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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...

We hosted another Live Genealogy Q&A this past Thursday on Facebook. We had many great questions, hundreds of live viewers, and shared some great tips about genealogy...

The NYG&B Blog is proud to present an excerpt of Pamela Ricciardi Paschke's recent feature article from the Spring 2019 issue of the New York Researcher magazine. Pamela is...

In early 2019, the NYG&B assumed the operation of Kinship Books, the well-known genealogical publishing company of Arthur and Nancy Kelly. 

Kinship Books began more...

Many family history researchers are aware that the 1890 Federal Census population schedules were almost completely destroyed following a fire in 1921.

Missing this broad...

Did you know New York State residents have free access to 49 New York State genealogy collections on Ancestry.com?

Thanks to a partnership with several repositories...