March 11, 2022 • By Cynthia Van Ness
In 1847, a law requiring the registration of vital records was enacted by the New York State legislature. The vital records were to be registered in the towns and most towns complied, at least for the year 1847. But either because of lack of interest or enforcement by the State, compliance quickly diminished and in 1851 the law was repealed. Here is a list of Erie County births, marriages, and deaths from those surviving records. Many thanks to the Western New York Genealogical Society for first indexing and publishing these records. Folder icon courtesy of MaxPixel.net.