The NYG&B Blog Archive

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Searching for Records in Tioga County, NY Tioga County is located in the south-central part of New York State, along the border with Pennsylvania. Tioga County is bordered by Tompkins and Cortland counties in the north, Broom County to…
From Our Online Collections: American Bible Society Collection Family Records Since its founding in 1816, the American Bible Society has developed an extraordinary collection of bibles in most of the world’s languages. Many of the bibles in the ABS collection were once…
Searching for Records in Greene County, NY Partitioned from Albany and Ulster Counties in 1800, Greene County lies in eastern New York and is located approximately 120 miles north of New York City. The county is bordered by Albany, Rensselaer…
Genealogy Roadshow Recap: Albuquerque, NM Last night’s premiere of Genealogy Roadshow brought us to Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The episode touched on a lot of interesting bits of American history that I wasn't entirely familiar with -…
Searching for Records in Erie County, NY Erie County is situated on the western border of New York State. It is bounded by Lake Erie to the west and is bordered by Niagara County and Canada to the north, Genesee and Wyoming Counties to the…
Genealogy Roadshow Recap: Miami, FL Last night’s Genealogy Roadshow took us to Miami, Florida.  Most of the episode was filmed at History Miami Museum, a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate that works to gather, organize, and…
From Our eLibrary: New York, New Amsterdam Minutes Of The Orphanmasters 1655-1663 The eLibrary contains the two volumes entitled Minutes of the Orphanmasters of New Amsterdam 1655 to 1663,translated and edited by former New York State archivist Berthold Fernow and…
Searching for Records in Madison County, NY Located in the center of New York State, Madison County is bordered on the north by Oneida County; on the east by Oneida and Otsego; on the south by Chenango; and on the west by Onondaga and Cortland…
Searching for Records in Rockland County, NY Rockland County lies 9.5 miles north of Manhattan and is bounded on the east by the Hudson River, on the north and west by the Ramapo Mountains, and on the south by New Jersey. At 176 square miles,…
From Our eLibrary: Female Descendants of Elder William Brewster After being carefully inspected by John R. Totten, a member of the NYG&B Society, it was declared in 1913 that the records of the female descendants of Elder William Brewster were the most “…