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Since 1869, the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society has been preserving historical records that are useful to family history researchers investigating people from New York State.
Much of this material is now available to search and view on the web, and we're adding new online records all the time.
Explore All Online Collections
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.
| Collection Title |
Collection Category |
Location | Collection Type | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Account Journal of Dr. Amaziah Church Sherwood | Account Books | Tompkins County | Image Browse | View description |
| This is a handwritten journal of Dr. Amaziah Church Sherwood’s patients and their accounts from approximately 1841–1860. He graduated from Geneva Medical School in 1841, and worked as a physician in Cayutaville, Newfield, and Enfield, New York, until his death in 1860. Read More | ||||
| New York Biographical Index | Biographies | All NY Counties | Indexed | View description |
| A name index to biographical information in thousands of books, monographs, and journals related to various aspects of New York State history. Read More | ||||
| NYG&B Member Biographies | Biographies | All NY Counties | Indexed | View description |
| Biographical surveys filled out by NYG&B members in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This collection includes a searchable every-name index that covers all names mentioned in the responses, not just the names of NYG&B members. Read More | ||||
| Nassau County Cemetery Records | Cemetery | Nassau County | Image Browse | View description |
| Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Nassau 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. Read More | ||||
| Suffolk County Cemetery Records | Cemetery | Suffolk County | Image Browse | View description |
| Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Suffolk 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. Read More | ||||
| Oneida County Cemetery Records | Cemetery | Oneida County | Image Browse | View description |
| Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Oneida 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. Read More | ||||
| Saratoga County Cemetery Records | Cemetery | Saratoga County | Image Browse | View description |
| Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Saratoga 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. Read More | ||||
| Putnam County Cemetery Records | Cemetery | Putnam County | Text | View description |
| Transcribed gravestones inscriptions from cemeteries in Putnam County, New York. Researchers can search these records by text and can browse digital images. The collection page contains a complete list of all cemeteries available, including waypoint links to view images from each cemetery. Read More | ||||
| Ulster County Cemetery Records | Cemetery | Ulster County | Image Browse | View description |
| 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. Read More | ||||
| Kings County Cemetery Records | Cemetery | Kings County | Text & Images | View description |
| Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Kings 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. Read More | ||||
| Fulton County Cemetery Records | Cemetery | Fulton County | Image Browse | View description |
| Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries located in Fulton 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. Read More | ||||
| Washington County Cemetery Records | Cemetery | Washington County | Image Browse | View description |
| 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. Read More | ||||
| Albany County Cemetery Records | Cemetery | Albany County | Image Browse | View description |
| This collection contains transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Albany 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 the records of each cemetery. Read More | ||||
| Queens County Cemetery Records | Cemetery | Queens County | Image Browse | View description |
| Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Queens 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. Read More | ||||
| New York County Cemetery Records | Cemetery | New York County | Image Browse | View description |
| Cemetery records from New York 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. Read More | ||||