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Sep 1, 2017 · Genesee County, New York. Town of Elba7 Maple AvenuePO Box 295Elba, New York 14058-0295Phone: 585-757-2762Debra Mosier, Town Clerk, Registrar of Vital StatisticsEmail: townclerk@elbaneywork.com.
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 ...
Genesee County. The county was created in 1802 and organized in 1803 from Ontario County. Its name is from the Seneca Indian word Gen-nis'-hee-yo, meaning "the Beautiful Valley". Communites. County Seat: Batavia. Year Organized: 1802. Square Miles: 494. The county was created in 1802 and organized in 1803. Courthouse Info:
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).
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The "Western New York Genealogical Society was founded in 1974 to help preserve and encourage interest in the area's rich genealogical heritage. Its focus is the eight Western New York counties which originally were part of the Holland Land Company Purchase - Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming.
As the years went by, the valley folk had to depend more and more on farming, as the mills were silent, the timber mostly cleared away. Many moved away and the earlier settlers dropped out, one by one. Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel K. Barton moved to Castile, followed by the Johnson family, and then the John W. Piper family.
