The NYG&B Blog Archive
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| Searching for Records in Columbia County, NY | Located in eastern New York, Columbia County is bordered by Dutchess, Rensselaer, Greene, Ulster and Albany Counties. Columbia was one of the first counties in New York to be settled by… | |
| Searching for Records in Chemung County, NY | Located in the southwest of New York, Chemung County borders Pennsylvania and is in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. Europeans first entered the area in 1779 during the Sullivan Expedition… | |
| From Our eLibrary: Genealogical Data from Inventories of New York Estates, 1666-1825 | Genealogical Data from Inventories of New York Estates, 1666-1825, Kenneth Scott and James A. Owre. (1970), contains 1,080 abstracts of inventories of New York estates from the 17th to the… | |
| Searching for Records in St. Lawrence County, NY | Officially formed on March 3, 1802 from parts of Clinton County that had only been recently acquired from Montgomery and Herkimer Counties, St. Lawrence County is named after the river that serves as… | |
| From Our Online Collections: The NYG&B Record | The second-oldest genealogical journal in the United States, The Record has as its goal the scholarly preservation of the history of families who have contributed to the rich diversity of… | |
| Searching for Records in Cattaraugus County, NY | Originally part of Genesee County, Cattaraugus became an independent entity in 1808. Settlers were attracted to Cattaraugus because it was the only area in western New York to have a navigable river… | |
| From Our eLibrary: NYG&B Society Family Bibles | The NYG&B Family Bible Records is a collection featuring the genealogical information recorded in three family bibles donated to the NYG&B. This collection will supplement the family… | |
| Searching for Records in Orange County, NY | Established by Dutch settlers on November 1, 1683, Orange County, NY was primarily inhabited by native Munsee people, with a handful of Dutch in the area. Within the next few decades, influxes of… | |
| From Our Online Collections: The New York Researcher | The New York Researcher is the NYG&B’s award winning quarterly newsletter. Each issue covers informative subjects in New York genealogy, news, book reviews, announcements and… | |
| Genealogy Roadshow Recap: Boston & Providence | These last two episodes of Genealogy Roadshow brought us to two New England cities, Boston MA and Providence, RI. Both episodes offered a lot of discussion on the history of New England,… |