Macy, Harry, Jr

Probate records, detailing the settlement of the estates of deceased New Yorkers, are one of the state's most valuable genealogical sources. In May 1787 the state established the...

A little-used reel of microfilm in the NYG&B Collection contains tax assessment rolls for New York City for many years from 1699 to 1734. These rolls can be helpful in...

The 131 volumes of the Record contain source material from many New York counties, but perhaps no county has been more extensively covered than Westchester. As the resources for...

Previous articles in this series have covered records in the NYG&B Collection for the Methodist, Dutch Reformed, Lutheran, Episcopalian and Presbyterian churches of old New...

Germans, Scandinavians, and others of the Lutheran faith were among the earliest European settlers of Manhattan Island. At that time, Lutherans enjoyed freedom of worship in the...

The present City of New York, consisting of five boroughs, came into existence on January 1, 1898. This article will focus on the world which the five-borough city replaced, for...

Genealogists researching New York State records should understand the structure of local government in this state (outside of New York City). New York's counties are divided into...

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...

Between 1913 and 1921, Royden Woodward Vosburgh (1875-1931) transcribed for The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society records of some 94 New York State Protestant...

The original records of St. Peter's, the oldest Roman Catholic parish in New York City (and New York State), are available to researchers in a four-reel set of microfilm at the...