Batavia Daily News Subject Index - This indexing was done by Ruth McEvoy, former historian for the city of Batavia, and covers the period from 1880 through the 1990s.

Local News Index - listings from early newspapers, cemetery records, military records, and other miscellaneous records for Genesee County, NY. The index is not complete. Copies of the newspapers are available at the library.

Daily Morning News (full text) - 1878-1879, published in Batavia, NY. Issues may be missing.

Batavia Daily News (full text) - 1880-1909. Published in Batavia, NY Issues may be missing.

Daily News (full text) - 1882-1923, 1965. Published in Batavia, NY. Issues may be missing.

People's Press - 1825-1826 index to The People's Press newspaper, published in Batavia, NY.

Spirit of the Times - 1830-1845 index to The Spirit of the Times newspaper, published in Batavia, NY.

Palmyra Freeman (full text) - A weekly newspaper published in Palmyra, NY from 1828-1829:

3_Feb_1829, 21 Apr 1829, 12_May_1829, 9_Jun_1829, 16_Jun_1829, 30_Jun_1829, 7_Jul_1829, 14_Jul_1829, 18_Aug_1829, 25_Aug_1829, 1_Sep_1829, 22_Sep_1829, 27_Oct_1829, 29_Oct_1829, 10_Nov_1829, 24_Nov_1829, 1_Dec_1829, 15_Dec_1829, 22_Dec_1829

Also available at the library are issues for: 14 Apr 1829, 28 Apr 1829, 5 May 1829, 21 Jul 1829, 28 Jul 1829, 11 Aug 1829, 15 Sep 1829, 29 Sep 1829, 13 Oct 1829, 3 Nov 1829, 17 Nov 1829, 8 Dec 1829, 22 Dec 1829.

Fulton History - New York Newspapers - Contains over 34,000,000 indexed New York State historical newspaper pages. Coverage includes Genesee County, Central and Western New York.

Genesee County Newspapers available on microfilm:

  • The Batavia Daily News, 1878- present 
  • Republican Advocate, 1822-1876
  • Progressive Batavian, 1868-1895
  • Spirit of the Times, 1825-1901
  • Batavian, 1895-1897
  • Genesee County Herald, 1857-1861
  • Morning Call, 1881-1882


New York State Library Newspaper Collections

Reference Online Resources

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