New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:education@nygbs.org education@nygbs.org]

Address:


 * 36 West 44th Street, Suite 711
 * 7th Floor
 * New York, NY 10036-8105

Telephone:212-755-8532, ext. 207 Fax: 212-754-4218

Hours and holidays: Individuals are welcome to visit during office hours (M-F, 9-5). Please call ahead to make an appointment.

Directions, maps, and public transportation:


 * Map

Internet sites and databases:


 * NYG&amp;B Internet site or www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org: Research Tools, eLibrary, Get involved - Volunteer, Community - Genealogical Exchange, Subscriptions, Programs/Events, Calendar &amp; Tickets, The New York Family History School, Membership/Renew, Online Store, Books, Donate, About NYG&amp;B, Contact Us.


 * NYG&amp;B "Contact Us" Internet site with map.
 * NYG&amp;B Online Catalog

Collection Description

 * The genealogical collections of the NYG&amp;B and the New York Public Library have been combined to form an unparalleled, publicly accessible resource.


 * Journals, Periodicals, Special Collections, and Digital Books The NYG&amp;B eLibrary contains a collection of resources that will provide valuable information for persons researching their family histories.&lt;br&gt;


 * Images


 * Online Resources for Members NYG&amp;B members may have online, remote access to this list of NYG&amp;B’s growing collection of digitized resources.

Tips

 * This is a members only society.


 * New York Genealogy: News You Can use In Your New York Research This page gathers news items and tips that could benefit your New York research. For example, has tips for locating obituaries from the New York Public Library’s Milstein Division.


 * Research Aids Archive Records Research Tips.

Guides

 * Library Collection


 * FAQ For assistance to find items from the NYG&amp;B Collection at the NYPL and for Catalog search tips.


 * NYG&amp;B Guide to Getting Started on your Family History Guide for Beginners which gives you the best methods to start your search.


 * Guide to Finding Items from the NYG&amp;B Collection at the New York Public Library For assistance to find items from the NYG&amp;B collection at the NYPL and for Catalog search tips, read our guide.

Alternate Repositories
If you cannot visit or find a source at the , a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections


 * New York Public Library Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New York censuses, directories, and vital records.
 * New York Public Library Branches over 90 in New York City.
 * New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, national in scope. Over 100 million name database, of vital records, genealogies, journals, over 200,000 books, 100,000 microfilms, and over 20 million manuscripts with emphasis on New England and New York since the 1600s.
 * National Archives at New York City, censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passenger indexes, New York port and shipping, naturalizations, inventions.
 * National Archives Northeast Region (Boston) (that is Waltham), censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passenger indexes, naturalizations, African Americans, Indians.
 * Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Amsterdam Municipal Archives) early Dutch notarial records of New York.

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 * Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic collections, and Canadians.
 * Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, books, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources
 * Newberry Library, Chicago, genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, &amp; British Isles.
 * Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, MO, national censuses/indexes, 80,000 family histories, 100,000 local histories, 565,000 microfilms, 7,000 maps, and newspapers.
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Neighboring Collections


 * New York State Library, Albany, has local histories, genealogies, atlases, church, cemetery (including DAR), city directories, microfilmed newspapers, censuses, passenger lists, and periodicals.
 * New York State Archives, Albany, has manuscripts, vital record indexes, land grants, maps, military, court, alien depositions, prisoners, Erie Canal passenger lists, wills, estates, and state censuses.
 * New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City has censuses, city directories, church, cemetery, Bible, land, probates, genealogy, local history, and manuscripts.
 * New York Historical Society manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, histories, directories, maps, photos.
 * Vital Records Section of the New York State Dept. of Health, Menands, NY, for outside New York City births and deaths (1881-present), and marriage licenses (1880-present). Also, all divorces since 1963.
 * Municipal Archives has New York City birth, death, and marriage records; the 1890 police census; city directories; voter registrations; almshouse records; and municipal government records.
 * Courts: city, state, and federal.
 * Brooklyn Historical Society includes finding aids and collections guides to archives, manuscripts, oral histories, photographs, paintings, oral history database, and maps.
 * Columbia University Libraries, history, biography, ethnic studies, newspapers, government documents.
 * Holland Society 7,000 New Netherland family and local history books, Dutch Reformed Church records.
 * Huguenot Historical Society open by appointment: history, settlement, genealogy, biography, theology.
 * YIVO Institute for Jewish Research East European Jewish immigrant studies, gazetteers, yizkor books (Holocaust town memorial books), biographical directories, Landsmanshaft records.
 * Leo Baeck Insitiute preserves family and community histories about Jews in German speaking countries.