The NYG&B Blog Archive
Use this index to search through the more than two hundred NYG&B's blog posts.
| Title | Brief | Date Published Sort ascending |
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| Find your ancestor's obituary: The New York Times and other sources | In recent years, The New York Times has undertaken a groundbreaking initiative to create obituaries for those whose stories deserve to be told, yet were passed over at the time of their death.… | |
| New York city vital records access: Important update | Dear Friends, The NYG&B has been actively monitoring the situation regarding the proposed changes to access to New York's birth and death marriages originally proposed by the Department of Health… | |
| NYG&B Labs releases The Record Map Search | The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society has launched a brand new tool, produced by NYG&B Labs titled “Mapping The Record.” This innovative project allows visitors to search an index of… | |
| Learn about DNA and genealogy: Genetic genealogy webinars | Genetic genealogy is one of the most quickly advancing areas of genealogy. It is truly amazing how much more researchers can learn about their family history with these exciting new tools.… | |
| NYG&B Labs: Creating an interactive search tool for family historians | The following article was written to share my experience as an NYG&B Labs intern as well as the project on which I worked: Mapping The Record The first two paragraphs introduce why and how I… | |
| Essential Resources for African American Research on the NYG&B Website | Are you researching African American families from New York State? This kind of research can be amazingly complicated and full of brick walls. If you're encountering trouble in your research, or are… | |
| The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society at RootsTech 2018 | RootsTech is just under one month away! You’ll be able to connect with and learn from the NYG&B all week long at North America’s largest genealogy conference, held from February 28 to March 3,… | |
| Read the January 2018 issue of The Record online | Volume 149 of The Record is officially underway. The January 2018 issue of The Record (vol. 149, no. 1), is now available for NYG&B members to read online. In… | |
| Are you asking the right genealogy research question? | Tracing your family history and discovering interesting stories about your ancestors is an exciting way to maintain a rich connection to the past. But tracking down your relatives and finding the… | |
| The genealogy interview: Asking relatives questions to grow your family tree | Have you had the chance to sit down with your relatives and capture their knowledge of the family? If you're a beginner, this is the absolute perfect place to start gathering details about your… |