The 1855 New York State census is especially useful to family historians for many reasons. This Knowledge Base article contains everything you need to know about this record set and how to use it successfully. We have digitized and indexed a previously unavailable portion of this census - Manhattan's Ward 17. This Ward was never even microfilmed, so the way to view these records other than visiting New York City is in the NYG&B eLibrary.
This inventory lists the records available to researchers in the Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of New York at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
American genealogists passionately seek to trace their roots and to understand how the lives of their ancestors fit into a broader historical context.
Among the larger manuscript holdings of The NYG&B Library is the Innes Getty Collection.
At a used book sale, G&B member and volunteer Kathleen Tesluk of New Canaan, CT, acquired a bible marked with the names “John and Agnes Gardner.” She made a transcription of the family record section for The New York Researcher&n