The NYG&B Blog Archive
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| Indexing and Digitization Weekend Wrap Up | If you're interested in participating in future Digitization Days, we would love for you to join us! Check the events section of our website to see when the next one is - we have several Digitization… | |
| NYG&B Week: Don't Miss Out! | This week is NYG&B Week - featuring some can't-miss genealogy events, including the kickoff of our indexing and digitization project on Friday and Saturday. Chat Live with NYG&B President… | |
| Some of New York's Oldest Records to be Moved for Future Preservation | Some of New York's most valuable genealogical and historical treasures, from the New York County Clerk's Division of Old Records located on the 7th and 8th floor of the Surrogate's Courthouse… | |
| "TOMORROW IS RAGAMUFFIN DAY" | "New York children will appear in fantastic garb. Will beg on the street. Pedestrians who do not give will be swatted with stockings full of flour and missiles of all kinds." So wrote the … | |
| New York City Marriage Licenses 1930–1949 now open for research at the NYC Municipal Archives | The New York City Municipal Archives (31 Chambers Street, Room 103) has received the 1930–1949 marriage licenses from the New York City Clerk’s Marriage Bureau. As of today, these important materials… | |
| 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… |