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Why you should have your ancestor's death certificate; Reformed Dutch churches of the Bronx and Manhattan; NYG&B announces a new guide to the NY State Archives; Spring Theater Benefit invitation; and more! 

Revised Edition of NY Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer, New images of NYC vital record index available, New webinars available for NYG&B members, and more! 

Why NY vital records are so hard to find and what to use as substitutes; images of NYC vital records now online at FamilySearch's FHL, FHCs and affiliate libraries; our guide to NY newspapers online

Learn to use the NYG&B website for family history research, learn more about genetic genealogy with the resources in our blog, and see what our summer interns learned about African North American migration patterns before and after the U.S. Civil War. 

A new look at the population of a nineteenth-century neighborhood on Manhattan's Lower East Side, NYG&B visits the AMNH Middle School Institute, remembering Dr. Leo Hershkowitz & more!