The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library and the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society (NYG&B) recently announced the opening of the Western New York Digitization Center, located inside the Central Library’s Grosvenor Room.
The Western New York Digitization Center is operated through the NYG&B’s Digitize New York initiative. Digitize New York is a statewide effort launched in 2023 to preserve New York’s at-risk historical records and make them publicly accessible for researchers, genealogists, educators and community members. The Center features a CopiBook OS A2, a top-of-the-line high-precision scanner, funded by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation.
Any Western New York-based organization with materials relevant to New York family history may apply for the center’s services, which are provided at no cost to participating organizations that are selected. Digitized records will be processed and made publicly and freely accessible for everyone on the NYG&B’s online records and collections platform.
For more information, visit www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/western-new-york-digitization-center.
