The NYG&B Blog Archive
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| Fire at the New York State Library | Sooner or later, all researchers encounter the sad fact that a massive fire destroyed a crucial piece of evidence in their family history. Almost everyone knows about the 1921 Washington, D.C.… | |
| Fire Insurance Maps: Sanborns and Others | Have you ever wondered about the daily life of a particular ancestor? What did their home look like? What about the street they lived on? What kind of shops, houses, or other buildings did they pass… | |
| Free Education for You: NYG&B's Day of Giving Back | We have been grateful for the support of our members, donors, and friends during this eventful year. To show our appreciation, we invite you to join us for NYG&B’s Day of Giving Back… | |
| Free Family History Webinars October 19-22 | Don't miss out on our four free webinars during next week's NYG&B Week! NYG&B Week is a recurring series of free webinars, and the latest installment features three focused on … | |
| Free genealogy webinars this week | October is family history month, and this week is NYG&B Week! NYG&B Week, which happens twice a year, is a week packed with genealogy events at our offices in New York City and webinars that… | |
| From Brooklyn to the O.K. Corral: The Gripping Tale of Josephine Marcus Earp | Did you know that Wyatt Earp married a New Yorker? Josephine Marcus is the heroine of her own Wild West tale, which is every bit as exciting as that of her husband. Born in… | |
| 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 “… | |
| From Our eLibrary: Genealogical Data from Inventories of New York Estates, 1666-1825 | Genealogical Data from Inventories of New York Estates, 1666-1825, Kenneth Scott and James A. Owre. (1970), contains 1,080 abstracts of inventories of New York estates from the 17th to the… | |
| From Our eLibrary: Harlem Cemetery, Dutch Church Disinterments 1869-1875 | Prompted by New York City's northward growth, the Consistory of the Dutch Reformed Church of Harlem purchased a plot in Woodlawn Cemetery in 1869. The remains interred in its old cemetery… | |
| From Our eLibrary: New York State Cemetery Abstracts | The NYG&B’s eLibrary collection of cemetery abstracts of New York State (and bordering locations) comprises records from New York State cemeteries, some dating back to the mid-seventeenth century… |