Manhattan Borough, New York Genealogy

United States New York  New York (Manhattan)

County Courthouse
New York County does not have a county government. The county is part of the greater New York City, as a borough. The borders are common to Manhattan borough.

Historical Facts
Wikipedia

Parent County
1 November 1683: One of the original counties formally created from the Colonial lands. Other original counties were Albany, Dutchess, Kings, Orange, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk, Ulster and Westchester.

Boundary Changes
Before 1913 New York County also included what is present-day Bronx County.

Neighboring Counties
Bronx (the Bronx) | Kings (Brooklyn) | Queens | Richmond (Staten Island) | New Jersey counties: Bergen | Hudson

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Dutch Reformed Church
Baptisms at the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam 1639-1730 This is the first of a series of files on the baptisms at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam. Accent marks on names have been left out for simplicity so that the data is acceptable to all computer platforms. Unfortunately many of the records the transcriber had concerning data prior to 1639 are missing, lost, or destroyed after all these years (it is about 20 years ago that he copied most of them). So he only has six baptisms for 1639.

Maps
1863 Map of New York City and Vicinity from the David Rumsey Collection

Migration
Early migration routes to and from New York (Manhattan) County for European settlers included:


 * Ellis Island, Castle Garden, etc.
 * the Atlantic Ocean
 * Long Island Sound
 * Hudson River with connections to:
 * Mohawk River
 * Lake Champlain with connections to Richelieu River, Chambly Canal &amp; St. Lawrence River
 * Lake Champlain Trail pre-historic
 * Champlain Canal 1823
 * Erie Canal 1825
 * King's Highway, or Boston Post Road, or New York-Philadelphia Post Road
 * Albany Post Road
 * Hudson River Path
 * Great Shamokin Path
 * Delaware and Raritan Canal 1834

Military
Civil War service men in Brooklyn, New York served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their city or county.

See:132nd Regiment, New York Infantry

Web Sites

 * The New York (Manhattan) County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for New York County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for New York County. (Backup site)
 * Family History Library catalog for Manhattan
 * Family History Library catalog for New York County
 * Family History Library catalog for greater New York City
 * New York County Genealogy