The NYG&B Blog Archive
Use this index to search through the more than two hundred NYG&B's blog posts.
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| Some of New York's Oldest Records to be Moved for Future Preservation | Some of New York's most valuable genealogical and historical treasures, from the New York County Clerk's Division of Old Records located on the 7th and 8th floor of the Surrogate's Courthouse… | |
| "TOMORROW IS RAGAMUFFIN DAY" | "New York children will appear in fantastic garb. Will beg on the street. Pedestrians who do not give will be swatted with stockings full of flour and missiles of all kinds." So wrote the … | |
| New York City Marriage Licenses 1930–1949 now open for research at the NYC Municipal Archives | The New York City Municipal Archives (31 Chambers Street, Room 103) has received the 1930–1949 marriage licenses from the New York City Clerk’s Marriage Bureau. As of today, these important materials… | |
| Unnatural Death in New York City: Coroner's Reports & Proceedings | Evidence of an ancestor's death can be located in numerous types of genealogical sources - newspaper obituaries, municipal or religious death records, tombstones and more. One overlooked source -… | |
| From Brooklyn to the O.K. Corral: The Gripping Tale of Josephine Marcus Earp | Did you know that Wyatt Earp married a New Yorker? Josephine Marcus is the heroine of her own Wild West tale, which is every bit as exciting as that of her husband. Born in… | |
| Digitizing Dutch Records at the New York State Archives | This blog post is based on an article by James D. Folts, PhD, FGBS and Monica Gray, entitled "Dutch Records at the New York State Archives and the Current Digitization Project" in the most… | |
| Who did your ancestors vote for? Joshua Taylor can help you find out | Discovering the political leanings of your ancestors can help color their stories, and can lead you on a fascinating journey through this important historical aspect of American culture. D. Joshua… | |
| The Forgotten Impact of Henry Alsberg | Sometimes the most interesting characters of history slip through the cracks. Such is certainly the case with Henry Alsberg - this native New Yorker faced immeasurable dangers as a war-time foreign… | |
| New Records Added to our eLibrary: Shipwrecked Passengers, 1817-1875 | Last week we added a useful and fascinating resource to our eLibrary - a compilation of 19th-century shipwrecks and their passengers by Frank A. Biebel. Shipwrecked passenger lists did not often make… | |
| New Index to 1890 New York City Police Census Just Released | Great news for those researching their family in New York City! FamilySearch has just released an index that includes 87% of the people recorded in the 1890 Police Census of New York… |