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10Dec

What’s Happening at the NYG&B in 2026

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Join D. Joshua Taylor, President and CEO, and Jennifer Davis, Vice President, Advancement and Membership, for a look at  2026 programming and events. Learn more about the NYG&B’s Research Tours as well as next year’s...

09Mar

Empire State Exploration: New Netherland Research

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Join the NYG&B and guest experts for an online exploration of resources and techniques for conducting New Netherland research. Get a historical overview of New Netherland and the essential tools for researching Dutch...

18Apr

Empire State Exploration: New York Brick Walls

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You’ve run out of online records to research, or the ones you’re searching for aren’t public. Worse yet, the records you need are destroyed. Perhaps you’ve run into maiden name troubles. Or maybe you've come to the end...

20Jul

Empire State Exploration: Mohawk Valley

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Central New York’s Mohawk Valley region is steeped in both natural beauty and fascinating history—from Native American culture to a hotbed of Revolutionary War activity to Erie Canal engineering marvels. Join the NYG&B...

09Jun

Empire State Exploration: Long Island

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From its original Indigenous inhabitants to successive waves of Dutch, English, and other European colonists to communities of free and enslaved people of color, Long Island has had a long, rich history as a place of...

05Nov

How to Search Newyorkfamilyhistory.org

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Access to millions of New Yorkers in our vast online collections and thousands of new pages of records from all over New York State and New York City—many of which aren’t available online anywhere else. Search tools...

04Nov

Digitize New York: A Preservation Movement

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The NYG&B’s Digitize New York initiative preserves historical records and makes them accessible for people conducting New York family history research. Through this initiative, the NYG&B is partnering with historical...

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