Below is a list of non-secular resources located in New York City for doing genealogical research on Jewish immigrants to the United States. Several organizations have online catalogs to their collections and some have digital collections of
New York City Vital Records
New York is the only state with two sets of vital records, one for the 57 counties outside of New York City and the other for the five counties/boroughs of the city.
New York City Department of Taxes Photographic Collection
It is as if time stood still in New York City. On any given day between 1939 and 1941 photographers were capturing city buildings on film for the Department of Taxes (now the Department of Finance).
Manhattan's Laight Street Baptist Church
The NYG&B is very fortunate to occasionally receive collections of materials that had theretofore been unknown. One such wonderful collection was donated by James Brush of Mills River, North Carolina.
Little Publicized New York City Sources: Minutes of the Committee on Health 1798
Of the long run of volumes of the Minutes of the Board of Health at the Municipal Archives of The City of New York, only the first volume, containing the Minutes of the Committee on Health, has considerable genealogical
Little Publicized New York City Source: Bodies in Transit
Bodies in Transit at the Municipal Archives of The City of New York is a collection of records, kept only during the years 1859 to 1894, in 10 volumes.
A New Look at the Newton (L.I.) Presbyterian Church Records
We often use abstracts of original sources because of convenience, especially when they are regarded as reliable.
Presbyterian Records of New York City (Manhattan)
The Evolution of the Presbyterian Movement in New York
Methodist Records of New York City (Manhattan)
John Wesley founded the Society called "Methodists" in 1729, as a movement within the Church of England. Organized Methodism began in America in 1766, when six persons led by Philip Embury met at his home in New York City.
Kings County Colonial Church Records
