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Welcome to
The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
For nearly 400 years, New York has been known for the diversity of its people. Whether your ancestors were among the first Europeans or Africans who came to New Netherland, or the Native Americans who were already living here, or whether they were among the long stream of immigrants from all over the world who came in the subsequent years, the G&B is here to help you learn more about those ancestors and the world in which they lived.
The G&B is a membership organization, and new members are always welcome. Benefits of membership include access to all of the Library's collections (published materials, manuscripts, and microforms); subscriptions to our two quarterly publications, the Record and the Researcher, and discounts on other publications; unlimited queries on the NYG&B Bulletin Board, four free queries per year, published in the Researcher and on our website; access to our Members' Area, and reduced fees for educational programs and our library's record search service.
Free: E-Newsletter: Would you like to receive monthly updates on what programs are coming up and what’s going on in the NYG&B? Please send your e-mail address to webmaster@nygbs.org and ask to be added to our list of e-zine recipients. |
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Spring 2008 Walking Tours
Posted: Tuesday, April 22 @ Eastern Daylight Time |
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Join G&B tour guide Maria Dering for walking tours to culturally and historically significant neighborhoods in New York City.
Upcoming tours: May 20: Seneca Village-Central Park
June 12: Gramercy Park and the Civil War
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SPRING BOOKTALK AT NYG&B
Posted: Thursday, April 03 @ Eastern Daylight Time |
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Firth Haring Fabend: May 1, 5:30: Land So Fair: The Unspoken Truths of the Great-Great-Greats: History Speaking for Itself in Fiction
Dr. Fabend holds a Ph.D. in American Studies and is considered the "premier historian of Dutch American culture."
Land So Fair, her sixth novel, is a saga of the author’s Haring family.
Booktalks are held in the Portrait Gallery at Society headquarters and are open to all.
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American Military and Official Heraldry: An Illustrated Talk
Posted: Tuesday, March 25 @ Eastern Daylight Time |
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Wed., June 25 at 6:00 p.m.
Join us for a rare and special look at the elements, colors, symbols, and quality of American heraldry, presented by Charles Mungo, Director of The United States Army Institute of Heraldry, Fort Belvoir, VA. A native New Yorker and 28-year veteran of the Marine Corps, Mr. Mungo will discuss the Institute’s work over the past century.
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The Heraldry of Rockefeller Center
Posted: Tuesday, March 25 @ Eastern Daylight Time |
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Rescheduled to Thursday., May 15 at 5:30
Art Deco and heraldry? Absolutely! Join us for a guided walking tour of Rockefeller Center as we explore the ways in which heraldic elements, emblems, and coats of arms are used to adorn the buildings of this iconic urban center. Led by G&B Heraldry Committee Member and licensed sightseeing guide Maria Dering. Dinner at a local pub (extra charge) will follow the tour. Reservations for both the tour and dinner are a must!
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Methodist Protestants and the Union Cemeteries of Brooklyn (1844-1894) Now on CD
Posted: Wednesday, March 19 @ Eastern Daylight Time |
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 We are very pleased to announce the publication of Methodist Protestants and the Union Cemeteries of Brooklyn (1844-1894) on CD. Collected and compiled by long-time NYG&B member Frank A. Biebel, this volume is the result of years of painstaking transcription and analysis.
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NEW YORKERS OF FLANDERS FIELD
Posted: Monday, January 28 @ Eastern Standard Time |
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Saturday, April 12, 1:00-3:00 Christopher Sims and Patrick Lernout will visit the NYG&B to discuss their on-going project to discover the identities of the New Yorkers buried in Flanders Field.
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HERALDRY PROGRAM
Posted: Friday, January 04 @ Eastern Standard Time |
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Monday, February 4, 6 p.m. (immediately following the 5:30 Eucharist) The College of Arms Foundation, Inc. and The Committee on Heraldry of The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Invite you to A Heraldic Tour of Saint Thomas Church led by Rev. Canon John G.B. Andrew, OBE, DD Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, at 53rd Street. Meet in the church narthex next to front entrance.
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JO HUMPHREY TO SPEAK - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008
Posted: Wednesday, December 19 @ Eastern Standard Time |
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Wednesday, January 30, 5:30 p.m. Jo Humphrey, long time member of the NYG&B, will discuss her book, Joseph Franz: A Renaissance Man in the Twentieth Century (iUniverse, 2006).
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EVE LAPLANTE RETURNS - TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2008
Posted: Wednesday, December 19 @ Eastern Standard Time |
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EVE LAPLANTE RETURNS Tuesday, January 8, 5:30 p.m. Eve LaPlante will return to the NYG&B to speak on her latest book, SalemWitch Judge: The Life and Repentance of Samuel Sewall (HarperOne, 2007), the story of one of the Salem judges who sent dozens of people to their deaths and later lived to regret and repent for those actions.
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2008 Winter Repository Tours
Posted: Tuesday, December 18 @ Eastern Standard Time |
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The Education Committee of the NYG&B is very pleased to once again offer tours to the Federal and Municipal Archives, the New York Public Library, the NYG&B Library, the New-York Historical Society, and the Brooklyn Historical Society. Please join us for in-depth introductions to the holdings of some of the City’s most genealogically relevant collections.
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