Below you will find a complete list of each online collection. Click the title of each collection to view a full description and search the collection individually.
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Collection Close-Ups – Every month we hold a webinar on one or more of our collections, explaining what you can find and how you can search.
This collection contains abstracts of the Administration Proceedings (1817-1856) for Kings County, and are based on the genealogical information found in the Notes of the Clerk of the Surrogate's Court, who was required to briefly write up the details of a Proceeding. This collection can be searched and browsed.
Abstracted information from court documents on orphans and widows of New Amsterdam between 1655 and 1663. Produced by the Society of Colonial Dames of the State of New York and published by the NYG&B in 1908. This collection can be searched, and images can also be browsed - it is particularly useful for researchers seeking hard-to-find colonial Dutch ancestors.
Abstracts of naturalization records from the Marine Court between 1834-1840. Records contain the name of the naturalized citizen, the date of naturalization, name of character witness, and possibly other details like occupation or previous nationality. This collection can be searched by text and the images can also be browsed. Read the collection description for more detail on the Marine Court any why so many immigrants got naturalized there.
The Onondaga Court Records collection consists of three searchable collections containing Supreme Court judgements, Surrogate records, and a Common Please Judgement Register. Records can also be browsed. Onondaga Supreme Court Judgements (circa 1809-1821) Onondaga County Surrogate Records, 1795-1834...
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.”