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Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute

The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute at the Center for Jewish History provides access to a wealth of genealogical resources through the Center

AFS Archives

The Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs. The American Field Service was founded in France during the First World War as an ambulance service staffed by Americans. The AFS Archives consists of over 300 cubic feet of archival material, including documents, photographs, and memorabilia. The Archives is located in New York City.

American Museum of Natural History - Research Library

Located in New York, NY. The Library's Special Collections consist of archival material relating to the history of the Museum, its scientists and staff, scientific expeditions and research, Museum exhibitions, education, and general administration. These archives include departmental records and manuscript collections of individuals closely associated with the Museum or with the history of natural science.

Cornell University Library

Digital State Archives - New York

It sometimes seems as if everyone's family lived in New York at one time or another. The State Archives just might be the place to unearth some unexpected family history. Included here are some odd records, like inmate files, WWI muster rolls, and veterans' pension claims.

Erie Canal Museum

Syracuse.

FamilySearch - FamilySearch Center Locator: New York

From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.

FamilySearch Catalog

From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Microfilm loans can be ordered and then sent to your local Family History Center.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum

Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

The Historical Collections of the Great Lakes collects, preserves, and makes available historical materials documenting the Great Lakes region and connecting waterways. From Bowling Green State University.

HRVH Hudson River Valley Heritage

Photographs, diaries, correspondence, artwork, publications, oral history interviews, maps, newspapers, and more from the Hudson River Valley region of New York State. From the Southeastern NY Library Resources Council.

Italian American Museum

New York, NY

LibDex - The Library Index - New York

A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

Library of Congress - Search results for New York

National Archives and Records Administration

New Netherland Research Center: Research Library: NYS Library

Opened to the public in November 2010, the New Netherland Research Center (NNRC) is located in the New York State Research Library. It provides a permanent location where students, educators, scholars, and researchers worldwide can access translations of early Dutch colonial manuscripts and a vast library of early documents, books, and reference works that tell the fascinating story of the Dutch global reach during the American colonial period and its lasting impact on today's world.

New York Genealogical & Biographical Society

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, founded in 1869, is the oldest genealogical society in New York and the only one that is statewide. It produces the quarterly journal The Record and the quarterly review The New York Researcher; it offers education programs and partners with other organizations through the New York Family History School; and it provides a rich collection of online resources for its members. 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 Heritage Digital Collections

New York Heritage is a research portal for students, educators, historians, genealogists, and anyone else who is interested in learning more about the people, places and institutions of New York State. The site provides free access to more than 170 distinct digital collections, totalling hundreds of thousands of items. The collections in New York Heritage represent a broad range of historical, scholarly, and cultural materials held in libraries, museums, and archives throughout the state. Collection items include photographs, letters, diaries, directories, maps, newspapers, books, and more.

New York Heritage Digital Collections

Gateway to hundreds of digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions.

New York Public Library