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