Below you will find a complete list of each online collection. Click the title of each collection to view a full description and search the collection individually.
Additional Search Tools
Digital Collections Map – Explore location-specific collections via an interactive map of New York.
Titles and Volumes Directory – Looking for a specific title within one or more collections? This tool allows you to search through the NYG&B's entire inventory of digital titles.
Collection Close-Ups – Every month we hold a webinar on one or more of our collections, explaining what you can find and how you can search.
Abstracted information from court documents on orphans and widows of New Amsterdam between 1655 and 1663. Produced by the Society of Colonial Dames of the State of New York and published by the NYG&B in 1908. This collection can be searched, and images can also be browsed - it is particularly useful for researchers seeking hard-to-find colonial Dutch ancestors.
The Onondaga Court Records collection consists of two searchable collections containing Supreme Court judgements and Surrogate records. Onondaga Supreme Court Judgements Onondaga County Surrogate Records, 1795-1834 Some of these records were scanned offsite by the Town of Onondaga Historical Society...
