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.
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.
Episcopal Records of New York City (Manhattan)
Over the past 300 years the Episcopal Church has been the spiritual home of numerous New York City families. Its registers form a major resource for genealogists, even more so because many non-Episcopalians also appear in them.
Church Records Held at the Archives of Christ & St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, New York City
Organized in 1793 and 1805, respectively, Christ Church and St. Stephen's were the second and fifth Episcopal parishes to be established in New York City (then Manhattan).
Additional New York Newspapers Digitized
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Newspapers
GenealogyBank has added six New York titles and updated a New Jersey newspaper in their collection:
New Jersey
NYC Clerk's Marriage Indexes Available on the Internet Archive
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Vital Records
Images of the indexes to the New York City Clerk’s collection of marriage affidavits, licenses, and certificates may now be accessed for free through the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/nycmarriageindex&tab=collection
From Our eLibrary: NYC Surrogate's Office, Abstracts Of Inventories 1730-1752, 1775-1786
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Court
“This volume is now much ill used and very little cared for in that office,” wrote J.H. Jones in 1898 of the inventories for 1730-52 which resided in the Surrogate’s Office in Manhattan. The records for 1776-86 fared no better and he noted that the first 44 pages of this volume are missing. Mr.
From Our eLibrary: Harlem Cemetery, Dutch Church Disinterments 1869-1875
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Cemetery
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.