The records of the United States Sanitary Commission, recently reprocessed by The New York Public Library, are a vast and newly accessible resource for Civil War era family history research.
Little-known Civil War era collection: The United States Sanitary Commission
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Military, NYPL, Organizational Records
For those with ancestors who served in the Civil War era, the records of the United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) - an important Civil War humanitarian organization - are an essential resource that has only recently become easily accessible.
Released May 23!
New York Metro Area Repository Guide
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The New York City area holds many useful repositories for genealogical research. While this is easily the best place to find records of our ancestors that lived in or traveled through this area, the repositories here hold information on families from all over New York State.
The following is a selected alphabetical listing of repositories for genealogy and local history research in the greater New York City area.
Using the Innes Getty Collection
Among the larger manuscript holdings of The NYG&B Library is the Innes Getty Collection.
Resources of the New York Public Library of Special Interest to Family Researchers
The Irma and Paul Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy, pictured above and located in the Stephen A.
Some New York State Records on Microfilm at the NYG&B Library
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.
Guide to Finding Items from the NYG&B Collection at the New York Public Library
All items donated by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society to the New York Public Library may be found at its Stephen A.