Cholera and other epidemics, maternal mortality, military service, dangerous factory conditions, fires and floods, diseases that are easily curable today: there are lots of reasons why children lost one or both parents in 19th century Buffalo.
Category Archives: local history
Is Buffalo the Most Segregated City in the US?
In the days following the May 14 massacre in Buffalo, lots of claims about the extent of racial segregation appeared in the media.We are the most segregated city in America, some said. We’re the 4th or 6th most segregated. We’re the 17th. Which is it?
A Tedious Essay About Government Record-Keeping Practices
What is the New York State Archives and why does it matter outside of Albany?
Why You Need an Archive.org Account
In which we answer the burning question, “Where can I put my stuff online?”
Who wants to crowdsource Buffalo place names?
Anyone up for crowdsourcing Buffalo-area place names? By which I mean neighborhood nicknames such as Elmwood Village or The Hooks.
A Prediction About “Draft Dodger” Discourse
What happens when draft dodgers start to die off? Probably a lot of distortion and false claims of glory.
Who Was Buffalo’s First Woman Property Owner?
What makes women property owners unusual at this time is that once they married, they could not buy, hold, or sell property under their own names. On their wedding day, by law, husbands automatically acquired all right and title to whatever land or fortunes women brought to the marriage.
Try These Five Simple Tricks to Get Research Assistance
What we want to do here is help you, the person with local history, family, or house history questions, get help from libraries, archives, museums, historical organizations, government record offices, and genealogical societies.
Remembering City’s Martyr in Fight Against Klan
The Buffalo Klan members were not rural, undereducated whites with poor economic prospects. Here, the Klan’s 4,000 members were drawn mostly from the Protestant, educated, professional and merchant middle class.
Was the Michigan Street Baptist Church a Secret Hiding Place?
The professional historians who compiled the 2013 Historic Structures Report of the Michigan Street Baptist Church were unable to find any period evidence that the church served as a hiding place during Underground Railroad days.
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