Publications:

BD = Batavia Daily News

BT = Batavia Times

LG = LeRoy Gazette-News

NYT = New York Times

RDC = Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

 

Previous Lists (see section Previous Honor Rolls for details):

COUNTY LIST 1:  August 5, 1919 Batavia Daily News p11 c3-4

COUNTY LIST 2:  October 12, 1922 Batavia Daily News p9 c2-3

COUNTY LIST 3:  May 30, 1925 Batavia Times p1 c1

COUNTY LIST 4:  November 11, 1933 Batavia Daily News p1 c5-6

BHR:  February 1, 1919 (p8 c2); March 1, 1919 (p1 c3-5); and June 2, 1932 (p1 c2) Batavia Times

 

Other Frequently Used Source References:

1917 “Militia Enrollment List”: columnar ledger book on file at the Genesee County Clerk’s Office, Batavia, New York. Information taken in June-July 1917 as part of the New York Military Census of males ages 18-45.

NYSS = New York Service Summary card from Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919, NY State Archives, Albany, NY.

BCF = Burial Case File from Correspondence, Reports, Telegrams, Applications, and Other Papers Relating to Burials of Service Personnel, 01/01/1915 – 12/31/1939; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774, 1985, Record Group 92; National Archives – St. Louis, Missouri.

OMPF = Official Military Personnel File, National Personnel Records Center, National Archives—St. Louis, Missouri.

 

Note that many source publications are cited on lists in abbreviated form (title or partial title only). See the Bibliography for complete title, author, and publisher information.

Also, please note that in most cases, because of total file size limitations, only some of the documents in an individual’s Burial Case File and/or Official Military Personnel File are displayed in his or her online profile. Complete sets of the documents, photocopied from originals at the National Archives in St. Louis, are available for review at the Genesee County History Department in Batavia, New York.