Organized in 1793 and 1805, respectively, Christ Church and St. Stephen's were the second and fifth Episcopal parishes to be established in New York City (then Manhattan).
Additional New York Newspapers Digitized
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Newspapers
GenealogyBank has added six New York titles and updated a New Jersey newspaper in their collection:
New Jersey
NYC Clerk's Marriage Indexes Available on the Internet Archive
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Vital Records
Images of the indexes to the New York City Clerk’s collection of marriage affidavits, licenses, and certificates may now be accessed for free through the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/nycmarriageindex&tab=collection
From Our eLibrary: NYC Surrogate's Office, Abstracts Of Inventories 1730-1752, 1775-1786
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Court
“This volume is now much ill used and very little cared for in that office,” wrote J.H. Jones in 1898 of the inventories for 1730-52 which resided in the Surrogate’s Office in Manhattan. The records for 1776-86 fared no better and he noted that the first 44 pages of this volume are missing. Mr.
From Our eLibrary: Harlem Cemetery, Dutch Church Disinterments 1869-1875
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Cemetery
Prompted by New York City's northward growth, the Consistory of the Dutch Reformed Church of Harlem purchased a plot in Woodlawn Cemetery in 1869.
Reformed Church Records of New York City (Manhattan & Bronx)
Originally published in The NYG&B Newsletter, Spring 1994, updated to July 2017
This article covers the Dutch Reformed (and some German Reformed) churches of New York City, beginning with 17th century New Amsterdam.
An Exciting Update to the New York City Marriage License Index
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Vital Records
Terrific news for New York Genealogists!
Guide to New York City’s Treasured Archives Released
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MUNI
NEW YORK, NY -- The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B) is pleased to announce the release of New York City Municipal Archives: An Authorized Guide for Family Historians.
New Free NY Databases from the German Genealogy Group
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Court, Vital Records
Our friends at the German Genealogy Group made some fantastic updates to their free online databases this past month.
New Index to 1890 New York City Police Census Just Released
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Census
Great news for those researching their family in New York City! FamilySearch has just released an index that includes 87% of the people recorded in the 1890 Police Census of New York City.