Worden's Every Name Index to The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record is an index that contains every name included in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society's journal, The Record, from 1870 to 2014.
The index is named after Jean Worden, its original creator and the individual who contributed the most to its construction. Thanks to her work, researchers are able to easily locate impotant names in the pages of this valuable journal.
Worden's Index is now used as the backbone to the NYG&B Record collection hosted on the NYG&B Online Records Platform. This collection includes every name from Worden's Index linked to the digital image of the issue it appeared in. To benefit from Worden's Index, search the NYG&B Record on our Online Records Platform.