A Note about the 1865 NY Census, Allegany County;  This unique census is published on this website (thanks to County Clerk, Robert Christman for digitalizing and offering the exclusive listing here without any cost or  commercialization; & thanks to Linda Smith & Mary Rhodes for typing the Indexes).

All original pages are published here plus the Index to each Town.  Civil War researchers especially will find important information from this census which gives new records every 4th page throughout every town of the county.

If you haven't studied this particular census you are in for a treat.

• 1865 CENSUS

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• MY BELVIDERE ...200, Alive & Well !!  by Ronald G. Taylor; Story of a visit.....
   
• Photo of QUICK Home of Alma Hill, early 1900s
   
• Philip Wylie's Nuclear Nightmare; "It will soon be time for the annual Open House in Rushford (Labor Day weekend) to celebrate the lives of Governor Frank Higgins, Dr. Frederick Ballard, and Philip Gordon Wylie.  Ron Beverly is the current owner of the historic home and delights in sharing its history with guests every fall.  Ron plays the role of Governor Higgins, Jay Ballard becomes Dr. Ballard for the day, and I am pleased to play the part of Philip Wylie.  A good time is had by all and the event honors prominent residents who made notable contributions to the community. I recently competed an article on author Philip Wylie and his views on nuclear war as expressed in several novels he wrote during the Cold War.  The topic is still timely in terms of the nuclear proliferation and the increase in  international terrorism that we are now experiencing. "
   
• 2010 Cuba Lake Raceway Reunion - A few Photos
   
• September 2010 NEWSLETTER of Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society/Nathaniel Dyke Museum - Wellsville
   
• "Gazebo at Wellsville"; Millspaugh Family Reunion Photo circa 1916....
   
• New Obituaries added: GARDNER, GOWDY
   
• A couple of new photos added to the Wittie Photos of the Angelica Raceway Collection
   
• Another old Schoolhouse photographed in present-day condition....Old District 3 - Pine Woods - Rushford, NY
   
• Two more ALMA COMETS photos.....
   
• SAWYER GAR Post #333; Information and Photo
   
• A Few New Photos in the Town of Cuba Photo Gallery
   
• About Heritage Days in Angelica 2010
   
• BAKER/HINDS CEMETERY - NEWLY READ; TOWN OF WEST ALMOND
   
• Andrews Cemetery; Civil War Monument
   
• Watson Farm - Unknown Cemetery; Private Property, Baker Valley Road, Town of West Almond
   
• Check out Wellsville's "Tidbits in Time" Photo additions....
   
• 1 Mystery of Unknown Photo Item solved, "Medalion",  and another, "Wildcats" continues.....
   
• Lots of Obituaries Added....BECKWITH, GUSTAFSON, CONGDON, THURSTON, SMITH, MORTIMER, CHILDS, MCKELVEY, UPDIKE, WINDSOR, SHELLY
   
• Cuba Lake Raceway 8th annual luncheon/reunion for 50s and 60s stock car racing, July 28th 2010
   
• Allegany County Drivers --at Woodhull Raceway
   
• WW II  Honor Roll "Wall of Honor" - Photo, Believed to be 1943
   
• Great Article on Hornell Raceway History with Photos, Submitted by Dan Hall
   
• Medal Found in Garden; Help identifying it is needed....
   
• Andover Scout Photo - ? Year --Go to the page for the answer!!
   
• Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society/Nathaniel Dyke Museum Newsletter - June 2010
   
• New Family Reunion posted;  Check out the Family Reunion Page for 2010 and post your reunion today!
   
• Posson Photo Gallery - Allentown Cemetery
   
• 1928 Hornell Fairgrounds Race Clipping & Photos
   
• Drum Raceway Clippings added....
   
• TERWILLIGER Brothers Biographies; Benniah & David A.
   
• Updated Cemetery/Death Lists - Andover: ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY;   UNKNOWN BURIAL SITES OF ANDOVER DEATHS.
   
• A couple of newly added "oldies pictures" to the Town of Independence Photo Gallery
   
• May 2010 Newsletter of Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society/Nathaniel Dyke Museum - Wellsville NY
   
• "You can fill every want, from Gas to Groceries, at our Allentown Store"...Kruger Central Station, Allentown NY 1937
   
• Interesting Sanborn Map of Belmont/Amity, Allegany County NY, 1909 is shared.....
   
• A Long Lawsuit Ended; 1881 - 1890; Dyke vs. Lindsay
   

• Maplewood Cemetery, Town of Alfred; Updated 4/2010
   

• The Old Crowner Home on Highland Avenue is gone!
   

• Death of Sidney Rigdon at Friendship, Allegany County - 1876
   

• TRIP TO BAKER VALLEY, WEST ALMOND; Submitted by Donald Cady
   

• 200 QUARTS OF NITRO - Leo Root, 1923
   

• Nitro Takes Life of Foreman on Lease; William Shannon, 1937
   

• NORTON SUMMIT DEFLATED AS A ROAD PEAK!!
   

• Chapter #8; John Herdman & "stuff" up on the hill stories
  you might remember about......
   

• Special Request regarding Drum Raceway of Allentown NY
   

• April 2010 Newsletter; Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society of Wellsville
   

• "Keeping Tabs on County History for 25 Years"-County honors Craig Braack for his Services
   

• 1907-Andover: "THE ELLIS BLOCK BURNS TO THE GROUND"
   

• 1951 School Yearbook, Allentown
   

• 1950 School Yearbook, Allentown
   

• Updated - Photo Gallery #7, Town of Alma
   

• 1905-06 Andover High School Catalog & Yearbook
   

• Whence Cometh the Name, "Indian Creek Road" & "The Indian Boundary Line"
   

• MILES FAMILY PHOTOS 1950s Racing History of Allegany County
   

• Town of Granger, District School #3 - Teacher Souvenir Booklet from 1911
   

• Angelica Stock Car Mishap Fatal to Hinsdale Driver
   

• The Late Doctor F. N. Smith of Allentown (1829 - ?)
   

• RESERVE YOUR NOTICE ON OUR REUNION PAGE; IT'S FREE! & IT'S MARCH ALREADY;....REUNIONS ONLY A COUPLE MONTHS AWAY?
   

• New Photos added to Town of Alma Photo Gallery;  Town of Scio Photo Gallery  Town of Bolivar Photo Gallery
   

• "Frosh Beats High Cost of Education"; Homemade Trailer does the trick!
   

• New photo added to Town of Wirt (& Richburg) Photo Gallery
   

• Pioneer Oil Museum - Spring 2010 Newsletter, Fund Drive
   

• ?UNKNOWN PHOTO OF VETERANS?  Who Are These Gentlemen?
   

• WELLSVILLE REMINISCENCE; (1889) A BRIGHT AND INTERESTING HISTORIC SKETCH OF ALLEGANY’S METROPOLIS; A Lively Scrimmage in Which Our Village is Credited with Her First Murder
   

• Couple new photos of the old "NYP" (New York & Pennsylavania RR)
   

• Have you heard about the Potato with a Wedding Ring?
   

• COMPLETE 1941-1942 ALLENTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL, ALLENTOWN NY YEARBOOK
   

• Photo added of WHITE HILL SCHOOLHOUSE, Town of Alma;  Also, Class Photos added, PHOTO GALLERY 7
   

• HERB LAYFIELD RACING; A Lifetime of Racing & still going.... Facts and Photos
   

• District School #3 - Weaver Settlement School
   

  • Weaver Settlement School Photo Gallery
     

• 1955 Family from CT traveling with Covered Wagon to Nebraska made crossing and received special mail delivery.
   
• The "WILDCATS" unknown photo continues to be a Mystery!  Doesn't some viewer know someone in the age group of 80 who can id these guys?
   
• New Comment re: "Unknown Allegany County Scene #2...ca.1952"-Is it Allegany county?
   
• List of Drafted men in Allegany County exempted from service for physical disability, Civil War; from Genesee Valley Free Press, July 29, 1863
   
• March 2010 Newsletter - Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society, Wellsville NY
   
• UNIDENTIFIED PHOTO: 4 Generations?  Glass negative turned into high quality photo leads to question of who, associated with Wellsville, is this family? Help requested....Comments welcome. Wow!  Identified in less than 4 hours!  Thanks to one of our regular readers, the photo is now known. CLICK HERE
  
   
• CHARLES "LADY" BALDWIN; MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER; Born in Oramel, NY; 1880s Pitcher who set Record which stands today for Left Hand Pitcher with 42 Wins!!!(1886)
   
• CANEADEA HERE & THERE, Jim Pomeroy
   
• Wilsonian School Classes with Names 1930-Angelica
   
• Fire at Alma (1899) consumes C. A. Wyvell Home, Store, Barn....
   
• Comment on Unknown location of Sinclair Station Photo; Check out the photo and send email if you know more.
   
• JORDAN, John - b. 1764, d. 1850  Buried at Friendship, NY (Biography)
   
• SCIO FOR LONGEVITY; For those who thought that longevity is on the increase in modern years will get a kick out of this story!
   
• Drum Raceway Photo date identified
   
• John Ahrens Receives Medals from WWII, after 65 Years!
   
• February 2010 Newsletter - Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society - Wellsville, NY
   
• 1892 Oil Tank Fire Story; Wellsville Tank hit by Lightning!
   
• Photo Comments: BALDWIN GALLERY 1-7, HARNESS SHOP;  BALDWIN GALLERY 2-12, UN-NAMED HOUSE
   
• THE WELLSVILLE OIL FIELD 1879 Newspaper account
   
• Email Comments about ALMA COMETS
   
• A few Summary Histories added to CHURCHES OF ALLEGANY COUNTY
   
• WWII HONOR ROLL BOARD REAPPEARS
   
• Chapter #7; John Herdman & "stuff" up on the hill stories
  you might remember about......
   
• Gladiators vs. Belmonts - Very early baseball in Allegany County, NY - 1868.
   
• PEAKS OF ALLEGANY; 1940 Hubert D. Bliss Story
   
• GOLD HILLTOP WATERSHED TRIP OF 1872 RECALLED TO AMITY ASSESSOR BY STORY; A SEQUEL TO A RAMBLE IN THE BRAMBLES.  (ALLEGANY COUNTY DEMOCRAT – SEPT 9, 1943)
   
• Additional Photos of Allentown Cemetery Tombstones
   
• MORTALITY SCHEDULES TRANSCRIBED FOR SEVERAL TOWNS; LISTINGS ARE FROM 1850 THRU 1880 FEDERAL CENSUS
   
• TIMETABLE #1, WELLSVILLE ADDISON GALETON (WAG) RAILROAD; JANUARY 1, 1956
   
• CHURCH LIST OF ALLEGANY COUNTY, NY & ADJOINING AREAS
   
• DISTRICT #8 School; Basswood Hill School,
   
• COLE FAMILY NOTES ; If you know anyone who belongs to this family let me know and I will share the pictures with them.
   
• LIVELY ROW AT ALLENTOWN!  William Reeves' Saloon the Scene of the Conflict.
   
• A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.  ONE HUNDRED POUNDS OF NITRO-GLYCERINE GETS IN ITS FEARFUL WORK NEAR ALLENTOWN, NY
   
• FIRE AT ALLENTOWN; August 6, 1884
   

• BENTON, PITTS, RICHMOND, ROGERS, PEABODY, ALDEN, & MULLENS; Traces family back to Mayflower families of John Alden & Priscilla Mullens....1898 Andover News.
   

• Bridges of Angelica, by Bob Dorsey - Photos with captions.
   

• The Allegany County Roots of Clifford Goldsmith by Richard L. Kellogg; Goldsmith was Writer of the radio show, "The Aldrich Family"
   

• Ox Cart to Automobile; Social Change in Western New York; About the Author, Thomas Rasmussen--Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies at Alfred University.  He has lived for 35 years in Allegany County, NY.
   
• Cuba Lake Raceway South 6th annual Florida luncheon, January 27th 2010 at Brandon, FL
   
• ANDOVER & HER DOCTORS
   
• More Photos, PAGE 2-FRIENDSHIP PHOTO GALLERY
   
• "PLACES TO STAY AT IN ANDOVER, N.Y."; Hotels, A Motel, Inns, The Cabins & B&Bs; Summary Historical + Photos
   
• Listings of All Allegany County Sheriffs, County Clerks, District Attorneys, & Treasurers-County Beginning to Present
   
• 1870s Stereoscope Card Photos of Stagecoaches at Howell House and Fassett House Hotels in Wellsville, NY
   
• MT. HOPE CEMETERY, WEST ALMOND NY, UPDATED
   
• A Newly Discovered Family Cemetery in Town of WEST ALMOND; Adams Family Cemetery
   
• ALMOND HISTORICAL SOCIETY CHRISTMAS PHOTO GALLERY
   
• Almond Historical Society hosts annual Christmas Open House......(click) Dec 6th
   
• Researcher reports about 2 Wellsville Diners that are long gone!
   
• Community Notices.....
   
• JOHNNY HERDMAN & "UP ON THE HILL" STORIES; Collection of tales about a Legendary Allegany County Character as told by people who remember Johnny....a serial story being generated by Ford Easton & Friends.
   
• December 2009 Newsletter; Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society - Wellsville
   
• Updated List - Almond Woodlawn Cemetery
   
• November 2009 Newsletter, Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society, Wellsville
   

• Photo of Triangle #1 Well - Drilled by O. P. Taylor; 6/10/1879
   

• HONEOYE OIL!! 2 Articles from rare microfilm of Allegany County Republican newspaper; "OIL CERTAIN !" & "OIL DRIPPINGS - HERE, THERE & ELSEWHERE"; 11/22/1877
   

• David A. Howe Public Library Reopens Terrace After 40 Years!!
   

• ALONG CAME THE ERIE!! 15 Short Stories about the historical building of the Erie Railroad and about the people of the times.....Originally published in 1932. Note: I couldn't wait any longer so have published all 15 stories for your enjoyment!  rt
   

• October 2009 Newsletter; Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society of Wellsville
   

• The Legacy of Dean Layfield - Story, Photos & Obituary.
   

• New Photos - "Tidbits in Time";  Wellsville Camp, Royal Neighbors of America
   

• New Book Released; "Three Journeys to the Genesee: The Life of Moses Van Campen -- A Frontier Biography" by Molly Beer
   
• A WHALE IN WELLSVILLE?
   
• WHERE WERE BASEBALL BATS PRODUCED FOR LOU GEHRIG, BABE RUTH & OTHER TOP HITTERS?  BELMONT IN ALLEGANY COUNTY!!
   
• part II - "Memories by Matty" Published Feb. 20, 1930, in Allegany County Democrat; Former resident, writes from California--Memories of "Nat" Johnson & Old Union School
   
• ALMA COMETS Baseball Team - Photos (Names now supplied)
   
• New Mystery Photo - Unknown Trainmen with Erie RR Locomotive #1877.
   
• Richburg History -- Discovery of Oil
   
• Legion Aids in Rites for Dr. Jones, Dead at 101; Last Allegany County Civil War Vet
   
• Long Trip Horseback, 1820 - Cuba to Canandaigua
   
• Cuba in Canal Days
   
• 114 Year-Old Cutter
   
• Thrilling Day at Ceres; E.C. Kilmer,  With 60 Quarts of Nitro-Glycerin in His Wagon, Injured in Runaway Accident at Ceres Sunday
   
• "Memories by Matty" Published Feb 13, 1930 in the Allegany County Democrat--Former resident, writes from California
   
• September 2009 Thelma Rogers Historical & Genealogical Society Newsletter
   
• John P. Herrick's "Interview with Charles F. Fox"; Was Postmaster at Richburg in The Days of the Oil Boom Back in the Eighties.
   
• Early Allentown; Recollection of Ca.1840 when only one log house stood
   
• 1893 Photo & Names of Students - Alma School #1
   
• 1941 Clipping: Cuba Cheese is new Name for Old Plant
   
• New Listing of ALMOND WOODLAWN CEMETERY
   

• ALLENTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL BUILDING, 2009
   

• Additional/Updated Pages; Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad Company & Its Predecessors - NEWS ITEMS, from Various County & Other Newspapers
   

• Apollo Club of Wellsville 1960-1963 Programs
   

• First Tile House in Allegany County
   

• Oil, Oil & More Oil

  • Miscl. Oil News Clips
     

• New/Updated Pages - Railroads

  • Trolley History Newsclips; Trolley for Allentown

  • Erie Railroad Timeline News Articles

  • Last Train on B. B. & K. Railroad

  • PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD - FIRST OIL REGION RAILROAD.
    
    
     

• COUNTY POORHOUSE; photos, a few interesting facts......
   

• Photos of Empire Gas & Fuel Ltd., Employees - March 1962
   

• Octopus Tree -- Outstanding Freak of Nature in WNY
   

• Photo Collection of Jim Gelser - Pennsylvania Railroad History-North of Allegany County Line

  • Pennsy Photos of the Deep Cut Telegraph Office @ mile post #53

  • Lewis Switch

  • Oakland Building

  • Wreck (1918) @ mile post #55

   

• “Mixville” Was Industrial Center of Allegany County Back in Days of Long Ago
   

• "INTERESTING ARTICLE TELLS OF FIRST COUNTY ROAD BUILT IN 1801 THROUGH WELLSVILLE"
   

• About "Sally", Alfred's Human Skeleton
   

• 2009 BALLOON RALLY PHOTOS - Includes Slide Show of Friday Night Ride by Webmaster & wife....Short Ride & Some Great Close-up Views of Wellsville (July 17-19, 2009)

 

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