If you haven’t searched for your ancestors in historical newspapers, now is an excellent time to start: It’s easier than ever to find and access historical newspapers, and they can hold some amazing - and quite surprising - information.
Online Historical New York Newspapers
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The array of historical New York newspapers online is very extensive, which is excellent news for the New York family history researcher, because newspapers are crucial sources for genealogy.
This guide outlines all of the principal online newspaper collections, details exactly how many of their holdings relate to New York State, and indicates where you can find them online.
Voices of the Irish Immigrant: Information Wanted Advertisements from the Truth Teller
In 1829, editors of the Truth Teller, New York City’s first Catholic newspaper, declared, ". . . the most interesting reading imaginable is in a file of old newspaper.
NYG&B Membership Helps Uncover Facts About Major Douw Fondey: Patriot, Statesman, and Eyewitness to History
There were many men named Douw Fonda in the Mohawk Valley in the late eighteenth century. There were Douw Fondas in the Revolutionary War and in the New York State Legislature.
Little Publicized New York City Sources: Vital Records from the Long Island-Star and Brooklyn Evening Star, 1809-1846
Josephine C. Frost's Vital Records from the Long-Island Star and Brooklyn Evening Star, 1809-1846, is in the manuscript collection of The Brooklyn Historical Society.
Deaths from New York and New Jersey Reported in Arizona Newspapers from 1858 to 1875
In 1858 Arizona’s first newspaper was published. With the exception of the period between 1861 and 1864, newspapers have chronicled the events there since that time.