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On Friday, June 7, 1750, a coroner named John Burnet probably woke up thinking he was going to have a normal workday. As Francis Sypher detailed in the NYG&B’s “Minutes of...

Volume 150 of The Record has only one issue remaining until it is complete. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society is celebrating our 150th anniversary in 2019, and...

The July issue of The Record is out and available for NYG&B members to read online. 

The latest issue of volume 150 is packed with useful and fascinating articles....

The stories of our immigrant ancestors are inspiring and fascinating - the genealogical records that help us piece together how, when, and why our ancestors immigrated to...

The New York Researcher is our colorful quarterly magazine sent to all NYG&B members - it can also be read or downloaded as a PDF on our website. 

In celebration of...

Marriage records can be some of the most valuable documents that you uncover in researching your New York ancestors.

Marriage is often an important life event, and an...