African American
Essential Resources for African American Research on the NYG&B Website
Are you researching African American families from New York State? This kind of research can be amazingly complicated and full of brick walls.
If you're encountering trouble in...
Slavery Records in the Common Council Papers at the New York City Municipal Archives
Meryl Schumacker, NYG&B Record, vol. 149 (2018), no. 1: 21 - 38
Frans Abramse Van Salee and His Descendants: A Colonial Black Family in New York and New Jersey
Henry Hoff, NYG&B Record, vol 121 (1990) no. 2: 65-71; no. 3: 157-161; no. 4: 205-211.
Some Ancestors of Nelly Jane (Franklin) Lefevre: An African American of the Mid-Hudson Valley
Joan de Vries Kelley, NYG&B Record, vol 145 (2014) no. 4: 245-258; vol 146 (2015), no. 2: 107-116; no. 3: 187-197; no. 4: 283-298, 311; vol 147 (2016), no 1.
Swan Janse Van Luane: A Free Black in 17th Century Kings County
Henry Hoff, NYG&B Record, vol. 125 (1994), no. 2: 74-77.
Abstracts of Early Black Manhattanites
Richard Dickenson, NYG&B Record, vol. 116 (1985), no. 2: 100-104; no. 3: 169-173.
Researching African-American Families in New Netherland and Colonial New York and New Jersey
Henry Hoff, NYG&B Record, vol. 136, no. 2 (2005): 83-95.
Examining African American Migrations
Join an exploration of African American migrations large and small, along with many of the factors that spurred movement.
Oftentimes genealogists are faced with the perplexing...
We recently unveiled a restored stained
glass window, now at our offices in New
York City - the window has been a part
of the NYG&B for decades.
January 8 - 12, 2018 was our...
Overcoming research challenges through teamwork
This blog post is written by Victoria Thomas, a student at Manhattan College who was part of one of our NYG&B Labs teams this summer. The team assisted Professor Adam Arenson...
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