Webinars & Video

Women from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries are challenging to uncover, but we may hear their voices in the documents that recorded their lives. With many examples from the speaker’s own New England, New...

This presentation, recorded November 17, 2020, celebrated the launch of the new online database, “Voyages of New Netherland,” a searchable, primary source-based directory of more than 300 ship voyages to New Netherland...

Writing about your genealogical conclusions is an important step in the research process. Submitting your draft to a peer-reviewed journal, such as The Record, has many benefits. This talk will address why you might...

See how a variety of contextual sources enhances family narratives, whether your own or someone else’s. The July 2020 Hugh Dugan article in The Record provides an excellent example, and author Pam Anderson shows you how...

Using the example of her research of an extended African-American family who lived in the mid-Hudson Valley, Joan will discuss various techniques and sources that can be used to research New Yorkers who weren’t the head...

Are you taking full advantage of your NYG&B membership? Membership gives you access not only to The Record and New York Researcher but on-demand webinars, discounts on products, and our NYG&B Online Collections...

Learn about this year's New York State Family History Conference (NYSFHC). You will enjoy three days of camaraderie and learning with genealogists from all over the country as a part of New York’s only statewide family...

Learn what Italian civil records from the early 1800s to early 1900s are available and where to find them. Also acquire techniques for tracing backwards through the records, and guidance on gleaning information from...

This session discusses what ethics and morality mean, and what these have to do with genealogy. ‘I’m just compiling our family tree, what can go wrong?’ Ethical dilemmas in genealogy came to the forefront since law...

Go beyond the traditional population census records and delve into the non-population schedules to discover the gold nuggets they contain. About the presenter: Nancy Waters is a researcher, lecturer, college instructor...