Do you have New York ancestors? If you do, you’ll want to check out the free guide to New York ancestors available at FamilySearch. In this guide, you will find a series of research articles packed with helpful ideas for tracing ancestors in New York City, its five boroughs, 57 counties, and hundreds of towns throughout the state. New York Online Genealogy Records will help you quickly discover what is . . .
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available online. There are articles about using New York passenger lists, theNew York Foundling Hospital, and orphan trains. There is information about German, Irish, Italian, Jewish, and Polish organizations in New York. You will also find strategies about tracing American Indian tribes that once inhabited the area, old migration routes and ports such as Ellis Island, the Erie Canal, and the King’s Highway, and learn tips about using New York genealogy collections at archives such as the New York Public Library, the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library, and the FamilySearch Library.
In New York state, birth, marriage, and death records were usually kept on the town level until the late nineteenth century. Most towns also have historians who are delighted to answer genealogists’ questions. The Category pages Towns in New York and Cities in New York are starting points for guides to resources in places like Poughkeepsie, New York. There are articles to help you determine which Civil War regiments were recruited in which counties, and background on extinct jurisdictions, such as New Netherland.
In New York state, birth, marriage, and death records were usually kept on the town level until the late nineteenth century. Most towns also have historians who are delighted to answer genealogists’ questions. The Category pages Towns in New York and Cities in New York are starting points for guides to resources in places like Poughkeepsie, New York. There are articles to help you determine which Civil War regiments were recruited in which counties, and background on extinct jurisdictions, such as New Netherland.
Did you realize that you have been in the FamilySearch Wiki as you looked over this information? The FamilySearch Wiki is a great source for research help and sources. Most of the states offer similar help as what you have seen here for New York. Learn how to use the Wiki by taking the class on Monday, June 10 at 9:00 - 11:00 in the Classroom. Click below to Register today.
