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Guides and General Resources Roger D. Joslyn, "New York," in Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources, rev.ed. (1992) pp. 521-40 Research Outline: New York...

The 131 volumes of the Record contain source material from many New York counties, but perhaps no county has been more extensively covered than Westchester. As the resources for...

The NYG&B Blog is proud to present an excerpt of Pamela Ricciardi Paschke's recent feature article from the Spring 2019 issue of the New York Researcher magazine. Pamela is an...

FamilySearch is an excellent resource for genealogists everywhere, especially those of us seeking to use the ever-growing number of digital records available online. You can...

Earlier this summer, we hosted our second YouTube Live Q&A, in which our New York State research experts - D. Joshua Taylor and Susan R. Miller - answered questions submitted...

This article is a continuation of Manors in New York (Part 1). It contains notable manors of New York, organized alphabetically by name. This article contains those beginning with...

Earlier this year, we had our first ever live chat session with the President of the NYG&B, Joshua Taylor, and our Director of Education and Programming, Susan R. Miller. We'...

My New York research centers on the family of Col. John Moore (1686–1749) and the related family names of Lambert, Barberie, Axtell, Holland, Bayard, Hoffman, and Livingston. The...

The only picture in existence showing the whole [Capitol] building in flames. Taken from the New Educational Building steps at 3:30 a.m. by H.R. Sweny.  Photo courtesy of the New...

It is as if time stood still in New York City. On any given day between 1939 and 1941 photographers were capturing city buildings on film for the Department of Taxes (now the...