The NYG&B Blog Archive

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NYG&B Launches New Website Today the NYG&B has launched a new version of our website, newyorkfamilyhistory.org. This is the first update in a series of ongoing improvements, designed to deliver additional services to our…
Kings County Potter’s Field: The Forgotten Dead The following post was originally published in 2014, by an NYG&B intern. We would like to share it with you again, since it's a very interesting subject and features some original research…
eNews no. 3, May 2017: Explore Our Updated Website This issue of the NYG&B eNews was delivered on May 4, 2017. Our eNews - published twice a month - contains the latest news about New York State genealogy, news about the NYG&B, and helpful…
How to Activate Your Access to NYG&B Online Records A benefit of membership in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society is access to our online records, many of which cannot be accessed anywhere else online.  Most of these records are…
New York City’s Municipal Archives Guide is an Award Winner We're proud to announce the recognition of Aaron Goodwin, author of the NYG&B’s New York City Municipal Archives: An Authorized Guide for Family Historians by the National Genealogical Society (…
eNews No. 4, May 2017: New webinars, Indexes to The Record & more! This issue of the NYG&B eNews was delivered on May 25, 2017. Our eNews - published twice a month - contains the latest news about New York State genealogy, news about the NYG&B, and helpful…
Images of the New York State death index, 1880-1956, are now online The genealogy community received great news from Reclaim the Records this morning – they have obtained images of the New York State death index from 1880–1956. This is a huge breakthrough for New…
Little-known Civil War era collection: The United States Sanitary Commission For those with ancestors who served in the Civil War era, the records of the United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) - an important Civil War humanitarian organization - are an essential…
eNews No. 5, June 2017: New death indexes online, Civil War records & Western NY Conference This issue of the NYG&B eNews was delivered on June 9, 2017. Our eNews - published twice a month - contains the latest news about New York State genealogy, news about the NYG&B, and helpful…
New NYC directories added to NYPL digital collections New online records are now available for those researching their families in New York City - the NYPL Digital Collections have recently added more New York City directories to their already…