The NYG&B Blog Archive
Use this index to search through the more than two hundred NYG&B's blog posts.
| Title | Brief | Date Published Sort ascending |
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| 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… | |
| New NYC birth index images, 1910 - 1965, available on Ancestry.com | Great news for those with ancestors born in New York City! Ancestry.com recently added a new searchable database containing crucial information on New York City births between 1910 and 1965. The… | |
| Save vital records access: Why we all should act | New York City is trying to restrict access to important records, and we need you to help us act now to stop this from happening! Anyone - even those outside of New York - can help us in… | |
| Are you overlooking these free digital records on FamilySearch? | FamilySearch is an excellent resource for genealogists everywhere, especially those of us seeking to use the ever-growing number of digital records available online. You can perform a wide variety of… | |
| Overcoming research challenges through teamwork | This blog post is written by Victoria Thomas, a student at Manhattan College who was part of one of our NYG&B Labs teams this summer. The team assisted Professor Adam Arenson in his… | |
| Cleaning Data and Finding Tools for Historical Sources | This blog post is written by Jan Hoffmann, a student at Manhattan College who was part of one of our NYG&B Labs teams this summer. The team assisted Professor Adam Arenson in his… | |
| Genealogy, Liberal Arts, and Applying My Research Skills | This blog post is written by Victoria Thomas, a student at Manhattan College who was part of one of our NYG&B Labs teams this summer. The team assisted Professor Adam Arenson in his… |