The records of the United States Sanitary Commission, recently reprocessed by The New York Public Library, are a vast and newly accessible resource for Civil War era family history research.
World War II Fourth Registration Draft Cards: A Newly Released 20th-Century Resource for 19th-Century Research
“ALL MEN 45-64 REQUIRED TO REGISTER AT WEEK-END.”
NYG&B Membership Helps Uncover Facts About Major Douw Fondey: Patriot, Statesman, and Eyewitness to History
There were many men named Douw Fonda in the Mohawk Valley in the late eighteenth century. There were Douw Fondas in the Revolutionary War and in the New York State Legislature.
New Yorkers Buried in Flanders Field
On Saturday, April 12, 2008, Christopher Sims and Patrick Lernout provided a wonderful two-hour PowerPoint presentation on the research they've bee