Wayne County Historian
Peter Evans
Closed Holidays (2020)
Phone: 315 946-5470 or email: Historian@co.wayne.ny.us
Lyons, NY 14489
CALL 315-946-5470 for office access
See sign

on left wall in Public Safety Building lobby
clerk to the Historian: Jane Milem
Wayne County Map
Guide to Wayne County Historic Sites
April 11, 1823, by act of the NYS Legislature, Wayne County came into existence.
The last county to be “set off” from Ontario County
Along with parts of northern Seneca County
It is unique with lakeshore and fertile lake plain in the north
Undulating with 100s of Drumlins in the middle
Marshy with streams flowing easterly in the south
Info available at Historian Office:
Census; surname folders; subject files;
burial/cemetery data; wills/surrogates before 1900;
library with county, town, church, organization histories;
county maps 1853,1858,1874,1904,1937;
Hoffman Essays; microfilmed records
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Research may be done on site at the Office of the County Historian without charge. If you can’t come into the office you may request the Office of the County Historian to do research, using the Research Request Form.
State requests simply and clearly, giving pertinent information but excluding unnecessary detail.
Research Request Form and Deposit Must Accompany All Requests.
Events Calendar
last updated January 19, 2021
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Lisette C. Hotchkiss Parshall, 1840-1913
2017: 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote in NYS.
See local activist Lisette C. Hotchkiss Parshall - Erie Canalway Information
- www.waynecountytourism.com
- www.wcnygs.com
- Historian Archived Articles
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