Guides and General Resources
- Roger D. Joslyn, "New York," in Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources, rev.ed. (1992) pp. 521-40
Released April 18!
Marriage records of the town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York, 1841–1842
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This collection is fully searchable and contains Ulster county marriage records from 1841 to 1842. These records were copied from "The Rochester Gem and Ladies' Amulet", a semi-monthly journal of literature, science, tales, and miscellany. Browse the full record set.
Released February 15!
The History of Ulster County, New York
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The History of Ulster County, New York, includes illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. The text also includes lists of men from Ulster County who served in the Civil War. View the full volume.
Accord Charge, Methodist Church
List of marriages, 1878-1899; baptisms, 1877-1899; members
Released October 28!
Released February 20!
Ulster County Cemetery Records
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Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Ulster County, New York. Researchers can browse digital images of these records, but they cannot currently be searched. The collection page contains a complete list of all cemeteries available, including waypoint links to view images from each cemetery.
Released February 11!
Ulster County Clerk's Office, Old Dutch & English Records
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Before the publication of this survey of microfilm in 2011, Donald C. Lockhart was trying to investigate the life of an ancestor named Reijnier van der Coelen. This ancestor was a “distiller and grain dealer whose misdeed dot the pages of colonial-era records.”
Essential Resources for African American Research on the NYG&B Website
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African American
Are you researching African American families from New York State? This kind of research can be amazingly complicated and full of brick walls.
Some Ancestors of Nelly Jane (Franklin) Lefevre: An African American of the Mid-Hudson Valley
Joan de Vries Kelley, NYG&B Record, vol 145 (2014) no. 4: 245-258; vol 146 (2015), no. 2: 107-116; no. 3: 187-197; no. 4: 283-298, 311; vol 147 (2016), no 1.