The NYG&B Blog Archive

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Title Brief Date Published
Christmas Traditions with New York State roots There's nothing like Christmas in New York. While that statement may conjure up images of Rockefeller Center and 34th Street, all of New York - from the high peaks of the Adirondacks to the far West…
King Brown’s gift: From New York to Idaho… and back again This post is written by D. Joshua Taylor, President of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.   Among the many items I have gathered over the years, few are as precious to me as a…
Helpful Facts About Immigration to New York New York is the state with arguably the strongest connection to immigration in America - hundreds of millions of Americans can trace their immigrant ancestors to the Port of New York, which has been…
Cyber Monday: $10 off event registration The NYG&B has a wide variety of events that will help you improve your research skills and make discoveries about your New York ancestors, and Cyber Monday is the best time to get your ticket!…
The Pike of Bunker Hill: A grandson's memory found in our records This year, NYG&B staff and volunteers digitized thousands of records from a number of our physical collections that we plan to add to our eLibrary soon.  One of these collections includes "…
Cyber Monday Specials Did you miss out on our Black Friday sale last week? If so, no worries - we have decided to extend the same offers (plus one more) on Cyber Monday! The below discounts will be available …
A genealogical writing journey: An interview with Shannon Green Last month at our DNA and Family History Seminar, we interviewed Shannon Green, an NYG&B Member who has been working to improve her genealogical writing skills with tremendous success: She…
Unusual Ways to Die in Old New York In honor of the Halloween season, we cracked open our “spookiest” records - New York City Coroner’s reports from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - to see what we could learn about sudden,…
eNews no. 13, October 2017: New records online, new edition of our NY guide, new webinars onlnine & more! This issue of the NYG&B eNews was delivered on October 17, 2017. Our eNews - published twice a month - contains the latest news about New York State genealogy, news about the NYG&B, and…
eNews no. 12, September 2017: New records online, essential vital records substitutes, online newspapers guide & more! This issue of the NYG&B eNews was delivered on September 25, 2017. Our eNews - published twice a month - contains the latest news about New York State genealogy, news about the NYG&B, and…