The NYG&B Blog Archive
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| Find a photo of any NYC building from 1940 | Researchers interested in New York City will be thrilled to learn that you can view online images of nearly every single building in the five boroughs of New York City from circa 1940. In 2018,… | |
| Google Earth for Genealogy, Part 1: Putting Your Ancestors on the Map | Maps and mapping software have long been under-utilized as tools for family history research, but can be incredibly useful resources for genealogists of all skill levels. Thanks to recent advances in… | |
| How to Use Periodicals for New York Dutch Genealogy Research | The colonial Dutch can be a tricky group to research. Not only are records about them some of the oldest in America, but there are cultural practices—for instance, Dutch naming patterns—that are… | |
| Free genealogy webinars this week | October is family history month, and this week is NYG&B Week! NYG&B Week, which happens twice a year, is a week packed with genealogy events at our offices in New York City and webinars that… | |
| October is Family History Month! | At the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, we help people preserve, document, and share their family history 365 days a year - for us, every month is Family History Month! In many places… | |
| New York Catholic records online: What you need to know | One of the most significant developments to hit the genealogy world in the past few years has been the increased access to Catholic records online. Findmypast, a leader in online genealogy records,… | |
| Big news out of the New York State Family History Conference | The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society made several major announcements earlier this month - read on to make sure you didn’t miss any of these exciting updates. Thanks to all attendees,… | |
| Master DNA and genealogy techniques from beginner to advanced | Genealogists and family history researchers everywhere have increasingly been taking advantage of genealogical DNA testing - are you one of them? LivingDNA is a new company making big waves.… | |
| eNews, no. 28: 3 major New York genealogy collections just came online for the first time ever! | This issue of the NYG&B eNews was delivered on August 3, 2018. Our email newsletter is published twice a month and includes: The latest news about online records Research tips and guides from… | |
| New York records now online: New York State Birth Index, NYC Almshouse Ledgers & NYC Bodies in Transit | Great news for researchers with ancestors all over New York State - the New York State Birth Index, and the New York City Municipal Archives collections of Almshouse Ledgers and Bodies in Transit… |