By Donna J. Johnson
This index is intended to help family researchers locate information on ancestors who may have lived in the Town of Harmony. Following each name in the index is an alpha-numeric code to indicate the origin of that record. The key to the code is on the following page. Some sources can only be accessed through the office of the town clerk……………..
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Town of Harmony for making so many of these records available to me. A special thanks goes to Brenda Ireland, Town Clerk, and Larissa Enlow, Deputy Town Clerk, without whose help this project would never have gotten off the ground. I also have to thank Wayne Learner for allowing me to use company time to work on this project and for also allowing me to use his computer expertise and ideas for completion of this index…………..
The following people also added greatly with their input… ……….. Sally Carlson -Town Clerk, Town of North Harmony …………….. Sue Harrower -Panama Baptist Church ……………….. Evelyn Crosby -Niobe Baptist Church ……………….Irene Nagel -Panama Methodist Church ……………….Willis Waite -family records and Harmony Historical Society records ……………..Richard Shiel -Harmony names from the 1854 map and from the 1867 Atlas Index published by CCGS ………………
Additional information for the Town of Harmony families is available in the Reports of School District Records for the Town of Harmony and the Index to The Centennial History of Chautauqua County both published by the Chautauqua County Genealogical Society and a soon to be published book of cemeteries and burial records for the town……….
CODES………
Following is a list of codes used to show where records for the names included in the index can be found. Additional information can be found in other Chautauqua County Genealogical Society publications, such as school census records, cemetery listings and the index to the Centennial History of Chautauqua County………….
AT -Index to the 1867 Atlas published by CCGS………..
B-0001 -B-1409 -Birth records in the Town of Harmony 1881 -1924………
B-EO01- B-E524 -Early birth records 1848- 1851………
BMC -Blockville Bethel Methodist Church………..
B-NO01 -B-N136 -Birth records in the Town of North Harmony 1919- 1925………
B-VO01 -B-V087 -Birth records in the Village of Panama 1914 -1925……….
CRHH -Church records housed at Harmony Historical Society………….
CS-55 -New York State census for 1855………….
CS-20 -Federal census for 1820………….
CW -Civil War Muster Roll book………….
D-0001 -D-1178 -Death records in the Town of Harmony 1882 -1925…………
D-EO01 -D-E070 -Early death records 1848- 1851……..
D-NO01 -D-Nl16 -Death records in the Town of North Harmony 1919- 1925………….
D-VO01 -D-V124 -Death records in the Village of Panama 1914- 1925……………
GZ -1873 Gazetteer………..
HH -Index to the History of Harmony………….
HLA -Holland Land Accounts for 1819………….
HNH -Index to the History of North Harmony…………
HNH2 -Index to the History of North Harmony Book II………
M-0001 -M-1083 -Marriage records in the Town of Harmony 1882- 1925………….
M-EO01 -M-E190 -Early marriage records from 1848 -1851…………
M-NO01 -M-N078 -Marriage records in the Town of North Harmony 1919- 1925………..
MP-54 -Names from the 1854 Chautauqua County map…….
NBC -Niobe Baptist Church………….
OH-51 -OH-71 -List of Overseers of the Highway 1851 -1865 and 1870- 1871……..
OH-90 & OH-95 -Highway assessment rolls for 1890 and 1895…………
PBC -Panama Baptist Church………….
PMC -Panama Methodist Church…………
R W -Revolutionary War soldiers associated with Harmony from Patriot Soldiers of 1775 -1783 by Frederick Ward Kates vol. I & II…………….
TAR-43 -TAR-64 -Town account records from 1843 through 1864…………..
WWFR -Willis Waite family records…………
YH -History of Chautauqua County NY by Andrew W. Young……….