The Church of the Transfiguration collection consists of marriage certificates and register books organized by year for the Episcopalian parish located at 1 East 29th Street, New York, NY. While both record types can be browsed by clicking on each year, the marriage certificates can also be searched...
This summary was provided by the donor of the records, W. Scott Fisher: In 1882, George W. Sheldon published his iconic “The Story of the Volunteer Fire Department of the City of New York.” (Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York. Available online through Google Books.) In it, the author...
Marriage Contracts, 1901-1967, New York City historical vital records, courtesy of Municipal Archives, City of New York. In addition to the 8,613 contracts documented for 1902-1907, there are seven contracts in the database that fall outside this range. If you would like to contact the Municipal...
Michael William Divine was born in Tallow, County Waterford, Ireland in December of 1828. He immigrated as a young boy and is found in New York City as early as 1850. By 1864, he was working as an attorney at a firm located at 52 Exchange Place; it was during his time at this firm that he created...
Collection Category: Vital Records | Collection Type: OCR | Location: New York City This collection contains text searchable images of the official New York City birth index produced by the NYC Department of Health. Organized by year, names are arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the last...
The Duke Laws of 1664 gave the state the power to administer the authentication of wills and managing the estates of people who did not write wills before their death. In the coming century, the laws regarding the probate of wills were altered in how they were supervised. As a result, we have documents that contain a great deal of information for readers looking for genealogical information.
Newspaper transcriptions of genealogically relevant material from a variety of New York newspapers. Read the collection description for an overview of all records.
