Meryl Schumacker, NYG&B Record, vol. 149 (2018), no. 1: 21 - 38
Frans Abramse Van Salee and His Descendants: A Colonial Black Family in New York and New Jersey
Henry Hoff, NYG&B Record, vol 121 (1990) no. 2: 65-71; no. 3: 157-161; no. 4: 205-211.
Swan Janse Van Luane: A Free Black in 17th Century Kings County
Henry Hoff, NYG&B Record, vol. 125 (1994), no. 2: 74-77.
Abstracts of Early Black Manhattanites
Richard Dickenson, NYG&B Record, vol. 116 (1985), no. 2: 100-104; no. 3: 169-173.
Researching African-American Families in New Netherland and Colonial New York and New Jersey
Henry Hoff, NYG&B Record, vol. 136, no. 2 (2005): 83-95.
Unusual Ways to Die in Old New York
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Government & Laws
In honor of the Halloween season, we cracked open our “spookiest” records - New York City Coroner’s reports from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - to see what we could learn about sudden, untimely death in Old New York.
New NYC birth index images, 1910 - 1965, available on Ancestry.com
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Vital Records
Great news for those with ancestors born in New York City! Ancestry.com recently added a new searchable database containing crucial information on New York City births between 1910 and 1965.
Images of New York City vital records now online at FamilySearch
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Fantastic news for New York City researchers!
Images of some New York City vital record certificates are available online from FamilySearch.
New NYC death indexes available, 1949 - 1965
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Vital Records
Ancestry.com has just added another 16 years of searchable death index images for New York City.
New NYC directories added to NYPL digital collections
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City Directories, Directories
New online records are now available for those researching their families in New York City - the NYPL Digital Collections have recently added more New York City directories to their already substantial collection.