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New York State Archives

New York State Archives' Digital Collections

A gateway to materials held by the New York State Archives, New York State Museum, & New York State Libary.

New York State Historical Literature Collection | Cornell University Library

A collection of selected monographs, pamphlets and other materials with expired copyrights chosen from the Cornell Library's extensive collection of New York State Literature contains personal journals, histories of cities and towns, probates, records of Revolutionary War Soldiers. Even church records from some of New York's earliest Churches. Search engine directs you to the most likely pieces of work that have the contents you're looking for.

New York State Library Digital Collections

New York State Library Home Page

New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center

The New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center tells the story of New York State’s rich military history and the service and sacrifice of its citizens through interpretive exhibitions, public programs, and the collection and preservation of artifacts and archival material related to the state’s military forces and its veterans.

New York State Museum

Newberry Library - New York (State) Genealogy

NYPL Digital Collections

More than 800,000 digitized items from The New York Public Library.

Public Libraries in the United States - New York

A directory with detailed information for public libraries in each state.

PublicLibraries.com - New York

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

From the New York Public Library.

Smith's Master Index to Maritime Museum Websites - New York

South Street Seaport Museum

New York City.

United Methodist Church - Annual Conference Commissions on Archives and History

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.

Western New York Legacy

Digital collection. Research, view and find archives and artifacts from the following collections: Amherst Museum, Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Buffalo Museum of Science, Canisius College, Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System, Center for Inquiry Libraries, McGrath Library at Hilbert College, Niagara University, SUNY Fredonia, University at Buffalo.

WorldCat: The World's Largest Library Catalog

WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. You can search for books, music CDs, videos, and many new kinds of digital content such as downloadable audiobooks. You may also find article citations with links to their full text; authoritative research materials, such as documents and photos of local or historic significance; and digital versions of rare items that aren't available to the public. Special features include the ability for you to create lists of library items and build biblilographies.