The NYG&B Blog Archive
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| Unnatural Death in New York City: Coroner's Reports & Proceedings | Evidence of an ancestor's death can be located in numerous types of genealogical sources - newspaper obituaries, municipal or religious death records, tombstones and more. One overlooked source -… | |
| From Brooklyn to the O.K. Corral: The Gripping Tale of Josephine Marcus Earp | Did you know that Wyatt Earp married a New Yorker? Josephine Marcus is the heroine of her own Wild West tale, which is every bit as exciting as that of her husband. Born in… | |
| Digitizing Dutch Records at the New York State Archives | This blog post is based on an article by James D. Folts, PhD, FGBS and Monica Gray, entitled "Dutch Records at the New York State Archives and the Current Digitization Project" in the most… | |
| Who did your ancestors vote for? Joshua Taylor can help you find out | Discovering the political leanings of your ancestors can help color their stories, and can lead you on a fascinating journey through this important historical aspect of American culture. D. Joshua… | |
| The Forgotten Impact of Henry Alsberg | Sometimes the most interesting characters of history slip through the cracks. Such is certainly the case with Henry Alsberg - this native New Yorker faced immeasurable dangers as a war-time foreign… | |
| New Records Added to our eLibrary: Shipwrecked Passengers, 1817-1875 | Last week we added a useful and fascinating resource to our eLibrary - a compilation of 19th-century shipwrecks and their passengers by Frank A. Biebel. Shipwrecked passenger lists did not often make… | |
| New Index to 1890 New York City Police Census Just Released | Great news for those researching their family in New York City! FamilySearch has just released an index that includes 87% of the people recorded in the 1890 Police Census of New York… | |
| How Manhattan Island Banished Marble Hill to the Mainland (but not to the Bronx) | Is Marble Hill part of the Bronx or Manhattan? Read the fascinating history behind one of New York's most important infrastructure projects, and how it caused a dispute that's lasted over 100 years.… | |
| Don't miss these upcoming NY genealogy events | While it's sad to see summer officially end, the silver lining is that the genealogy community calendar has some great things in store for those in the New York region is fall! Those with New… | |
| NYSFHC: Looking back at 2016, and what's ahead for 2017 and beyond | This past weekend, we were thrilled to host a very successful conference with our partners at the Central New York Genealogical Society. The 2016 New York State Family History Conference… |