St. Luke’s Church was started in 1850 by Rev. William Drees and a small group of his Dutch Reformed congregation.
Released May 19!
Released March 26!
St. Paul’s Evangelical Reformed Church Finding Aid
St. Paul’s Evangelical Reformed Church was organized around the year 1852 as the German Evangelical Reformed Church.
The church was located on Suffolk Street near Delancey Street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
Released January 12!
New York genealogy tips from D. Joshua Taylor and Susan R. Miller
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Beginner Tips, Court, German, Immigration, Land, Naturalization
Earlier this year, we had our first ever live chat session with the President of the NYG&B, Joshua Taylor, and our Director of Education and Programming, Susan R. Miller.
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 Walloon Index
In 2005 the NYG&B Collection acquired 199 reels of microfilm containing the famous “Walloon Index” or Collection des Fiches of the Bibliothèque Wallonne in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Rev. Francis J. Schneider's German Evangelical Congregation in New York
Rev. Francis J. Schneider arrived in New York sometime during or before 1869 with his wife, Cecelia, and their two sons,1 and immediately set to work. He was a Protestant minister unconnected to any established church.
Discovering de Cillia: A Central European Journey to the Past
My grandfather, Maximilian (Max) de Cillia, was the only member of his family to come to America. He came through Ellis Island in New York City just prior to World War I and on arrival told the U.S. Immigration authorities he was Swiss.