Genealogy Resources
Newspapers
Olean Journal- September 1852 - May 1856
Olean Times
- October 1860 - July 1861
- January 1884 - December 1931
Olean Herald
- September 1881 - November 1925
- January 1929 - December 1931
- 1932 - present
City Directories - Olean, New York
- 1882
- 1884
- 1887
- 1890
- 1904 - 1952 (biennial)
- 1953 - present (annual)
Local History Books
History of Cattaraugus Co., NYFranklin Ellis - 1879
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Catt. Co., NY
William Adams - 1893
History of Allegany Co., NY
F.W. Beers - 1879
History of Chautauqua Co., NY
Andrew Young - 1875
Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western, NY
O. Turner - 1850
Western New York Land Transactions 1804 - 1824
Karen E. Livsey - 1991
Historic Annals of Southwestern New York - 3 vols.
William J. Doty, Ed. - 1940
History of Northwestern New York - 3 vols.
Harton, Williams & Douglass - 1947
Civil War Veterans Cemetery Locator, vol. 1 - Catt. Co., NY
Craig Senfield - 1996
Pension List of 1820
Martie Clark - Reprint with index
Genealogical & Family History of Western NY - 3 vols.
William Richard Cutter - 1912
Arcade, NY
1912
The Sesquicentennial of Genesee Co.
1952
History of Ischua, NY
Sally Squire Pittengill - 1994
A History of the Town of Portville 1805 - 1920
Portville Historical & Preservation Society - 1986
Franklinville Centennials: A History of Franklinville
Olean Past & Present
Fourth Grade Social Studies - 1987
Enchanted Land 1776 - 1976
Olean Bicentennial Book Committee
Olean's Heritage Homes 1845 - 1900
Compiled by Lynn Scott - 1989
The Genesee Valley Canal 1836 - 1878
Mildred H. Anderson - 1978
Town of Genesee
Reprint 1980
The Planos from Piedmont
George E. Bell - 1995
The Giermeks in America
George E. Bell - 1992
The Pancios from Galicia
George E. Bell - 1993
Atlas of Cattaraugus Co., NY
1869
Congress - Olean High School Yearbook
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Local Census
- 1810
- Allegany
- Clinton
- Dutchess
- Montgomery
- Niagara
- Orange
- Sullivan
- Washington
- 1820
- Allegany
- Cattaraugus
- Chautauqua
- Chenango
- Clinton
- Cortland
- Franklin
- Greene
- Kings
- Orange
- 1830
- Albany
- Allegany
- Broome
- Cattaraugus
- Clinton
- 1840 - Allegany & Cattaraugus Counties
- 1850 - Allegany & Cattaraugus Counties
- 1860 - Allegany & Cattaraugus Counties
- 1870 - Allegany & Cattaraugus Counties
- 1880 - Allegany & Cattaraugus Counties
- 1890 - No census available - special schedule
- 1900 - Allegany & Cattaraugus Counties
- 1910 - Allegany & Cattaraugus Counties
- 1920 - Allegany & Cattaraugus Counties
- 1930 - Allegany & Cattaraugus Counties
NY State Census - Olean, New York
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CD-ROMs
- Family Tree Maker: Family Archives: Pennsylvania Biographies & Genealogies, 1600's-1800's
- Family Tree Maker: Family Archives: The Compendium of American Genealogy, 1600's-1800's
- Family Tree Maker: Family Archives: United States Census Bundle 1607-1880
- Family Tree Maker: Family Archives: Marriage Bundle
- Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1800
- The Records of the Churches of Boston
- 1870 New York Census Index
- 1900 New York State Census Index (Upstate NY)
- 1910 New York Census Index (Upstate NY & New York City)
- The Genealogist's Address Book by Elizabeth Petty Bently, 5th ed., Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004
Cemetery Records
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- Allegany Cemetery
- B'Nai Israel Cemetery
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
- Five Mile Cemetery
- Mount View Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- St. Bonaventure Cemetery (Transcribed & Submitted by Gayle Tompson)
- Veterans' Field of Honor
Local History Items For Sale
These items of interest to local history buffs are available for purchase in the library or by mail.
A reprint of the first issue of Sandpumpings, originally published in 1976, is now available for sale at only $5.00 each. Click here for more information.
40"×25" laminated keepsake copy of the 1882 Birds Eye View of Olean map is available for $20.00 at the Olean Public Library and at the Olean Historical and Preservation Society. Click here for more information.