Genesee County chapter, from French's Gazetteer of the State of New York (1860).   French's is considered authoritative for the period just before the Civil War.  Subsequent gazetteers -- including those that we republish -- made extensive use of the information in French's.  The following localities in Genesee County are mentioned in boldface in this chapter:  Alabama, Wheatsville, Smithville, Alexander, Brookville, Batavia, Bushville, Bergen, Bergen Corners, Wardville, Stone Church, North Bergen, West Bergen, East Bergen, Bethany, Bethany Center, East Bethany, Linden, West Bethany Mills, Canada, Byron, South Byron, Pumpkin Hill, Darien, Darien Center, Darien City, Elba, Pine Hill, Transit, Langstons Corners, Mills Corners, Daws Corners, Le Roy, Fort Hill, Oakfield, Caryville, Mechanicsville, Pavilion, Pavilion Center, Union Corners, Pembroke, East Pembroke, Richville, Longs Corners, Mogadore, Prospect Hill, Stafford, Morganville, and Roanoke.   9+ pages, PDF format, download now for $2.75.   

Charity in New York State in 1906: State Institutions.  This chapter from volume II of the Annual Report of the State Board of Charities for the year 1906 contains a section about the New York State School for the Blind, located in Batavia, Genesee County.  See our New York State Miscellany page for more information about this chapter.

See the Genesee County Collection page for more information.

We'll be adding the chapter about Genesee County from Mather & Brockett's Geographical History of the State of New York (1848) shortly. 

After that?  Let us know about your interests!  Would you like to see some of the items on the Genesee County Collection CD-ROM offered as individual downloads?  Tell us!