Hello Rita, I hope your friend enjoys their trip to Elmira, Chemung Co. NY. We have a great genealogy library at the Chemung Co. Steele Memorial Library on Church St. Our Historical Society has a research room in the museum on Lake St. You may want to look them up on the US Gen Web. Here is the web site for the library. http://www.steele.lib.ny.us/ For the Historical Society http://www.chemungvalleymuseum.org Hope this info will help your friend. Pat of NYS & Chemung Co.