
Hume Museum
Rondus
Miller, Town Historian
| Cuba Cheese Museum 22 Water Street - P.O.Box 34
Cuba, NY 14727
Hours: 1:00-4:00pm Saturday & Sunday 1st Weekend in May - Last Weekend in October
(Closed November through April) Free Admission
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Willing Historical Society;
Meetings held in Willing Town Hall;
Christina Case Wightman, Willing Town Historian
3052 Palmer Rd - Wellsville , NY 14895
Phone (585)593-6145
Webpages (Onsite) Press Here for Town of Willing Pages
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Independence Historical Society
INDEPENDENCE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Independence
Historical Society announces the
publication of “History at a
Glance” ~ Book 2.
This 25 page spiral bound
booklet contains articles about
people and places from our past.
Do you remember Sophie? How
about the Cow Palace? Want to
know more about the history of
the Whitesville House?
These are just three of the
topics covered in “History at a
Glance” Book 2.
You may purchase the book at the
following locations:
Independence Country Store, the
Whitesville House, and at the
Whitesville office of the
Steuben Trust Company; OR,
You may contact the following
members to place your order:
Shallee Lauzze at 356-3301 ext.
235
Fawn Waters at 356-3344
Jeri Reichman at 356-3193
The price is $8.00. Copies can
be mailed upon request for an
additional $3.00 shipping charge
for each booklet.
Proceeds will benefit the
Independence Historical Society.
Mail orders or inquiries to:
Independence Historical Society
P.O. Box 121
Whitesville, NY 14897
Upcoming Events of
Independence Historical Society:
History at a Glance - Books I
and II are on sale at the
Independence Country Store,
Steuben Trust bank in
Whitesville, Whitesville House
or by contacting a member of the
I.H.S. The 25 page books are
$8.00 each.
Thank you all for supporting the
Independence Historical Society!
PRESS
HERE for Town of Independence Page
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