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United States New York  Archives and Libraries

These archives, libraries, and societies preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in New York State.

National
National Archives Northeast Region (New York City) Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House One Bowling Green New York, NY 10004 Telephone: Toll-free 866-840-1752 or 212-401-1620 Fax: 212-401-1638 Internet: www.archives.gov/northeast


 * This branch of the National Archives has records created by federal agencies and courts in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The archives has naturalization records, internal revenue service records, customs lists, and records of the U.S. District Court of Appeals. They also has microfilms of all available federal census records, many naturalization records, court records, passenger lists for New York City and other ports, Revolutionary War military records, some Civil War service indexes, and World War I draft registrations. The staff will make photocopies for a fee.

The New York Public Library U.S. History, Local History &amp; Genealogy Division Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, Room 315S New York, NY 10018-2788 Tel: 212-930-0829 E-mail: Ask a librarian Internet: http://www.nypl.org/


 * This is one of the largest research libraries in the world including excellent genealogical resources. The library has city and telephone directories, vital records indexes, local histories, genealogies, federal and state censuses, passenger lists, genealogical collections (including DAR transcripts), and church records. For maps, write to the Map Division at the same address. Guides and catalogs to this important library include:
 * Sam P. Williams, Guide to the Research Collections of the New York Public Library (Chicago, Illinois: American Library Association, 1975). ..
 * Estelle M. Guzik, Genealogical Resources in New York (New York: Jewish Genealogical Society, 2003), 137-86. ..
 * The New York Public Library Picture Collection covers over 12,000 subjects and is a valuable tool to researchers and others.
 * New York Public Library: Research Libraries, Dictionary Catalog of the Local History and Genealogy Division, 18 Volumes and four suppelments. (Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1974). ..

Huguenot Society of America Library 20 West 44th Street #510 New York, NY 10036 Telephone: 212-755-0592 E-mail: [mailto:hugsoc@verizon.net hugsoc@verizon.net] Internet: http://www.huguenotsocietyofamerica.org/


 * Largest Huguenot collection outside of London, including records of from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, England, and colonial America since the 1600s.

State
The New York State Archives Cultural Education Center, 11th Floor Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12230 Tel: 518-474-8955 Fax: 518-473-9985 Internet: http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml and Genealogical Records at the Archives


 * The New York State Archives has the original records of New York government jurisdictions. The collection includes manuscripts, statewide vital records indexes, documents relating to land grants, land survey maps, alien deposition records, military records, state court records, prison records, Erie Canal passenger lists for 1827–1829, wills, and estate records. The archives collection also has microfilms of some state censuses and the original census returns for 1915 and 1925.


 * The Family History Library has very few of the state archives records on microfilm. The state archives makes photocopies and performs limited searches of indexed records for a fee, but it does not circulate microfilms of land and vital records. The guide to the collection is Guide to Records in the New York State Archives (1981; reprint, Albany, New York: New York State Archives, 1982; Family History Library book ). An expanded 1993 edition is available from the New York State Archives.

New York State Library Cultural Education Center Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12230 Phone: 518-474-5161 Fax: 518-474-5786 Internet: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/


 * The Humanities-History section has local histories, genealogies, atlases, church and cemetery records (including the Daughters of the American Revolution collection), city directories, microfilmed newspapers, microfilmed federal and state censuses, microfilmed passenger lists, and periodicals. The Manuscripts and Special Collections Section houses nongovernmental maps and manuscripts. The library staff will make photocopies for a fee.


 * A guide to the library's holdings of genealogical value is Melinda Yates, Gateway to America: genealogical research in the New York State Library, 2nd ed. (Albany, N.Y.: University of the state of New York, State Education Dept., New York State Library, 1982). ;.
 * New York State Library card catalog file of vital records in the History and Genealogy section ([Albany, New York: New York State Library, Photoduplication Department, 1979?]). ; . Microfiche of hand and typewritten cards.
 * New York State Library (Albany, New York), Surname card index ([Albany, New York: New York State Library, Photoduplication Unit, 1979?]). . Surname catalog of the American History and Genealogy section of the New York State Library.
 * The New York State Library also has a set of thirteen Genealogical Information Sources, which can be purchased for $7.00. Library materials can be borrowed through the New York State Interlibrary Loan network.

Holland Society of New York Library


 * Emphasis is on early Dutch, but their collection also includes all ethnic groups of colonial America.

New York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-873-3400 Fax: 212-875-1591 Internet: https://www.nyhistory.org/web/default.php?section=library

The historical society has extensive collections of manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, histories, city directories, maps, and photographs. A helpful aid is Arthur J. Breton, A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the New-York Historical Society, Two Volumes. (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, Inc., 1972; Family History Library book ).

Regional
Albany Institute of History and Art 125 Washington Ave Albany, NY 12210 Telephone: 518-463-4478 Fax: 518-462-1522 Internet: http://www.albanyinstitute.org/


 * One of the best U.S. collections on the economic and social life and culture of Albany and the upper Hudson Valley region, including the best indexes to original records, documents, 1000 linear feet of manuscripts, 85,000 photographs, Bibles, and rare books of families from the 1600s through the colonial period to the present.

Bronx County Historical Society Library


 * Very large collection of manuscripts, biographical files, family folders, obituaries, cemetery transcripts, city directories, and marriage records.

Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn, NY 12201 Tel: 718-624-0890 Fax: 718-875-3869 Internet: http://www.brooklynhistory.org/default/index.html


 * General Library, reference inquiries and archival appointments http://www.brooklynhistory.org/library/ask.html


 * The Brooklyn Historical Society is housed in the Othmer Library. The library houses special collections, archives and manuscripts, image and oral history collections. The library possesses a remarkable and unique collection of Brooklyn and Long Island materials that provides important insights into our nation's history and heritage.


 * Formerly known as the Long Island Historical Society, the Brooklyn Historical Society has an extensive collection of genealogical manuscripts. See Karin N. Mango, compiler, The Long Island Historical Society Calendar of Manuscripts: 1763–1783 (New York, New York: Publishing Center for Cultural Resources, 1980; Family History Library book ).

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library


 * Good genealogy collection with good indexes, many biographies, family folders, county and local histories for the entire state.

Cornell Olin-Kroch URIS Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-5301 Tel: 607-255-5068 Fax: 607-255-9346 Internet: http://www.brooklynhistory.org/default/index.html


 * Cornell University has a large collection of Protestant church records for western New York as well as an excellent collection of histories, maps, newspapers, and New York censuses.

Historic Hudson Valley Library


 * By appointment only. This library has unique sources for early Hudson River migration, steamboats, industries, and culture.

Montgomery County Department of History and Archives Old Court House, P. O. Box 1500 Fonda, NY 12068-1500 Tel: 518-853-8187 Fax: 518-853-8218 Internet: http://www.brooklynhistory.org/default/index.html

This county archives has the largest collection of family genealogies, church record transcripts, local histories, and town records for the Mohawk Valley. A guide to records there is Violet Fallone, compiler, Catalogue of Historical and Genealogical Material in the Montgomery County Department of History and Archives, Revised Edition. (Fonda, New York: Montgomery County Department of History &amp; Archives, 1983; Family History Library book ).

New York City Department of Records and Information Services Municipal Archives 31 Chambers Street, Room 103 New York, NY 10007 Tel: 212-788-8580 Internet: http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/home.html

The Municipal Archives has city birth, death, and marriage records; the 1890 police census; city directories; voter registrations; almshouse records; and municipal government records. When requesting copies of records include a self-addressed stamped envelope. A growing collection of records is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

New York City Municipal Reference and Research Center


 * Come here for street name origins, and city council papers.

New York State Historical Association Research Library


 * Very large collection, but has more sources for upstate New York, including manuscripts, periodicals, family folders, books, maps, biographies, and county histories.

Onondaga Historical Association Library 321 Montgomery Street Syracuse, NY. 13202 Telephone:315-428-1864 Fax: 315-471-2133 E-mail: Contact Us] Internet: http://www.cnyhistory.org/index.html


 * 10,000 family folders for northeastern families.

Queens Historical Society Library


 * Large facility with many indexes to biographies and histories.

Reed Library State University of New York Fredonia, New York 14063 Telephone: 716-673-3184 Internet: http://www.fredonia.edu/library/


 * Most of the Holland Land Company (1789-1869) land grant patents for western New York, are northwestern Pennsylvania are found here. Collections also have American Indians including primarily the Seneca, with some for the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Tuscarora tribes, local histories for Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties, and the bordering counties in New York and Pennsylvania, manuscripts including church papers, and databases.

Staten Island Historical Society Library


 * Staten Island was a gateway to immigrants who moved farther west.

Steele Memorial Library


 * Good indexes for biographies, genealogies, family folders, periodicals and manuscripts.

Outside New York
New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007 Telephone: 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231 Fax:  617-536-7307 E-mail: [mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org] Internet: AmericanAncestors.org  Has an excellent New York collection, especially county and local histories, newspapers, and some probate records.

Gemeentearchief (Amsterdam Municipal Archives) Amsteldijk 67 1074 HZ Amsterdam Netherlands Tel: (020) 664 6916 Fax: (020) 675 0596 Internet: http://gemeentearchief.amsterdam.nl/

The Amsterdam Municipal Archives contains some early Dutch notarial records that are related to what is now New York, including the Holland Land Company (1789-1869) land grant patents for western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania.

Family History Centers. A large collection of records is available through the LDS Church's Family History Library microfilms, and microfiche. If you are not able to make a personal visit to the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, Utah, you can make use of many of these resources through a local Family History Center (FHC).

For a current list of these centers see Find a Family History Center Near You on the Internet. For a typed list of Centers in New York State see.

Guides
Addresses of county courthouses, surrogate courts, and county records centers are found in Alice Eichholtz, editor, Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources. Revised edition. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, Incorporated, 1992; Family History Library book ). Addresses of county courthouses and some town clerk's offices and surrogate's court offices (along with brief descriptions of holdings and services) are found in Elizabeth Petty Bentley, comp., County Courthouse Book (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1990; Family History Library book ).


 * Estelle M. Guzik, ed., Genealogical Resources in New York (New York: Jewish Genealogical Society, 2003). . . Information on more than 100 archives, including 52 government agencies and courts, 32 libraries, and 20 other archives in the New York metropolitan area.

The Historical Records Survey has published a guide to the records of Albany, Bronx, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Kings, Richmond, and Ulster counties. The series is titled Inventory of the County Archives of New York State, Nine Volumes. (New York, New York: Historical Records Survey, 1937–40). These guides are on microfilm or microfiche and can help you learn more about the history and typical record-keeping systems of New York counties. The Family History Library has all but the guide for Richmond County. All guides are listed in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under:


 * NEW YORK, [COUNTY] - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES

Similar unpublished material for most other counties is at the New York State Archives at http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml.

The New York Historical Resources Center at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York is publishing a Guide to Historical Resources for each county in New York. These guides inventory records, including family history and genealogy, at 1,700 historical societies and libraries, but they do not include public records at courthouses. Most guides have been completed and are available at the Family History Library. The information is also available through interlibrary loan from libraries connected to the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN).

Also see:

Kronman, Barbara. The Guide to New York City Public Records, Fourth Edition. New York, New York: Public Interest Clearinghouse, 1992. ( Family History Library book .) Includes chapters on city government, courts, libraries, and personal information. Shows how to obtain vital records, name change records, and naturalizations.