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• New York Department, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865

  The only national lineage society for female direct descendants of Union veterans of the Civil War. This site is for the NY Department, but residency in the state is not a requirement for admission. Tips on Civil War research and links to NY repositories.

• 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 Irish History Roundtable

  The New York Irish History Roundtable promotes interest in and research on the 300-year history of people of Irish heritage in New York City. Its purpose is to provide opportunities to exchange information, and for members to learn from each other, about the complex relationship between the Irish and New York City since the colonial period. It sponsors lectures, field trips, walking tours, special projects, graduate and undergraduate scholarships, museum exhibitions, genealogy workshops, newsletters and an annual journal, New York Irish History. The New York Irish History Roundtable is a non-denominational, non-political, registered not-for-profit corporation. Its members include both professional and amateur historians and genealogists. Membership is open to all.

• New York Metro Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists

• 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 David's Society of the State of New York

  The St. David's Society of The State of New York was founded in 1801 and we currently have 311 members, our aim to develop and support the Welsh culture, Welsh people, their descendants, and the families and communities in the US that are connected with Wales.

• 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.

• Swiss Benevolent Society

  The Swiss Benevolent Society of New York is the oldest charitable Swiss organization in the United States. Founded in 1832 and formally organized in 1846, it has continued to function without interruption to the present day, always responding to the socioeconomic changes of the times.

• The American Irish Historical Society

• The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany

  Founded in 1924, the Dutch Settlers Society of Albany strives to perpetuate the memory of the individuals who settled in the greater Albany area during the Dutch colonial period of 1624 - 1664. The Society is charged with collecting and preserving information pertaining to the early history of Albany (Fort Orange, later Beverwijck) including genealogical records of the settlers and their descendants.

• The National Society Dames of the Court of Honor - New York State Society

  New York State chapter of national lineage society for women descendants of colonial governors or commissioned officers in American Wars through the War Between the States.