The NYG&B Blog Archive
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| How Manhattan Island Banished Marble Hill to the Mainland (but not to the Bronx) | Is Marble Hill part of the Bronx or Manhattan? Read the fascinating history behind one of New York's most important infrastructure projects, and how it caused a dispute that's lasted over 100 years.… | |
| Don't miss these upcoming NY genealogy events | While it's sad to see summer officially end, the silver lining is that the genealogy community calendar has some great things in store for those in the New York region is fall! Those with New… | |
| NYSFHC: Looking back at 2016, and what's ahead for 2017 and beyond | This past weekend, we were thrilled to host a very successful conference with our partners at the Central New York Genealogical Society. The 2016 New York State Family History Conference… | |
| Royden Woodward Vosburgh's Religious Record Transcriptions | Religious records are among the most important categories of records for the family history researcher, especially those researching in New York State. Some of the most useful record sets… | |
| Search tips for Onondaga County | At the time of European arrival to Onondaga County, the Onondaga people (their name means “People of the Hills”) had resided in the area for centuries. In fact, their land was both physically and… | |
| New Free NY Databases from the German Genealogy Group | Our friends at the German Genealogy Group made some fantastic updates to their free online databases this past month. Over a quarter-million records were added to their already extensive collection (… | |
| Search tips for Albany County Records | This week we have some essential tips for those researching ancestors from Albany County, New York. Read on for a brief county history, useful online resources, some recommended repositories to… | |
| From our eLibrary: New York State WPA Archive Inventories and Abstracts | Many of the buildings, parks and roads that we use in our local communities today are there thanks to the Works Progress Administration, one of the most successful relief agencies from the New… | |
| Rensselaer County Search Tips | The area that is now Rensselaer County was originally home to Mohican Indians. In 1610, Dutch vessels plied the waters of what would become known as the Hudson River and surveyed the area; thirteen… | |
| Two new online databases for Troy, New York | Our friends at the Troy Irish Genealogy Society have recently added two new digital databases to their already impressive collection. Marriage Notices Appearing in Troy Newspapers 1797–… |