The Holland Land Company
Selected Resources

The Holland Land Company Resource Page was put together to assist historians and genealogists in finding suitable reference material. Hopefully, you will find this information useful.

1. Joseph Ellicott and the Holland Land Company; William Chazanof; Syracuse University Press,1970
2. The Developers Frontier; William Wycoff; Yale University Press, 1988
3. The Holland Land Company; Paul D. Evans; Buffalo Historical Society, 1924
4. Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase; O. Turner; G.H. Derby Co, 1850 (reprinted by: James Brunner; Geneseo, 1974)
5. Western New York Land Transactions; Karen E. Livsey; Genealogical Publing Co, 1991
6. Frontier Settlement and Market Revolution: The Holland Land Purchase; Charles E. Brooks; Cornell University Press, 1996

1. Joseph Ellicott and Stories of the Holland Purchase, Clara L. T. Williams, published by author, 1936
   
2. The Holland Land Company Papers: Reports of Joseph Ellicott, Vol. 1, Buffalo Historical Society, 1937
3. The Holland Land Company Papers: Reports of Joseph Ellicott, Vol. 2, Buffalo Historical Society, 1941

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• State University of NY at Fredonia, Reed Library
  
  ARCHIVES OF THE HOLLAND LAND COMPANY AND RELATED COLLECTIONS.
  

  The most complete source of original Holland Land Company is located right in Western New York. Additional information on the collection can be found at the Reed Library web site.

  Collections include:
  
  
  • Holland Land Company records and documents from the Municipal Archives of Amsterdam. Collection consists of 202 microfilm rolls.
    
  • Field notes of the grand survey of the Genesee lands. Collection consists of 2 microfilm rolls.
    
  • Field notes of the surveys of ranges and township lines. Collection consists of 3 microfilm rolls.
    
  • Lot survey field notebooks, 1798-1815. Collection consists of 23 microfilm rolls.
    
  • Holland Land Company records and related documents in the Buffalo and
  • Erie County Historical Society (includes the Joseph Ellicott Correspondence) Collection consists of 25 microfilm rolls.
    
  • Holland Land Company and related records in Reed Library (pertaining mostly to Cattaraugus County) Collection consists of 23 microfilm rolls.
    
  • Holland Land Company and Chautauqua Land Office records in Patterson Library, Westfield. Collection consists of 52 microfilm rolls.
    
  • Holland Land Company records in the Batavia Land Office Museum. Collection consists of 17 microfilm rolls.
    
  • Holland Land Company map collection on colored microfiche and film.
    
  
  
  
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  

  Another excellent source for Holland Land Company records is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Center. Many of the records in the Reed Library Collection are also available through your local Family History Center.

  Find your nearest Family History Center.
  
  Collections include:
  
  
  • Holland Land Company records and documents from the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. Collection consists of 23 microfilm rolls.
  • Holland Land Company records and documents from the Municipal Archives of Amsterdam. Collection consists of 202 microfilm rolls.
    
  
  
  
• The New York State Library
  • Search the Library catalog. Note: Your browser must support the telnet function.
  • View the results of a previous serach.

Maps

• Western New York
• New Amsterdam (Buffalo)
• Pennsylvannia

Holland Land Office Museum
131 West Main St, Batavia, NY 14020 (716) 343-4727
WWW site for the Holland Land Office.

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Holland Land Company vault
Main St, Mayville, NY


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McClurg Mansion and Land Company Office
Moore Park, Westfield, NY

Asa Ransom House
10529 Main Street (Rt. 5)
Clarence, N.Y. 14031-1684
WWW site for the Asa Ransom House.

© 1998, John R. Stewart