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A Note to Researchers

Unfortunately, the Holland Land Office Museum is not a research facility. The museum collaborates with the Genesee county History Department and utilizes their archives for research. The History Department's hours are Monday through Wednesday, 9 AM to 4:30 PM. They can be contacted at the following: Genesee County History Department, 3 West Main Street, Batavia, NY 14020, (585) 344-2550, ext. 2613.

Also, the museum does not own any of the Holland Land Company's papers or record books. The originals are in the Municipal Archives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (website for the Gemeentearchief.) Microfilm copies are available at Reed Library, State University of New York at Fredonia.



Wonderland of Trees Information

For information of the Holland Land Office Museum's Annual Wonderland of Trees
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UP~SOUTH BOOK Now Available!

Author Lynda Breckenridge Gaetano's recently released book is now available in the Gift Shop at the Holland Land Office Museum. The Spring Volume of Up~South speaks of the early frontier of Western New York State from early 1800s through 1840s, with stories of young communities and their citizen's strength of spirit and faith, even as they faced the woody wilds of the new County of Genesee.
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The Life and Times of Joseph Ellicott
Resident-Agent Joseph Ellicott was considered the single most influential individual in Western New York during the pioneer era. Joseph Ellicott, and his land office, were an integral cog in the economic machine of the Holland Land Company and were responsible for the settlement of roughly 3.5 million acres of land. Enjoy the latest publication from Ellicott Scholar and Museum Director Patrick Weissend, now available in pdf format.
Ellicott pdf

 

 
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