The NYG&B Blog Archive

Use this index to search through the more than two hundred NYG&B's blog posts.

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New NYG&B Records Online: Member Biographies and Religious Records We're pleased to announce that we have added useful new material to our Online Records Platform. Five new collections have been created and three existing collections have had more records added. …
Upcoming Free Webinars As the nation and the world grapple with the profound impact of COVID-19, the NYG&B’s top priority remains the health and safety of our community. Our physical offices will remain closed until at…
New NY Episcopal Records Online Ancestry.com has recently released two notable collections of New York State Episcopal Church records. An archive covering the Diocese of Central New York came online in late March 2020, joining the…
The Record Volume 151, Issue 2 is Online The April issue of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record is out and available for NYG&B members to read online.  The latest issue in Volume 151 is packed with useful and fascinating…
New Newspaper Records Online: New York State Updates for 2020 Historical newspapers are among the most useful and plentiful records you can find online. But with more and more coming online every month, it can be hard to keep up with the various websites that…
New NYC Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes Now Available In late February 2020, Ancestry.com added three new collections of New York City vital record indexes. These new indexes are separate entities from the already-existing indexes on the website - this…
NYG&B Seeks Genealogical Researcher The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B) is seeking to add additional genealogical researchers to our team. Researchers will have the opportunity to become involved with a…
What's your favorite Record article of all time? The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record is celebrating its 151st year in 2020. As the second-oldest genealogical journal in the English language, The Record has been producing invaluable…
New York Newspapers Timeline: Key dates that impact your research This blog is authored by NYG&B Summer Intern Kyle Brinster. For more information about interning at the NYG&B see our internships page.  Newspapers can be quite a boon to genealogists. Freed…
Gretna Green Wedding Destinations for New York NYG&B summer interns Lauren Mondroski and Marine LeCanne contributed writing and research to this article.  Have you ever run into a brick wall while seeking a marriage record? If so, it's…