The NYG&B Blog Archive

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Genealogy Roadshow Recap: Miami, FL Last night’s Genealogy Roadshow took us to Miami, Florida.  Most of the episode was filmed at History Miami Museum, a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate that works to gather, organize, and…
Genealogy Roadshow Recap: Albuquerque, NM Last night’s premiere of Genealogy Roadshow brought us to Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The episode touched on a lot of interesting bits of American history that I wasn't entirely familiar with -…
Searching for Records in Greene County, NY Partitioned from Albany and Ulster Counties in 1800, Greene County lies in eastern New York and is located approximately 120 miles north of New York City. The county is bordered by Albany, Rensselaer…
From Our Online Collections: American Bible Society Collection Family Records Since its founding in 1816, the American Bible Society has developed an extraordinary collection of bibles in most of the world’s languages. Many of the bibles in the ABS collection were once…
Searching for Records in Tioga County, NY Tioga County is located in the south-central part of New York State, along the border with Pennsylvania. Tioga County is bordered by Tompkins and Cortland counties in the north, Broom County to…
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Wins Two Awards for Excellence from the National Genealogical Society New York, NY, May 6, 2016. The National Genealogical Society (NGS) presented the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B) with two distinguished prizes at the NGS Family History…
Searching for Records in Clinton County, NY Clinton County is situated in the extreme northeastern part of New York State. The county is bordered by Quebec, Canada to the north, Vermont and Lake Champlain to the east, Essex County to the south…
From Our eLibrary: Harlem Cemetery, Dutch Church Disinterments 1869-1875 Prompted by New York City's northward growth, the Consistory of the Dutch Reformed Church of Harlem purchased a plot in Woodlawn Cemetery in 1869. The remains interred in its old cemetery…
NYG&B Sponsored Lectures at NGS 2016 On Thursday, May 5 in Fort Lauderdale at the National Genealogical Society's Family History Conference, you have the opportunity to hear five new lectures by New York experts.  The NYG&B is…
Searching for Records in Delaware County, NY Delaware County is located in south-central New York and is part of the Catskill Mountain region. The county gets its name from the Delaware River, which constitutes its western border and separates…