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New York City Vital Records Access: Important Update
Dear Friends,
The NYG&B has been actively monitoring the situation regarding the proposed changes to access to New York's birth and death marriages originally...
08 Mar 2018News you can use
Big News: New York Roman Catholic records now online
Excellent news today for New York researchers with Catholic ancestors: Findmypast has added the first batch of New York records to their Catholic Heritage Archive.
This...
NYG&B Labs Releases The Record Map Search
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society has launched a brand new tool, produced by NYG&B Labs titled “Mapping The Record.”
This innovative project allows...
Learn about DNA and genealogy: Genetic genealogy webinars
Genetic genealogy is one of the most quickly advancing areas of genealogy. It is truly amazing how much more researchers can learn about their family history with these...
NYG&B Labs: Creating an Interactive Search Tool for Family Historians
The following article was written to share my experience as an NYG&B Labs intern as well as the project on which I worked: Mapping The Record
The first two...
Essential Resources for African American Research on the NYG&B Website
Are you researching African American families from New York State? This kind of research can be amazingly complicated and full of brick walls.
If you're encountering...