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.
Digital Collections Map – Explore location-specific collections via an interactive map of New York.
Titles and Volumes Directory – Looking for a specific title within one or more collections? This tool allows you to search through the NYG&B's entire inventory of digital titles.
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.
Transcribed genealogy records from churches in Montgomery County, New York. Some volumes are searchable, others can only be browsed by image. The collection page contains a complete list of all congregations available, including waypoint links to images from each church.
This title, published in 1917 by the Onondaga Historical Association, contains mortuary records with genealogical notes of the town of Spafford, Onondaga County, New York. Records are in alphabetical order and contain information such as death date, age, marriages, and descendants. View the full...
View this volume Under Roman-Dutch law, those who wished to be wed were required to present before the Court of Justice of a local church minister and make a request for said license across three Sundays or “Market days”. Should this not be possible, provisions were made to allow marriage licenses...
Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Nassau 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.
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.
Transcribed genealogy records from churches in the State of New Jersey. Researchers can search these records by text and can browse digital images. The collection page contains a complete list of all congregations available, including waypoint links to images from each church.
These records include the following details: Introduction Baptisms and Births, 1857 to 1881 Marriages, 1856 to 1881 Deaths, 1858 to 1881 Members, 1802 to 1809 Gravestone Inscriptions Illustrations, with photographs by William T. Davis View the full file. This collection was edited by Royden Woodward...
A name index to biographical information in thousands of books, monographs, and journals related to various aspects of New York State history.
A name index to biographical information in thousands of books, monographs, and journals related to various aspects of New York State history.
Collection Category: Vital Records | Collection Type: OCR | Location: New York City This collection contains text searchable images of the official New York City birth index produced by the NYC Department of Health. Organized by year, names are arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the last...
Cemetery records from New York 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.
The Minutes of Coroners Proceedings: City and County of New York, John Burnet, Coroner, 1748-1758 and the two volumes of Coroners’ Reports New York City, 1823-1842, 1843-1849 reports the deaths of people in British colonial New York and nineteenth cenury New York City, respectively. The causes of deaths are many, such as smallpox, accidents, drowning, murder, and falls.
These records contain information about disinterments and the chartering of what would become Harlem. Along with lists of the vaults disinterred and moved between 1869 and 1875, researchers will find a letter and a legal document that chartered New Harlem in 1667. The collection description contains detailed information on the these records and their historical significance.
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.
Newspaper transcriptions of genealogically relevant material from a variety of New York newspapers. Read the collection description for an overview of all records.