The NYG&B Blog Archive
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| Searching for Records in Orange County, NY | Established by Dutch settlers on November 1, 1683, Orange County, NY was primarily inhabited by native Munsee people, with a handful of Dutch in the area. Within the next few decades, influxes of… | |
| From Our Online Collections: The New York Researcher | The New York Researcher is the NYG&B’s award winning quarterly newsletter. Each issue covers informative subjects in New York genealogy, news, book reviews, announcements and… | |
| Genealogy Roadshow Recap: Boston & Providence | These last two episodes of Genealogy Roadshow brought us to two New England cities, Boston MA and Providence, RI. Both episodes offered a lot of discussion on the history of New England,… | |
| Searching for Records in Schuyler County, NY | Schuyler County, originally settled by Native Americans dating as far back as 2500 BC, and inhabited by the Seneca at the time of European arrival, was permanently settled by Europeans by 1788. The… | |
| Searching for Records in Fulton County, NY | Originally used as a hunting ground by the Mohawk Nation, Fulton County was purchased from the Mohawk and settled by American colonists. Major land transactions include the Kayaderosseras Patent of… | |
| From Our eLibrary: Female Descendants of Elder William Brewster | After being carefully inspected by John R. Totten, a member of the NYG&B Society, it was declared in 1913 that the records of the female descendants of Elder William Brewster were the most “… | |
| Searching for Records in Rockland County, NY | Rockland County lies 9.5 miles north of Manhattan and is bounded on the east by the Hudson River, on the north and west by the Ramapo Mountains, and on the south by New Jersey. At 176 square miles,… | |
| Searching for Records in Madison County, NY | Located in the center of New York State, Madison County is bordered on the north by Oneida County; on the east by Oneida and Otsego; on the south by Chenango; and on the west by Onondaga and Cortland… | |
| From Our eLibrary: New York, New Amsterdam Minutes Of The Orphanmasters 1655-1663 | The eLibrary contains the two volumes entitled Minutes of the Orphanmasters of New Amsterdam 1655 to 1663,translated and edited by former New York State archivist Berthold Fernow and… | |
| Searching for Records in Erie County, NY | Erie County is situated on the western border of New York State. It is bounded by Lake Erie to the west and is bordered by Niagara County and Canada to the north, Genesee and Wyoming Counties to the… |