New York Resources

New York Resources shared by Shirley Becker

Shirley is a New York born researcher with many dead ends in New York.  She gave a great talk at
the Lemon Grove Library Wednesday evening. Sharing many urls for researchers to use to help break their brick walls.  Url's shared below with her permission.

Below is the list of urls she shared.

SITES

http://www.dcnyhistory.org/index2.html

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyschoha/

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/oneida/

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyorange/

http://www.albanycounty.com/achor/    Hall of Records

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrensse/

http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/mvgw/index.html

http://herkimer.nygenweb.net/

http://montgomery.nygenweb.net/index.html

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nymadiso/1872hist.htm

http://www.paintedhills.org/cattco.html#CEMETERIES

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyononda/INDEX.HTM

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyoswego/

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/cemetery.htm

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/madison1/index.htm

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/ontario/

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/

http://www.joycetice.com/      Tri County site

http://www.fiskelibrary.org/

http://www.bernehistory.org/

Upstate NY genealogy

http://www.unyg.com/

http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org

http://www.nyhistory.org

http://www.censusfinder.com/new_york.htm

NEWSPAPERS

inventory of known repositories

http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/index.html

 “Search over 5,692,000 Old New York Historical Newspaper Pages” http://www.fultonhistory.com

http://news.nnyln.net/

Northern NY Library Network

http://www.nnyln.org/

The New Netherland Project

http://www.nnp.org/

Information on settlement by Dutch

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/kingston/colonization.htm

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

http://www.nygbs.org/

The New York State Archives Cultural Education Center on Madison Avenue in Albany. There it cares for and provides access to more than 130 million documents that tell the story of New York from the seventeenth century to the present.

 http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/about/index.shtml

Where To Get Copies of Birth And Death Certificates In NYS

http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/vr/brthdth.htm

Where To Get Copies of Marriage & Divorce Certificates In NYS

http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/vr/marrdiv.htm

New York State Department of Health

http://www.health.state.ny.us/

New York USGenWeb Project

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb/

NY State Archives

http://www.sara.nysed.gov

Immigrant ships  Transcribers Guild

http://www.immigrantships.net

Irish immigration at Ellis Island in historic passenger records

www.EllisIsland.org 

Irish Immigrants in America during the 19th Century

http://www.kinsella.org/history/histira.htm

Online New York City Guides to http://www.americanancestors.org/nyc-research-guide-pt1/

http://www.americanancestors.org/nyc-research-guide-pt2/

http://www.americanancestors.org/nyc-research-guide-pt3/

CHURCHES

Dutch Reform

http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/dutch_ch.htm

Holland Company info

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/refchurch.html

Quakers NY wills

http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/quakers/quaker-wills.shtml

NY Gravestones

http://www.newyorkgravestones.org/

MAPS

Town maps for a central area of NY

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/images/townmap.jpg

From cyndislist

http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/ny_0.html  1895 (huge and detailed)

American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - New York 

memory.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html

From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

http://randymajors.com/p/maps.html

An Interesting site Please explore

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shastaca/maps/NY/NYmapsindex.html

A commercial site dealing in New York State history as well as genealogy books. Also has a page of New York State genealogy societies and other helpful resources

http://www.hopefarm.com/geneatop.htm

MISCELLANEOUS

Association of Public Historians of NY State

State http://www.aphnys.org/

Preemption line information

http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/articles/preempti.htm

Enchanted Mountains Genealogy Society

http://www.enchantedmountains.com/

Three Rivers

Hudson~Mohawk~Schoharie

History From America's Most Famous Valleys

http://www.threerivershms.com

NEW YORK STATE QUERIES

Long Island Genealogy

http://www.LongIslandGenealogy.com/

This is a large site covering Long Island, New York resources, and Genealogy information.

Rootsweb Town Search

http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi

And not to forget my friend's site :

http://history.rays-place.com/ny/index.htm

Let us know if this helps you find some clues and answers.