Below is a list of non-secular resources located in New York City for doing genealogical research on Jewish immigrants to the United States. Several organizations have online catalogs to their collections and some have digital collections of tran
New York City Vital Records
New York is the only state with two sets of vital records, one for the 57 counties outside of New York City and the other for the five counties/boroughs of the city.
New York City Department of Taxes Photographic Collection
It is as if time stood still in New York City. On any given day between 1939 and 1941 photographers were capturing city buildings on film for the Department of Taxes (now the Department of Finance).
Little Publicized New York City Sources: Vital Records from the Long Island-Star and Brooklyn Evening Star, 1809-1846
Josephine C. Frost's Vital Records from the Long-Island Star and Brooklyn Evening Star, 1809-1846, is in the manuscript collection of The Brooklyn Historical Society.
A New Look at the Newton (L.I.) Presbyterian Church Records
We often use abstracts of original sources because of convenience, especially when they are regarded as reliable.
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 .
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. This index covers the extant 894 of the original 1008 volumes (114 have been lost).