A membership with the NYG&B can offer plenty to move your family history research forward, but it can be hard to figure out where to start. Jen Davis will go over the many things that come with your membership, teach you...
Challenges in New York research can be fun—if you learn the ways to scale the brick walls. Land records are key for many New York families whose connections otherwise remain elusive. The second offering of the New York...
Endogamy, or the practice of marrying within the confines of a population due to cultural, religious, linguistic, or geographic isolation, presents challenges for autosomal DNA analysis. Individuals from endogamous...
Printed material captures a greater sweep of the Irish population, of all backgrounds and at an earlier time, than many official or transactional archival documents. Fiona Fitzsimons will walk us through a few...
Was your grandma a female pioneer like Dorothy Levitt, the first female racing driver? Was your grandpa one of the last mole catchers? Today, the most extensive British census ever available online will reveal where your...
Fred Wertz takes you on a tour of the Online Collections and resources available with your membership with the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. He'll go over all sorts of online content, how to find...
Please join the NYG&B for 24 hours of indexing! You can join us from home and work on the New York Land Records Project. This exciting initiative, the result of a partnership between the NYG&B and FamilySearch, will...
NYSFHC 2020 Revisited is the first on-demand program from the New York Family History School. We hope you enjoy some of our most popular sessions from the 2020 New York State Family History Conference.
State censuses can provide information and clues for the years between our familiar federal censuses. Explore both New York and New Jersey censuses with the NYG&B. New Jersey genealogist Michelle Chubenko and the NYG&B’s...
Curious about what’s in store for the next few months at the NYG&B? Hear from members of the NYG&B team about upcoming publication releases, digitization projects, heritage tours, and education programs. This event is...