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.
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.
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...
Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Washington 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.
Transcribed genealogy records from churches in Washington 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.
These records include the following details: Introduction Baptisms Marriages Funerals Families Communicants Confirmations Index View the full file. This collection was edited by Royden Woodward Vosburgh.
Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Westchester 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.
Transcribed genealogy records from churches in Westchester County, New York. Researchers can search these records by text and can browse digital images. The collection page contains a complete list of all congregations available, including waypoint links to images from each church.
These records include: Introduction Members, 1849 to 1916 Adults baptized, 1867 to 1870; 1915 Baptisms and births, 1851 to 1910 Baptisms at Prince’s Bay Church, 1901 to 1903 Deaths and funerals, 1852 to 1872; 1917 Marriages, 1855 to 1879; 1912; 1919 The Huguenot Cemetery, disinterments and...
These records include: Introduction Baptisms and Births, 1798 to 1841 Marriages, 1829 to 1839 Treasurer’s Accounts, 1811 to 1814 Baptisms and Births, 1860 to 1876 Marriages, 1858 to 1875 Gravestone Inscriptions View the full file. This collection was edited by Royden Woodward Vosburgh.
The Historical Records Survey Project was an ambitious attempt at hiring unemployed clergy members, researchers, historians, teachers and lawyers. This helped assemble historical records that were intrinsic to government and vital records from churches. Part of this initiative, was creating inventories of ecclesiastical records of every church in every state.
Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Wyoming 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.
Vital Records of Yorktown (in Cortlandt Manor), 1848–1849 This text searchable record set from Westchester County contains a partial list of marriages and deaths in the community for each year. Marriages include date of event, names and ages of the couple, as well as their general place of residence...