We’re continually adding new genealogy records and features. Researchers can use this page to catch up on both our new records and new features.
New Records
Church Family Account Book
Added May 2023
Browse this account book belonging to the Church Family of Monroe County, 1849-1854.
Town of Southold Personal Index Prior to 1698
Added May 2023
This searchable index provides names and information of persons for which there is documentation that they lived in or visited the town of Southold prior to 1698.
Riga School Records
Added May 2023
This school record book for the town of Riga, located in Monroe County, provides names of pupils from 1843 to 1862.
Sterling Town Records
Updated May 2023
The Sterling Town Records collection consists of an 1845 census, tax records from 1852 to 1880, and school records from 1829 to 1859.
Browse the Sterling Collection.
New York City Birth Index
Updated May 2023
This searchable collection is an index of births reported in all five boroughs of New York City from 1911 to 1917. Volume 1 represents Manhattan, while Volume 2 represents the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Richmond (Staten Island).
Start searching these records now.
Suffolk County Probate Records
Added April 2023
This collection consists of digitized probate records from throughout varying periods and locations within Suffolk County, New York.
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York
Added February 2023
Applications to the Society can provide a wealth of information to both genealogical and biographical researchers. Volumes A through S, which consist of applications dated from 1892 to 1919, are now available online with a searchable index.
St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Added January 2023
This collection consists of fourteen original record books from St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church created between 1850 and 1925. Most registers are in German until around 1920, after which they are in English. All fourteen books and can be found in our New York County Religious Records collection.
Sherwood Account Journals
Updated November 2022
These volumes represent mid-19th century handwritten journals of Dr. Amaziah Church Sherwood’s and Orlando Beebe Sherwood's patients and their accounts. These records were digitized by NYG&B volunteers in our new Digitization Center.
Learn more and browse these records.
Trinity Church Transcriptions
Added July 2022
We recently added five more volumes of transcribed records from Trinity Church Wall Street. These transcriptions, created by the NYG&B in the 1930s, were digitized by volunteers in our Digitization Center. The records range from 1746 to 1899, and can be found in our New York County Religious Records collection.
Colonial Immigration Records
Added February 2022
This collection contains genealogical information and biographical sketches of immigrants to New York during the Dutch and English colonial era.
The numerous volumes in the collection cover different groups of immigrants at various periods in the colonial New York era. Researchers will also find a compilation of articles in The Record that include transcriptions of colonial immigration records. Learn more and search.
Jefferson County Histories and Directories
Added January 2022
This collection contains histories and directories of Jefferson County, New York. These volumes provide crucial historical context that can help researchers uncover more records and develop a deeper understanding of their Jefferson County ancestors.
The volumes in this collection also contain genealogical and biographical information—apart from the names listed in the directories, many of the histories include biographical sketches, lists of county officers, and other details of the people that lived in the county. Learn more and search.
Onondaga County Histories and Directories
Added December 2021
This collection contains histories and directories of Onondaga County, New York. These volumes provide crucial historical context that can help researchers uncover more records and develop a deeper understanding of their Onondaga County ancestors.
The volumes in this collection also contain genealogical and biographical information—apart from the names listed in the directories, many of the histories include biographical sketches, lists of county officers, and other details of the people that lived in the county. Learn more and search.
Dutchess County Census Records
Added November 2021
This collection contains volumes of transcribed census records for municipalities in Dutchess County, New York. Transcriptions include the 1810 and 1850 federal censuses and the 1865 New York state census. There is also one volume of transcriptions of the 1870 federal census records from the town of Amenia.
While information related to these censuses can be found elsewhere, these transcriptions (never before published online) were done by experts—there might be nuances in the way something was transcribed that could help you discover someone whose name isn't quite right on the other collections elsewhere. Learn more and search.
Broome County Histories and Directories
Added November 2021
The five volumes in this collection provide crucial historical context that can help researchers uncover more records and develop a deeper understanding of their Broome County ancestors.
The collection also contains genealogical and biographical information—apart from the names listed in the directories, many of the histories include biographical sketches, lists of county officers, and other details of the people that lived in the county.
It is possible you may find biographical or genealogical evidence of your Broome County ancestors in these records. Even if you can't find their names, you can still discover crucial contextual information about their world, including leads on new records or clues to help you navigate brick walls. Learn more and search.
New York Biographical Index
Added June 2021
We're proud to announce an exceptional database of genealogical, historical, and biographical information is now available online for the first time.
Former Chief Librarian of the Local History and Genealogy Department of the New York Public Library, Gunther Pohl spent fifty years compiling the New York Biographical Index.
Recognizing the value of a comprehensive source that would facilitate research in New York State history, genealogies, and biographies, Mr. Pohl gathered biographical data from over 6,000 books, journals, periodicals, and monographs that were previously not indexed.
New Features
Our Digital Team is always working to ensure this platform offers the best possible experience for our users.
We carefully listen to the feedback we receive from our members and plan new feature releases and improvements several times per year.
If you have a feature you would like us to add, or have noticed something we should fix, please fill out our feedback form.
This section will list additional features and improvements as they are released throughout the year.
Version 1.0 Release Notes
Released July 2020
After months of gathering feedback, we have fixed the few bugs that were discovered, added several new featured, and improved existing features. See below for notes on what is new, improved, and fixed. Please continue to fill out our feedback form so we can keep improving this platform.
Browse The NYG&B Record by Volume or Year
When you know the exact volume and issue or year of The NYG&B Record you want to read, you can now easily navigate to what you’re looking for.
You will now find a “Browse by Volume” option on all versions of The NYG&B Record. You will see the same feature in our image viewer on all images from The NYG&B Record:
This is useful for tracking down issues you find in citations and for finding previous installments of articles that are published as a series.
Thanks to Abigail for suggesting this feature!
Already-visited Image Links Change Color
When you click image links from the search results page, links you have already clicked will now turn purple, so when you return to the search results page, you can tell you have already viewed those images.
This will help you avoid accidentally looking at the same image multiple times, and will allow you to identify images you may not have seen yet when conducting searches.
Please note that this behavior does reset after a period of time, so in future visits, already-visited links will eventually turn blue again.
Thanks to Kim and Laurene for suggesting this feature!
Image links Open in the Same Tab
When you click to view an image from the search results page, the image will now open in the same browser tab as the search results.
This means you can easily click the back button on your browser to return to the search results.
Before this change, the search results opened in a new tab. If you would like to open images from your search results in a new tab, you can still do so by right-clicking (control-click on Mac) and selecting “open in new tab.”
Thanks to Ann Louise and others for suggesting this feature!
Improved OCR Text Extraction
Our development team has expanded our ability to extract text from a larger variety of digitized records.
In short, this means there are now many additional types of digital files we can add to our platform—like county histories and more—and they’ll be very easy to search!
Bug Fix: Paginated Search Results
Some users reported a problem when trying to view the second and third pages of search results—links to those pages of results sometimes failed to load.
Our development team identified the cause of the issue and resolved it, so this bug is no longer present. Please let us know if you encounter any other unexpected behavior and we’ll fix it as soon as possible!
Thanks to Andrea, Barbara, and others for calling our attention to this bug!
Version 0.9 (beta) Release Notes
Released March 2020
The beta version of our Online Records Platform was released in March 2020. We would like to extend a special thanks to the many members who used the platform and shared their invaluable feedback with us. Many of the comments and suggestions were used to improve the platform, add new features immediately, and plan for further improvement. We couldn't have done it without you!