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United States New Jersey  Archives and Libraries

These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in New Jersey.

Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in New Jersey
Camden County Historical Society· Gloucester County Historical Society· Historical Society of Pennsylvania· Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey· Morristown and Morris Township Library· National Archives at New York City· National Archives at Philadelphia· New Jersey State Archives· New Jersey State Library· New Jersey Historical Society· New York Public Library· Newark Public Library· Princeton University Firestone Library· Rowan University Campbell Library· Rutgers University Alexander Library· Seton Hall University Libraries

New Jersey State Archives
New Jersey State Archives 225 West State Street Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0307 Telephone: 609-292-6260 Internet: State of New Jersey Department of State


 * Wills are one of the most important records for New Jersey research, and many of those wills 1670-1900 are housed here. The New Jersey State Archives is the official repository for all colonial and state government records. Its collections include manuscripts, births 1848-1923, marriages and deaths 1848-1940, deeds 1660s-1880s, military records of the Revolution, petitions, court records 1680-1850, NJ state censuses 1855-1915, election returns, taxes 1772-1882, railroad and turnpike records, and microfilms of pre-1900 county and town records. The state archives also has several searchable databases online. See also:
 * Barker, Bette Marie, Daniel P. Jones, and Karl J. Niederer. Guide to Family History Sources in the New Jersey State Archives, 2nd ed. Trenton, New Jersey: Division of Archives and Records Management, 1990. ;.

New Jersey State Library
New Jersey State Library 185 West State Street (mailing address: P.O. Box 520) Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0520 Telephone: 609-278-2640 Fax: 609-278-2647 E-Mail: refdesk@njstatelib.org Internet: New Jersey State Library Internet: Genealogy and Local History Collection Hours: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday


 * The state library collects published sources, including printed genealogies, guides, how-to books, indexes, maps and atlases, church records, local histories, city directories, legislative reports, legal digests, and periodicals. It also has microfilm copies of federal censuses of the eastern states, New Jersey state censuses, and major New Jersey newspapers. The library staff will do limited checking of indexes and directories in response to telephone or written requests. They will make photocopies for a fee.

New Jersey Historical Society Library
New Jersey Historical Society Library 52 Park Place Newark, New Jersey 07102 Telephone: 973-596-8500 Fax: 973-596-6957 Internet: New Jersey Historical Society Library


 * NJ books, censuses, maps, city directories, local histories, vital records, church records, family folders, and indexes to New Jersey family history sources. Guides to the collections are available on the library website. Fees are charged to visit the library. The library staff will do a limited amount of research for a fee.

New Jersey State Archives: Searchable Databases The databases include indexes for Marriage and Death  and much more.

Rutgers University Alexander Library
Rutgers University Alexander Library 169 College Avenue New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1163 Telephone: 732-932-7006 Fax: 732-932-7012 Internet: Special Collections and University Archives Internet: Genealogical Resources


 * Consider this your best, first-stop for New Jersey research.
 * The regular collection includes material from the Genealogical Society of New Jersey, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. It also holds biographies, histories, genealogies, family folders, Bibles, census, special indexes, cemetery transcripts, and professional genealogists' notes on New Jersey families.
 * Special Collections include manuscripts, letters, rare books, New Jersey town records, diaries since 1746, historical maps, newspapers, and the University archives. Diaries and journals are inventoried in:
 * Sinclair, Donald A., Compiler. A Guide to Manuscript Diaries and Journals in the Special Collections Department, Rutgers University. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Library, 1980. ; Not available at the Family History Library.

Camden County Historical Society]
Camden County Historical Society 1900 Park Boulevard Camden, NJ 08103 Telephone: 856-964-3333 E-mail: [mailto:admin@cchsnj.org admin@cchsnj.org] Internet: Archives Internet: Camden County Historical Society


 * They have the single largest collection of Camden county historical records, including 20,000 books, cemetery records, pamphlets, maps, deeds, diaries and genealogical material, as well as maps, Camden County newspapers, and city directories for both Camden and Philadelphia. Their collection of South Jersey documents is growing.

Gloucester County Historical Society Library
Gloucester County Historical Society Library 17 Hunter Street Woodbury, New Jersey 08096-4605 Telephone: 856-845-4771 Gloucester County Historical Society Library


 * The library has an extensive collection of census records, vital records, cemetery sources, maps, church records, local histories, city directories, genealogical charts, and an index of slaves and servants in wills 1670-1817.

Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey
Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey 222 Livingston Ave. New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 Telephone: 732-249-4894 E-mail: [mailto:info.jhscj@gmail.com info.jhscj@gmail.com] Internet: Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey


 * The archival collection includes organizational documents, historical records, photographs, oral histories, area Jewish newspapers, individual family files, and other research materials.

Morristown and Morris Township Library
Morristown and Morris Township Library North Jersey History and Genealogy Center 1 Miller Rd. Morristown, NJ 07960 Telephone: 973-538-3473 Fax: 973-267-4064 E-mail: [mailto:info@jfpl.org info@jfpl.org] Internet: North Jersey History and Genealogy Center Internet: Our Collections


 * New Jersey and early American histories, genealogies, maps, historical newspapers, historic preservation materials, manuscripts, city directories of New Jersey and New York City, Morris County surname files, and family papers.

Newark Public Library
Newark Public Library 5 Washington Street P.O. Box 630 Newark, New Jersey 07101-0630 Telephone: 201-733-7784 or (New Jersey questions) 201-733-7775 Internet: Newark Public Library


 * The library has newspapers and city directories for Newark and microfilm copies of all existing New Jersey federal and state censuses. This library serves as a New Jersey State Documents Depository as well as a Regional Depository for U.S. Government Publications. The staff will search and copy obituaries and other records for a fee.

Princeton University Firestone Library
Princeton University Firestone Library One Washington Road Princeton, NJ 08544-2098 Telephone: 609-258-1470 E-mail: Contact Us form Internet: Firestone Library


 * They have a huge manuscript collection, as well as histories, biographies, and a government documents depository.

Rowan University Campbell Library
Rowan University Campbell Library Archives and Special Collections 201 Mullica Hill Rd. Glassboro, NJ 08028 Telephone: 856-256-4967 Fax: 856-256-4924 E-mail: Ask a Librarian form Internet: Rowan University Campbell Library find, about us, services, places and spaces, help, ProfSearch, catalog, quick links, contact. Internet: Archives and Special Collections collections list including the very large Stewart Collection  of pamphlets, photographs, genealogical materials, and books. Internet: RU Campbell Library Catalog searchable by keyword, subject, author, and title, among others.


 * Their genealogical strength is in Delaware River Valley history, including nearly every Quaker line in New Jersey. This is a crucial resource if you have early Quaker ancestors in New Jersey. Before 1992 it was known as the Glassboro State College Savitz Library.

Seton Hall University Libraries
Seton Hall University Libraries Archives and Special Collections Center 400 South Orange Avenue South Orange, New Jersey 07079 Telephone: 973-761-9476 E-mail: [mailto:archives@shu.ed archives@shu.ed] Internet: Special Collections and Seton Hall University Catholic New Jersey collection descriptions Internet: Genealogy Resources


 * Special Collections includes Roman Catholic parish registers and cemetery records in the Archdiocese of Newark comprising Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union counties. Please call ahead.
 * Many of their Roman Catholic church records are also available as Family History Library microfilms—see their LDS Microfilm Index, and contrast it with their list of Non-Microfilmed (Catholic) Church Records.
 * They also offer a remote research request service via their Genealogy Research Requests form.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA 19107-5699 Telephone: 215-732-6200 Fax: 215-732-2680 E-mail: [mailto:ReadyReference@hsp.org ReadyReference@hsp.org] Internet: http://hsp.org/


 * Has early Quakers, Germans, Scots-Irish, and other settlers in William Penn's colonies of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. This is also an excellent place to learn about early settlers of New Jersey. Records which have been published are normally well-indexed. This society also has 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century manuscripts (letters, diaries, account books, deeds, minutes, and scrapbooks), passenger arrival lists and indexes, local and regional history, ethnic and immigrant studies materials, 600,000 books, 20 million manuscripts, over 300,000 graphics items, and 300 years of newspapers.

National Archives at New York City
National Archives at 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


 * The National Archives at New York City has records created by federal agencies 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. The archives also has microfilms of all available federal census records, many naturalization records, passenger arrival lists, military records, and other historical resources.
 * The National Archives has announced that in the fall of 2012 the records of this branch will be moved to the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at One Bowling Green in New York City.

National Archives at Philadelphia
National Archives at Philadelphia 14700 Townsend Road Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096 Telephone: 215-305-2044 Fax: 215-305-2052 E-mail: [mailto:Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov] Internet: http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/


 * Has federal agency and court records for Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. All U.S. federal censuses 1790-1940, and indexes. Also have passenger arrivals in Philadelphia 1800-1945 and Baltimore, pension and bounty land warrant applications, naturalizations 1790-1990, early federal history, diplomacy, military history, Chinese-Americans, World War II homefront, National Park Service, merchant marine, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, federal tax evasion and smuggling cases. Using these archives helps New Jersey research because of close ties to Pennsylvania in earlier years.

New York Public Library
New York Public Library U.S. History, Local History &amp; Genealogy Division Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, Room 315S New York, NY 10018-2788 Telephone: 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 for New Jersey. 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.

Family History Centers
Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of FamilySearch and the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. There are several centers located in New Jersey. Their goal is to provide resources to assist you in the research and study of your genealogy and family history by:


 * Giving personal one-on-one assistance to patrons
 * Providing access to genealogical records through the Internet or microfilm loan program
 * Offering free how-to classes (varies by location).

To find the nearest Family History Center:


 * Click on Find a Family History Center. Type your city and state in the search box, then tap [Enter]. A map showing nearby centers will appear. Click a FamilySearch Center icon on the map to view its address, phone, and hours.

For Further Reading

 * Hoelle, Edith. Genealogical Resources in Southern New Jersey. 3rd ed. Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1989. This book is a guide to libraries and collections in the seven southern counties of New Jersey. ;.
 * Murrin, Mary R., Complier. New Jersey Historical Manuscripts: A Guide to Collections in the State. Trenton, New Jersey: New Jersey Historical Commission, 1987. This book contains addresses and collection descriptions of 263 public libraries, historical societies, archives, and museums. ;.
 * Quigley, Mary Alice, Judith A. Fullerton, and Diane E. Kauffman, Compliers. Historical Organizations in New Jersey: A Directory. Revised Edition.Trenton, New Jersey: New Jersey Historical Commission, 1983. This book contains the addresses to over 450 historical societies, county historians, museums, and lineage societies. ;.

Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in New York
Albany Institute of History and Art· Bronx County Historical Society· Brooklyn Historical Society· Buffalo and Erie County Public Library· Children's Aid Society· Cornell University Library· Daniel A. Reed Library at SUNY Fredonia· Historic Hudson Valley Library· Holland Society of New York· Huguenot Society of America· Leo Baeck Institute· Montgomery County Department of History and Archives· National Archives at New York City· New England Historic Genealogical Society· New York City Department of Records· New York City Municipal Reference and Research Center· New York Foundling Hospital· New York Genealogical and Biographical Society· New-York Historical Society· New York Public Library· New York State Archives· New York State Council of Genealogical Organizations· New York State Historical Association· New York State Library· Onondaga Historical Association· Queens Historical Society· Stadsarchief Amsterdam· SUNY Fredonia Reed Library· Staten Island Historical Society· Steele Memorial Library

Online Records of New York
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 * German Genealogy Group and Italian Genealogical Group have indexes to births, marriages, deaths, naturalizations and church records in New York City and Long Island.
 * German Genealogy Group and Italian Genealogical Group have indexes to births, marriages, deaths, naturalizations and church records in New York City and Long Island.

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] Website: The Huguenot Society of America
 * Largest Huguenot collection outside of London, including records from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, England, and colonial America since the 1600s. Topics: Huguenot history in France, Huguenot history in other countries, church history, French history, American history, biography, genealogy, manuscripts, societies, periodicals, and theology.


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National Archives at 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 Website: National Archives at New York City
 * 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 have 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.

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 Website: New York Public Library


 * NYPL 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:
 * 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). ..
 * 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.

Holland Society of New York
Library, 5th floor 20 West 44th Street #509 New York, NY 10036 Telephohe: 212-758-1675 Fax: 212- 758-2232 E-mail: [mailto:info@hollandsociety.org info@hollandsociety.org] Website: The Holland Society of New York
 * Emphasis is on the early Dutch, but their collection actually also includes all ethnic groups of the Atlantic coast and colonial America. For New Netherland studies, especially genealogy and family history, 3,000 regional histories (present day New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Ohio), 3,000 family histories and genealogies, and 1,000 books on genealogical research, early American history, the Netherlands, Dutch language, art, and architecture, and religion, including Dutch Reformed Church parish records.

New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-873-3400 Fax: 212-875-1591 E-mail: Library Reference Form Website: New-York Historical Society Museum Library
 * The historical society has extensive collections of manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, histories, city directories, maps, and photographs. Major topics: New York City and State history, colonial history, American military history, religions, slave trading, biography and genealogy, and New York City photographs, and records of several major charities such as the Children's Aid Society, and the New York Foundling Hospital (which were both involved in the orphan train movement sending orphans away from big cities into rural foster care). A helpful guide is
 * Arthur J. Breton, A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the New-York Historical Society, 2 vols. (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1972). . ).

New York State Archives
Cultural Education Center 222 Madison Ave Albany, NY 12230 Telephone: 518-474-5161 E-mail: [mailto:archref@mail.nysed.gov archref@mail.nysed.gov] Website: New York State Archives 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 and reformatory 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, 2nd ed. (Albany, New York: State Archives and Records Administration, 1993). ..

New York State Library
Cultural Education Center 222 Madison Ave Albany, NY 12230 Telephone: 518-474-5161 Fax: 518-474-5786 E-mail: E-mail Reference Requests Website: New York State Library
 * 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. Catalogs and guides to the library's genealogical holdings include:
 * 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 over two dozen genealogy research topic guides online.

Albany Institute of History and Art
125 Washington Ave Albany, NY 12210 Telephone: 518-463-4478 Fax: 518-462-1522 Website: Albany Institute of History Art
 * 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
Research Library 3309 Bainbridge Avenue The Bronx, NY 10467 Telephone: 718-881-8900 Fax: 718-881-4827 E-mail: [mailto:librarian@bronxhistoricalsociety.org librarian@bronxhistoricalsociety.org] Website: Bronx County Historical Society
 * Very large collection of manuscripts, biographical files, family folders, obituaries, cemetery transcripts, city directories, maps, photos, marriage records, and books with a cross-indexed card file covering the history of the Bronx, New York City, and Westchester County.

Brooklyn Historical Society
Othmer Library 128 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Telephone: 718-222-4111 Fax: 718-222-3794 E-mail: Ask a Question Website: Brooklyn Historical Society
 * General history, especially the natural, civil, literary, and ecclesiastical history of the United States, the State of New York, and villages of Long Island, personal and family papers, municipal records from the towns and villages that consolidated into Brooklyn, Dutch and English settlement on Long Island, and New England immigrants to Suffolk County. Great indexes to family names. See
 * Karin N. Mango, comp., The Long Island Historical Society Calendar of Manuscripts: 1763–1783 (New York: Publishing Center for Cultural Resources, 1980)..

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
1 Lafayette Square Buffalo, NY 14203 Telephone: 716-858-8900 E-mail: Email Us Website: Buffalo Erie County Public Library
 * Good genealogy collection with good indexes, many biographies, family folders, county and local histories for the entire state. 25,000 local histories, 5,500 genealogies, city directories, New York State Vital Records Index, local vital records, 110-drawer card index of the Local History File about people, places, and things in Western NY, church and cemetery records, genealogical and local history periodicals, newspapers, maps, military histories, ethnic research resources, indices to passenger lists, immigrant ships, and English parish records.



Children's Aid Society
105 East 22nd Street New York, NY 10010 Telephone: 212-949-4800 Website: The Children's Aid Society
 * This was one of two major organizations contributing to the orphan train movement. Part of their archives are at the New-York Historical Society.



Cornell University Library]
Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-5301 Telephone: 607-255-3393 Fax: 607-255-6788 Email: Ask a Librarian Website: Cornell University Library
 * Cornell University has a large collection of Protestant church records for western New York, as well as histories, maps, newspapers, and New York censuses. Rare books and manuscripts are outstanding, and they publish the best research guides to New York counties. They also have Africana, American Indian, and Latino collections.

Daniel A. Reed Library at SUNY Fredonia
State University of New York Fredonia, New York 14063 Telephone: 716-673-3184 Website: The State University of New York at Fredonia Daniel A. Reed Library
 * Most of the Holland Land Company (1789-1869) land grant patents for western New York, and 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.

Historic Hudson Valley Library
639 Bedford Road Tarrytown, NY 10591 Telephone: 914-366-6901 E-mail: [mailto:librarian@hudsonvalley.org librarian@hudsonvalley.org] Website: Historic Hudson Valley Library
 * By appointment only. This library has unique sources for early Hudson River migration, steamboats, industries, and culture. 4,000 rare books, 3,000 manuscripts, as well as maps, pamphlets, and microfilm to explain the cultural and historical significance of the Hudson River Valley

Leo Baeck Institute
Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th Street (Between 5th & 6th Avenues) New York, NY 10011 Telephone: 212-744-6400 or 212-294-8340 E-mail: Ask a Librarian form Website: Leo Baeck Institute—New York|Berlin
 * Leo Baeck Institute is devoted to the history and culture of German-speaking Jews. They preserve family and community histories about Jews in German speaking countries.

Montgomery County Dept. of History
Montgomery County Department of History and Archives Old Court House, P. O. Box 1500 9 Park Street Fonda, NY 12068-1500 Tel: 518-853-8186 or 518-853-8187 Fax: 518-853-8392 Website: Welcome to Montgomery County History &amp; Archives


 * This county archives has the largest collection of family genealogies, church record transcripts, local histories, and town records for the Mohawk Valley, and for upstate New York. A guide is
 * Violet Fallone, comp., Catalogue of Historical and Genealogical Material in the Montgomery County Department of History and Archives, rev ed. (Fonda, New York: Montgomery County Department of History and Archives, 2005). ..

New York City Department of Records
Municipal Archives 31 Chambers Street, Room 103 New York, NY 10007 Tel: 212-788-8580 Website: NYC Department of Records: Genealogy
 * From Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island births prior to 1910; deaths reported prior to 1949; and marriages reported prior to 1930. Also, the 1890 police census, state censuses, city directories, voter registrations, cemetery records, almshouse records, coroner records, court records, photos, and municipal government records.

New York City Municipal Research Center
New York City Municipal Reference and Research Center 31 Chambers Street, Room 112 New York NY 10007 Telephone: 212-788-8590 Fax: 212-788-8589 E-mail: Contact Us Website: NYC Department of Records: Municipal Library
 * Come here for street name origins, and city council papers. See also A Guide to Former Street Names in Manhattan.

New York Foundling Hospital
Record Information Department Attn: Yvonne Wintz 590 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10011 Telephone: 212-206-4171 E-mail: [mailto:info@nyfoundling.org info@nyfoundling.org] Website: The New York Foundling
 * This was one of two major organizations contributing to the orphan train movement. Part of their archives are at the New-York Historical Society.

New York State Historical Association
(NYSHA) Research Library 5798 State Route 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326 Telephone: 607-547-1470 Fax: 607-547-1405 E-mail: [mailto:Library@nysha.org Library@nysha.org] Website: New York State Historical Association
 * Very large collection, but has more sources for upstate New York, including manuscripts, periodicals, family folders, books, maps, biographies, county histories, genealogies of New York State families, church and cemetery records, newspaper indexes, census records (1790-1930), and city directories.

Onondaga Historical Association
Library 321 Montgomery Street Syracuse, NY. 13202 Telephone:315-428-1864 Fax: 315-471-2133 E-mail: Contact Us] Website: Onondaga Historical Association
 * Very large collection of 10,000 family folders for northeastern families, histories of Syracuse and Onondaga counties, photographs, diaries, correspondence, business records, maps, newspapers, and African American sources.

Queens Historical Society
Library 143-35 37th Ave Flushing, NY 11354 Telephone: 718-939-0647 Fax: 718-539-988 E-mail: Contact the Queens Historical Society Website: The Queens Historical Society
 * Large facility with many indexes to biographies, local and American histories, maps, atlases, manuscripts, photographs, family papers, rare books, and genealogies

Staten Island Historical Society
Library 441 Clarke Avenue Staten Island 10306-1198 Telephone: 718-351-1611 (Society) 718-351-1617 (Museum) Fax: 718-351-6057 Website: Staten Island Historical Society
 * Staten Island was a gateway to immigrants who moved farther west. The Society's collection emphasizes colonial records, but includes the WPA index cards of deeds, Vosburgh Church Indexes of tombstone inscriptions and dozen churches (not Catholic), genealogical correspondence, city directories back to 1883/1884, real estate and insurance maps, and photos organized by town, then street.

Steele Memorial Library
101 E Church Street Elmira, NY 14901 Telephone: 607-733-9173 E-mail: Contact Us Website: Chemung County Library District Genealogy Department
 * Good indexes for biographies, genealogies, family folders, periodicals and manuscripts, obituary index, vital records index, NY county histories, newspapers, censuses, Chemung County Catholic Church records 1848-1910, and genealogical periodicals.

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] Website: American Ancestors by New England Historic Genealogical Society
 * Has an excellent New York collection, especially county and local histories, newspapers, and some probate records.

Stadsarchief Amsterdam
(Amsterdam Municipal Archives) Amsteldijk 67 1074 HZ Amsterdam Netherlands Tel: (020) 664 6916 Fax: (020) 675 0596 Website: Stadsarchief Amsterdam
 * These archives contain early Dutch notarial records about what is now New York State, the Holland Land Company (1789-1869) land grant papers for western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania (also available from the ), and records of some early New York settlers living in Amsterdam before moving to America.

For Further Reading

 * 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.
 * Barbara Kronman, The Guide to New York City Public Records, 4th ed. (New York: Public Interest Clearinghouse, 1992). . . Includes chapters on city government, courts, libraries, and personal information. Shows how to obtain vital records, name change records, and naturalizations.
 * Alice Eichholtz, ed., Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, Rev. ed. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1992). . ). Includes addresses of county courthouses, surrogate courts, and county records centers.
 * Elizabeth Petty Bentley, comp., County Courthouse Book (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1995). . ). Addresses of county courthouses and some town clerk's offices and surrogate's court offices along with brief descriptions of holdings and services.
 * Cornell University has published a series of guides to the records in each of New York's counties (except Nassau and Suffolk). The series is titled Guide to historical resources in _______ County, New York, repositories. 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. They are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog Author Search  under . New York County has 7 volumes; Kings County has 3 volumes; and Chautauqua County has an added update.
 * Similar unpublished material for most other counties is at the New York State Archives.