General Resource Sites

• AccessGenealogy - New York Genealogy Resource Center 
• Ancestor Search - New York Genealogy Search Engines 
• Ancestors: Resource Guide - New York 
  Contact information for archives, libraries, genealogical & historical societies, church records and ethnic resources.
• Ancestry.com - New York Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
• Calendar of Events in NY State 
• Colonial Ancestors 
  Genealogy records and information about ancestors in the 13 original colonies.
• ePodunk 
  Provides ancestral demographics & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
• Family Tree Connection - New York Resources 
  Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
• Footnote.com - New York 
  Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
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• Genealogical Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area 
  Links and contact information for archives, libraries, government & private agencies referenced in the book of the same name.
• Genealogy.com: State Resources -- New York 
• Geneasearch: A Guide to New York Genealogy 
  Surname registry, female ancestors, ancestors archive, marriage records databases and links.
• Ghost Counties - Your Guide To America's Dead, Forgotten Counties 
  Remembering those counties across America that have been disbanded or discontinued.
• G Spot United States Adoption Registry for New York 
• An Introduction to New York Genealogy 
  From the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society.
• Kindred Trails - New York Genealogy Resources 
• Lineages.com - New York Research Room 
• Looking 4 Kin - New York 
• Migrations New York 
• New Netherland and Beyond 
  Genealogy and history of early New York.
• New York Family History 
  Genealogy links and bibliography for New York divided into these sections: Churches, Cemeteries, Vital Records, Societies, Downloads.
• New York History & Genealogy 
  American History and Genealogy Project.
• New York Local History & Genealogy 
  Affiliated with both The American Local History Network and the American History and Genealogy Project.
• New York State Governors 
• The Olive Tree Genealogy: U.S.A. Genealogy - New York 
• USGenWeb - NYGenWeb Project 
• StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy State by State - New York 
• Surname Navigator USA 
  A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) USA, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) USA, Geneanet USA, Google, genealogy USA, Google News Genealogy USA, Rootsweb message board USA, Ancestry.com, Email Finder USA, White Pages USA.
• Websites at RootsWeb 
  • New York at RootsWeb 
    State-specific resources hosted at RootsWeb.
  • NY Resources at RootsWeb 
  • ROOTS-L United States Resources: New York 
    Comprehensive list of research links, including many to history-related sites.
  • RootsWeb Message Boards - New York 
• Virginia & New York Genealogy 
• WNY Genealogy 
• WorldVitalRecords.com - New York in Databases  or New York in Titles 
  An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.

Government & Cities

• 50states.com - New York State Information Resource 
  A list of general information for each state, including a list of colleges, state symbols, links to maps, newspapers, and other miscellaneous state information.
• Bankruptcy Records of the U.S. District Court 1800-1809 
  In 1800 the federal Bankruptcy Act allowed creditors to petition for bankruptcy proceedings against traders, merchants and brokers. This unpopular act was repealed in 1803, but documents in a case may date as late as 1908. You may use this search to find bankrupts whose creditors filed petitions of bankruptcy in the District Court of the United States for Maryland, the Southern District of New York or the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• County Clerks Arranged by County 
  Provides contact information for each County Clerk in the state.
• County Clerks in New York State 
  Discusses records held in general by County Clerks and provides contact information for each County Clerk in the state.
• Court Web Sites - New York 
  Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
• FindLaw: New York: Courts 
  Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
• Government in New York State 
• NACo - About Counties - New York 
  From the National Association of Counties. Includes links to county courthouse addresses and telephone numbers as well as links to official county government web sites.
• New York State Association of Counties - County Directory 
  Provides contact information for each County Clerk in the state.
• New York State Government Information Locator Service 
• New York State Governors 
• New York State Unified Court System 
  Links to all the different courts and contact information.
• Official City Web Sites for the State of New York 
• Peelle's County Recorder Directory 
  Listing of addresses and phone numbers for all the county recorders.
• Public Records Online 
  Links to available state & county Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices. Online public records may include copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes. Some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online.
• USA CityLink Project - New York 
• Yahoo! Get Local...New York Counties and Regions  or Cities
  Maps, yellow pages, white pages, newspapers and other local information.

History & Culture

• The 1911 State Library Fire and Its Effect on New York Genealogy 
  From the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society.
• Civilian Conservation Corps Index of States/Camp Listing 
  • New York 
• Existing Railroad Stations in New York State 
  Devoted to the classic railroad stations still standing in New York State.
• The Great New York Floods 1913 
  Story of the great flood and cyclone disasters in New York State, edited by Thomas H. Russell.
• History of the Erie Canal 
• Hudson River History Tour 
• The Italian American Web Site of New York 
  This site contains information pertaining to Italian genealogy, organizations, discrimination, travel, literature, college, sports, women and much more.
• The Little Falls Canal 
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum  ~ New York City
• New Netherlands Project 
  Project for the transcription, translation, and publication of all Dutch documents in New York repositories relating to the seventeenth-century colony of New Netherland.
  • Documents 
  • De Nieu Nederlanse Marcurius 
  • Timeline of the Netherlands and Scandinavia relating to North America  
• New York History Timeline 
• New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut: The Tri-State Region and more in Stereoscopic Views 
  12,000 photographs of those three states as they were captured in stereoscopic views from the 1850s to the 1910s.
• New York State Historic Marker Program 
  The State Historic Marker Program, which was managed by the Education Department's State History office as an active field program from 1926 to 1966, has now become largely an advisory and data base management program. The archives of that program, as well as the records of over 2,800 historic markers across the State, are maintained by the Museum.
• New York State Canals: Canal Culture: Canal History 
  A short history of the NYS Canal System. This site is exclusively for information on the current-day canal system has no other historical information, and NO information about canal workers, passengers or boaters.
• New York's Oldest Canal 
• Rediscovering New York History & Culture 
  Directs users to historical records and resources in New York State from libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives.
• State Historic Markers 
  Includes an online searchable database of markers.
• The Triangle Factory Fire - March 25, 1911 
  The fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers, is one of the worst disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
  • List of Victims & Survivors 
• The Volturno Ship Disaster - October 1913 
• Yahoo!...History...New York 

How To

• Ancestry.com - New York Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
• Ancestry.com - Research in the Mid-Atlantic States 
  Article by Kory L. Meyerink.
• Beyond the Index--Michael John Neill's Articles in the Ancestry Daily News 
  • French-Canadian Research Beginnings 
    This article discusses beginning research of New York area families from Quebec.
  • French-Canadian Research Part Deux 
    This article continues a discussion of beginning research of New York area families from Quebec.
• FamilySearch Research Guidance - Research Outline - New York 
  This outstanding outline introduces records and strategies that can help you learn more about your ancestors. It explains terms associated with this state's particular genealogy research and describes the content, use, and availability of major genealogical records.

Immigration

• Ancestry.com - Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
• Ancestry.com - New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls); Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1847-1854 
  A book by Gary J. Zimmerman.
• German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1863-1867 
  A book by Gary J. Zimmerman.
• German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1868-1871 
  A book by Gary J. Zimmerman.
• He is on the 1914 Manifest! 
  Article by Michael John Neill on using the Ellis Island Web site to find an entry on a 1914 manifest.
• Instructions for reading New York passenger list soundex cards after 1910 
  Article by Joe Beine.
• ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 1 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 2 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 3 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 4 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 5 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• ISTG - New York Arrivals - Vol. 6 
  From the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
• National Archives and Records Administration  ~ United States
  • Genealogical Resources at the National Archives 
  • Research Topics of Genealogical Interest 
    • Immigration Records 
      • Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine 
        These materials identify 604,596 persons who arrived in the Port of New York, 1846-1851, and the ships on which they arrived. Approximately 70 percent of the passenger records list Ireland as the native country.
        • Search the Famine Irish Passenger Record Data File 
        • Search the List of Ships that Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine 
• New York Passenger Lists Index 1820-1846 
  FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers from Joe Beine.
• New York Passenger Lists Index 1897-1902 
  FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers from Joe Beine.
• New York Passenger Lists Index July 1902-Dec 1943 
  FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers from Joe Beine.
• Olive Tree Genealogy: Ships Passenger Lists, New York Times Ships Passenger Lists Arrivals and Departures 1851 
  These are lists of passenger names extracted from New York Times Ship Arrivals for September 1851. The ships arrived from a variety of ports both USA and foreign. These are partial passenger lists only, as published in accounts in the newspaper.
• Olive Tree Genealogy: Ships Passenger Lists, Ship Perseverance 
  Passenger List of Ship Perseverance, Belfast Ireland to New York 1811.
• Olive Tree Genealogy: Ships Passenger Lists, Ship Vandalia 
  Passenger List of Ship Vandalia, Hamburg and Havre to New York 1881.
• Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829: From Customs Passenger Lists 
  A book by Elizabeth P. Bentley.
• Passenger Arrivals At The Port Of New York 
  A book by Elizabeth Petty Bentley.
• Port of New York, New York, 1820-1957 
  From National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
• Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports 1789 – 1919 
  Good introduction to this important source from the St. Louis County Library.
• Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York 1789-1919 
  FHL and NARA Microfilm Catalog Numbers from Joe Beine.
• Roland Marchand's Slide Collection - Immigration 
  Scanned photographs from various phases of the immigration process and society's views of the new arrivals.
  • Arrival 
    Various scanned pictures of immigrants and the facilities at Castle Garden and Ellis Island.
• The S.S. England Page 
  In the spring of 1866, the S.S. England, a steamship from Liverpool, England, was bound for New York with over 1,300 passengers. Hundreds died from an outbreak of cholera.

The Barge Office

• Abuses at the Barge Office 
  From an article originally published in The New York Times on June 3, 1900.
• The Barge Office - 1898 
  Online article titled The Arrival of the Immigrant by Cromwell Childe in the New York Times Magazine, August 14, 1898.

Castle Garden

• Ancestry.com - Castle Garden: The Forgotten Gateway 
  Article by Barry Moreno.
• Castle Clinton (Castle Garden) National Monument 
  From the National Park Service. Located in Battery Park on the southern-most tip of Manhattan, Castle Garden was the arrival point of some eight million immigrants who entered New York harbor from 1855 to 1890. It was the "Ellis Island" of its day.
• Castle Garden 
  Free online searchable database of over 10 million immigrants who arrived at Castle Garden at the tip of Manhattan between 1830 and 1892. Searchable by name. Before Ellis Island was opened, Castle Garden functioned as the first official immigration center in the United States as a collaboration between the State of New York and New York City. Information in the online database is taken from the original ships' manifests and provides occupation, age, sex, date of arrival, place of origin and ship name. Results of advanced searches require a fee-for-download.
  • Castle Garden Timeline 
  • Example of Ship Manifest 
• Immigrant's Story - Castle Garden 
  From the New York Times of December 23, 1866.
• Immigration and the Commissioners of Emigration of the State of New York 
  A book by Friedrich Kapp.
• The ShipsList - Ships Pictures, Ports and Logos 
  • Castle Garden 
    Engravings and photographs of Castle Garden.
  • Castle Garden 1855 
    New York Daily Times article about the opening of the new immigrant depot.
  • Wards Island Immigration Station 
    Engravings of the Emigrant Hospital.
• Steve Morse's One-Step Castle Garden Search Engine 
  One-Step search of Castle Garden immigration records covring the years 1851 to 1891. This search requires a subscription to a pay-for-use database.

Ellis Island

• See Cyndi's List - Ellis Island

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• Cornell University Library 
  • Reference Services Division 
    • Genealogical Research at Cornell 
• Erie Canal Museum  ~ Syracuse
• Family History Library Catalog 
  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
  • New York 
• FamilySearch - Family History Centers in New York 
  A list of local LDS Family History Centers along with addresses and hours of operation.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum 
• LIBCAT: US - New York 
  A directory of library resources on the Internet.
• LibDex - The Library Index - New York 
  A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
• MARAC Regional Archives Institutions - New York 
• Newberry Library | Bibliography of African American History - New York 
• Newberry Library | Genealogy Bibliographies - New York 
• New York Family History Centers 
  A list of addresses, phone numbers and hours of operation from the Genealogy Home Page.
• New York Genealogical & Biographical Society 
  One of the principal genealogical reference libraries in the United States. The collection consists of more than 75,000 books, 1,300 periodicals, some 30,000 manuscripts, and nearly 22,000 microforms, as well as computer media.
• New York Public Library 
  • CATNYP: The Research Libraries' Catalogs 
  • New York Public Library - Humanities and Social Sciences Library 
    • General Research Division 
      • Obituaries - Death Notices, and Guides to Burial Places of Notables: A Research Guide 
      • Christianity and Church History: A Research Guide 
    • Map Division 
    • Manuscripts and Archives Division 
    • U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy Division 
      • Genealogical Research at the New York Public Library 
• New York State Archives and Records Administration Home Page 
  • Research Room - Family Records 
    • Naturalization & Related Records 
      Information Leaflet #6.
    • Records Useful for Genealogical Research 
  • State Archives On-Line Catalog 
• New York State Library Home Page 
  • Collections and Research Services 
  • New York State Library: Genealogy 
  • New York State Newspaper Project 
• New York State Museum 
  • Colonial Albany Project Website 
    Web exhibit by the Colonial Albany Social History Project of the New York State Museum.
• PublicLibraries.com - New York 
• Repositories of Primary Sources: New York 
  A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 
  From the New York Public Library.
• South Street Seaport Museum  ~ New York City
• United Methodist Church Annual Conference Archives Directory 
  List of annual conference archive contacts for the state. For local Methodist church records, your best resource is the annual conference archives. The boundaries of the annual conference do not necessarily coincide with state boundaries, and some states may have several conferences within their borders.

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - New York Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: USA/NY 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• BOSTON-STATES Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the migration between the Eastern Provinces of Canada and New England/New York. Archives: browse or search.
• CASTLE-GARDEN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Castle Garden, the first center in the United States for processing arriving immigrants, which was founded by New York State on an island off the southwest tip of Manhattan in 1855. Archives: browse or search.
• DUTCH-COLONIES Mailing List 
  For the discussion of the New York and New Jersey Colonies, known as New Amsterdam. Archives: browse or search.
• ELLIS-ISLAND Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Ellis Island which was established in 1890 at the southeast foot of Manhattan, New York as a federal processing center for arriving immigrants when the Treasury Department assumed control of immigration in New York harbor and New York officials refused continued use of Castle Garden. Archives: browse or search.
• GEN-NYS-L Mailing List 
  For New York State researchers who would like to share experiences, examine sources, give advice, or make suggestions so that others may find the information they are seeking. Archives: browse or search.
• GEN-NYS-L Mailing List Web Page 
  Including archives of past correspondence.
• GERMAN-NY Mailing List 
  For . Archives: browse or search.
• ITALIANS-NY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Italian immigrants to New York. Archives: browse or search.
• NEW-ENG-NATAM Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Native Americans in the New England and New York areas. Archives: browse or search.
• NEW-NETHERLAND Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in New Netherland Colony. Archives: browse or search.
• NEWYORK Mailing List 
  For . Archives: browse or search.
• NewYork-ROOTS-L Mailing List 
  Discussions of genealogical and historical research in New York.
• NY-AfriGeneas Mailing List 
  To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of African ancestored family researchers within New York.
• NY-BIOGRAPHIES Mailing List 
  A mailing list, supporting the New York Biography Project, for the sharing of biographies of New York State residents. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-CAN-NY Mailing List 
  For Canadians who are researching their New York ancestors and New Yorkers who are researching their Canadian ancestors. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-CENSUS Mailing List 
  For the volunteers who are engaged in transcribing New York census records in support of the USGenWeb Census Project to discuss the status of the project.
• NY-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List 
  For anyone desiring a check of New York census records for their ancestors. Requests should be as specific as possible and include county name, specific family of interest, and year whenever possible. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-CIVIL-WAR Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the role of New York and its residents in the Civil War. Archives: browse or search.
• NYDUTCH Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in people who emigrated from the Netherlands and settled in New York State after 1800. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-FREEDMEN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Freedmen in New York from all ethnic backgrounds (e.g., African, Native American, Caucasian). Archives: browse or search.
• NY-GHOSTTOWNS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the ghost towns of New York. Archives: browse or search.
• NYHIST-L 
  An edited discussion list provided by the New York State Archives and Records Administration as a forum for announcements, discussion, and research inquiries and referrals focused exclusively on New York State history including political, social, military, legal, and religious history.
• NY-IRISH Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical, historical, or cultural interest in the Irish emigrants who landed, lived in, or passed through the state of New York. See also the NY-IRISH web site . Archives: browse or search.
• NY-MEMORIES Mailing List 
  For anyone who wants to reminisce about living and growing up in New York or share the reminiscences of their ancestors who lived there. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-Military Mailing List 
  For anyone who is researching New York ancestors who served in the military in any place and at any time. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-OLDDUTCH-GRAVES Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding old Dutch graves in New York. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-OLD-NEWS Mailing List 
  For the submission of abstracts, extracts and links from New York newspapers published prior to 1931. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-ORPHANAGES Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in orphans and orphanages in New York. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-ROLLCALL Mailing List 
  For any and all researchers of New York State kin to post roll calls - surnames they are researching and associated information such as locations and timeframes. Archives: browse or search.
• NYS Mailing List 
  For discussing the creation of a single source for all New York genealogy databases. Archives: browse or search.
• NY-SCOTS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the emigration of Scots to settlements in New York. Archives: browse or search.
• NYTRISTATE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in families that moved between New York and neighboring states. Archives: browse or search.

• Yahoo! Groups: New York Genealogy 

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information

• 1895 U.S. Atlas - New York 
  Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
• American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - New York 
  From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
• American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - New York 
  From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
• Animated Map - County Formation - New York 1683-1915 
• American Shores - Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850 
  Maps on this site cover the early modern period ending in 1850, just as so-called internal improvements (canals, highways, and railroads) began to cross the young nation and change the landscape.
• Boston Rare Maps 
  Dealer specializing in antique and rare maps (and books with maps) of New England and the Northeast.
• Circa 1930 City Directories Available at NARA - New York 
  Listing of microfilmed city directories available at the National Archives.
• Color Landform Atlas: New York 
  Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.
• Gleason's Old Maps Etc. 
  Photocopies of Old Maps, Prints and Articles of Historical and Genealogical Interest from New York.
• Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) 
  From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.
• Historic USGS Maps of New York - Image Map 
• Historic USGS Maps of New York - Quad Index 
• Historic USGS Maps of New York - Town Index 
• K.B. Slocum Books and Maps - New York 
• Map of New York Counties 
• MapQuest: World Atlas: New York 
• Maps of the Hudson 
• New York State Historical Maps 
• Old Maps of New York, Pennsylvania and New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts) 
  Quality reproductions of towns in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine with family names.
• The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - New York Maps 
  From The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Map of New York Counties 
• RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo 
  Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.
• Schenectady, New York City Directories 
  Found at the Schenectady County Public Library. Includes an online version of the Schenectady Directory and City Register for the years 1841-2.
• U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - New York County Selection Map 
• U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - New York 
  At the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library 
  • New York Digital Map Library 
• A Virtual Trip on the Historic Hudson River 
  Text and links based upon William Wade's "Panorama of the Hudson River", 1846.
• Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - New York 
  Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.

Military

• 1st New York Regiment - Continental Line 
  Revolutionary War reenactors. Site contains a regimental history which includes information about General Richard MONTGOMERY, Colonel Goose VAN SCHAICK, and its founder Alexander McDOUGALL.
• 1st New York Veteran Cavalry 
• The 5th New York Volunteer Infantry - "Duryee's Zouaves" 
• 9th New York Volunteer Inf. (Hawkins' Zouaves) 
  Service and members of the 9th New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War.
• 9th Regiment, Infantry New York Volunteers / Spanish American War 
• 12th New York Cavalry 
• The 14th Brooklyn Company E Website 
  Detailed genealogical information on veterans of the 14th Brooklyn (all companies).
• 15th New York Cavalry 
• 36th New York Infantry 
  Brigade mate of the 2nd Rhode Island, 7th and 10th Massachusetts regiments. Clarey, Cahill, Alcott.
• 56th New York Volunteers Infantry - "The Tenth Legion" 
• 72nd New York Volunteer Infantry - Company C, 3rd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac 
• 79th New York Volunteer Infantry Company A, Cameron Highlanders 
  A non-commercial, non-reenactment site dedicated to the preservation of the history of the 79th NY Highlanders.
• 83rd New York Volunteers Sons of Veterans Reserve 
• 88th NYSV - 88th Brigade New York Guard 
  The military history of the Army of the Potomac's 88th Regiment 2nd Brigade Irish, 1st Division II Corps.
• 112th New York Infantry - The Chautauqua Regiment 
• 115th NY Volunteer Infantry 
• 117th New York Volunteer Infantry 
• 127th New York Infantry 
• 131st New York Volunteer Infantry 
  1st Regiment, Metropolitan Guard.
• The 134th New York Infantry Regiment 
  Regiment raised in Schoharie and Schenectady counties.
• 147th New York Volunteers - Oswego, New York 
  Regimental history, rosters, pictures, & maps.
• 149th NY Volunteer Infantry 
• Ancestry.com 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
  • Search Military Records 
    • New York in the Revolution 
    • New York Military in the Revolution 
      Original source: Electronic reproduction of New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. II, originally published in 1897.
    • New York Pensioners, 1835 
      Original source: United States Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, In Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. [New York Section]. Washington, D.C.: Duff Green, 1835.
• Ancestry.com - WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - New York 
  Scanned images available by subscription.
• Buffalonians in The Polish Army 
  Source of this listing from "Buffalo and Erie County in the World War 1914-1919".
• Buffalo's 19th Century Army Barracks and the Towpath to Weedsport 
• Cattaraugus County Veterans of the Great War 1917-1918 
  Contains a "Next of Kin" list for members of Company I, 108th Infantry, 27 Division of the U.S. Army. Lists next of kin's name, relationship, and addresses. Mostly from Cattaraugus and Erie Counties, New York.
• The Civil War Archive - Union Regiments - New York 
• Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients from New York 
• Civil War Prison Elmira 
• Civil War Rosters - New York 
  List of links to web sites with rosters for each state.
• Dennis J McCARTHY 
  Dennis J. McCarthy, a private in Co. E, 6th New York Heavy Artillery.
• Drums Along the Mohawk 
  The story of the American Revolution on the New York Frontier.
• Forty-Seventh New York Infantry 
• Grand Army of the Republic records, 1865-1949  ~ New York
  Descriptions of over 40.5 cubic feet (83 boxes) of records in the New York State Archives.
• The Hardtack Regiment: 154th New York Volunteer Infantry 
• History of the 14th Brooklyn 
  • A Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • B Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • C Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • D Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • E Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • F Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • G Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • H Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • I Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
  • Sappers and Miners Co., 14th Brooklyn NYSM 
• History of the 184th Regiment NY Vol, Oswego Co., N.Y. 
• History of Company H, 119th New York Volunteers 
• Index To Militia Rolls - Olive Tree Genealogy 
  Rolls for New Jersey and New York.
• Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - New York 
  From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
• Letters written by Private Justus G. MATTESON during the Civil War 
  MATTESON & HATCH surnames. Cortland County, New York.
• Military Tract in Cayuga Co., NY 
  Alphabetical listing of surnames including first name, township, and lot information.
• New York 2nd Regiment Veteran Cavalry - "Empire Light Cavalry" 
• New York State and the Civil War 
• New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center  ~ Saratoga Springs
  • Researching Civil War Soldiers and Regiments: A Resource Guide 
  • Genealogy Resources 
• New York State Civil War Soldier Database 
  Information includes more than 360,000 men who served in New York State Volunteer and the United States Sharpshooter units and the state's three regiments of United States Colored Troops during the Civil War.
• New York Volunteers 188th Regiment Co. A 
• NY 16th Regiment Infantry Page 
• NY State Veterans' Homes 
• Register of Officers Commissioned in Volunteer Regiments from the State of New York, 1861 - 1865 
• Revolutionary Soldiers of Chautauqua County 
• Roster of Men Joining the U.S. Army from Pitcher, Chenango County, New York in the Years 1861 - 1865 
• A Small Town's Civil War History and the Hillside Cemetery Civil War Graves Project 
  Research done in Middletown New York's historic Hillside Cemetery for the location of and survey of its Civil War Union Veterans.
• Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - New York 
  From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - New York 
• WNY Genealogy - World War II Honor Roll 

Newspapers

• ABYZ News Links - New York - Newspapers and News Sources 
• Ancestry.com 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
  • Search Newspapers & Periodicals Records 
• Home Town News - New York 
  Directory of daily and weekly newspapers in the United States.
• The Independent 
  Serving the Hudson Berkshire Corrider, New York.
• NewsDirectory.com: Newspapers: New York 
• NewsLink | Newspapers | U.S. | New York 
• Newspaper Abstracts - Finding Our Ancestors in the News! - New York 
• NewspaperLinks.com - New York 
• New York State Newspaper Project 
• The New York Times on the Web 
• New York Times Article Archive 1851-1980 
  Online searchable database.
• Newsday.com - Long Island and Queens, NY 
• New York State Newspaper Project 
• TheOldenTimes.com: Old New York News 
  Historic newspapers online: births, deaths & marriages, notices, old news, legal notices, recipes & more, all scanned from original issues of 18th-20th century newspapers. Index of names, site search.
• OnlineNewspapers.com - Newspaper & Newspapers Online Directory: New York 
• ThePaperboy.com Newspaper Directory - New York Newspapers 
• The United States Newspaper Program 
  Cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
  • New York 
• US Newspaper Links - New York Newspapers 
• World-newspapers.com - New York Newspapers 
• Yahoo!...Newspapers...New York 

Occupations

• The Glovers of Fulton County 
  Research and documentation project that examines the glove industry of Fulton County, New York. Fulton County was long a center of world glove production. During the late 1800s and early decades of this century the county produced more than 90% of all fine leather gloves manufactured in the United States.
• New York State Engineer's Employees, 1908 
  Browseable surname list of about 2000 employees on State public works projects (canals, roads, bridges, etc), from the State Engineer to the $2-per-day laborers. Posted by the Town of Carmel Historical Society.

People & Families

• African American Genealogy Resources: States/New York 
  From Christine's Genealogy Website.
• AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in New York 
• French Huguenots in the Hudson Valley 
  French pilgrims influenced the culture of the Hudson Valley. Faced with religious persecution, the Huguenots left France to find a peaceful homeland.
• The LADD Family GraveSite 
  Photos of LADD family gravesites in New York.
• New York Biographies Project 
• New York - Irish Genealogy 
• Olive Tree Genealogy: VAN SLYKE Family 
  The Genealogy of the half-French, half-Mohawk woman, Ots-Toch, and her Dutch husband, Cornelis VAN SLYKE.
• Oneida Indian Ancestry 
• The Seneca Nation of Indians 
  Homepage for the Seneca Nation of Indians, western New York.
• Sylvia's NY Adoption Page 
  For adoption triad members that are searching in New York state to register their information. There are also links to sites that may be helpful in their search.
• Tribes and Villages of New York 
• Upstate New York Welsh 
  Upstate New York Welsh celebrates Welsh Heritage in Western, Central and Eastern New York State -- the part of the state outside of New York City. Includes information on settlements, customs, records, churches, individual Welsh immigrants and a directory of current Welsh-American organizations.
• Welcome To The Twin Tiers History and Genealogy Site 
  Covering information on the people who made their marks in the history and genealogy of what is known as the Twin Tiers of southern New York and the northern part of Pennsylvania.
• WPA Life Histories from New York 
  Manuscripts from the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1940, Library of Congress.

Periodicals & Pamphlets

Photographs & Memories

• Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive - New York 
  Searchable database containing images of thousands of identified and mystery 19th & 20th century photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long