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Researching local history begins with the people responsible for its compilation.  In New York State, every municipality (town, city, village, county) must have an appointed historian. This page contains the contact information for 41 municipal historians in Chautauqua County. 

Arkwright Town Historian

Ruth Nichols

2383 Route 83

Fredonia, NY 14063

716 965-2656

r.nichols644@gmail.com

 

Bemus Point Village Historian

Mary Jane Stahley

P. O. Box 273

Bemus Point, NY 14712

716-386-2253

 

Brocton Village Historian

Edward Kurtz

7970 Thayer Road

Portland, NY 14769

716 792-4368

 

Busti Town Historian

Bustihistorical@Gmail.com

 

Carroll Town Historian

June Burgett

1582 Bunce Road

Frewsburg, NY 14738

716 569-4595

 

Carroll Town Historian

Barbara Cessna

62 Institute Street 

Frewsburg, NY 14738

716 569-5677

historiantownofcarroll@windstream.net

 

Cassadaga Village Historian

John Sipos, Jr.

P.O. Box 392

Cassadaga, NY 14718

716 595-33379

sipos@netsync.net

 

Celeron Village Historian

Karen Syscho

21 Boulevard Ave.

Celoron, NY 14720

 

Charlotte Town Historian

 

Chautauqua County Historian

Michelle Henry

P. O. Box 170

Mayville, NY 14757

716 753-4857

HenryM@co.chautauqua.ny.us

 

Chautauqua Institution Historian

Jon Schmitz, Archivist

P.O. Box 1093

Chautauqua, NY 14722

716 357-6332

 

Chautauqua Town Historian

Devon Taylor

P.O. Box 188

Mayville, NY 14757

716 753-3116

devtay@fairpoint.net

 

Cherry Creek Town Historian

Sharon Howe Sweeting

1022 West Rd.

Cherry Creek, NY 14723

716 296-5105

innkeeper@cherrycreekinn.net

 

Clymer Town Historian

Suzanne Rhebergen

P.O. Box 114

Clymer, NY 14724

716 355-9950

 

Dunkirk City Historian

(vacant)

 

Dunkirk Town Historian

 (vacant)

 

Ellery Town Historian

Cherrie Clark

4818 Ellery-Centralia Rd.  

Bemus Point, NY 14712

716 386-3105

jcwjclark@yahoo.com

 

Ellicott Town Historian

Karen Livsey

3409 Gerry-Levant  

Falconer, NY 14733

716 665-3168

klivsey@prodigy.net

 

Ellington Town Historian

Laurene Rice

914 West Main

Kennedy, NY 14747

716 287-3108

 

Falconer Village Historian

Brenda Cavallaro

201 East Main Street

Falconer, NY 14733

716 665-3139

 

Forestville Village Historian

Frank Schneider

11125 Quarry Road

Forestville, NY 14062

716 965-4140

 

French Creek Town Historian

Raleigh White

1325 Bush Road

Clymer, NY 14724

716 355-4299

 

Gerry Town Historian

Peggy Heath

4030 Old Rt 60

Gerry, NY 14740-01

716 985-4153

 

Hanover Town Historian

Vincent Martonis

4752 Rt 60 

Gerry, NY 14740

716 985-4141

vmartonis@gmail.com

 

Harmony Town Historian

Teresa Johnson

55435 Button Valley Rd.

Ashville, NY 14710

716 782-3765

 

Jamestown City Historian

B. Dolores Thompson

13 Lamont Street

Jamestown, NY 14701

716 484-8289

musicat2@gmail.com

 

Kiantone Town Historian

Jean Brustrom

531 Kiantone Road

Jamestown, NY 14701

716 569-5906

 

Lakewood Village Historian

 Anthony Barone

103 Erie St..

Lakewood, NY 14750

716 763-9357

 

Lily Dale Historian

Ron Nagy

P.O. Box 145

Lily Dale, NY 14752

716 595-3044

ronnagylilydale@gmail.net

 

Mayville Village Historian

Devon Taylor

P.O. Box 188

Mayville, NY 14757

716 753-3006

devtay@cecomet.net

 

Mina Town Historian

June Wright

P.O. Box 44

Findley Lake, NY 14736

716 769-7554

GWRIGHT8@stny.rr.com

 

North Harmony Town Historian

Penny Best

P.O. Box 167

Stow , NY 14785

716 789-3031

jrpsbest@fairpoint.net

 

Panama Village Historian

Pamela Brown

P. O. Box 193

Panama, NY 14767

716 782-4688

maizer@netsync.net

 

Poland Town Historian

Rebecca Lindquist
3450 Route 62
Kennedy, NY 14747
716-267-2112

 

Pomfret/Fredonia Historian

Todd Langworthy

18 Johnson St.

Fredonia, NY 14063

716 679-9436

toddl@netsync.net

 

Portland Town Historian

Angela Valentin

147 Lake Ave

Brocton, NY 14716

716 792-9776

historian_portland@stny.rr.com

 

Ripley Town Historian

Rhonda Thompson

1 Park Ave.

Ripley, NY 14775

(716) 736-6881

 

Sheridan Town Historian

(vacant)

 

Sherman Town Historian

Donna Higginbotham

P. O. Box 154

Sherman, NY 14781

jldlhiggy@hotmail.com

 

Silver Creek Village Historian

David Voigt

voigt_david@yahoo.com

716-785-4946

 

Sinclairville Village Historian

Jo Ann Marsh

6183 Rt 60

Sinclairville, NY 14782 

 

Stockton Town Historian

Helen Piersons

4513 Railroad Avenue

Stockton, NY 14784

716-595-3504

 

Villenova Town Historian

Barbara Wise

1129 Route 83

South Dayton, NY 14138

716 968-3616

 

Westfield Historian

Marybell Beigh

c/o Patterson Library

S. Portage St.

Westfield, NY 14787

716 326-2154

westfieldhistorian@fairpoint.net