If you reside in or are visiting the New York City area, you are invited to come in person to our New York City Digitization Center for a 30-minute session to digitally preserve your own records using our state-of-the...
Family history is a fascinating and personal way for everyone to better understand who they are and how our past has shaped us. Genealogy also helps to reveal and strengthen connections between individuals and...
Bringing our ancestors to life means going beyond their names and dates for births, marriages, and deaths. What were their lives really like? Occupations are often included in census records, but how can we flesh out...
If you reside in or are visiting the New York City area, you are invited to come in person to our New York City Digitization Center for a 30-minute session to digitally preserve your own records using our state-of-the...
The NYG&B’s most asked question is: “Where can I find New York birth, marriage, and death records?” This program provides an overview of New York’s civil vital records and demonstrates where to access available records...
Family history is a fascinating and personal way for everyone to better understand who they are and how our past has shaped us. Genealogy also helps to reveal and strengthen connections between individuals and...
If you reside in or are visiting the New York City area, you are invited to come in person to our New York City Digitization Center for a 30-minute session to digitally preserve your own records using our state-of-the...
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...