Guides and General Resources
- Roger D. Joslyn, "New York," in Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources, rev.ed. (1992) pp. 521-40
Released December 10!
History of New Paltz, New York, and Its Old Families
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Written by Ralph LeFevre in 1903, this text tracks the history of New Paltz from 1628 all the way through 1820. It is broken into forty-five chapters over 530 pages, and contains information on notable families, local traditions, politics, geography, religious life and more. View the full file.
Released July 25!
The Dutch Schools of New Netherland and Colonial New York
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Researched and compiled by William Heard Kilpatrick, this text was released by the United States Bureau of Education in Bulletin 1912, No. 12. It surveys the various schools establish by Dutch colonists in New Netherland beginning in the early 17th century and concluding with the advent of the...
Released February 15!
The History of Ulster County, New York
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The History of Ulster County, New York, includes illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. The text also includes lists of men from Ulster County who served in the Civil War. View the full volume.
Accord Charge, Methodist Church
List of marriages, 1878-1899; baptisms, 1877-1899; members
Released October 28!
Released February 20!
Ulster County Cemetery Records
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Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Ulster County, New York. Researchers can browse digital images of these records, but they cannot currently be searched. The collection page contains a complete list of all cemeteries available, including waypoint links to view images from each cemetery.
Released February 11!
Ulster County Clerk's Office, Old Dutch & English Records
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Before the publication of this survey of microfilm in 2011, Donald C. Lockhart was trying to investigate the life of an ancestor named Reijnier van der Coelen. This ancestor was a “distiller and grain dealer whose misdeed dot the pages of colonial-era records.”
Essential Resources for African American Research on the NYG&B Website
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African American
Are you researching African American families from New York State? This kind of research can be amazingly complicated and full of brick walls.
Some Ancestors of Nelly Jane (Franklin) Lefevre: An African American of the Mid-Hudson Valley
Joan de Vries Kelley, NYG&B Record, vol 145 (2014) no. 4: 245-258; vol 146 (2015), no. 2: 107-116; no. 3: 187-197; no. 4: 283-298, 311; vol 147 (2016), no 1.