Released May 23!
New York City’s Municipal Archives Guide is an Award Winner
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We're proud to announce the recognition of Aaron Goodwin, author of the NYG&B’s New York City Municipal Archives: An Authorized Guide for Family Historians by the
Kings County Potter’s Field: The Forgotten Dead
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Cemetery
The following post was originally published in 2014, by an NYG&B intern.
Inventory of Manhattan Records from the Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of New York at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
This inventory lists the records available to researchers in the Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of New York at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
The Center for Jewish History: Rich and Varied Resources for the Genealogist
Part One
American genealogists passionately seek to trace their roots and to understand how the lives of their ancestors fit into a broader historical context.
Using the Innes Getty Collection
Among the larger manuscript holdings of The NYG&B Library is the Innes Getty Collection.
Treasures of the NYG&B: Slocum Disaster Life-Saving Award
In 1904 just about one in four New Yorkers was German — either an immigrant or a child of an immigrant.
The Vosburgh Collection of New York Church Records
Between 1913 and 1921, Royden Woodward Vosburgh (1875-1931) transcribed for The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society records of some 94 New York State Protestant churches, in 104 volumes.
The Records of St. Peter’s, New York City’s Oldest Catholic Parish
The original records of St.