New York County

Released July 03!

Fairchild Cemetery Manual: A Reliable Guide to the Cemeteries of Greater New York and Vicinity

Location
Suffolk County
Nassau County
Kings County
Richmond County
Queens County
New York County
Rockland County
Westchester County
Putnam County
Orange County
Collection Category
Cemetery
Collection Type
OCR
Body

This guide was researched and compiled in 1910 by Fairchild Sons, a funeral home located in Brooklyn, NY. It contains a wide range of information pertaining to decease and burial, including a detailed survey of all cemeteries within 50 miles of New York City, laws relating to cemeteries, and indices...

Released March 26!

New York, All Saints' Church, 1824–1862

Location
New York County
Collection Category
Religious Records
Collection Type
Image Browse
Body

All Saint’s Church is an Episcopal church in, New York City [Manhattan]. The "Parish Register of All Saints Church [New York City]," a typescript, was copied for NYG&B in 1928 and certified by Harold S. F. Randolph, Assistant Librarian. The typescript is a transcription of the parish register. This...

Released March 26!

New York, South Reformed Church in Garden Street, 1812–1853

Location
New York County
Collection Category
Religious Records
Collection Type
Image Browse
Creator
Royden Woodward Vosburgh
Body

This transcription includes: Introduction Births and Baptisms, 1812 to 1852 Marriages, 1812 to 1853 View the full file. This collection was edited by Royden Woodward Vosburgh.

Released May 25!

Finding Aid for Dutch Reformed Church of Greene and Houston Streets

Location
New York County
Collection Category
Research Aids
Collection Type
Image Browse
Body

Finding aid to the Dutch Reformed Church of Greene and Houston Streets in New York City, also known as the Greene Street Church and Seventh Avenue Church. Index cards feature names that direct researchers to records held at the New-York Historical Society.

Released March 02!

New York County Coroner's Report Abstracts

Location
New York County
Collection Category
Death
Collection Type
OCR
Body

The Minutes of Coroners Proceedings: City and County of New York, John Burnet, Coroner, 1748-1758 and the two volumes of Coroners’ Reports New York City, 1823-1842, 1843-1849 reports the deaths of people in British colonial New York and nineteenth cenury New York City, respectively. The causes of deaths are many, such as smallpox, accidents, drowning, murder, and falls.

Released February 07!

New York County Religious Records

Location
New York County
Collection Category
Religious Records
Collection Type
Text & Images
Body

Transcribed genealogy records from churches in New York County, New York. Some volumes are searchable, others can only be browsed by image. The collection page contains a complete list of all congregations available, including waypoint links to images from each church.

Released February 07!

New York County Naturalizations in the Marine Court, 1827–1840

Location
New York County
Collection Category
Naturalization
Court
Collection Type
OCR
Body

Abstracts of naturalization records from the Marine Court between 1834-1840. Records contain the name of the naturalized citizen, the date of naturalization, name of character witness, and possibly other details like occupation or previous nationality. This collection can be searched by text and the images can also be browsed. Read the collection description for more detail on the Marine Court any why so many immigrants got naturalized there.

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