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General Slocum Families Tree

A public, collaborative family tree of the passengers aboard the paddle steamer General Slocum which burned in New York's East River in 1904. There is a family tree for every known passenger, victim or survivor, many of whom were German-Americans

Irish in New York City

Devoted to the Irish and Irish-Americans of the New York City area throughout history. Companion to Rootsweb mailing list, IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY. Includes transcriptions from the Irish-American newspaper, surname database and a day-by-day account of the 1863 Draft Riots.

Jewish communal directory (Internet Archive)

by Jewish community of New York city, 1912

Jewish Foundation for Education of Women Records, 1880-1988

From the New York Public Library's Manuscripts and Archives Division. The Jewish Foundation for Education of Women was founded in New York City in 1880 as the Louis Down Town Sabbath School for the purpose of helping under-privileged children of Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side. From 1895 to 1932 it was known as the Hebrew Technical School for Girls and offered courses in commercial and industrial arts to young women. The records include correspondence, minutes, annual reports, case files, registers of scholarship recipients, and miscellaneous administrative records.

Records of the New York Juvenile Asylum

Historian Clark Kidder provides a searchable list of over 40,000 children gleaned from the original records of the New York Juvenile Asylum and New York House of Refuge from circa 1825-1923. The Asylum was designed to house, educate, reform, and indenture children who were homeless, truant, and criminal (convicted of petty crimes) in New York City. Kidder will also provide images of the original records for a fee.

The Jewish Communal Register of New York City, 1917-1918 (Google Books)