Genealogy Resources
Databases
The Prendergast Library subscribes to:
Ancestry.com Library Edition Ancestry is always available within the library.
HeritageQuest® Access HeritageQuest from home HERE. You will need to input your library card number to access Heritage Quest from home.
FamilySearch Affiliate Library (available within the library only). Requires a free account with FamilySearch and you will need to log in each time. While in the library, you will gain access to millions of restricted FamilySearch digital images.
Resources in the library
Print sources:
- Jamestown City Directories, 1875-present (print)
- 1875-1916 are also online at NY Heritage and via links below:
1875 | 1878-1879 | 1883-1884 | 1886 | 1888-1889 | 1890-1891 | 1892-1893 | 1895-1896 | 1898-1899 | 1899-1900 | 1901-1902 | 1903-1904 |1905-1906 | 1907-1908 | 1909-1910 | 1911-1912 | 1913-1914 | 1915-1916
- Jamestown High School Yearbooks, 1901-present
- 1901-1919 are also available at NY Heritage
- Histories of Chautauqua County, Jamestown
- Genealogical and Family Histories
- Early towns of Chautauqua County histories
- Local and NYS Indian histories
Microfilm:
- Chautauqua County Cemetery records
- Jamestown Journal, 1826-1881
- Jamestown Evening Journal, 1882-6/1943
- Jamestown Morning Post, 1/1915-4/30/1929
- Jamestown Sun, 4/28/1949-6/1962
- Post Journal, 7/1943-12/2017
Courtesy of a grant from the Western New York Library Resources Council, the library was able to digitize historic copies of the Jamestown Newspaper. Years available online are 1826-1902. Browse/search the collection HERE. This site also hosts newspapers from around New York State.
Looking for more current articles? You can find articles from the past five years by searching on the Jamestown Post-Journal website.