The NYG&B Blog Archive
Use this index to search through more than two hundred NYG&B blog posts.
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| An Abundance of Rebecca Kaplans, but which one is mine? Avoiding accidental ancestral identity theft | The blog was written by NYG&B Summer Intern Reba J. Weatherford, who writes about a research challenge she faced while investigating Rebecca Kaplan, a Russian immigrant who became a citizen… | |
| An Exciting Update to the New York City Marriage License Index | Terrific news for New York Genealogists! Additional indexes (1930-1995) to the New York City Clerk's marriage license and affidavits will become freely accessible online in the future. The data set… | |
| An Intro to the Civil War Bluejackets Project, a New History of the Union Navy | The mammoth contribution of New York to the armies of the United States is a topic on which much ink has been spilled. Less well known is the central role that the Empire City and State played in… | |
| An update on our new online records platform | We’re hard at work on a brand new online records platform, which will replace our current eLibrary in 2019. Your new platform is being constructed “from the ground up” and will be fully hosted on www… | |
| Announcing NYG&B Labs | We are thrilled to announce the creation of NYG&B Labs, an innovative space which leverages the latest trends in technology and digital services to assist in telling the stories of New York’s… | |
| Archives and Libraries: Summer Reopenings | Jake Garfinkle, Avery Ward, and Sara Weller all contributed writing and research to this article. We're happy to report that throughout New York State, archives, libraries, and other… | |
| Are you asking the right genealogy research question? | Tracing your family history and discovering interesting stories about your ancestors is an exciting way to maintain a rich connection to the past. But tracking down your relatives and finding the… | |
| Are you overlooking these free digital records on FamilySearch? | FamilySearch is an excellent resource for genealogists everywhere, especially those of us seeking to use the ever-growing number of digital records available online. You can perform a wide variety of… | |
| Become a Better Researcher: Five Reasons to Regularly Read The NYG&B Record | The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record is an important resource for anyone researching their New York State ancestors. The archive of The Record holds… | |
| Before the Five-borough City: The Old Cities, Towns, and Villages That Came Together to Form 'Greater New York' | The present City of New York, consisting of five boroughs, came into existence on January 1, 1898. This article focuses on what the five-borough city replaced. This is important because the… |