Note. The references listed in the excellent bibliography below are no longer available at the NYG&B Library. They are, however, available at the New York Public Library where our collection is now housed.
The NYG&B Library has in its collection the microfilms listed below. Numerous reels of church and cemetery records are also available for many New York counties. Please see Some New York City Records on Microfilm at The NYG&B Library for a list of our New York City holdings. The Library’s collection is non-circulating.
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Federal Census:
- Population Schedules 1790-1920;
- Soundexes 1880, 1900, 1920;
- Manufactures Schedule 1820;
- Agricultural, Industrial, Mortality, Social Schedules 1850-1880;
- Civil War Veterans Schedule 1890
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State Census 1825-1925 (for all counties and years microfilmed)
- Original Wills 1665-1738
- Index to Wills 1665-1787
- Will Libers main series 1665-1787;
- Court of Probates 1787-1822;
- Chancery Court 1830-1847;
- Supreme Court 1799-1829
- Wills proved at Albany, NY [and NYC] 1629-1802; index, 1629-1828
- Index to Admininstrations 1743-1787
- Letters of Administration 1743-1797 (pre-1743 Letters of Administrations are in Will Libers 1-15)
- Administration Bonds 1753-1783
- Original records of Administration of Estates, 1700-1825 and Inventories and Accounts, 1600s to 1700s
- Inventories 1725-1753
- Secretary of State Deeds (Vol. 1-31) 1659-1800, and Index
- Land Patents (Vol. 1-18) 1664-1802, and Index
- Chancery Court Minutes 1701-1847
- Dutch Colonial Manuscripts 1638-1674
- Surrogate's Index 1787-1959
- Will Libers 1787-1802
- Letters of Administration 1794-1815
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1630-1966
- Deeds [some wills] 1656-1850
- Mortgagor Index 1630-1894
- Mortgagee Index 1755-1829, 1837-1893
- Mortgages 1652-1660, 1765-1830
- Index to Wills 1807-1952
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1807-1929
- Decedents’ Estate Index 1806-1951
- Surrogate’s Index 1800-1956
- Surrogate’s Index 1799-1952
- Surrogate’s Index 1811-1962
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1811-1917
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Grantor-Grantee Index, 1772-1925
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Deeds 1785-1850
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1808-1962
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1797-1962
- Surrogate's Index 1751-1934
- Surrogate's Will Libers 1751-1852
- Common Pleas Will Libers 1790-1838
- Letters of Administration 1787-1807
- Guardianships 1802-1868
- Records of Dower, 1800-1852
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1718-1950
- Deeds 1718-1802
- Mortgages 1754-1801
- Tax Lists, 1717-1748, 1753-1779
- Minutes, Court of Common Pleas 1721-1801
- Minutes, Court of General Sessions 1721-1805
- Index to Ancient Documents 1722-1880
- Surrogate’s Index 1800-1929
- Index to Wills and Letters 1799-1938
- Surrogate’s Index 1805-1920
- Surrogate's Index 1800-1930
- Will Libers 1800-1856
- Letters of Administration 1804-1874
- Guardianships 1816-1872, 1890-1912
- Surrogate’s Indexes 1830-1900
- Guardianship Index 1830-1900
- Surrogate’s Index 1805-1940
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1805-1873
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1806-1900
- Surrogate's Index 1787-1905
- Will Libers 1787-1810
- Letters of Administration 1788-1821
- Deeds 1772-1801
- Minutes, Court of Common Pleas 1772-1791
- Minutes, Court of General Sessions 1772-1806
Nassau County
(See Queens County, New York City for pre-1899 records)
- Index to Wills 1798-1909
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1791-1912
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1794-1810
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1789-1958
- Surrogate's Index 1787-1941
- Will Libers 1787-1851
- Letters of Administration 1787-1815
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1703-1965
- Deeds 1703-1850
- Mortgagor Index 1703-1869
- Mortgages 1754-1850
- Minutes, Court of Common Pleas 1727-1856
- Minutes, Court of Common Pleas, General Sessions 1794-1800
- Index to Wills 1792-1887
- Surrogate’s Indexes 1846-1971
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1791-1948
- Grantor-Grantee Indes 1812-1963
- Deeds 1812-1850
- Mortgagor Mortgagee 1812-1929
- Probate Index 1794-1916
- Probate Records, 1802-1854
- Surrogate’s Index 1798-1966
- Wills 1798-1850
- Probate Records, Proved 1835-1851
- Letters of Administration 1798-1859
- Decrees 1830-1885
- Administrations 1800-1850
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1798-1929
- Deeds 1703-1850
- Mortgagor-Mortgagee Index 1798-1929
- Mortgages 1703-1857
- Probate Index 1878-1906
- Index of Wills 1799-1893
- Index of Wills and Proceedings 1830-1955
- Index of Administrations 1800-1955
- Probate Index 1795-1902
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1795-1940
- Index to Administrations 1796-1936
- Testementary Index 1796-1936
- Guardianship Index 1796-1909
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1660-1892
- Deeds 1660-1853
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1817-1967
- Index to Wills 1787-1916
- Will Libers 1787-1814
- Index to Admins. 1787-1914
- Letters of Administration 1787-1816
- Index to Guardianships 1895-1988
- Guardian Records 1823-1851
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1685-1899
- Deeds 1685-1805
- Mortgagor Index 1755-1899
- Mortgages 1767-1805
- Early Kingston Court Records, Secretary's Papers, Account Books, 1661-1684 (some to 1774)
- Surrogate’s Index
- Index to Deeds, 1813-1876
- Index to Wills 1788-1896
- Will Libers 1788-1811
- Index to Admins. 1788-1896
- Letters of Administration 1787-1825
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1774-1900
- Deeds 1774-1817
- Mortgagor Index 1773-1881
- Mortgages 1773-1798
Westchester County
(see Bronx County, New York City, for vital records of some pre-1895 Westchester towns and villages)
- Probate Index 1787-1983
- Will Libers 1787-1850
- Estate Files 1775-1850
- Letters of Administration 1777-1818
- Guardianships 1802-1867
- Grantor-Grantee-Mortgagor Index 1680-1898
- Deeds 1684-1801
- Mortgages 1755-1806
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1823-1965
Compiled by Catherine M. Ellard, Assistant Librarian
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