The NYG&B Blog Archive
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| Searching for Records in Genesee County, NY | Genesee County is located in Western New York. The county is bordered by Orleans County in the North, Monroe and Livingston Counties in the East, Wyoming County in the South, and Niagara and Erie… | |
| Searching for Records in Franklin County, NY | Franklin County was formed on March 11, 1808, from Clinton County, and named for Benjamin Franklin. The county seat is in the Village of Malone. The first European settlements were made around 1796,… | |
| New York Records on FamilySearch | Your ancestors may be hiding . . . did you know that not all records on FamilySearch are indexed and therefore will not appear when you search for a name? Recently FamilySearch has created an easier… | |
| From Our eLibrary: New York State Cemetery Abstracts | The NYG&B’s eLibrary collection of cemetery abstracts of New York State (and bordering locations) comprises records from New York State cemeteries, some dating back to the mid-seventeenth century… | |
| Searching for Records in Cayuga County, NY | Around 3500 B.C., Native Americans were the first to make their home in the area that would become Cayuga County, settling on the banks of Cayuga Lake. By 1000 A.D., the descendants of the first… | |
| From Our eLibrary: The Diaries Of John E. Lewis 1880-1956 | ohn E. Lewis was a New York resident who wrote in his diaries every day for seventy-seven years and captured life in New York during the era. Mr. Lewis began writing his diaries on January 1, 1880,… | |
| Searching for Records in Monroe County | Monroe County was formed on February 23, 1821. Located in Western New York, Monroe is bordered on the north by Lake Ontario, and further surrounded by the counties of Wayne, Ontario, Livingston,… | |
| Genealogy Roadshow Recap: Houston, TX | Tuesday night’s Genealogy Roadshow took us to Houston, Texas. Most of the episode was filmed at Julia Ideson Building of the Houston Public Library (HPL). The HPL has a great Genealogical… | |
| New Records Added to German Genealogy Group Website | New/updated databases have been added to the German Genealogy Group website at http://www.germangenealogygroup.com. On the Links page: Berlin 1957 Directory On the Links page: Hessen Kirchenbucher (… | |
| Additional New York Newspapers Digitized | GenealogyBank has added six New York titles and updated a New Jersey newspaper in their collection: New Jersey Jersey City Jersey Journal 2/22/1967 12/15/1969… |