David,

Have you tried the County GenWeb site for Buffalo?  The coordinator of
the site would have a good idea of what's available and where.

GenWeb is a volunteer organization on the internet that is trying to put
genealogical and historical information on the net for the free use by
researchers.  For New York State's page, a starting point for Buffalo,
go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb/

Good luck.

Melissa Simmons
Albany County GenWeb (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyalbany/)


> I'm looking for birth and death dates, and birthplace, of Jesse Clipper,
> the first African-American fatality in World War I. There's a monument to
> him and other blacks who gave their lives in combat, in Buffalo.
>