The NYG&B Blog Archive

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Download the Summer Issue of the New York Researcher for Free! The latest issue of the New York Researcher has arrived! Volume 32, issue 2 (Summer 2021), is available to read online and in the mail.  We're excited to announce that this issue is free and open to…
How to Find a Historical Book Online Did you find a reference to a historical book in an index, citation, or another family tree?   At one point or another, almost every family history researcher will find something like this and want…
NYSFHC@Home September 2021 Having had a love of family stories, joining the NYG&B to help others discover their family lore has been remarkably rewarding and worthwhile. One of my role’s biggest responsibilities has been…
5 things you will learn from our ‘Unlock the Mysteries of Nonpopulation Schedules' webinar All family history researchers should be familiar with nonpopulation census schedules. Population census schedules are what most people think of and use when doing census research, but these other…
5 things you will learn from our 'Using Your DNA to Connect to Your Irish Roots' webinar Irish genetic genealogist Dr. Maurice Gleeson, joined NYG&B in March for a webinar, Using Your DNA to Connect to Your Irish Roots, which is now available for NYG&B members to watch online. Dr…
Inside the April Issue of The NYG&B Record The April issue of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record is out and available for NYG&B members to read online.  The second issue of Volume 152 is packed with useful and fascinating…
Inside the Spring 2021 Issue of the New York Researcher Volume 32 of the New York Researcher has arrived! Issue number 1, the Spring issue, is available to read online and in the mail.  Read the "From the President" column and the table of contents for…
How to Find Photos of Any NYC Street Corner With OldNYC With this useful website, you can access a database of photographs for many locations in New York City throughout the ages. OldNYC helps users search New York Public Library’s photographic collection…
The Slave Dwelling Project & the Hands that Held the Bricks Recently, Joseph McGill, the founder of the Slave Dwelling Project, spoke at an online event co-hosted by the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Jean Sampson Scott Greater New York…
New NY Records Online With so many new genealogy records coming online around the web, it can be hard to keep up! Here is our roundup of some notable New York records that have debuted around the web in late 2020 and…