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.
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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.
This collection consists of records from the town of Callicoon. Using the waypoints below, researchers can browse images from each volume. The first volume is the 1845 state census for Callicoon, and the second volume is a Supervisor Book that contains accounts payable notes from 1842 through 1879...
These volumes from the Town of Fremont, Sullivan County, New York, contain town records from 1851 through 1918. The records include town board meeting minutes, tax assessment records, justice court minutes, highway commissioner records, road machine tax records, chattel mortgages, and the town...
These records from the town of Inlet, located in Hamilton County, include hotel listings, from 1898 to 1932, and tax assessment rolls, from 1906 to 1929. Hotels include the Arrowhead-Inlet Inn, The Wood Hotel, Camp Deerhurst, Seventh Lake House, and Hess Camp. Use the waypoint links to browse each...
This collection contains historical records from the Town of Conklin, established 1827, and the Town of Kirkwood, which separated from Conklin north of the Susquehanna River and was formed in 1859. These materials provide a detailed view of local governance, property ownership, taxation, education...
The collection Town of Niles, Cayuga County contains town government records documenting the administration and civic life of the Town of Niles from 1779 to 1891. These records provide valuable evidence for genealogical and historical research in Cayuga County, New York. The collection includes...
These records are from the town of Sheldon, located on the western border of Wyoming County. The land was originally deeded to Oliver Phelps and Lemuel Chipman in 1804 from the Holland Land Company. The Town of Sheldon was founded in 1808 when it was separated from its parent Town of Batavia. It was...
This newly digitized volume records the details of the early town government for the town of Summit from 1820-1830. Details include the first elected officials of the town— Supervisor, Town Clerk, Assessors, Poor Master, Commissioner of Highways, Commissioner of Common Schools, Inspector of Common...
The Town of Sterling, which is located in Cayuga County, was named after American Revolutionary War general William Alexander, Lord Stirling. As a revolutionary town, Sterling has a rich history and offers a wealth of materials to researchers. As part of our Statewide Initiative program, we worked...
This volume, published by Arthur James Weise, contains a centennial history of Troy from 1789 to 1889. Included in Weise’s investigation are Troy’s growth and prosperity, its multiplication of churches, and its village and city officers. Chapter highlights include: • New France and New Netherland •...
Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Ulster County, New York. Researchers can browse digital images of these records, but they cannot currently be searched. The collection page contains a complete list of all cemeteries available, including waypoint links to view images from each cemetery.
Before the publication of this survey of microfilm in 2011, Donald C. Lockhart was trying to investigate the life of an ancestor named Reijnier van der Coelen. This ancestor was a “distiller and grain dealer whose misdeed dot the pages of colonial-era records.”
Union Hill Cemetery, Cato, is an active cemetery which dates back to the 19th century and covers over 200 years of burial records, from the time that Cato was established in 1802. The Cemetery records include various family plots and inform researchers about who owned them, the date the deed was...
The Nationwide Gravesite Locator is a database that allows researchers to find the gravesite of military veterans and their families. This collection includes all entries in the NGL database for veterans buried in New York State.
This newly digitized collection from the Village of Brightwaters, Suffolk County, contains various town records beginning in 1916. Records include Board of Trustees Minutes, Board of Appeals Minutes, Planning Board Minutes, Administrative Code, an Audit of the Village, Report of Examinations...