The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution is a fully searchable volume that includes the Charters to the Duke of York, the Commissions and Instructions to Colonial Governors, the Duke's Laws, the Laws of the Dongan and Leisler Assemblies, the Charters of Albany and New York...
Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830 together with a Brief Treatment of the Free Negro, by Carter G. Woodson, Ph.D. This volume is a statistical report of the heads of free Black families by state, with New York records appearing from pages 84 to 109. The text is fully...
This book was written by Rev. Edward T. Corwin, qualified by virtues of his time in Holland and his “thorough knowledge of the Dutch language,”. Corwin begins with a lengthy introduction to establish the nature of his sources. He begins by establishing the desire to have a recorded history that...
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Our Online Records Platform features religious records—including birth, marriage, and death records—from over 120 congregations across New York State.
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Background on the Collection These records represent over 25 years worth of applications, beginning with the 1892 incorporation of the society. Applications document pertinent information from the colonial period, such as birth, immigration, and military service records. Additionally, these...
A name index to biographical information in thousands of books, monographs, and journals related to various aspects of New York State history.
Beginning in 1987, the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B) and the American Bible Society undertook this project to make the family records documented in these Bibles accessible to researchers. NYG&B volunteers examined the ABS collection and identified 632 Bibles that contained...