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First Meeting of 2023 Announced

The Chautauqua County Genealogical Society will hold its first meeting of the 2023 season on Wednesday March 15 at the Cassadaga American Legion Post 1280, 228 Maple Avenue in Cassadaga. The public is invited to attend. The meeting starts at 6:30 PM and the speaker begins at 7. Sharon Howe

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Sept. and Oct. CCGS Meetings to be Held at Cassadaga American Legion

Dear Members: The Chautauqua County Genealogical Society has changed the meeting venue due to Covid 19 restrictions and social distancing requirements. We WILL NOT be meeting in Fredonia. Our Tuesday Sept. 15th meeting will be at the Cassadaga American Legion Post 1280, 228 Maple Avenue in Cassadaga. Their phone is

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We are back! Picnic set for August 18, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to cancel most of our meetings for the year. However, we are able to hold our annual picnic! The Tuesday, August 18, picnic meeting of the Chautauqua County Genealogical Society will be held at 6:30 PM at the Red House, 91 Frisbee Road, Cassadaga,

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Monthly Meeting October 15

The society will meet Tuesday October 15 at 6:30 PM in the Steele Room at the Darwin R. Barker Library/Museum. Member and guests are asked to bring in a piece of family memorabilia and give a brief family history of the piece with some genealogical background on the item. For

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CCGS to Hold 2019 Open House July 16

The Chautauqua County Genealogical Society will hold an open house on Tuesday, July 16 from 1PM to 7:45 PM in the Garland Room of Barker Library/Museum. The business meeting will commence at 6:30PM. Speaker for the evening will be Society Vice-President Ruth Nichols, “How I found my Irish Roots., the

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John A. deL. Blodgett

LIFE MEMBER Jack Blodgett always used the signature, John A. deL. Blodgett to honor the ancestors for whom he was named. He has been noted by early CCGS members as “the best president we ever had,” and is the only person to date honored with a Life Membership in CCGS.

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Pomfret Historian Speaks to Chautauqua County Genealogical Society

The Chautauqua County Genealogical Society meets once a month for a meeting at the Barker Library in Fredonia. Attending are members from all points of the county. Membership includes many from out of state. The genealogical society was organized to help others with their research. A library of family records

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Chautauqua County Genealogical Society Studies Holland Land Records

The Chautauqua County Genealogical Society was created to help people find the genealogy of their family. Many avenues are used, looking through old records, old photographic albums, family records, library records, school records, Church records, and computer sites designed for finding the history of a family. The group meets in

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Jack Ericson Speaks on Abner Dingley Diary

The Chautauqua County Genealogical Society met recently in the Barker Library in Fredonia for a meeting and an informative talk. Guest speaker was Jack T. Ericson who spoke about the detailed diary kept by Abner Dingley from 1816 through 1822. Ericson said that Dingley was from Massachusetts, and came to

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