Compiled by Catherine M. Ellard, Assistant Librarian
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.
Province/State
of New York
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Federal
Census:
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Population
Schedules 1790-1920;
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Soundexes
1880, 1900, 1920;
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Manufactures
Schedule 1820;
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Agricultural,
Industrial, Mortality, Social Schedules 1850-1880;
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Civil
War Veterans Schedule 1890
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Original
Wills 1665-1738
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Index to
Wills 1665-1787
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Will Libers
main series 1665-1787;
- Wills proved at Albany, NY [and NYC] 1629-1802; index,
1629-1828
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Index to
Admininstrations 1743-1787
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Letters
of Administration 1743-1797 (pre-1743 Letters of Administrations are
in Will Libers 1-15)
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Administration
Bonds 1753-1783
- Original records of Administration of Estates, 1700-1825 and Inventories
and Accounts, 1600s to 1700s
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Inventories
1725-1753
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Secretary
of State Deeds (Vol. 1-31) 1659-1800, and Index
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Land Patents
(Vol. 1-18) 1664-1802, and Index
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Chancery
Court Minutes 1701-1847
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Dutch Colonial
Manuscripts 1638-1674

Albany
County
-
Surrogate's
Index 1787-1959
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Will Libers
1787-1802
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Letters
of Administration 1794-1815
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Grantor-Grantee
Index 1630-1966
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Deeds [some
wills] 1656-1850
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Mortgagor
Index 1630-1894
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Mortgagee Index 1755-1829, 1837-1893
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Mortgages
1652-1660, 1765-1830

Allegany County
- Index to Wills 1807-1952
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1807-1929

Broome County
- Decedents’ Estate Index 1806-1951

Cattauraugus County
- Surrogate’s Index 1800-1956

Cayuga County
- Surrogate’s Index 1799-1952

Chautauqua County
- Surrogate’s Index 1811-1962
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1811-1917

Columbia County
Cortland County
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1808-1962

Delaware County
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1797-1962

Dutchess
County
-
Surrogate's
Index 1751-1934
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Surrogate's
Will Libers 1751-1852
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Common
Pleas Will Libers 1790-1838
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Letters
of Administration 1787-1807
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Guardianships
1802-1868
- Records of Dower, 1800-1852
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Grantor-Grantee
Index 1718-1950
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Deeds 1718-1802
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Mortgages
1754-1801
- Tax Lists, 1717-1748, 1753-1779
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Minutes,
Court of Common Pleas 1721-1801
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Minutes,
Court of General Sessions 1721-1805
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Index to
Ancient Documents 1722-1880

Erie County
- Surrogate’s Index 1800-1929

Essex County
- Index to Wills and Letters 1799-1938

Genesee County
- Surrogate’s Index 1805-1920

Greene
County
Jefferson County
- Surrogate’s Indexes 1830-1900
- Guardianship Index 1830-1900

Lewis County
- Surrogate’s Index 1805-1940
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1805-1873

Madison County
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1806-1900

Montgomery
County
-
Surrogate's
Index 1787-1905
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Will Libers
1787-1810
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Letters
of Administration 1788-1821
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Deeds 1772-1801
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Minutes,
Court of Common Pleas 1772-1791
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Minutes,
Court of General Sessions 1772-1806

Nassau
County
(See
Queens County, New York City for pre-1899 records)
Oneida County
- Index to Wills 1798-1909
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1791-1912

Onondaga County
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1794-1810

Ontario County
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1789-1958

Orange
County
-
Surrogate's
Index 1787-1941
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Will Libers
1787-1851
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Letters
of Administration 1787-1815
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Grantor-Grantee
Index 1703-1965
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Deeds 1703-1850
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Mortgagor
Index 1703-1869
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Mortgages
1754-1850
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Minutes,
Court of Common Pleas 1727-1856
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Minutes,
Court of Common Pleas, General Sessions 1794-1800

Otsego County
- Index to Wills 1792-1887

Oswego County
- Surrogate’s Indexes 1846-1971
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1791-1948

Putnam County
Rensselaer
County
-
Probate
Index 1794-1916
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Probate
Records, 1802-1854

Rockland County
-
Surrogate’s Index 1798-1966
-
Wills 1798-1850
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Probate Records, Proved 1835-1851
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Letters of Administration
1798-1859
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Decrees 1830-1885
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Administrations 1800-1850
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Grantor-Grantee Index 1798-1929
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Deeds 1703-1850
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Mortgagor-Mortgagee Index 1798-1929
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Mortgages 1703-1857

Saratoga County
- Probate Index 1878-1906
- Index of Wills 1799-1893

St. Lawrence County
- Index of Wills and Proceedings 1830-1955
- Index of Administrations 1800-1955

Schoharie
County
-
Probate
Index 1795-1902
-
Grantor-Grantee Index 1795-1940

Steuben County
- Index to Administrations 1796-1936
- Testementary Index 1796-1936
- Guardianship Index 1796-1909

Suffolk
County
Tompkins County
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1817-1967

Ulster
County
-
Index to
Wills 1787-1916
-
Will Libers
1787-1814
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Index to
Admins. 1787-1914
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Letters
of Administration 1787-1816
- Index to Guardianships 1895-1988
- Guardian Records 1823-1851
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Grantor-Grantee
Index 1685-1899
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Deeds 1685-1805
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Mortgagor
Index 1755-1899
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Mortgages
1767-1805
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Early Kingston
Court Records, Secretary's Papers, Account Books, 1661-1684 (some
to 1774)

Warren County
- Surrogate’s Index
- Index to Deeds, 1813-1876

Washington
County
-
Index to
Wills 1788-1896
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Will Libers
1788-1811
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Index to
Admins. 1788-1896
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Letters
of Administration 1787-1825
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Grantor-Grantee
Index 1774-1900
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Deeds 1774-1817
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Mortgagor
Index 1773-1881
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Mortgages
1773-1798
Westchester
County
(see Bronx County, New York
City, for vital records of some pre-1895 Westchester towns and villages)
Yates County
- Grantor-Grantee Index 1823-1965
