Released January 10!
NYG&B Comments on New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act
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Government & Laws
On March 18, 2024, the NYG&B submitted the following comments via email to members of the New Jersey Legislature regarding a proposed bill, Senate Bill No. 2930, that would overhaul New Jersey’s open records law.
Dear Senator Scutari and Senate and Assemblymember colleagues,
Released November 30!
African Americans in the Archives: Federal Records for Black History
African American
Government & Laws
New York records now online: New York State Birth Index, NYC Almshouse Ledgers & NYC Bodies in Transit
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Government & Laws
Great news for researchers with ancestors all over New York State - the New York State Birth Index, and the New York City Municipal Archives collections of Almshouse Ledgers and Bodies in Transit records are now online!
Unusual Ways to Die in Old New York
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Government & Laws
In honor of the Halloween season, we cracked open our “spookiest” records - New York City Coroner’s reports from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - to see what we could learn about sudden, untimely death in Old New York.
Units of Local Government in New York State
Genealogists researching New York State records should understand the structure of local government in this state (outside of New York City). New York's counties are divided into towns and cities, and towns in turn can be divided into villages.
New York Genealogy Research Tips
The Calendar and Colonial New York
The 1911 State Library Fire And Its Effect On New York Genealogy
