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We’re continually adding new genealogy records to our catalog. Researchers can use this page to jump to newly released collections as well as recent additions to existing collections.

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Town of Fremont, Sullivan County

Updated March 2025 | Digitize New York release

Eight additional volumes from the Town of Fremont, Sullivan County, New York, were added to this collection. The volumes contain town records from 1851 through 1918. The records include town board meeting minutes, tax assessment records, justice court minutes, highway commissioner records, and more. Releases are ongoing.

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St. Lawrence County Abolitionist Database

Added February 2025 | Digitize New York release

This collection consists of a searchable database of abolitionists in St. Lawrence county from the 1830s to the 1850s.

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1892 State Census, Town of De Kalb

Added February 2025 | Digitize New York release

This collection provides a detailed snapshot of the town’s residents, occupations, and demographics.

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Town of Callicoon, Sullivan County

Updated February 2025 | Digitize New York release

This collection consists of town records from the town of Callicoon. A Supervisor Book for the Town of Callicoon has been added.

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Immanuel Lutheran Church

Updated February 2025 | Digitize New York release

The Immanuel Lutheran Church collection consists of digitized bound register volumes organized by year for New York City's Immanuel Lutheran Church. These records containing lists of church members, baptisms, confirmations, communicants, and deaths beginning in 1863. Volumes for the years 1889 through 1908 have been added to the online collections, with additional releases ongoing.

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Town of Callicoon, Sullivan County

Added February 2025 | Digitize New York release

This collection consists of town records from the town of Callicoon. The records are newly digitized and releases are ongoing. The 1845 state census for Sullivan County has beed added.

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Church of the Transfiguration

Updated January 2024 | Digitize New York release

The Church of the Transfiguration collection consists of marriage certificates and register books organized by year. Searchable indexes for certificates through 1920 now available.

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Selected Church Records in Sullivan County, New York

Added January 2025

These microfilm images contain transcripts of the records of five churches located in Sullivan County.

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Douglas City Records

Added January 2025 | Digitize New York release

This volume of Douglas City records spans from 1867 through 1878 and includes bylaws, elected officials, and board meeting records.

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Immanuel Lutheran Church

Added January 2025 | Digitize New York release

The Immanuel Lutheran Church collection consists of digitized bound register volumes organized by year for New York City's Immanuel Lutheran Church. These records containing lists of church members, baptisms, confirmations, communicants, and deaths beginning in 1863. Volumes 1 and 2 have been added to the online collections, with additional releases ongoing.

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Goulds Methodist Episcopal Church

Added January 2025 | Digitize New York release

This new digitized collection includes two volumes of records from Goulds Church, including minutes, member lists, and class lists.

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Schoharie County Genealogical Materials, 1694-1899

Added January 2025

This manuscript by Charlotte Taylor Luckhurst includes various transcriptions of genealogical documents from Schoharie County.

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Town of Summit

Added January 2025 | Digitize New York release

This newly digitized volume records the details of the early town government for the town of Summit from 1820-1830.

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History of New Paltz, New York, and Its Old Families

Added December2024

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.

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Dear Old Greene County; Embracing Facts and Figures

Added December2024

Published in Catskill, NY in 1915, this history of Greene County contains colonial history, surveys of local landmarks, lists of county officials, and notes on county traditions, industrial developments, and religious sects.

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The Catholic Church in the United States of America

Added December2024

This text is the third volume in an eight-volume series created in celebration of the Golden Jubilee under Pope Pius X and focuses on the history and accomplishments (17th century- early 20th century) of parishes within the ecclesiastical provinces of Baltimore and New York.

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The Catholic Churches of New York City

Added December2024

This volume, published by John Gilmary Shea in 1878, contains lists of the archbishops, bishops, and Catholic churches of New York City as well as illustrations of its prominent religious figures and sites.

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Catholic Footsteps in Old New York

Added December2024

This volume, published by William Harper Bennett in 1909, contains a history of Catholicism in New York as well as illustrations of important figures and locations.

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A Brief Sketch of the Early History of the Catholic Church on the Island of New York

Added December2024

Written by the Reverend J.R. Bayley in 1870, this survey of the Catholic Church in New York City includes information on notable Catholic authorities, the construction of educational institutions and places of worship, traditions, and charitable work.

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The Military and Civil History of the County of Essex, New York

Added December2024

This history of Essex County, written by Winslow C. Watson in 1869, was developed from an agricultural survey researched and compiled by the author around 1852.

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New York in the Spanish-American war 1898

Added December 2024

This volume is the third in a series concerning New York in the Spanish-American War of 1898 and contains descriptions of various regiments, their commissioned officers, and an index of their enlisted men.

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New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865

Added December2024

This work, published by Frederick Phisterer in 1912, is the fourth volume of a series listing regiments, their losses of men, their officers, and their enrolled soldiers during the New York war of the rebellion.

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New York City and Vicinity During the War of 1812–1815

Added November2024

Researched and written by Robert Guernsey in 1889, this text is the first volume in a sweeping historical account of the War of 1812 as fought in and around New York County.

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Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, Relating to the War of the Revolution

Added November2024

Commissioned by the New York State Senate in 1863, this orderly collection of 18th century documents was compiled from an earlier (1822) volume that lacked any organizational principle.

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A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services

Added November 2024

This volume, published by the U.S. Census Bureau in 1841, contains a census of pensioners for revolutionary or military services across twenty-seven states, three territories, and two districts.

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The Veteran Volunteers of Herkimer and Otsego Counties in the War of the Rebellion

Added November 2024

This volume, published by Henry Roback in 1888, recounts the war of the rebellion fought in part by volunteer soldiers from Herkimer and Otsego counties.

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The Dutch Schools of New Netherland and Colonial New York

Added November 2024

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 established by Dutch colonists in New Netherland beginning in the early 17th century.

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Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York

Added November 2024

Written by O. Turner in 1850, this text surveys major events in the history of Western New York.

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The Annals of Albany

Added November 2024

This volume, published in 1869 by Joel Munsell, contains a detailed history of Albany up to 1848.

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Bi-Centennial History of Albany

Added November 2024

This 1886 volume, published by George Rogers Howell and Jonathan Tenney, contains a detailed history of Albany from 1609 to 1886.

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The NYG&B Record Index

Added November 2024

Over 3,300 indexed name entries representing mentions across volume 155 of the NYG&B Record now published.

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The Memorial History of the City of New York from Its First Settlement to the Year 1892

Added November 2024

Edited by James Grant Wilson and published by the New York History Company in 1892, this text marks the first entry in a four-volume series on the history and contemporary life of New York City.

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Cross-Reference Review of 1810 Census for Oneida County

Added October 2024

This collection provides a searchable database for the first name initial and the last name of each head of household, along with their likely town of residence, page location and number. It also features a methodological report on how this data was created.

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Calendar of NY Colonial Manuscripts, Indorsed Land Papers; in the Office of the Secretary of State of New York, 1643–1803

Added October 2024

This text contains 63 volumes of colonial land papers indorsed between the years 1642 and 1803. Papers includes petitions, claims, affidavits, maps, reports, private letters and meeting minutes.

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Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York

Added October 2024

This 1853 volume contains documents pertaining to New York and its military during colonial America. It includes a detailed summary of the provincial congress proceedings on New York and its military, an index of New York officers in the Continental Army, and an alphabetical roster of the state troops.

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Fairchild Cemetery Manual: A Reliable Guide to the Cemeteries of Greater New York and Vicinity

Added October 2024

This guide was researched and compiled in 1910 by Fairchild Sons, a funeral home located in Brooklyn, NY. It contains a wide range of information pertaining to decease and burial, including a detailed survey of all cemeteries within 50 miles of New York City.

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A History of Emigration from the United Kingdom to North America, 1763–1912

Added October 2024

This volume contains a detailed history of emigration and immigration relating to the United Kingdom and the United States from 1763 to 1912. Topics include the causes of emigration, the reception of immigrants, and land systems affecting immigrants in North America.

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Later French Settlements in New York State, 1783–1800

Added October 2024

This brief study, written by J. I. Wyer Jr., forms part of Volume 15 in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association 1916. Over fourteen pages, it surveys some of the most notable New York settlements established by French immigrants between the years 1738 and 1800.

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Troy's One Hundred Years, 1789–1889

Added October 2024

This volume, published by Arthur James Weise, contains a centennial history of Troy from 1789 to 1889. Included in Weise’s investigation are Troy’s growth and prosperity, its multiplication of churches, and its village and city officers.

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An Outline History of Orange County

Added October 2024

This text, written by Samuel W. Eager in 1846-1847, surveys the history, geography, traditions and nomenclature of Orange County from its origins in the late 17th century.

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History of Montgomery and Fulton Counties, NY

Added October 2024

Published in 1878 under the direction of F.W. Beers, this text surveys the establishment and geographical and cultural features of Montgomery and Fulton Counties. It opens with a brief general history of the state of New York.

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History of Essex County

Added October 2024

This volume, published by Henry Perry Smith, contains the history of Essex County and the biographies, biographical sketches, and illustrations of its most prominent historical figures.

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History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, New York

Added October 2024

This volume, published by Duane Hamilton Hurd and J.W. Lewis & Co., contains the histories of Clinton and Franklin Counties and biographies, biographical sketches, and illustrations of some of its most prominent historical figures.

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Biographical Review: Madison County, New York

Added October 2024

Compiled by the Biographical Review Publishing Company in 1894, this text contains brief biographical sketches of over 300 notable citizens of Madison County.

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Church of the Transfiguration

Updated October 2024 | Digitize New York release

The Church of the Transfiguration collection consists of marriage certificates and register books organized by year. Searchable indexes for certificates through 1917 now available.

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New York City Birth Index

Updated September 2024

Volumes 1 and 2 for the years 1932, 1933, and the standalone volume for 1934 have all been added to the collection and are fully searchable.

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