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PRENTICE, WILLIAM ELISHA. (b. 1857-d.1929) Born in LeRoy (Parents John and Sarah Ann Randall Prentice) Taught school in Churchville, Byron, Elba, Stafford and Batavia, was elected Genesee County School Commissioner (1881), received a law degree from Yale (1888) and established a practice in Batavia, married Helen Louise McHardy (1893).
Genesee Area Genealogy Society, Richmond Memorial Library, 19 Ross Street, Batavia NY 14020; The Genesee Area Genealogists welcome those with an interest in Genesee and Wyoming counties. Holland Purchase Historical Society, Holland Land Office Museum, 131 West Main Street, Batavia NY 14020-2021; 716-343-4727; Not a research facility; contact ...
St Helena, ghost town of the Genesee, 1797-1954. St. Helena is now a name only. The pioneers of the valley have moved to the shade of the maples in Castile. Not many miles from the scene of their struggles with the early wilderness and the sometimes raging Genesee, the pioneers sleep on.
Sep 5, 2017 · Genesee County, New York. Town of Alexander Museum3rd Floor of the Town Hall3350 Church StreetPO Box 248Alexander, New York 14005Phone: 585-591-2455The museum is handicap accessible and open by appointment. Contact the Town Historian, Kate Goodman at 585-591-1204.
Genealogy Resources - Genesee County, New York. Please follow the links below to learn more about your New York ancestors. Many great records relating to your family history can be found online and at local archives, libraries, courthouses, and genealogical and historical societies located throughout the state.
May 19, 2024 · Town Records. Town records in New York may include early births, marriages, deaths, divorces, local histories, selected military records, and town meeting minutes. Vital records from 1880/1882 are kept by town and village clerks, although some (Kent’s and Putnam Valley’s) are available in the County Historian’s Office.
In the years following the Revolutionary War, this area was given to Mary Jemison, “The White Woman of the Genesee,” by the Indians at the council held at Big Tree, near Geneseo, New York, in 1797. The gift was made after Mary refused a chance to return to her own people, preferring to stay with her Indian children and family, which pleased ...
