General Resource Sites

• AccessGenealogy - New York Genealogy Resource Center 
• Ancestor Search - New York Genealogy Search Engines 
• Ancestors: Resource Guide - New York 
  Contact information for archives, libraries, genealogical & historical societies, church records and ethnic resources.
• Ancestry.com - New York Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
• Calendar of Events in NY State 
• Colonial Ancestors 
  Genealogy records and information about ancestors in the 13 original colonies.
• ePodunk 
  Provides ancestral demographics & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
• Family Tree Connection - New York Resources 
  Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
• Footnote.com - New York 
  Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
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• Genealogical Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area 
  Links and contact information for archives, libraries, government & private agencies referenced in the book of the same name.
• GenealogyBank.com - New York 
  GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with fee-based subscription .
• Genealogy.com: State Resources -- New York 
• Geneasearch: A Guide to New York Genealogy 
  Surname registry, female ancestors, ancestors archive, marriage records databases and links.
• Ghost Counties - Your Guide To America's Dead, Forgotten Counties 
  Remembering those counties across America that have been disbanded or discontinued.
• G's Adoption Registry - New York 
• An Introduction to New York Genealogy 
  From the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society.
• Kindred Trails - New York Genealogy Resources 
• Lineages.com - New York Research Room 
• Looking 4 Kin - New York 
• Migrations New York 
• New Netherland and Beyond 
  Genealogy and history of early New York.
• New York Family History 
  Genealogy links and bibliography for New York divided into these sections: Churches, Cemeteries, Vital Records, Societies, Downloads.
• New York History & Genealogy 
  American History and Genealogy Project.
• New York Local History & Genealogy 
  Affiliated with both The American Local History Network and the American History and Genealogy Project.
• New York State Governors 
• The Olive Tree Genealogy - New York 
• USGenWeb - NYGenWeb Project 
• StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy State by State - New York 
• Surname Navigator USA 
  A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) USA, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) USA, Geneanet USA, Google, genealogy USA, Google News Genealogy USA, Rootsweb message board USA, Ancestry.com, Email Finder USA, White Pages USA.
• Websites at RootsWeb 
  • New York at RootsWeb 
    State-specific resources hosted at RootsWeb.
  • NY Resources at RootsWeb 
  • ROOTS-L United States Resources: New York 
    Comprehensive list of research links, including many to history-related sites.
  • RootsWeb Message Boards - New York 
• Virginia & New York Genealogy 
• WNY Genealogy 
• WorldVitalRecords.com - New York in Databases  or New York in Titles 
  An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.

Government & Cities

• 50states.com - New York State Information Resource 
  A list of general information for each state, including a list of colleges, state symbols, links to maps, newspapers, and other miscellaneous state information.
• Bankruptcy Records of the U.S. District Court 1800-1809 
  In 1800 the federal Bankruptcy Act allowed creditors to petition for bankruptcy proceedings against traders, merchants and brokers. This unpopular act was repealed in 1803, but documents in a case may date as late as 1908. You may use this search to find bankrupts whose creditors filed petitions of bankruptcy in the District Court of the United States for Maryland, the Southern District of New York or the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• County Clerks Arranged by County 
  Provides contact information for each County Clerk in the state.
• County Clerks in New York State 
  Discusses records held in general by County Clerks and provides contact information for each County Clerk in the state.
• Court Web Sites - New York 
  Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
• FindLaw: New York: Courts 
  Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
• Government in New York State 
• NACo - About Counties - New York 
  From the National Association of Counties. Includes links to county courthouse addresses and telephone numbers as well as links to official county government web sites.
• New York State Association of Counties - County Directory 
  Provides contact information for each County Clerk in the state.
• New York State Government Information Locator Service 
• New York State Governors 
• New York State Unified Court System 
  Links to all the different courts and contact information.
• Official City Web Sites for the State of New York 
• Public Records Online 
  Links to available state & county Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices. Online public records may include copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes. Some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online.
• USA CityLink Project - New York 
• Yahoo! Get Local...New York Counties and Regions  or Cities
  Maps, yellow pages, white pages, newspapers and other local information.

History & Culture

• The 1911 State Library Fire and Its Effect on New York Genealogy 
  From the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society.
• Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy 
  • Camps by State 
    • New York 
• Existing Railroad Stations in New York State 
  Devoted to the classic railroad stations still standing in New York State.
• GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - New York 
  GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
• The Great New York Floods 1913 
  Story of the great flood and cyclone disasters in New York State, edited by Thomas H. Russell.
• The History of New York 
  From early Native American cultures through WWII. Article by Rickie Lazzerini.
• History of the Erie Canal 
• Hudson River History Tour 
• The Italian American Web Site of New York 
  This site contains information pertaining to Italian genealogy, organizations, discrimination, travel, literature, college, sports, women and much more.
• The Little Falls Canal 
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum  ~ New York City
• New Netherlands Project 
  Project for the transcription, translation, and publication of all Dutch documents in New York repositories relating to the seventeenth-century colony of New Netherland.
  • Documents 
  • De Nieu Nederlanse Marcurius 
  • Timeline of the Netherlands and Scandinavia relating to North America  
• New York History Timeline 
• New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut: The Tri-State Region and more in Stereoscopic Views 
  12,000 photographs of those three states as they were captured in stereoscopic views from the 1850s to the 1910s.
• New York State Historic Marker Program 
  The State Historic Marker Program, which was managed by the Education Department's State History office as an active field program from 1926 to 1966, has now become largely an advisory and data base management program. The archives of that program, as well as the records of over 2,800 historic markers across the State, are maintained by the Museum.
• New York State Canals: Canal Culture: Canal History 
  A short history of the NYS Canal System. This site is exclusively for information on the current-day canal system has no other historical information, and NO information about canal workers, passengers or boaters.
• New York's Oldest Canal 
• Rediscovering New York History & Culture 
  Directs users to historical records and resources in New York State from libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives.
• State Historic Markers 
  Includes an online searchable database of markers.
• The Triangle Factory Fire - March 25, 1911 
  The fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers, is one of the worst disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
  • List of Victims & Survivors 
• The Volturno Ship Disaster - October 1913 
• Yahoo!...History...New York 

How To

• Ancestry.com - New York Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
• Ancestry.com - Research in the Mid-Atlantic States 
  Article by Kory L. Meyerink.
• Beyond the Index--Michael John Neill's Articles in the Ancestry Daily News 
  • French-Canadian Research Beginnings 
    This article discusses beginning research of New York area families from Quebec.
  • French-Canadian Research Part Deux 
    This article continues a discussion of beginning research of New York area families from Quebec.
• FamilySearch Research Guidance - Research Outline - New York 
  This outstanding outline introduces records and strategies that can help you learn more about your ancestors. It explains terms associated with this state's particular genealogy research and describes the content, use, and availability of major genealogical records.

Immigration

• Ancestry.com - Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
• Ancestry.com - New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls); Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1847-1854 
  A book by Gary J. Zimmerman.
• German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1863-1867 
  A book by Gary J. Zimmerman.
• German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1868-1871 
  A book by Gary J. Zimmerman.
• He is on the 1914 Manifest! 
  Article by Michael John Neill on using the Ellis Island Web site to find an entry on a 1914 manifest.
• Instructions for reading New York passenger list soundex cards after 1910 
  Article by Joe Beine.
• ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 1 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 2 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 3 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 4 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 5 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 6 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• National Archives and Records Administration  ~ United States
  • Genealogical Resources at the National Archives 
  • Research Topics of Genealogical Interest 
    • Immigration Records 
      • Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine 
        These materials identify 604,596 persons who arrived in the Port of New York, 1846-1851, and the ships on which they arrived. Approximately 70 percent of the passenger records list Ireland as the native country.
        • Search the Famine Irish Passenger Record Data File 
        • Search the List of Ships that Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine 
• New York Passenger Lists Index 1820-1846 
  FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers from Joe Beine.
• New York Passenger Lists Index 1897-1902 
  FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers from Joe Beine.
• New York Passenger Lists Index July 1902-Dec 1943 
  FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers from Joe Beine.
• Olive Tree Genealogy: Ships Passenger Lists, New York Times Ships Passenger Lists Arrivals and Departures 1851 
  These are lists of passenger names extracted from New York Times Ship Arrivals for September 1851. The ships arrived from a variety of ports both USA and foreign. These are partial passenger lists only, as published in accounts in the newspaper.
• Olive Tree Genealogy: Ships Passenger Lists, Ship Perseverance 
  Passenger List of Ship Perseverance, Belfast Ireland to New York 1811.
• Olive Tree Genealogy: Ships Passenger Lists, Ship Vandalia 
  Passenger List of Ship Vandalia, Hamburg and Havre to New York 1881.
• Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829: From Customs Passenger Lists 
  A book by Elizabeth P. Bentley.
• Passenger Arrivals At The Port Of New York 
  A book by Elizabeth Petty Bentley.
• Port of New York, New York, 1820-1957 
  From National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
• Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports 1789 – 1919 
  Good introduction to this important source from the St. Louis County Library.
• Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York 1789-1919 
  FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers from Joe Beine.
• Roland Marchand's Slide Collection - Immigration 
  Scanned photographs from various phases of the immigration process and society's views of the new arrivals.
  • Arrival 
    Various scanned pictures of immigrants and the facilities at Castle Garden and Ellis Island.
• The S.S. England Page 
  In the spring of 1866, the S.S. England, a steamship from Liverpool, England, was bound for New York with over 1,300 passengers. Hundreds died from an outbreak of cholera.

The Barge Office

• Abuses at the Barge Office 
  From an article originally published in The New York Times on June 3, 1900.
• The Barge Office - 1898 
  Online article titled The Arrival of the Immigrant by Cromwell Childe in the New York Times Magazine, August 14, 1898.

Castle Garden

• Ancestry.com - Castle Garden: The Forgotten Gateway 
  Article by Barry Moreno.
• Castle Clinton (Castle Garden) National Monument 
  From the National Park Service. Located in Battery Park on the southern-most tip of Manhattan, Castle Garden was the arrival point of some eight million immigrants who entered New York harbor from 1855 to 1890. It was the "Ellis Island" of its day.
• Castle Garden 
  Free online searchable database of over 10 million immigrants who arrived at Castle Garden at the tip of Manhattan between 1830 and 1892. Searchable by name. Before Ellis Island was opened, Castle Garden functioned as the first official immigration center in the United States as a collaboration between the State of New York and New York City. Information in the online database is taken from the original ships' manifests and provides occupation, age, sex, date of arrival, place of origin and ship name. Results of advanced searches require a fee-for-download.
  • Castle Garden Timeline 
  • Example of Ship Manifest 
• Immigrant's Story - Castle Garden 
  From the New York Times of December 23, 1866.
• Immigration and the Commissioners of Emigration of the State of New York 
  A book by Friedrich Kapp.
• The ShipsList - Ships Pictures, Ports and Logos 
  • Castle Garden 
    Engravings and photographs of Castle Garden.
  • Castle Garden 1855 
    New York Daily Times article about the opening of the new immigrant depot.
  • Wards Island Immigration Station 
    Engravings of the Emigrant Hospital.
• Steve Morse's One-Step Castle Garden Search Engine 
  One-Step search of Castle Garden immigration records covring the years 1851 to 1891. This search requires a subscription to a pay-for-use database.

Ellis Island

• See Cyndi's List - Ellis Island

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• Cornell University Library 
  • Reference Services Division 
    • Genealogical Research at Cornell 
• Erie Canal Museum  ~ Syracuse
• Family History Library Catalog 
  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
  • New York 
• FamilySearch - Family History Centers in New York 
  A list of local LDS Family History Centers along with addresses and hours of operation.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum 
• LIBCAT: US - New York 
  A directory of library resources on the Internet.
• LibDex - The Library Index - New York 
  A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
• MARAC Regional Archives Institutions - New York 
• Newberry Library | Bibliography of African American History - New York 
• Newberry Library | Genealogy Bibliographies - New York 
• New York Family History Centers 
  A list of addresses, phone numbers and hours of operation from the Genealogy Home Page.
• New York Genealogical & Biographical Society 
  One of the principal genealogical reference libraries in the United States. The collection consists of more than 75,000 books, 1,300 periodicals, some 30,000 manuscripts, and nearly 22,000 microforms, as well as computer media.
• New York Public Library 
  • CATNYP: The Research Libraries' Catalogs 
  • New York Public Library - Humanities and Social Sciences Library 
    • General Research Division 
      • Obituaries - Death Notices, and Guides to Burial Places of Notables: A Research Guide 
      • Christianity and Church History: A Research Guide 
    • Map Division 
    • Manuscripts and Archives Division 
    • U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy Division 
      • Genealogical Research at the New York Public Library 
• New York State Archives and Records Administration Home Page 
  • Research Room - Family Records 
    • Naturalization & Related Records 
      Information Leaflet #6.
    • Records Useful for Genealogical Research 
  • State Archives On-Line Catalog 
• New York State Library Home Page 
  • Collections and Research Services 
  • New York State Library: Genealogy 
  • New York State Newspaper Project 
• New York State Museum 
  • Colonial Albany Project Website 
    Web exhibit by the Colonial Albany Social History Project of the New York State Museum.
• PublicLibraries.com - New York 
• Repositories of Primary Sources: New York 
  A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 
  From the New York Public Library.
• South Street Seaport Museum  ~ New York City
• United Methodist Church - General Commission on Archives & History - Directory for Local and Regional United Methodist Archives 
  List of annual conference archive contacts for the state. For local Methodist church records, your best resource is the annual conference archives. The boundaries of the annual conference do not necessarily coincide with state boundaries, and some states may have several conferences within their borders.

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - New York Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: USA/NY 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• BOSTON-STATES Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the migration between the Eastern Provinces of Canada and New England/New York. Archives: browse or search.
• CASTLE-GARDEN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Castle Garden, the first center in the United States for processing arriving immigrants, which was founded by New York State on an island off the southwest tip of Manhattan in 1855. Archives: browse or search.
• DUTCH-COLONIES Mailing List 
  For the discussion of the New York and New Jersey Colonies, known as New Amsterdam. Archives: browse or search.
• ELLIS-ISLAND Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Ellis Island which was established in 1890 at the southeast foot of Manhattan, New York as a federal processing center for arriving immigrants when the Treasury Department assumed control of immigration in New York harbor and New York officials refused continued use of Castle Garden. Archives: browse or search.
• GEN-NYS-L Mailing List 
  For New York State researchers who would like to share experiences, examine sources, give advice, or make suggestions so that others may find the information they are seeking. Archives: browse or search.
• GEN-NYS-L Mailing List Web Page 
  Including archives of past correspondence.
• GERMAN-NY Mailing List 
  For . Archives: browse or search.
• ITALIANS-NY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Italian immigrants to New York. Archives: browse or search.
• NEW-ENG-NATAM Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Native Americans in the New England and New York areas. Archives: browse or search.
• NEW-NETHERLAND Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in New Netherland Colony. Archives: browse or search.
• NEWYORK Mailing List 
  For . Archives: browse or search.
• NewYork-ROOTS-L Mailing List 
  Discussions of genealogical and historical research in New York.
• NY-AfriGeneas Mailing List 
  To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of African ancestored family researchers within New York.
• NY-BIOGRAPHIES Mailing List 
  A mailing list, supporting the New York Biography Project, for the sharing of biographies of New York State residents. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-CAN-NY Mailing List 
  For Canadians who are researching their New York ancestors and New Yorkers who are researching their Canadian ancestors. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-CENSUS Mailing List 
  For the volunteers who are engaged in transcribing New York census records in support of the USGenWeb Census Project to discuss the status of the project.
• NY-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List 
  For anyone desiring a check of New York census records for their ancestors. Requests should be as specific as possible and include county name, specific family of interest, and year whenever possible. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-CIVIL-WAR Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the role of New York and its residents in the Civil War. Archives: browse or search.
• NYDUTCH Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in people who emigrated from the Netherlands and settled in New York State after 1800. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-FREEDMEN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Freedmen in New York from all ethnic backgrounds (e.g., African, Native American, Caucasian). Archives: browse or search.
• NY-GHOSTTOWNS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the ghost towns of New York. Archives: browse or search.
• NYHIST-L 
  An edited discussion list provided by the New York State Archives and Records Administration as a forum for announcements, discussion, and research inquiries and referrals focused exclusively on New York State history including political, social, military, legal, and religious history.
• NY-IRISH Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical, historical, or cultural interest in the Irish emigrants who landed, lived in, or passed through the state of New York. See also the NY-IRISH web site . Archives: browse or search.
• NY-MEMORIES Mailing List 
  For anyone who wants to reminisce about living and growing up in New York or share the reminiscences of their ancestors who lived there. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-Military Mailing List 
  For anyone who is researching New York ancestors who served in the military in any place and at any time. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-OLDDUTCH-GRAVES Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding old Dutch graves in New York. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-OLD-NEWS Mailing List 
  For the submission of abstracts, extracts and links from New York newspapers published prior to 1931. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-ORPHANAGES Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in orphans and orphanages in New York. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-ROLLCALL Mailing List 
  For any and all researchers of New York State kin to post roll calls - surnames they are researching and associated information such as locations and timeframes. Archives: browse or search.
• NYS Mailing List 
  For discussing the creation of a single source for all New York genealogy databases. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-SCOTS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the emigration of Scots to settlements in New York. Archives: browse or search.
• NYTRISTATE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in families that moved between New York and neighboring states. Archives: browse or search.

• Yahoo! Groups: New York Genealogy 

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information

• 1895 U.S. Atlas - New York 
  Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
• American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - New York 
  From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
• American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - New York 
  From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
• Animated Map - County Formation - New York 1683-1915 
• American Shores - Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850 
  Maps on this site cover the early modern period ending in 1850, just as so-called internal improvements (canals, highways, and railroads) began to cross the young nation and change the landscape.
• Boston Rare Maps 
  Dealer specializing in antique and rare maps (and books with maps) of New England and the Northeast.
• Circa 1930 City Directories Available at NARA - New York 
  Listing of microfilmed city directories available at the National Archives.
• Color Landform Atlas: New York 
  Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.
• Gleason's Old Maps Etc. 
  Photocopies of Old Maps, Prints and Articles of Historical and Genealogical Interest from New York.
• Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) 
  From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.
• Historic USGS Maps of New York - Image Map 
• Historic USGS Maps of New York - Quad Index 
• Historic USGS Maps of New York - Town Index 
• K.B. Slocum Books and Maps - New York 
• Map of New York Counties 
• MapQuest: World Atlas: New York 
• Maps of the Hudson 
• New York State Historical Maps 
• Old Maps of New York, Pennsylvania and New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts) 
  Quality reproductions of towns in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine with family names.
• The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - New York Maps 
  From The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Map of New York Counties 
• RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo 
  Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.
• Schenectady, New York City Directories 
  Found at the Schenectady County Public Library. Includes an online version of the Schenectady Directory and City Register for the years 1841-2.
• U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - New York County Selection Map 
• U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - New York 
  At the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library 
  • New York Digital Map Library 
• A Virtual Trip on the Historic Hudson River 
  Text and links based upon William Wade's "Panorama of the Hudson River", 1846.
• Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - New York 
  Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.

Military

• 1st New York Regiment - Continental Line 
  Revolutionary War reenactors. Site contains a regimental history which includes information about General Richard MONTGOMERY, Colonel Goose VAN SCHAICK, and its founder Alexander McDOUGALL.
• 1st New York Veteran Cavalry 
• The 5th New York Volunteer Infantry - "Duryee's Zouaves" 
• 9th New York Volunteer Inf. (Hawkins' Zouaves) 
  Service and members of the 9th New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War.
• 9th Regiment, Infantry New York Volunteers / Spanish American War 
• 12th New York Cavalry 
• The 14th Brooklyn Company E Website 
  Detailed genealogical information on veterans of the 14th Brooklyn (all companies).
• 15th New York Cavalry 
• 36th New York Infantry 
  Brigade mate of the 2nd Rhode Island, 7th and 10th Massachusetts regiments. Clarey, Cahill, Alcott.
• 56th New York Volunteers Infantry - "The Tenth Legion" 
• 72nd New York Volunteer Infantry - Company C, 3rd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac 
• 79th New York Volunteer Infantry Company A, Cameron Highlanders 
  A non-commercial, non-reenactment site dedicated to the preservation of the history of the 79th NY Highlanders.
• 83rd New York Volunteers Sons of Veterans Reserve 
• 88th NYSV - 88th Brigade New York Guard 
  The military history of the Army of the Potomac's 88th Regiment 2nd Brigade Irish, 1st Division II Corps.
• 112th New York Infantry - The Chautauqua Regiment 
• 115th NY Volunteer Infantry 
• 117th New York Volunteer Infantry 
• 127th New York Infantry 
• 131st New York Volunteer Infantry 
  1st Regiment, Metropolitan Guard.
• The 134th New York Infantry Regiment 
  Regiment raised in Schoharie and Schenectady counties.
• 147th New York Volunteers - Oswego, New York 
  Regimental history, rosters, pictures, & maps.
• 149th NY Volunteer Infantry 
• Ancestry.com 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
  • Search Military Records 
    • New York in the Revolution 
    • New York Military in the Revolution 
      Original source: Electronic reproduction of New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. II, originally published in 1897.
    • New York Pensioners, 1835 
      Original source: United States Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, In Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. [New York Section]. Washington, D.C.: Duff Green, 1835.
• Ancestry.com - WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - New York 
  Scanned images available by subscription.
• Buffalonians in The Polish Army 
  Source of this listing from "Buffalo and Erie County in the World War 1914-1919".
• Buffalo's 19th Century Army Barracks and the Towpath to Weedsport 
• Cattaraugus County Veterans of the Great War 1917-1918 
  Contains a "Next of Kin" list for members of Company I, 108th Infantry, 27 Division of the U.S. Army. Lists next of kin's name, relationship, and addresses. Mostly from Cattaraugus and Erie Counties, New York.
• The Civil War Archive - Union Regiments - New York 
• Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients from New York 
• Civil War Prison Elmira 
• Civil War Rosters - New York 
  List of links to web sites with rosters for each state.
• Dennis J McCARTHY 
  Dennis J. McCarthy, a private in Co. E, 6th New York Heavy Artillery.
• Drums Along the Mohawk 
  The story of the American Revolution on the New York Frontier.
• Forty-Seventh New York Infantry 
• Grand Army of the Republic records, 1865-1949  ~ New York
  Descriptions of over 40.5 cubic feet (83 boxes) of records in the New York State Archives.
• The Hardtack Regiment: 154th New York Volunteer Infantry 
• History of the 14th Brooklyn 
  • A Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • B Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • C Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • D Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • E Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • F Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • G Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • H Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • I Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • Sappers and Miners Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
• History of the 184th Regiment NY Vol, Oswego Co., N.Y. 
• History of Company H, 119th New York Volunteers 
• Index To Militia Rolls - Olive Tree Genealogy 
  Rolls for New Jersey and New York.
• Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - New York 
  From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
• Letters written by Private Justus G. MATTESON during the Civil War 
  MATTESON & HATCH surnames. Cortland County, New York.
• Military Tract in Cayuga Co., NY 
  Alphabetical listing of surnames including first name, township, and lot information.
• New York 2nd Regiment Veteran Cavalry - "Empire Light Cavalry" 
• New York 9th Heavy Artillery 
  New York 9th Heavy Artillery of Wayne and Cayuga Counties during the American Civil War. Timeline, Excerpts of Letters, Obituaries, List of soldiers such as SEWARD, MCDOWELL, WAGER, MURPHY, AND GARRITY.
• New York State and the Civil War 
• New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center  ~ Saratoga Springs
  • Researching Civil War Soldiers and Regiments: A Resource Guide 
  • Genealogy Resources 
• New York State Civil War Soldier Database 
  Information includes more than 360,000 men who served in New York State Volunteer and the United States Sharpshooter units and the state's three regiments of United States Colored Troops during the Civil War.
• New York Volunteers 188th Regiment Co. A 
• NY 16th Regiment Infantry Page 
• NY State Veterans' Homes 
• Register of Officers Commissioned in Volunteer Regiments from the State of New York, 1861 - 1865 
• Revolutionary Soldiers of Chautauqua County 
• Roster of Men Joining the U.S. Army from Pitcher, Chenango County, New York in the Years 1861 - 1865 
• A Small Town's Civil War History and the Hillside Cemetery Civil War Graves Project 
  Research done in Middletown New York's historic Hillside Cemetery for the location of and survey of its Civil War Union Veterans.
• Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - New York 
  From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - New York 
• WNY Genealogy - World War II Honor Roll 

Newspapers

• ABYZ News Links - New York - Newspapers and News Sources 
• Ancestry.com 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
  • Search Newspapers & Periodicals Records 
• GenealogyBank.com - Historical Newspapers - New York 
  GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with fee-based subscription .
• Home Town News - New York 
  Directory of daily and weekly newspapers in the United States.
• The Independent 
  Serving the Hudson Berkshire Corrider, New York.
• NewsDirectory.com: Newspapers: New York 
• NewsLink | Newspapers | U.S. | New York 
• Newspaper Abstracts - Finding Our Ancestors in the News! - New York 
• NewspaperLinks.com - New York 
• New York State Newspaper Project 
• The New York Times on the Web 
• New York Times Article Archive 1851-1980 
  Online searchable database.
• Newsday.com - Long Island and Queens, NY 
• New York State Newspaper Project 
• TheOldenTimes.com: Old New York News 
  Historic newspapers online: births, deaths & marriages, notices, old news, legal notices, recipes & more, all scanned from original issues of 18th-20th century newspapers. Index of names, site search.
• OnlineNewspapers.com - Newspaper & Newspapers Online Directory: New York 
• ThePaperboy.com Newspaper Directory - New York Newspapers 
• The United States Newspaper Program 
  Cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
  • New York 
• US Newspaper Links - New York Newspapers 
• World-newspapers.com - New York Newspapers 
• Yahoo!...Newspapers...New York 

Occupations

• The Glovers of Fulton County 
  Research and documentation project that examines the glove industry of Fulton County, New York. Fulton County was long a center of world glove production. During the late 1800s and early decades of this century the county produced more than 90% of all fine leather gloves manufactured in the United States.
• New York State Engineer's Employees, 1908 
  Browseable surname list of about 2000 employees on State public works projects (canals, roads, bridges, etc), from the State Engineer to the $2-per-day laborers. Posted by the Town of Carmel Historical Society.

People & Families

• African American Genealogy Resources: States/New York 
  From Christine's Genealogy Website.
• AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in New York 
• French Huguenots in the Hudson Valley 
  French pilgrims influenced the culture of the Hudson Valley. Faced with religious persecution, the Huguenots left France to find a peaceful homeland.
• GEDCOM Index .com - New York 
  Index of GEDCOM files found online, arranged by surname and given name.
• The LADD Family GraveSite 
  Photos of LADD family gravesites in New York.
• New York Biographies Project 
• New York Blacksheep Ancestors 
  Directory of links for prison and convict records, court records, executions, famous outlaws, criminals & bandits.
• New York - Irish Genealogy 
• Olive Tree Genealogy: VAN SLYKE Family 
  The Genealogy of the half-French, half-Mohawk woman, Ots-Toch, and her Dutch husband, Cornelis VAN SLYKE.
• Oneida Indian Ancestry 
• The Seneca Nation of Indians 
  Homepage for the Seneca Nation of Indians, western New York.
• Sylvia's NY Adoption Page 
  For adoption triad members that are searching in New York state to register their information. There are also links to sites that may be helpful in their search.
• Tribes and Villages of New York 
• Upstate New York Welsh 
  Upstate New York Welsh celebrates Welsh Heritage in Western, Central and Eastern New York State -- the part of the state outside of New York City. Includes information on settlements, customs, records, churches, individual Welsh immigrants and a directory of current Welsh-American organizations.
• Welcome To The Twin Tiers History and Genealogy Site 
  Covering information on the people who made their marks in the history and genealogy of what is known as the Twin Tiers of southern New York and the northern part of Pennsylvania.
• WPA Life Histories from New York 
  Manuscripts from the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1940, Library of Congress.

Periodicals & Pamphlets

Photographs & Memories

• Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive - New York 
  Searchable database containing images of thousands of identified and mystery 19th & 20th century photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long-lost family. Search vintage school annuals, faculty & students,images & names. Upload your own vintage yearbooks so others can discover their ancestral images.
  • 1916 "Cornellian" Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 
  • 1926 Hackley School, Tarrytown, NY 
• FamilyOldPhotos.com - New York 
  Old, antique, or vintage photos. User submitted with family history and details.
• Old-Yearbooks.com - New York 
  Old high school & college yearbooks, graduation programs, reunion booklets, class rolls, alumni lists, school photos & memorabilia.

Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services

• Accelerated Genealogy Research - Professional Genealogists - New York 
  Our directory lists professional genealogists by education, experience, credentials, research specialty, international or U.S. region, and billing rate to help you find the researcher best qualified to find your ancestor.
• Bill Madon - New York State Genealogy Research Services 
• Board for Certification of Genealogists - Roster of Those Certified - Residing in New York  or Specializing in New York 
• Brick Wall Buster - Genealogical Research in Cattaraugus County, NY 
  Western New York State research: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Steuben Counties in New York, as well as McKean County in Pennsylvania.
• Brown Research, Professional Genealogical Research 
  Specializing in Irish in Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York and in Ireland.
• Clifford L. Stott & Associates, Genealogical Research 
  A certified genealogist, accredited genealogist, and a fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, with more than 30 years of research experience in U.S. and British records. Specializing in Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, Rhode Island.
• Diliberto Probate Research, LLC 
  Heirfinders, NYC, expert witness for kinship matters.
• eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - New York & New Jersey 
  Directory of professional genealogists specializing in New York & New Jersey research.
• Finger Lakes House Histories 
  Historical and Genealogical Research services for the upstate NY region. The web site also lists surnames of interest along with information concerning house histories and genealogy.
• Genealogy Helplist - New York 
• genealogyPro - Professional Genealogists for North Eastern United States 
  Including the states of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
• Laura Prescott - Genealogy Research & Education 
  Michigan, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, and Rhode Island.
• Let Us Help You With Your Genealogical Garden - Tree Climbers Genealogy Service 
  Based in New York state.
• Lineages Unlimited - Diane Snyder Ptak 
  Albany, New York. Specialties include New England & Mid-Atlantic & the Southern States, European reseach, adoptions & estate heir research, military search services, passenger lists.
• McCally & Sheradin :: Historical Research and Consulting 
  Based in Rochester, New York.
• Maehrlein's Heirlines Genealogical Research 
  20+ years of genealogical experience for northern New Jersey, New York City & Washington County, Rhode Island.
• Massachusetts and New York Genealogy and History Research 
  Specializing in Capital District area; German, Dutch, Irish research. Worcester County, Massachusetts, greater Boston area and some New York. Specialist in searching church records
• NEGenRes and Collins Publishing 
  Genealogical research service for New England and New York. Genealogical publishing service.
• New Jersey & New York City Historical Research 
  Historical research in the NY/NJ metropolitan area in town halls, libraries, county court houses, state archives, state library, census, city directories, etc.
• New York State Capital Region Genealogy 
  Censuses and other records, Cindy Rowzee, A.G.
• New York State Census & Vital Record Research 
  Researcher in Albany, New York. State museum and archives as well as New York City Municipal Archives. Specializing in New York State, vital records, census, newspapers.
• Professional Genealogist/Family History Researcher 
  Researching Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Steuben Counties in New York; and McKean County in Pennslyania.
• Professional Genealogist in New York - Frederick E. Smith, M.A. (History) 
  Frederick E. Smith, M.A. (History), family history and forensic genealogy research services: documentation and tracing of family lines/location of missing heirs to estates, due diligence searches in NYC and State. Rapid retrieval of NY State and NYC vital records.
• Professional Genealogist in New York - Nancy Coleman 
  Long Island and NYC (Kings, Queens, & NY Counties) Research Services.
• Professional Genealogist, Richard M. Pope 
  Specializing in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York City, Germany.
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - New York 
  A list of volunteers who are willing to help you with your research in this locality.
• Rural New York State Family Research 
  Genealogical Services for Central, Western, and Northern New York.
• Sandy Allen Genealogy Searches 
  Professional genealogist researching off-line sites and sources in Upstate New York. Specializing in the Mohawk Valley, Montgomery and Fulton Counties.
• Up, Roots! Genealogy Research Services, Judi LANGER-SURNAMER CAPLAN 
  In the metropolitan New York City area, including the boroughs of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, as well as Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
• Van Campen and Associates 
  New York area professional research.
• Volunteer Genealogy Researcher New York State 
  Onondaga & Oswego counties.

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - New York 
  
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862 
    A book by Carol Sheriff.
  • Better Than Gold: An Immigrant Family's First Years in Brooklyn 
    A book by Fannie Silver.
  • The Children's Aid Society of New York: an index to the federal, state, and local census records of its lodging houses, 1855-1925 
    A book by Carolee R. Inskeep.
  • Colonial New York: A History 
    A book by Michael Kammen.
  • The Colony That Rose from the Sea : Norwegian Maritime Migration and Community in Brooklyn, 1850-1910 
    A book by David C. Mauk.
  • Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent & City of Schenectady [N.Y.] from 1662 to 1800 
    A book by Jonathan Pearson.
  • Directory to Collections of New York Vital Records 1726-1989 
    A book by Fred Q. Bowman.
  • Ellis Island Gateway to America 
    A book by Loretto D. Szucs.
  • Erie Water West: A History of the Erie Canal, 1792-1854 
    A book by Ronald E. Shaw.
  • Gazetteer of the State of New York (1860), Reprinted with an Index of Names 
    A book by J. H. French.
  • Genealogical Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area 
    A book by Estelle M. Guzik.
  • Graveyard Shift: New York City Metropolitan Area Cemeteries 
    A book by Carolee Inskeep.
  • Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: New York 
    A book by the United States Bureau of the Census.
  • The Historical Atlas of New York City : A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History 
    A book by Eric Homberger.
  • How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York 
    A book by Jacob A. Riis.
  • Immigration and the Commissioners of Emigration of the State of New York 
    A book by Friedrich Kapp.
  • The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan, the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America 
    A book by Russell Shorto.
  • Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939 
    A book by Daniel Soyer.
  • The Luckiest Orphans: A History of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York 
    A book by Hyman Bogen.
  • 'Mother Donit Fore the Best': Correspondence of a Nineteenth-Century Orphan Asylum 
    A book by Judith A. Dulberger.
  • Names, Names and More Names: Locating Your Dutch Ancestor in Colonial America 
    A book by Arthur C. M. Kelly.
  • New Netherlands Roots 
    A book by Gwenn F. Epperson.
  • New York Births & Baptisms: Southeast Region, 1660-1916 
    A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
  • New York City Court Records, 1760-1797 
    A book by Kenneth Scott.
  • New York City Court Records, 1797-1801 : Genealogical Data from the Court of General Sessions (Special Publication, No 56) 
    A book by Kenneth Scott.
  • The New York Foundling Hospital: An Index to the Federal, State, and Local Census Records [1870-1925] 
    A book by Carolee R. Inskeep.
  • New York Genealogical Research 
    A book by George K. Schweitzer.
  • New York City Methodist Marriages 1785-1893 
    A book by William Scott Fisher.
  • New York State Probate Records: A Genealogist's Guide to Testate and Intestate Records 
    A book by Gordon Lewis Remington.
  • New York State Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources 
    A book by Gordon Lewis Remington.
  • New York Supreme Court Naturalization Petition Index: 1907-1924 
    A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
  • Nineteenth Century Apprentices in New York City (Special Publications of the National Genealogical Society, No. 55) 
    A book by Kenneth Scott.
  • The Palatine Families of New York : A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710 
    A book by Henry Z. Jones.
  • Permanent New Yorkers: A Biographical Guide to the Cemeteries of New York 
    A book by Judi Culbertson.
  • Petitions for Name Changes in New York City 1848-1899 (Special Publications of the National Genealogical Society, No. 53) 
    A book by Kenneth Scott.
  • Pioneer History of Orleans County, New York: Containing Some Account of the Civil Divisions of Western New York, With Brief Biographical Notices 
    A book by Arad Thomas.
  • Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York: Marriages from 11 December, 1639, to 26 August, 1801 
    A book by Samuel S. Purple.
  • The Six Nations of New York: The 1892 United States Extra Census Bulletin 
    A book by Robert W. Venables.
  • The Street Book: An Encyclopedia of Manhattan's Street Names and Their Origins 
    A book by Henry Moscow.
  • The Union Preserved: A Guide to the Civil War Records in the New York State Archives 
    A book by Harold Holzer.
  • Western New York Land Transactions 1804-1824: Extracted from the Archives of the Holland Land Company 
    A book by Karen E. Livsey.
  • Western New York Land Transactions, 1825-1835: Extracted from the Archives of the Holland Land Company 
    A book by Karen E. Livsey.
• AncestorSpy - CDs and Microfiche for New York 
• Archive CD Books USA 
  Digital reproductions (or e-books) of old books, maps, and other rare genealogical material.
  • New York 
    • Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, With an Historical Essay 
      By Lorenzo Sabine.
    • Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey (Volumes I and II) and Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Early Settlers of New Jersey and their Descendants (Volumes III, IV and V) 
      By John E. Stillwell, M.D.
    • Knickerbocker's History of New York (1887) 
• Barbara Green's Used Genealogy Books - New York 
• Barnette's Family Tree Books - New York 
• Bergen Historic Books, Inc. 
  Books that focus on northern New Jersey and southern New York history and genealogy, especially Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic Counties, New Jersey and New Netherland families; new and reprints of histories, cemetery and vital records, and surname genealogies.
• Books We Own - New York 
  Find a book from which you would like a lookup and click on the submitter's code at the end of the entry. Once you find the contact information for the submitter, write them a polite request for a lookup. Be sure to follow the Tips for making a request . See also the Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright page and please also consider reading through: How to Contribute to Books We Own.
• Boyd Publishing Company - New York 
  See their home page for details on placing an order.
• Devastation on the Delaware 
  A book for sale. The first comprehensive documentary of the 1955 flood on the Delaware River, caused by Hurricane Diane. Covers both sides of the river from Port Jervis, NY to Trenton, NJ. Affected areas of NY, NJ and PA. Includes in-depth treatment of the washing away of Camp Davis in Monroe County, PA, where almost 80 people were killed, including some entire families. 456 pp. narrative non-fiction, illustrated with 12 maps & diagrams, 105 historic photos. Fully indexed, appendices.
• eBay Listings: Search for New York Genealogy 
  Online auction service for buying & selling.
• Genealogical.com - New York 
  The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
  • Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809 
    A book by Roswell Randall Hoes.
  • Calendar of Wills 
    A book by Berthold Fernow.
  • The Children's Aid Society of New York 
    A book by Carolee Inskeep.
  • Early New York Families 
    A CD-ROM by Genealogical.com .
  • Early New York Naturalizations 
    A book by Kenneth Scott.
  • Gazetteer of the State of New York (1860) 
    A book by J. H. French.
  • Genealogical Data from Colonial New York Newspapers 
    A book by Kenneth Scott.
  • Genealogies of Long Island Families 
    A CD-ROM by Genealogical.com.
  • Guide to Genealogical and Biographical Sources for New York City (Manhattan), 1783-1898 
    A book by Rosalie Fellows Bailey.
  • Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: New York 
    A book by the United States Bureau of the Census.
  • Index to the 1800 Census of New York 
    A book by Barbra Kay Armstrong.
  • Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald, Volume I: 1835-1855 
    A book by James P. Maher.
  • Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald, Volume II: 1856-1863 
    A book by James P. Maher.
  • Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald, Volume III: 1864-1870 
    A book by James P. Maher.
  • New Netherland Roots 
    A book by Gwenn F. Epperson.
  • The New York Foundling Hospital 
    A book by Carolee Inskeep.
  • New York Marriages Previous to 1784 
    A book by Genealogical.com.
  • The Register of New Netherland, 1626-1674 
    A book by Edmund B. O'Callaghan.
  • Slaves and Nonwhite Free Persons in the 1790 Federal Census of New York 
    A book by Gilbert S. Bahn.
• Genealogical Resources in New York 
  A book by Estelle M. Guzik.
• This Gunner at His Piece - James E. Haas 
  Welcome to the Online Home of This Gunner at His Piece... 226 Men with ties to College Point, New York took part in the Civil War. They served 82 different Army units, and in the Navy, both on land and on sea. They were engineers and artillerists, and one was a musician in the Marine Band. The majority claimed Germany as their country of birth, and 24 died in the service of their adopted homeland. This publication tells their stories, before, during and after the American Civil War.
• Heart of the Lakes Publishing 
  Specializing in New York local and regional history and publishing assistance for family historians.
• Heritage Books: New York 
• Higginson Book Company - New York 
• Hope Farm Press & Bookshop 
  New York State Regional History, Folklore, Nature, Military, Native American and Genealogy -- Covering Western New York, Adirondacks, Hudson Valley, Catskill Mts & Finger Lakes.
  • Table of Contents 
    • Genealogy - by County/Country/State 
• Kinship - "Genealogy Resources for Kith and Kin" 
  Publishers of New York State Research Material.
• NEHGS Online Store 
  From the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
  • New York State Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources 
    A book by Gordon L. Remington.
• Picton Press - New York 
• Quintin Publications | New York 
• SK Publications Census CDs and Books - New York 
• The Sleeper Co.: Genealogy Books on Washington Co., NY 
• wnybooks.com: Official Site for Western New York Wares, Inc. 
  Publisher of local history and general interest books for Buffalo, Erie County, and Western New York.
• Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe - New York and New Jersey 

Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists

• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - New York 
• The Olive Tree Genealogy: 17th Century Immigrants to New York Registry 
• RootsWeb Surname List - RSL New York
  The RSL and this form concept & design are courtesy of Karen Isaacson
  Type in your New York surname:
  

Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
(Born, Married, Died & Buried)

Cemeteries

• African American Cemeteries Online - New York 
• Cemetery Junction: New York Cemeteries 
  A list of links and addresses for cemeteries in the state.
• Cemetery List 
  listing of more than 1,800 Not-for-Profit cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the Department of State - Division of Cemeteries. This list does not include some 4,000 cemeteries owned by religious, private & municipal organizations in New York State.
• ePodunk - Cemeteries 
  Listing of cemeteries in the state.
• Find-A-Grave by Location: New York 
  Graves of noteworthy people.
• FSN Funeral Homes - New York 
• Funeral Services Providers - New York 
  A directory of funeral service providers including funeral homes and cemeteries.
• Graveinfo.com 
  New Jersey and New York cemetery information and transcriptions.
• I Dream of Genealogy - New York Cemeteries 
• iMortuary.com - Cemetery Directory - New York Cemeteries 
• iMortuary.com - Funeral Home Directory - New York Funeral Homes 
• Interment.net: New York Cemeteries 
  Online archive of cemetery transcriptions, with dates and names of people interred in local cemeteries. Also links to related materials online.
• The Political Graveyard - Cemeteries in New York 
• Preplanning Network - Funeral Home and Cemetery Directory - New York 
• Saving Graves - New York 
• USA Funeral Homes Online Directory - New York 
• USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project - New York 
• Virtual Tour of Cemeteries: The Gravestone Gallery 
  A photo essay of gravestones from the early 19th century to the present, found mainly in Onondaga County, New York (Syracuse area).

Census

• 1790 Census of Population and Housing 
  From the US Census Bureau. Printed transcriptions in .pdf or .zip format showing Heads of Household.
  • New York PDF 
  • New York ZIP 
• AccessGenealogy - New York Census Records 
  Census links for online census research.
• Ancestry.com - New York Census, 1790-1890 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
• Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses 
  Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
  1790 , 1800 , 1810 , 1820 , 1830 , 1840 , 1850 , 1860 , 1870 , 1880 , 1890 Fragment , 1890 Veterans Schedules , 1900 , 1910 , 1920 , 1930 
• Ancestry.com 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
  • Search Census Records 
    US, UK, and Canadian census records.
• Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - New York 
• Family Search Record Search 
  Millions of indexed records and images of records. Join volunteers around the world who are helping to make more free records available online through FamilySearch Indexing.
  • New York State Census, 1892 
• HeritageQuest - US Federal Census Schedules Available on Microfilm 
  Digitized images of the complete US Census from 1790 to 1930 for sale on microfilm.
  Census Schedules for New York:
  1790 , 1800 , 1810 , 1820 , 1830 , 1840 , 1850 , 1860 , 1870 , 1880 , 1890 (partial) , 1890 Veterans & Widows Schedules , 1900 , 1910 , 1920 , 1930 
• NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration 
  • The Federal Population Censuses - Catalogs of NARA Microfilm 
    • 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses - Catalog of NARA Microfilm 
    • 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version 
    • 1900 Federal Population Census - Catalog of NARA Microfilm 
    • 1900 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version 
    • 1910 Federal Population Censuses - Catalog of NARA Microfilm 
    • 1910 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version 
    • 1920 Federal Population Census - Catalog of NARA Microfilm 
    • 1920 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version 
    • 1930 Federal Population Census - Catalog of NARA Microfilm 
    • 1930 Census Microfilm Locator 
      Provides the researcher with the correct microfilm roll number to search. It is not an online index of names and does not contain scanned images of the original records.
• New York State Census 
• One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse 
  Alternate search functions for many online databases. Includes tools for immigration, census, vital records, calendars, soundex, foreign alphabets, Jewish and Holocaust research.
  • New York Census 
• USGenWeb Archives 
  • Census Project 
    • Census Project - New York 

Land

Miscellaneous

• The Accident Insurance Company of North America List of Shareholders 1890 
  Search for names of shareholders in 1890. Includes residences and details of shares. Shareholders residences are Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Scotland, New York and Vermont.
• Alms House Admission Foreigners & Nativity Records with Ships Names 1855-1858 (New York City, NY) 
  Searchable database of Alms House records of New York City 1855-1858. These records provide immigration details, ages, places of birth and more. They list immigrants to Quebec, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Boston.
• Ancestry.com - New York Chinese Exclusion Index 
  Online searchable index available by subscription.
• Ancestry.com 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
  • Ancestry.com - Genealogy Databases 
    Browse this alphabetical index of all Ancestry databases.
  • Ancestry.com - Recent Genealogy Databases 
    Browse this list of genealogy databases posted or updated recently.
  • Ancestry.com - Search Records 
    Search across the entire collection (more than four billion names) from one search box.
    • Search Court, Land & Probate Records 
    • Search Directories & Member Lists Records 
    • Search Family & Local History Records 
    • Search Immigration Records 
      Passenger lists, citizenship, naturalization, and other immigration sources.
    • Search Reference & Finding Aids Records 
      Including dictionaries, maps, and gazetteers.
    • Search Trees & Community Records 
      Published genealogies, electronic files containing genealogical lineage, and other compiled sources.
• Baptisms at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam 1639-1730 
• Before the Needles - New York 
  A detailed listing of executions that occurred under civil authority in New York. Listing includes (when known) the convict's name, age, race, sex, occupation, crime, date of execution, method of execution and whether it was a single or multiple execution.
• County Courthouse Addresses 
• Deed Data Pool 
  Downloadable deed files for Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia & West Virginia.
• Footnote.com - Free Trial 
  Search original historical documents free, digitized images available with fee-based membership. Records included are from The National Archives and Records Administration, the Pennsylvania Archives, FamilySearch, the Center for Research Libraries, and various local archives.
  • Naturalization Index - NYC Courts 
    Original source: NARA M1674. The Soundex index to naturalization petitions filed in federal, state, and local courts in New York City, including New York, Kings, Queens and Richmond counties, 1792-1906.
  • Naturalization Index - NY Eastern Jul 1865-Sep 1906 
    Original source: NARA M1164. A card index to naturalization petitions filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York from July 1865 through September 1906.
  • Naturalization Index - NY Eastern Oct 1906-Nov 1925 
    Original source: NARA M1164. A card index to naturalization petitions filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York from October 1907 through November 1925.
  • Naturalization Index - NY Eastern Nov 1925-Dec 1957 
    Original source: NARA M1164. A card index to naturalization petitions filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York from November 1925 through December 1957.
  • Naturalization Index - NY Southern Intentions 
    Original source: NARA M1675. Alphabetical Index to Declarations of Intention of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1917-1950.
  • Naturalization Index - NY Southern Petitions 
    Original source: NARA M1676. Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1824-1941.
  • Naturalization Index - NY Western 
    Original source: NARA M1677. Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalizations of the US District Court for the Western District of New York, 1907-1966.
• Guarantee Company of North America - List of Shareholders 1890 
  Search for names of shareholders in 1890. Includes residences and details of shares. Shareholders residences are Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Illinois.
• Guide to New York State Canal Records 
  The NYS Archives maintains this site which describes 360 series of records documenting New York's canals from the earliest Erie Canal surveys to the completion and operation of the Barge Canal.
• Military Service Records in the New York State Archives 
• Naturalization Petitions Indexes. New York. 1834-1860 Books (Volumes) 10,11,12. LDS film 1301679 Item 4 
  Search a free index to Naturalization Petitions for New York from 1844 to 1850. Instructions included with index for ordering the correct film of the full record for any individual found.
• New York Foundling Hospital 
  • History of New York Foundling 
• NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration 
  • NARA | Genealogists/Family Historians 
  • NARA | Locations | Northeast Region (Boston) 
    Records for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
    • Guide to Archival Holdings at NARA's Northeast Region (Boston) 
    • Services for the Public 
  • NARA | Locations | Northeast Region (New York City) 
    Records for New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
    • Guide to Archival Holdings at NARA's Northeast Region (New York City) 
    • Services for the Public 
  • NARA | Locations | Northeast Region (Pittsfield) 
  • NARA | Research | Order Online 
• New York Indorsed Land Papers, 1643-1676 
• Olive Tree Genealogy: Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists to New York 
  Custom Search Engine allows you to search multiple Internet sites for Passenger Lists of ships going to New York, United States.
• Passengers on the Emigrant Ship "Guy Mannering" 
  Sailed from Liverpool on May 22, 1849; arrived New York, June 28th.
• Public Records Online 
  Contact information for Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices.
• Records Room: New York Counties, United States 
• Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports 1789 – 1919 
  Finding aid from the Saint Louis County Public Library.
• Research Room - Family Records in the New York State Archives 
• SAMPUBCO 
  Will Testators Indexes, Naturalization Records Indexes and Census Indexes online. You can order copies of the original source documents for a small fee.
• USGenWeb Archives 
  • Archives - NYGENWEB 
  • Pensions Project 
  • Special Collections Project 
  • USGenWeb Archives Search Page - Search by State 
    • Search only the text files in the archives for New York:
      
      Query:    

Obituaries

• Ancestry.com - Obituary Collection 
  Searchable databases available by subscription. A compilation of obituaries published in newspapers, collected from various online sources.
  • United States Obituary Collection 
    • NY 
• Early New York Times Obituaries Index 
  List of names, death dates and brief summary of articles found on the obituary page of the "New York Times", transcribed from the microfilm reels beginning with January 1, 1929.
• New York Times Obituaries 
• ObitsArchive.com - New York 
  The largest and most comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices in the United States. Each obituary or death notice is indexed by the name of the deceased person, to make searching easier and more precise. In addition, the text of each obituary or death notice is searchable, making it easy to find just what you're looking for using a place of residence, occupation, names of family members, or other personal information.
• The Obituary Link Page - New York Obituary Links 
  Also includes links to cemetery resources.
• The Times Herald Record Online - Obituaries 
  New York and Pennsylvania newspaper.
• USGenWeb Archives 
  • Obituary Project 

Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death

• Ancestors at Rest - Death Records for New York 
  Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.
• Ancestry.com 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
  • Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records 
    Including baptism, christening, and burial records.
  • Search Court, Land & Probate Records 
• Deaths from the Western N.Y. Masonic Relief Association (1875 - 1893) 
• Index of Marriages and Deaths in NY Weekly Museum, 1788-1817 
• New York Births and Deaths CD set 1809-1988 
  For sale on CD-ROM.
• New York Marriages Search Engine 
  Search your surnames through New York marriage records from across the web.
• New York State Vital Records Information 
  Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
  From the New York state Department of Health. Includes printable request forms, availability and fee information.
  • Obtaining New York State Records for Genealogy Purposes 
    From the New York state Department of Health. Explains the rules for obtaining vital records certificates for genealogical research.
• New York Times Death Notices Index 
  List of names, death dates and source of the date and newspaper page from the "New York Times" of only the death notices beginning with January 1, 1929.
• Olive Tree Genealogy: New Netherland Section - Records of the Reformed Church at Conewago - Marriages 
  Marriages performed by the Rev. George G. Brinckerhoff while pastor of the Reformed Church at Conewago, 1789 to 1793.
• Orphan And Foundling Burials (1880-1920) 
  Genealogical information for orphans and foundlings interred in free burial in New York area cemeteries.
• Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam/New York - Marriages, 1639-1801 
• Rev. Noah Barrell's Record of marriages 1823-1874 
  Records of 253 Marriages performed by Noah Barrell in 7 counties in N and Central, NY, 3 counties in OH and 2 counties in SE Wisconsin.
• VitalChek Network - New York 
• vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - New York 
  Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
• Vital Records Information - New York State Department of Health 
• VitalSearch - New York (USA): New York State Vital Records 
  Searchable online indexes.
• Where to Write for Vital Records - New York 
  From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

Religion & Churches

• Church Angel - New York Churches 
• Local Catholic Church and Family History and Catholic Ancestors - New York 
• Mass Times 
  Provides addresses for Catholic churches in the state organized alphabetically by city name.
• Net Ministries Church Directory - New York 
• New York Quakers 
• Polish Parishes in Western New York 
• Records of the Cayuga and Fosterville United Methodist Churches Cayuga County, New York 
• Roman Catholic Dioceses and Parishes within the United States - New York 
• United Methodist Church Directory - New York 

Societies & Groups

• 1st New York Continental Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution 
• African Atlantic Genealogical Society 
  A resource for people whose ancestors have had an African and/or Atlantic-crossing experience.
• The American Irish Historical Society 
• Archivists Round Table of Metropolitian New York 
• Association of Public Historians of New York State 
• Central New York Genealogical Society  ~ Syracuse
  Serving the 48 upstate New York counties.
• Genealogical Societies in New York State 
• Grand Lodge of New York - Masons 
• Hispanic Genealogical Society of New York 
• Holland Society of New York 
  Descendants in the direct male line from those who lived in the colonies under Dutch rule in America before or during 1675.
• IOOF Lodge Website Directory - New York 
  Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
• Italian Historical Society of America  ~ Brooklyn
• Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. 
  The Jewish Genealogical Society (JGS) is a nonprofit organization founded in New York in 1977 and dedicated to collecting, preserving and disseminating knowledge about Jewish genealogy.
• Kindred Roots Genealogical Society 
• Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society 
  Dedicated to our early German ancestors who arrived in America and for the Society's purposes includes New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Carolinas.
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference 
• New York Correction History Society 
• New York Genealogical & Biographical Society 
  One of the principal genealogical reference libraries in the United States. The collection consists of more than 75,000 books, 1,300 periodicals, some 30,000 manuscripts, and nearly 22,000 microforms, as well as computer media.
• New York Historical Society 
• New York Metro Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists 
• New York Genealogical & Biographical Society 
• New York Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America 
• New York State Department, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic 
• New York State Funeral Directors Association 
• New York State Historical Association  ~ Cooperstown
• New York State Organization National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 
• Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society 
  The historical society for the New York, Ontario & Western Ry (1880-1957) which operated in NY, PA, and NJ. The NYO&W was originally called the New York & Oswego Midland.
• Polish Genealogical Society of New York State 
• Scottish Heritage & Ancestral Research Society 
  Based in the greater NYC area, SHARS promotes and encourages interest in Scottish genealogy, family history and heritage.
• Society Hill: New York Genealogy 
  A list of addresses for genealogical and historical societies in the state.
• St. George's Society of New York 
  Founded in Manhattan on St. George's Day (23 April) in 1770 to assist Englishmen in distress in the City of New York.

U.S. - Counties, Localities and Regions

• Cyndi's List - U.S. - New York - Localities: Counties, Areas & Regions 

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