The NYG&B Blog Archive
Use this index to search through the more than two hundred NYG&B's blog posts.
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| #GivingTuesday: Support the Preservation of New York Records | #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping… | |
| New Legislation Allows Adoptees to Receive a Certified Birth Certificate at Age 18 | For the first time, New York adoptees will be able to access a certified copy of their birth certificate when they turn 18-years-old. This measure ensures that all adult adoptees will have the same… | |
| The October Issue of THE RECORD Has Arrived | What an Issue! Autumn had produced a fine crop of articles in the October issue of The Record. Per Laura Murphy DeGrazia, CG, FGBS, “Brick walls are challenging,… | |
| How to Get the Most from a Research Trip | It’s on your list—visiting that repository you hope will have the key to answering a longstanding family history mystery. Or, perhaps you have multiple places to visit… | |
| New York Vital Record Substitutes: Religious Records | Vital records—records of birth, marriage, and death events—are some of the most important records to pursue when piecing together your family history. Some states in America have complete, well-… | |
| Crown Agents on the Hudson: John Burnet’s New York Story | On Friday, June 7, 1750, a coroner named John Burnet probably woke up thinking he was going to have a normal workday. As Francis Sypher detailed in the NYG&B’s “Minutes of Coroner’s Proceedings”… | |
| Tips for Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors | The stories of our immigrant ancestors are inspiring and fascinating - the genealogical records that help us piece together how, when, and why our ancestors immigrated to America are some of the… | |
| Download the Summer Issue of the New York Researcher for Free! | The New York Researcher is our colorful quarterly magazine sent to all NYG&B members - it can also be read or downloaded as a PDF on our website. In celebration of our 150th Anniversary, we… | |
| Essential Steps to Find a New York State Marriage Record | Marriage records can be some of the most valuable documents that you uncover while researching your New York ancestors. Marriage is often an important life event, so an official record of … | |
| Live Genealogy Q&A Video Replay | We hosted another Live Genealogy Q&A this past Thursday on Facebook. We had many great questions, hundreds of live viewers, and shared some great tips about genealogy research in New York State.… |