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This New York state page of our website provides direct links to genealogy databases, books, and information found on New York genealogy and history; whether they exist on our site, or across the web.

New York African American Records

• 1926 Directory: Published by the Negro Business League of Rochester, N.Y.
• 1939 Rochester City Directory of Negro Business and Progress
• Twelve years a slave
  Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River, in Louisiana.
• Twenty-two years a slave, Austin Steward, 1867
  And forty years a freeman embracing a correspondence of several years, while president of Wilberforce colony, London, Canada West.
• Slavery unmasked being a truthful narrative of a three years’ residence and journeying in eleven southern states, Philo. Tower, 1856.
  to which is added the invasion of Kansas, including the last chapter of her wrongs
• Narrative of Sojourner Truth
  A bondswoman of olden time, emancipated by the New York Legislature in the early part of the present century; with a history of her labors and correspondence.

New York Bible Records

• Family Bible Records Volume 1

New York Biographies

• Biographies of Orange County New York
• Biographical review this volume contains biographical sketches of the leading citizens of Livingston, NY
• Monroe County
  • The Biographical record of the City of Rochester and Monroe County, New York
  • Notable men of Rochester and vicinity, XIX and XX centuries
  • RVF Rochester — Biography Men
    Twenty volumes of newspaper clippings about Rochester, N.Y. men. Volumes are in more or less alphabetical order. View index here.
  • RVF Rochester — Biography Women
    Twenty volumes of newspaper clippings about Rochester, N.Y. women. Volumes are in more or less alphabetical order. View index here.
  • 1911 Blue book Police Department of Rochester, New York, with complete biographical sketches of each member

New York Cemeteries

• New York Cemetery Records
  • Albany County
    • Rural Cemetery Records
  • Chautauqua County
    • Smith Cemetery
  • Columbia County
    • Esselstyne Farm Cemetery, Clavernack
    • Harlemville Methodist Cemetery, Harlemville, New York
  • Herkimer County
    • Cemetery Records, Palatine Bridge
    • Otsquak Cemetery, Van Hornesville
    • Private Plots, Stark
  • Orleans County
    • Orleans County Alms House and Cemetery
      This book represents a yearlong service learning project of Albion Middle School students, led by teacher Mr. Tim Archer, to investigate and bring to life the forgotten stories of the “inmates” of the Orleans County Alms House, located on County House Road in Albion. The students filed through dusty old death ledgers, maps, abstracts, medical and town records. They conducted countless interviews with public officials, historians, librarians, and residents, and gave formal and informal presentations on what they learned. With funding by the New York State Learn and Serve America Grant, the students designed a historic marker (placed along County House Road), a sandstone monument (placed on the burial site), and this book which is reproduced here.
  • Queens County
    • Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium Interment Index
      This database contains the indexes to over 215,000 cremations that took place at the Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium.  It also includes over 4,000 people cremated elsewhere and whose cremains are in niches at the columbarium.
    • Description of private and family cemeteries in the borough of Queens
      • Description of private family cemeteries in the borough of Queens: a supplement
    • Cemetery inscriptions Volumes 1 & 2
    • Cemetery inscriptions Volumes 3 & 4
  • Steuben County
    • West Hill Cemetery
  • Suffolk County
    • Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium Interment Index
      This database contains the indexes to over 215,000 cremations that took place at the Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium.  It also includes over 4,000 people cremated elsewhere and whose cremains are in niches at the columbarium.

New York Census

• New York Census Records
  • New York 1910 Census Edition Map
  • 1892 Census
    This is a name index to persons living in Ogden, NY as recorded in the 1892 census; indexed by Donald Specht.

New York Church Records

• Historical sketch of the Church of St. Antony of Padua, Brooklyn, N.Y. : with an account of the rectorship of Rev. P.F. O’Hare
• History of the Catholic Church in Western New York: Diocese of Buffalo
• Monroe County
  • Early marriages in Rochester, Monroe Co. N.Y. and in the vicinity taken from church records and newspapers
  • Ogden
    • A manual of the Presbyterian Church in Ogden
      Containing notices of its history, a list of its members, its important resolutions and its articles of faith and convenant
  • Rochester
    • Churches of Rochester ecclesiastical history of Rochester, N.Y.
      Narrative of the rise and present condition of each religious organization : biographical sketches of pastors and clergymen born in the city, with miscellaneous items from August, 1815 to July, 1871
    • Centennial celebration, First Baptist Church, 1818-1918, Rochester, N.Y.
    • A brief history of the Brick Church of Rochester, N. Y 1825-1889
    • A living church the first hundred years of the Brick Church in Rochester
      • Brick Church Index
        This index was created from the monthly church bulletins of the Brick Church, which span the years from March, 1894 to June, 1931. The actual bulletins are available for viewing in the Local History Division of the Rochester Public Library but may not be copied.
    • History of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, thirtieth anniversary 1902-1932
    • History of the Brighton Church
    • Christ Church, Rochester, Western New York a story-chronological, A.D.1854-A.D.1905
    • 1868-1933, the story of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation
    • Articles of faith, covenant, list of officers and members, statistical history, &c., of the First Baptist Church, Rochester, N.Y., February 8, 1887
    • First Church chronicles, 1815-1915 centennial history of the First Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY
    • Souvenir of the golden jubilee of the Immaculate Conception Church, Rochester, New York
    • The Lutheran Concordia Church, 1877-1927, Rochester, New York fiftieth anniversary
    • Souvenir book of the Golden Jubilee of the Most Holy Redeemer Church, Rochester, N.Y 1867-1917
    • Parsells Avenue Baptist Church Year Book, 1909-1910, with directory of Church Members (Rochester, N.Y.)
    • History of Rochester Presbytery from the earliest settlement of the country
      History of Rochester Presbytery from the earliest settlement of the country embracing original records of Ontario Association, and the presbyteries of Ontario, Rochester (former), Tennessee River, and Rochester City, to which are appended biographical sketches of deceased ministers and brief histories of individual churches.
    • Roman catholic institutions of the city of Rochester, N.Y.
    • A forward step Salem Evangelical Church, Rochester, N.Y.
    • Golden jubilee, 1854-1904 history of St. Bridget’s Parish, Rochester, N.Y.
    • Church of St. James the Greater, Episcopal fifty years of history, 1874-1924
    • St. John the Evangelist Spencerport Baptisms
      This is a name index to people baptized at this church from the mid-19th century through the 20th century; indexed by Arnold Schockow. The information includes the names of parents, godparents, priests, and spouses. Some records go from baptism through all the sacraments.
    • Annals of St. Luke’s church, Rochester, N.Y. 1817-1883
    • St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Rochester, N.Y a brief history of the first one hundred years of Rochester

New York County Genealogy

• History of the Genesee country (western New York)
  Comprising the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates.
  • Volume1
  • Volume 2
  • Volume 3
  • Volume 4
• Albany County
  • Bi-centennial History of Albany. History of the County of Albany, New York
• Bronx County
  • History of the Town of Kings Bridge, New York
• Cayuga County
  • History of Cayuga County, New York
• Chautauqua County
  • History of Chautauqua County, New York
  • Sketches of the history of Chautauqua County, New York
• Chemung County
  • A brief history of Chemung county, New York
• Chenango County
  • Chenango County, New York Genealogy
    This collection was extracted from the History of Chenango and Madison Counties, New York. The genealogy data we’re providing below is specific to the Chenango County portion of the book, except for the Native American History. It presently contains only the towns of Afton and Sherburne.
  • History of Chenango county, New York
• Delaware County
  • Delaware County, New York
• Dutchess County
  • The History of Dutchess County, New York
  • General history of Duchess County, New York
• Erie County
  • History of Buffalo and Erie County, New York
  • Memorial and family history of Erie County, New York
  • History of the Catholic Church in Western New York: Diocese of Buffalo
  • Memories of Early Days in Buffalo
  • History of Kenmore, Erie County, New York
• Essex County
  • Pleasant Valley: a history of Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York
• Genesee County
  • A History of the Early Development of the Towns of LeRoy, Bergen, Sweden, Clarkson and Hamlin New York
    This manuscript by Mary Smith, written during her time as Hamlin Town Historian, is a splendid example of the best local history can be. She carefully and thoroughly details the history and development of the “Triangle Tract,” as the region which includes the towns named in the title was called in its pioneer days. She covers social and economic aspects of the growth of this region by land developers like the LeRoy family in a comprehensive way not found elsewhere.
  • Gazetteer and biographical record of Genesee County, N.Y., 1788-1890
  • Our county and its people a descriptive and biographical record of Genesee County, New York
• Herkimer County
  • History of Herkimer County
  • History of Herkimer County, New York
• Jefferson County
  • Jefferson County New York Prior to 1797
  • 1854 A history of Jefferson County in the state of New York
  • 1878 History of Jefferson County NY – Everts and Holcomb
    • History of Adams New York
  • Child’s Geographical Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N.Y., 1685-1890
    • Brownville New York History from Childs 1890 Gazetteer
  • The growth of a century: as illustrated in the history of Jefferson county, New York, from 1793-1894
  • Our county and its people. A descriptive work on Jefferson County, New York, 1898
  • Jefferson County New York centennial, 1905: speeches, addresses and stories of the towns
• Kings County
  • A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County, New York
  • Historical sketch of the Church of St. Antony of Padua, Brooklyn, N.Y. : with an account of the rectorship of Rev. P.F. O’Hare
  • The social history of Flatbush: and manners and customs of the Dutch settlers in Kings county
• Livingston County
  • A history of Livingston County, New York, Doty, 1876
    From its earliest traditions, to its part in the war for our Union: with an account of the Seneca nation of Indians, and biographical sketches of earliest settlers and prominent public men
  • History of Livingston County, New York, Smith, 1881
• Madison County
  • Chenango County, New York Genealogy
    This collection was extracted from the History of Chenango and Madison Counties, New York. The genealogy data we’re providing below is specific to the Chenango County portion of the book, except for the Native American History. It presently contains only the towns of Afton and Sherburne.
• Monroe County
  • A History of the Early Development of the Towns of LeRoy, Bergen, Sweden, Clarkson and Hamlin New York
    This manuscript by Mary Smith, written during her time as Hamlin Town Historian, is a splendid example of the best local history can be. She carefully and thoroughly details the history and development of the “Triangle Tract,” as the region which includes the towns named in the title was called in its pioneer days. She covers social and economic aspects of the growth of this region by land developers like the LeRoy family in a comprehensive way not found elsewhere.
  • Sweden
    • Town of Sweden Sesqui-Centennial Celebration: 1814-1964
      This book is a well done job of local history, portraying not only the history of the Town of Sweden, but that of the Village of Brockport too. It covers from the early pioneer days just after the War of 1812 up through the early 1960s. Prominent people, businesses, industries, events and more are covered.
    • Early Settlers of Sweden: Fifty Years Ago, Brockport in 1829
      In 1879 the Brockport Republic newspaper ran a series of articles commemorating the early settlers of Sweden, Brockport, and Clarkson. Stanley Soules was a retiree who made an avocation of local history and in the 1980s transcribed these articles from the microfilm of the paper. They cover the early settlement of the town, layout of early Main Street, and much other information. Mr. Soules added a name index at the end of the series.
    • Town of Sweden & Village of Brockport
      History of the Town of Sweden and the Village of Brockport. The text has many details about local people, pioneer history of the area, institutions and their stories. There are also several pages of illustrations of local people and landmark buildings.
  • Brockport
    • Brockport, New York: A Narrative of That Place (and the Place of this Narrative)
      This historical geography of Brockport, New York covers the period between the initial settlement of the region in 1806 and the onset of industrial decline in 1882. As a study in landscape and community change it links shifting trade networks, ecological foundations, social institutions and life-worlds in a historical narrative. Alterations in social structure, spatial division and definition, and landscape form and meaning are emphasized. The community is shown to have moved from a state of moral community and economic individualism to a state of moral individualism and economic community. Some specific topics discussed are frontier migrations, pioneering, development, mercantilism, the Erie Canal, credit and financial panics, social reform movements, industrialization, class awareness, post-Civil War cultural changes and village beautification
      • Part 1
      • Part 2
    • History of Brockport With Vicinity Happenings, 1826 – 1956: Also Biographies of Prominent Men of the Past
      Wide ranging series of local history articles by A.B. Elwell covering life in the village of Brockport and the surrounding region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mr. Elwell was a lifelong resident of Brockport, and a Normal school graduate, class of 1899. The articles ran in the local paper 1954-1956 and cover topics like the history of the fire department, life at Brockport Normal school, the one room schools, livery stables, farm life, early automobiles and much more.
    • The Reaper Industry in Brockport
      A paper on the history of the reaper industry in Brockport NY. Miss Hastings was a keen amateur historian, and a great niece of William Seymour, a key participant in the industry. She covers the history of the industry, including the patent battle between Seymour & Morgan and the McCormick company. The date of writing is uncertain, but Miss Hastings died in 1953.
    • All Brockport Edition
      This is the text and many of the images that ran in a special supplement of the Brockport Republic newspaper on December 18, 1913. The “All Brockport Edition” featured descriptions of many businesses, civic organizations and some individuals, often accompanied by photographs, the surviving ones of which are reproduced here. There is also a history of the village, a narrative description of Main Street in 1860 and much more. It is a vivid capture of the town of 100 years ago!
    • Brockport Old Home Week News
      This special run newspaper was done in the months leading up to the Old Home Week of the summer of 1911. An incomplete set of these papers was discovered and scanned in the spring of 2019. The papers focus not only on the upcoming Old Home Week, but feature profiles of local people, businesses and history, much of it not found elsewhere.
    • Ray Tuttle Local History Columns
      Ray Tuttle was a local man who in the 1940s began writing columns on local history for the old Brockport Republic. He was also at one time the Brockport Village historian. His columns contain a wealth of local history, both for the village and the surrounding area.
    • Town of Sweden & Village of Brockport
      History of the Town of Sweden and the Village of Brockport. The text has many details about local people, pioneer history of the area, institutions and their stories. There are also several pages of illustrations of local people and landmark buildings.
  • Old Houses of Monroe County
    This book consists of articles describing a number of historic houses, mainly on the west side of Monroe County. There are also some cemetery records and biographies etc. as well.
  • Clarkson
    • Clarkson Community Church
      This material was found in a scrapbook kept by the Morgan & Garlock family. It is ca 1940, and relates the closing and subsequent restoration and reopening of the church. It includes an essay on the history of the church by Mrs. Ernest Fowler.
    • History of Clarkson, 1803 – 1890
      Stanley Soules was a local man who in his retirement in the 1980s transcribed and printed a number of local history articles from the Brockport Republic newspaper. This and the accompanying volume 2 were compiled by him from a series of articles that appeared in the Republic in 1890. The articles detailed the history of Clarkson from the early pioneer days up to the time of writing, with much of the focus on the earlier years. Much good information about early families, farming, social customs, roads, farming etc. Added to the end of volume 1 is a map of Clarkson from an 1872 atlas, to aid in locating people and places.
      • Volume 1
      • Volume 2
  • Enrollment list, City of Rochester Wds. 1-13 (1920)
  • Registration list, city of Rochester (1919)
  • Henrietta Tax Assessment Rolls
  • History of Monroe county, New York, 1877
  • Landmarks of Monroe County, New York, Peck, 1895.
  • Rochester and Monroe County
    A history and guide, by the Federal Writers’ Project (N.Y.).
  • History of Rochester and Monroe county, New York from the earliest historic times to the beginning of 1907. Peck.
    • Volume 1
    • Volume 2
  • Rochester and Monroe County, New York pictorial and biographical, 1908.
  • The story of Brockport for one-hundred years, 1829-1929
  • Caledonia : a History of the Town & Village by Esther M. Hayward
    This is a name index to the book of the same name; indexed by Donald Specht.
  • Irondequoit centennial album, 1839-1939
  • Ogden
    • 150 Years in Ogden, 100 Years in Spencerport
      This is a name index to the book of the same name by Earl Edgar White; indexed by Donald Specht.
    • Ogden centennial pioneer reminiscences, 1802-1902 by Augusta E. Rich
      • Ogden Centennial Pioneer Reminiscences Name Index, 1802-1902
        This is a name index to the book of the same name; indexed by Donald Specht.
  • Rochester
    • Settlement in the West Sketches of Rochester, O’Reilly, 1838
    • Sketch of Rochester, Monroe County, New York, Williams, 1846
    • Early history of Rochester 1810 to 1827, with comparisons of its growth and progress to 1860, Harris, 1860
    • Desultory notes and reminiscences of the city of Rochester, Langworthy, 1868
      Its early history, remarkable men and events, strange revelations of the murders, mysteries and miseries, casualties, curiosities and progress of this young and growing city, for the last 50 years
    • Rochester a story historical, Parker, 1884
    • Semi-centennial history of the city of Rochester, Peck, 1884
    • City of Rochester illustrated descriptive, historical and statistical review, 189
    • Rochester; its founders and founding, Osgood, 1894
    • Rochester and the Post Express a history of the city of Rochester from the earliest times, Devoy, 1895
    • Rochester in history and our part in the World War, 1922
    • The pioneer days of Rochester… 1925
    • The book of the Rochester centennial, 1934
    • Schools and Institutions
      • The story of sixty years, 1858-1918 Livingston Park Seminary, Rochester, N.Y.
      • A historical sketch Rochester Female Academy, 1837-1912.
    • Commercial and Manufacturing
      • Illustrated history of the Rochester Trades Assembly and the Building Trades Council, Rochester
      • A history of the brewery and liquor industry of Rochester, N.Y
      • Commerce, manufactures & resources of Rochester, N.Y A descriptive review, 1881
      • Historical and descriptive review of the industries of Rochester, 1885
        Historical and descriptive review of the industries of Rochester, 1885 trade, commerce and manufactures, manufacturing advantages, business and transportation facilities, together with sketches of the principal business houses and manufacturing establishments in the city.
      • History and commerce of Rochester, 1894
      • The industries of the city of Rochester a re´sume´ of her past history and progress
        The industries of the city of Rochester a re´sume´ of her past history and progress : together with a condensed summary of her industrial advantages and her development : and a series of comprehensive sketches of her representative business enterprises : incorporating a condensed history of the Chamber of Commerce.
    • History in Pictures
      • 1889 Rochester illustrated in Albertype
      • 1890 Rochester illustrated published in twelve parts
      • 1898 Souvenir of Rochester
      • 1899 Sidepaths Monroe County
      • 1909 Rochester: the city photographic
      • Rochester, the Flower City – A pictorial
    • Rochester History
      Rochester History is a scholarly journal that provides informative and entertaining articles about the history and culture of Rochester, Monroe County, and the Genesee Valley. The Rochester History Index is arranged by subject and includes all issues up to 2009. It is arranged in an easy-to-read format that includes hyperlinked cross references. Use the ABC navigation links at the top to browse the index.
      • Rochester History Index
      • Rochester History Table of Contents
  • Wheatland, Monroe County, New York a brief sketch of its history
• New York City
  • History of the Court of common pleas of the city and county of New York
  • New Harlem past and present : the story of an amazing civic wrong, now at last to be righted
  • Almshouse Ledger Collection
    The records of the Almshouse Ledger Collection represent the activities of the institutions under the purview of various city departments on Blackwell’s Island. Records in this collection date from 1758 to 1952, with the bulk of the records falling between 1832 and 1925. This collection represents a comprehensive, yet incomplete collection of materials produced by each department overseeing the Almshouses and their related entities. These records document the social service, cultural, medical and corrections histories of New York City. This collection was processed by the Municipal Archives in 2016 under a grant funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
  • Bodies in Transit Registers
    This collection consists of bound volumes recording the transportation of bodies in, out and through Manhattan during 1859-1894. These records were maintained by various iterations of New York City’s Health Department to prevent and track disease and death in the city.
• Niagara County
  • Off to school in the past century: a story of early education in Niagara County and the Town of Royalton
    History of early education in Niagara County, the early academies and one room schools, teachers and teaching. This is an excellent student paper done in 1962 for a class on the Folklore of the Empire State. The author seems to have been a Niagara County native who had access to a number of old timers to gather their reminiscences about the old schools. Her research carefully covers the early one room schools, the teachers and their teaching, as well as the several academies that flourished in that area in the 19th century. There are several photographs of then surviving old one room schools.
  • Reminiscing in Royalton
    A 1962 history of the town of Royalton in Niagara County NY, written by a Brockport student who was a native of the town.
• Oneida County
  • Pioneer history of Camden, Oneida County, New York
• Onondaga County
  • History of Onondaga County, New York
• Ontario County
  • History of Ontario County New York
    The second volume of the work, The History of Ontario County New York, and Its People, is a volume of genealogical and family history. In it are chronicles of the people who have made Ontario County what it is. These records are presented in a series of independent narratives relating to lineal family heads, and the most conspicuous representatives down to the 20th century, giving it a distinct personal interest. The first installment of this series includes over 900+ biographies.
  • A History of Ontario County, New York
    Two volumes of information and biographies on Ontario County, New York
  • History of Ontario county, New York
• Orange County
  • Orange County, New York History
  • The history of Orange County, New York
  • A history of Deerpark in Orange County, New York
• Orleans County
  • Historical album of Orleans county, N.Y., 1879
  • Landmarks of Orleans County, New York, Signor, 1894
  • Orleans County Alms House and Cemetery
    This book represents a yearlong service learning project of Albion Middle School students, led by teacher Mr. Tim Archer, to investigate and bring to life the forgotten stories of the “inmates” of the Orleans County Alms House, located on County House Road in Albion. The students filed through dusty old death ledgers, maps, abstracts, medical and town records. They conducted countless interviews with public officials, historians, librarians, and residents, and gave formal and informal presentations on what they learned. With funding by the New York State Learn and Serve America Grant, the students designed a historic marker (placed along County House Road), a sandstone monument (placed on the burial site), and this book which is reproduced here.
  • Historical Album of Orleans County NY
    • Clarenden
      History of Orleans County, Town of Clarendon. Many details of pioneer history, families, businesses, institutions etc. Also a roster of Civil War service, and illustration of Warren Farm, Bennets Corners.
    • Pioneer Chapters
      This is pages 69-95 of MacNamara’s Orleans County history. The chapters cover early pioneer settlement and life, schools, medicine, roads, government officers and more.
• Oswego County
  • History of Oswego County, New York
• Putnam County
  • The history of Putnam County, New York
• Queens County
  • A Booke of Enterys for Queens County on Long Island, NY
    Book of colonial deeds and wills bound in vellum cover. Book is divided with a different back cover, one side is wills, the other is deeds. A later addition is a typed alphabetical index for each part. The manuscripts document the earliest records of Queens County from its foundation and organization in 1683, through the first two decades of its existence.
  • Arvene, Rockaway New York History
    The Arverne Urban Renewal Area extends from Beach Street on the west all the way to Beach 32nd Street on the east and Includes three Rockaway communities: part of Hammels, all of Arverne and most of Edgemere. The city considers Arverne as bounded by Beach 58th and Beach 74th Streets; Hammels as running from Beach 74th Street to Beach 90th Street. The Renewal area is relatively narrow: only that part of Arverne below the present Rapid Transit elevated road (former LIRR) to the Atlantic Ocean. The Urban Renewal Area covers 310 acres. This manuscript provides a history of that specific section of Rockaway.
  • Corona: from farmland to city suburb, 1650-1935
    The story presented here aspires to tell the origins of Corona, its emergence as a village of old Newtown, the integration of the community into Greater New York and the housing boom of the Twenties, ending in the compact, densely built-up Corona of today. Some effort has been made to cover the many aspects that are significant in the makeup of the town – industries, commercial life, transportation, roads and highways, landmarks, topographical changes, and, most important of all, the mix of people and the services created for them – schools, churches, theaters, banks, hotels, etc.
  • Elmhurst: from town seat to mega-suburb
    The following pages cover the whole of the long period from 1652 to 1932, a broad span of 280years. In the early chapters, I have attempted to present every aspect of Newtown, from its beginnings as a tiny village and its later emergenc e in 1683 as the town seat: the evolution of governmental structures, the growth in population, the growing complexity of the economy, the social fabric, the underlying causes of the revolution, Newtown’s part in the upheaval, and the long slow recovery in the years after 1783. The 19th century ushered in the emergence of public transportation, involvement in the Civil War, and the geographical expansion of the village, along with an increased population, and many more buildings and betterments in daily living.
  • 300 years of Long Island City: 1630-1930
    The author has attempted to present the panorama of the city of Long Island City from its origin to 1930 with especial emphasis on the 19th century. Considerable effort has been made to cast the net wide enough to embrace not only topography, colonial history, historical figures, families, old houses and estates, but also the sociological aspects of this multi-textured community: the tides of immigration, ethnic coloring, industries and industrial development, transportation, factories, schools, churches, etc.
  • The Story of Queens Village
    Nearly all of the material assembled on Queens Village in this manuscript appears for the first time in print. It was compiled from many sources, the idea being to present a portrait of the community chronologically, geographically and culturally over three centuries.
  • Preserving the Beachside Bungalows in Far Rockaway
  • Old Rockaway, New York, in early photographs
  • The story of Woodhaven and Ozone Park
    This manuscript was written upon the 150th celebration of the founding of Woodhaven by John R. Pitkin, a Connecticut Yankee, who bought out several farms in 1835 and had the land mapped out as the future city of Woodville. This manuscripts shares the untold story of Woodhaven: how it was founded, how it grew and the factors that shaped the emerging community into what it is today.
• Rockland County
  • The History of Rockland County, New York
• Saratoga County
  • History of Round Lake, Saratoga County, New York
• Schenectady County
  • A history of the county of Schenectady, New York
• Scoharie County
  • History of Schoharie County, and border wars of New York
• Steuben County
  • History of the settlement of Steuben County, New York
  • A history of Steuben County, New York
• Suffolk County
  • The Suffolk Times Obituary Index
    An alphabetical listing of obituaries that have been printed in the Suffolk Times. The index currently covers 1920-present. The Mattituck-Laurel library retains the microfilm archives of the Suffolk Times from 1876-present.
  • History of Suffolk County, New York
  • Story of a celebration, Bridgehampton, Long Island, New York, 1660-1910
  • First History of West Islip by Gerald and Judith Wilcox
  • West Islip Oral History Project: Spring 1982
    In April 1982, as part of the library’s 25th anniversary celebration, Ethel Morris and Carolyn Agenjo interviewed, recorded and photographed fifteen community residents who graciously shared their reminiscences of life in West Islip as it used to be.
  • Suffolk Life Covers  1964-1969
    A nostalgic look back at the people and events of the North Fork through the front page pictures of the Suffolk Life Newspaper
  • Back Over the Years
    Searchable PDF files containing transcribed oral interviews of local Mattituck residents conducted by the Friends of the Library in 1978. These interviews contain a great  detail about daily life in Mattituck at the turn of the century and  into the early 20th century
    • Volume 1
    • Volume 2
    • Volume 3
    • Volume 4
• Tioga County
  • Historical Gazetteer of Tioga County, New York, 1785-1888
• Warren County
  • Warren county: a history and guide, New York
• Wayne County
  • History of Wayne County, New York, McIntosh, 1877
    With illus. descriptive of its scenery, palatial residences, public buildings, fine blocks, and important manufactories …
  • Landmarks of Wayne County, New York, Cowles, 1895
  • Rose neighborhood sketches, Wayne County, New York with glimpses of the adjacent towns: Butler, Wolcott, Huron, Sodus, Lyons and Savannah, Roe, 1893
  • Military history of Wayne County, New York
  • History of Palmyra, Wayne County, New York
• Westchester County
  • Westchester County in History, New York
• Yates County
  • History of Yates County, New York

New York Court Records

• Abstracts of Wills on File in the City of New York Surrogate’s Office 1660-1680
  Abstracts of wills on file in the surrogate’s office city of New York 1660-1680. From May 1787 to the present, county surrogate’s courts have recorded probates. However, the court of probates and court of chancery handled estates of deceased persons who died in one county but who owned property in another. An 1823 law mandated that all probates come under the jurisdiction of the county surrogate’s courts. Each surrogate’s court has a comprehensive index to all probate records, including the unrecorded probate packets. Interestingly enough, there are wills existing and on record at the Surrogate’s Office in New York City for the time-span of 1660-1680. Genealogical extracts of these wills have been provided below.
• Monroe County
  • Wills of Monroe County, New York
    • 1821-1863 Volume 1A, A-L
    • 1821-1863 Volume 1B, M-Z
      • Cross index to Wills of Monroe County, New York Vol.  1821-1863 Vol. 1B
    • 1863-1874 Volume 2A
      • Cross index to Wills of Monroe County, New York Vol.  1863-1874 Vol. 2B
  • Intestate estates of Monroe County, New York
    • 1821-1863
    • 1863-1874
      • Cross index of intestates of Monroe County, N.Y., 1863-1874 inclusive
  • Married daughters: taken from Surrogate records of Monroe County, N.Y.
    Listed under their husband’s names; work done by The Genealogical Records Committe[e],  Irondequoit Chapter, D.A.R., Rochester, N.Y.

New York Directories

Statewide Directories

• 1786 The New York Directory
• 1831 New York State Register
• 1861 Central New York Business Directory
• 1861 The Union Sketch-Book
  A reliable guide, exhibiting the history and business resources of the leading mercantile and manufacturing firms of New York. Interspersed with many important, valuable, and interesting facts relating to the various branches of trade, manufacture, and the mechanic arts.
• 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory

County, City and Town Directories

• Allegany County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Cattaraugus County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Cayuga County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
• Chautauqua County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
  • Jamestown City Directories
    • 1875 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1878-1879 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1883-1884 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1886 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1888-1889 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1890-1891 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1892-1893 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1895-1896 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1898-1899 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1899-1900 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1901-1902 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1903-1904 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1905-1906 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1907-1908 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1909-1910 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1911-1912 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1913-1914 Jamestown City Directory
    • 1915-1916 Jamestown City Directory
• Chemung County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Erie County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
  • Buffalo City Directories
    • 1832 Buffalo City Directory
• Genesee County Directories
  • 1869-1870 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Genesee County, N.Y.
  • 1880 Directory of the Village of Batavia, New York
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1883 The Batavia Directory, Containing a General Directory of the Citizens, and a Business Directory No. III
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
  • 1917 Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Genesee County New York
• Jefferson County Directories
  • 1866 Child’s Business Directory
  • Businesses in Jefferson County 1867-1868
  • 1879 Kimball’s Jefferson county New York directory
  • 1890 Child’s Business Directory
    • 1890 Business Directory of Brownville New York
  • 1893 Kimball’s Jefferson county New York directory
  • 1918 Jefferson County Farm Directory and Reference Book
• Kings County Directories
  • 1868-1869 Curtin’s Long Island Directory
  • 1878-1879 Lain’s Directory of Long Island
  • Brooklyn City Directories
    • 1903 Brooklyn City Directory
    • 1906 Brooklyn City Directory
    • 1912 Brooklyn City Directory
• Livingston County Directories
  • 1868 New Gazetteer and Business Directory for Livingston County, N.Y.
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1917 American Agriculturalist Farm Directory and Reference Book, Monroe and Livingston Counties, New York: a Rural Directory and Reference Book Including a Road Map of Monroe and Livingston Counties
• Monroe County Directories
  • 1869-1870 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Monroe County, N.Y
  • 1913 City Directory of Fairport, N. Y.
  • 1918 The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Monroe County, New York
  • The Pittsford Directory for Year Ending 1934
  • The Pittsford Directory for Year Ending 1937
  • Rochester City Directories
    • 1863 Boyd’s Rochester Directory
    • 1864 Boyd’s Rochester and Brockport Directory
    • 1875-1876 Rochester City and Monroe County Business Directory
    • Names from City Directories, 1876-1889
      This 21,199 name index was created from the Rochester city directories of 1876-1889 inclusive. These directories contain the year, names, the (USA style M/D/Y) date of the event, age if given, and notation (e.g. – removed to, or married) exactly as they appeared in the directories.
    • 1885 The Rochester Business Directory and Monroe County Directory… No. I
    • 1887 Rochester, N.Y., Business Directory with Map of the City
    • 1890 The Rochester Business Directory and Monroe County Directory… No. II
    • 1892 The Rochester Business Directory and Monroe County Directory… No. III
    • 1894 The Rochester Business Directory and Monroe County Directory… No. IV
    • 1895-1896 Anthony’s Standard Business Directory, Guide and Reference Book of Rochester, New York
    • 1896 The Rochester Business Directory and Monroe County Directory… No. V
    • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
    • 1899 Directory, Grand Army of the Republic, Monroe County Patriots : G.A.R. Posts, U.V.U. Commands, Women’s Relief corps, Sons of Veterans, Ladies’ Aids.
    • 1907 Vick’s Standard Directory and Reference Book, Brockport, N.Y.
    • Bell Telephone Directory, March 1, 1910
    • 1912 Bell Telephone Directory, Including Subscriber’s Lists in Rochester, Charlotte, Henrietta, Gates, Victor.
    • 1916 Rochester [N.Y.], the City of Varied Industries: Directory of Manufacturers.
    • 1917 American Agriculturalist Farm Directory and Reference Book, Monroe and Livingston Counties, New York: a Rural Directory and Reference Book Including a Road Map of Monroe and Livingston Counties
    • 1917 Farm Directory Index
      Transcribed and enhanced by Beverly Remza Veness, Haymarket Virginia, copyright 2006.
    • 1926 Directory: Published by the Negro Business League of Rochester, N.Y.
    • 1931 Rochester Italian Directory
    • 1934 Directory of East Rochester
    • 1939 City Directory of Negro Business and Progress
    • Rochester City Directory Collection 1827-1946
      The Rochester City Directory collection is housed in the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County. The collection consists of the original bound volumes beginning with the year 1827. The library also owns the fifteen-volume set of the Rochester House Directory, a supplement to the city directories.
  • Rochester Suburban Directories
    Including Brighton, East Rochester, Fairport, Gates, Greece, Iondequoit, Pittsford, and Webster, for the years 1930 through 1940.
    • 1930 Directory
    • 1931 Directory
    • 1932 Directory
    • 1933 Directory
    • 1934 Directory
    • 1935 Directory
    • 1936 Directory
    • 1937 Directory
    • 1938 Directory
    • 1939 Directory
    • 1940 Directory
• Nassau County Directories
  • 1868-1869 Curtin’s Long Island Directory
• New York County Directories
  • Manhattan City Directories
    • 1861 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1871 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1885 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1889 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1901 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1903 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1907 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1909 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1910 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1913 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1914 Manhattan City Directory
    • 1946 Manhattan City Directory
• Niagara County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
• Onondaga County Directories
  • 1868 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Onondaga County, N. Y.
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
• Ontario County Directories
  • 1862-1863 Brigham’s Geneva, Seneca Falls and Waterloo Directory and Business Advertiser
  • 1867-1868 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Ontario County, N.Y.
  • 1870 Ontario County Directory for 1870, Containing the Names of the Inhabitants of Canandaigua, Geneva, and Phelps, Together with a Business Directory of Ontario County
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
  • 1906 Canandaigua City Directory
  • 1909 Canandaigua City Directory
  • 1921 Calkin-Kelly Company’s Canandaigua, New York, Ontario County, City Directory
  • 1921 Geneva (New York) Directory.
• Orleans County Directories
  • 1869 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Orleans County, N.Y.
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1903 Directory of Orleans County, N.Y. with map.
• Queens County Directories
  • 1868-1869 Curtin’s Long Island Directory
  • 1908-1909 Trow business directory of the borough of Queens, city of New York: Also residential directory of Flushing, Jamaica, Long Island City and Richmond Hill
• Schenectady County Directories
  • 1864 Schenectady City and County Directory
    Contains the inhabitants of Schenectady City and Ballston Spa, with a business directory and gazetteer of Schenectady County.
• Schuyler County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Seneca County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
• Steuben County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Suffolk County Directories
  • 1868-1869 Curtin’s Long Island Directory
• Wayne County Directories
  • 1867-1868 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Wayne County N.Y.
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1891-1892 The Wayne County Directory, Containing  a  General Directory of the Citizens of Clyde, Lyons, Newark, and Palmyra
• Wyoming County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory
  • 1898-1899 Classified business directory of western New York
• Yates County Directories
  • 1880-1881 Western New York Gazetteer and Business Directory

New York Ethnic History and Records

• The Jews of Rochester an historical summary of their progress and status as citizens of Rochester

New York Genealogy

• Jefferson County
  • Genealogical and family history of the county of Jefferson County New York
    • Vol 1
    • Vol 2
• Monroe County
  • Early Rochester family records
    Compiled by Anah Yates. Consists of handwritten materials and newspaper articles.
    • Surname index to Early Rochester family records

United States Genealogy

• New York Genealogy
  • Jefferson County, New York Genealogy and History
  • Ontario County, New York Genealogy and History
  • Orange County, New York Genealogy and History

USGenWeb Project

• NYGenWeb

Albany, Allegany, Bronx, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Charlotte, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Kings (Brooklyn), Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, New York City (Manhattan), Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Tryon, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming, Yates.

American History and Genealogy Project

• New York AHGP

Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Dutchess, Essex, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Long Island, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, New York City, Niagara, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Rockland, Schenectady, Sullivan, Tioga, Ulster, Warren, Wayne, Westchester

New York History

• Great Riots of New York 1712-1873
  A History of all the Great Riots of New York from 1712 to 1873. Includes histories of the Black Riots, Draft Riots, Flour Riot, Stamp-Act Riot, Abolition Riots, Dead Rabbits’ Riot, Astor Place Riots, Spring Election Riots, Doctors’ Riot, and the Orange Riots.
• Champlain’s Expedition of 1615 Against the Onondaga
  In the year 1615, there dwelt on the south-eastern shore of Lake Huron, between Lake Simcoe and the Georgian Bay, a nation of Indians who were called in their own language, “Wendats” or “Wyandot,” and by the French ” Huron.” There is no record of their having been visited by the white man prior to the above date. In the same year, the Sieur de Champlain, the Father of French Colonization in America, who had entered the St. Lawrence in 1603 and founded Quebec five years later, ascended the river Ottawa as far as the Huron country-Le Caron, the Franciscan, having preceded him by a few days only. These adventurous pioneers were seeking, in their respective spheres, and by concurrent enterprises, the one to explore the western portions of New France, and the other to establish missions among the North American Indians.
• The Hoosac Valley: its legends and its history
• A History Of Lake Champlain
• The Middle West Side – An Historical Sketch
• Flushing Institute student register 1845 to 1860 and other information
• Pioneer history of the Holland purchase of western New York embracing some account of the ancient remains
  and a history of pioneer settlement under the auspices of the Holland Company

New York Immigration Records

New York Naturalization Records

• Copies of Petitions for Naturalization
  The Works Progress Administration produced copies of naturalization records for individuals who filed in Federal, state, and local courts in New York from 1790 to 1906, which are contained in this series. The petitions for naturalization originated in various courts, including but not limited to, the New York Court of Common Pleas, the Supreme Court of New York County, the New York County Superior Court, and the County Courts of Kings and Queens Counties. Early petitions for naturalization contained less information than those filed after 1906, but still recorded the petitioner’s name, age, place of birth, occupation, date and place of emigration, as well as date and place of arrival in the United States.

New York Maps and Atlases

• 1872 Beers Atlas of Monroe County Index
  An alphabetical list of more than 11,500 property owners from Monroe County towns & villages. Pairs with individual maps digitized on Rochester Images or with printed maps available in the Local History & Genealogy Division. Prepared by volunteers from the Genealogy Round Table of Monroe County.

New York Military Records

• New York Forts
  List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902.
• A complete military history and record of the 108th regiment N. Y. vols. from 1862 to 1894
• Revolutionary War
  • 1840 Pensioners Census
  • Revolutionary War Pension Records
  • History of Sullivan’s campaign against the Iroquois being a full account of that epoch of the revolution
  • Notices of Sullivan’s Campaign
    The revolutionary warfare in western New-York embodied in the addresses and documents connected with the funeral honors rendered to those who fell with the gallant Boyd.
• War of 1812
  • Society of the War of 1812, Veteran Corps of Artillery
  • A history of the war of 1812-’15 between the United States and Great Britain
• Civil War Records
  • Civil War Pensions Index Cards
    Each card gives the soldier’s name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier’s rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
  • Deeds of daring or, History of the Eighth N. Y. Volunteer Cavalry
  • A brief account of the thirteenth New York state volunteer regiment, 1861-1863
  • History of the 27th regiment N.Y. vols
    History of the 27th regiment N.Y. vols Being a record of its more than two years of service in the war for the union, from May 21st, 1861 to May 31st, 1863. With a complete roster, and short sketches of commanding officers. Also, a record of experience and suffering of some of the comrades in Libby and other Rebel prisons.
  • The story of the Thirty-third N. Y. S. Vols or Two years campaigning in Virginia and Maryland
  • Chronicles of the One hundred fifty-first regiment New York state volunteer infantry, 1862-1865
  • Jefferson County
    • Brant, New York, 1865 Soldiers and Officers
    • Brownville Co. K 35th Regiment New York Infantry
  • Monroe County
    • Rochester Civil War veterans: roster and scrapbook, Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of New York and auxiliaries
      Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of New York [1948]. Includes: Personal war sketches of the members of E.G. Marshall Post No. 397 of Rochester [by Richard Curran] which was presented to the Post in 1892.
    • Civil War Master List
      This is a compilation of names taken from various sources such as card files, the 1865 census, and the County Historian’s Office. It contains over 38,000 names primarily from the Rochester and Monroe County area.
    • Roster of Soldiers in the “War of the Rebellion
      A list of soldiers from Monroe County who served in the War of the Rebellion, taken from W.H. McIntosh’s History of Monroe County and compiled by staff of the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County.
      • A-D
      • E-K
      • L-R
      • S-Z
      • Complete File
• Spanish American War
  • New York in the Spanish-American war 1898
    • Volume 1
    • Volume 2
    • Volume 3
• World War I Records
  • World War 1 Draft Registration Records
  • Monroe County
    • World war service record of Rochester and Monroe County, New York
      • Volume I. Those who died for us. 1924.
      • Volume II. Those who went forth to serve. 1928.
      • Volume III. Those who supported the service. 1930.
    • Rochester in history and our part in the World War
    • The history of Company C…
      American Expeditionary Forces. Ammunition Train, 102nd. Company C.
  • Otsego County
    • The World War Book
      Being a Record of the War Activities of This Community [Richfield Springs, NY] and a Brief Personal History of Those Who Entered the Service of Their Country
• World War II Records
  • World War 2 Casualties – Army, Air Force
  • New York Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard World War II Casualty List
  • Monroe County
    • World War II and Korean Casualties
      This information was taken from data punch cards with cells of newspaper film kept by the Local History Division and contains about 6,500 names.
    • World War II Master File (pdf) — This information was taken from card files in the Local History Division and contains about 7,000 names.
• Korean War Casualty List
  • Monroe County
    • Korean war soldiers from the Rochester area. Compiled by George Coghill. 1976. Two volumes of newspaper clippings.
      • Volume 1
      • Volume 2
    • World War II and Korean Casualties
      This information was taken from data punch cards with cells of newspaper film kept by the Local History Division and contains about 6,500 names.
• Vietnam War Casualty List

New York Native American Records

• New York Indian Tribes
• The Six Nations of New York
• The Shinnecock, Poosepatuck, And Montauk Indians, In New York
• Champlain’s Expedition of 1615 Against the Onondaga
  In the year 1615, there dwelt on the south-eastern shore of Lake Huron, between Lake Simcoe and the Georgian Bay, a nation of Indians who were called in their own language, “Wendats” or “Wyandot,” and by the French ” Huron.” There is no record of their having been visited by the white man prior to the above date. In the same year, the Sieur de Champlain, the Father of French Colonization in America, who had entered the St. Lawrence in 1603 and founded Quebec five years later, ascended the river Ottawa as far as the Huron country-Le Caron, the Franciscan, having preceded him by a few days only. These adventurous pioneers were seeking, in their respective spheres, and by concurrent enterprises, the one to explore the western portions of New France, and the other to establish missions among the North American Indians.
• New York Indian Reservations
• New York Indian Agencies and Schools
• Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements of New York
• Condition of New York Indians in the 1890 Census
• 1896 Census of New York Indians
• New York and North Dakota Indians Wounded in Action
• New York, North Carolina and North Dakota Indian Honored War Dead
• Champlain’s Expedition of 1615 Against the Onondaga
• Congregational Church in the Tuscarora Reservation
• Current Federally Recognized Indian Tribes by State
• List of Federally Non-Recognized Tribes
• State Recognized Tribes
• Aboriginal occupation of the lower Genesee country

New York Historical Newspapers and their Records

• Albany County
  • Albany
    • The Albany register. 1788-1820
    • The Albany centinel. 1797-1806
  • Altamont
    • The Enterprise. 1888-1892
    • Altamont enterprise. 1892-1958
    • Altamont enterprise and Albany County post. 1958-1983
    • The Altamont enterprise. 1983-2006
    • The Altamont enterprise and Albany County post. 2006-current
  • Knowersville
    • Knowersville enterprise. 1884-1888
• Jefferson County
  • Adams
    • Adams Herald 1876-1877
    • Jefferson County Journal
  • Cape Vincent
    • Cape Vincent eagle. (Cape Vincent, N.Y.) 188?-1951
    • Cape Vincent eagle. (Cape Vincent, N.Y.) 1872-18??
    • The Cape-Vincent gazette. (Cape Vincent, N.Y.) 1858-1862
    • The Democratic eagle. (Cape Vincent, N.Y.) 18??-188?
    • Frontier patriot. (Cape Vincent, N.Y.) 1862-186?
  • Clayton
    • On the St. Lawrence and Clayton Independent 1890-1891
  • Watertown
    • The Cannon. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1992-current
    • The Cannoneer. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1965-1966
    • Jefferson Chronicle. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1991-1992
    • Jefferson Community News. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1964-1964
    • The New York reformer. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1850-1867
    • New York Reformer 1850-1863
    • Northern New York journal. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1849-1866
    • Northern New York semi-weekly journal. (Watertown, N.Y.) 186?-186?
    • Northern New York weekly journal. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1866-1868
    • Northern state journal. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1846-1849
    • The Watertown herald. (Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y.) 1886-191?
    • Watertown re-union. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1866-1918
    • Watertown times. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1890-1894
    • The Word. (Watertown, N.Y.) 1966-1989
• Hudson River Valley Heritage
  HRVH Historical Newspapers provides access to digitized copies of historical newspapers from the Hudson River Valley region of New York State. Each newspaper in HRVH Historical Newspapers has its own page with information about the publication, including the date range that is available online and information about the history of the newspaper.
  • Left of Center
  • Miscellany News
  • Newburgh Telegraph
  • Rockland County Journal
  • Rockland County Messenger
  • Rockland County Times
  • Scarsdale Inquirer
  • The Bronxville Press
  • The Bronxville Review
  • The Daily Record
  • The Eastchester Citizen-Bulletin
  • The Irvington Gazette
  • The Kingston Daily Freeman
  • The News
  • The North River Times
  • The Palisades
  • The Shanks Villager
  • The Tuckahoe Record
  • The Vassar Miscellany (literary publication)
  • Unscrewed
  • Vassar Chronicle
  • Vassar Spectator
  • Womanspeak
• Kings County
  • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
  • Brooklyn Life
  • Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society
• Monroe County
  • Early marriages in Rochester, Monroe Co. N.Y. and in the vicinity taken from church records and newspapers
  • Penfield Extra 1863-1866 (most issues)
    • 1863
    • 1864
    • 1865
    • 1866
  • Rochester Daily Advertiser
    • 1826
    • 1827
    • 1833
  • School Journal
    This is a transcription of a Spencerport school newspaper from 1883; transcribed by Patricia Uttaro.
• Suffolk County
  • The Suffolk Times Obituary Index
    An alphabetical listing of obituaries that have been printed in the Suffolk Times. The index currently covers 1920-present. The Mattituck-Laurel library retains the microfilm archives of the Suffolk Times from 1876-present.
  • Babylon Beacon
    Currently Available: 1967-1972
    Published:
    Place of Publication: Babylon
  • Corrector
    Currently Available: 1822-1911
    Published: 1822-1911
    Place of Publication: Sag Harbor
  • County Review
    Currently Available: 1904-1950
    Published: 1903-1950
    Place of Publication: Riverhead
  • East Hampton Star
    Currently Available: 1950 – 1956
    Published: 1885 – Present
    Place of Publication: East Hampton, NY
  • Islip Bulletin
    Currently Available: 1962-1975
    Published: 1962-present
    Place of Publication: Brentwood
  • Long Island Advance
    Currently Available: 1961-1979
    Published: 1961-current
    Place of Publication: Patchogue, NY
  • Long Island Traveler
    Currently Available: 1871 -1940
    Published: 1871-1940
    Place of Publication: Cutchogue (1872), Southold
  • Long Island Traveler Watchman
    Currently Available: 1975 – 1976
    Published: 1940 – 1990
    Place of Publication: Southold, NY
  • Long Islander
    Currently Available: 1839-1985
    Published: 1839-present
    Place of Publication: Huntington
  • Mid-Island Mail
    Currently Available: 1935-1941
    Published: 1935-1941
    Place of Publication: Medford Station
  • Patchogue Advance
    Currently Available: 1926-1961
    Published: 1885-1961
    Place of Publication:
  • Port Jefferson Echo
    Currently Available: 1892-1931
    Published: 1892-1931
    Place of Publication: Port Jefferson Station
  • Port Jefferson Times-Echo
    Currently Available: 1931
    Published: 1931-1935
    Place of Publication: Port Jefferson, NY
  • Sag Harbor Express
    Currently Available: 1885-1898
    Published: 1859-present
    Place of Publication: Sag Harbor
  • Sayville Weekly News
    Currently Available: 1888
    Published: 1885-1888
    Place of Publication: Sayville, NY
  • South Side Signal
    Currently Available: 1869 – 1920
    Published: 1869 – 1920
    Place of Publication: Babylon
  • Suffolk County News
    Currently Available: 1888 – 1972, 1996 – 2007
    Published: 1888 to present
    Place of Publication: Sayville
  • The Long Island Traveler Mattituck Watchman
    Currently Available: 1940-1975
    Published: 1940-1975
    Place of Publication:
  • The Watchman
    Currently Available: 1937 – 1939
    Published: 1937-1940
    Place of Publication: Mattituck, NY
  • The Watchman of the Sunrise Trail
    Currently Available: 1930-1931, 1934-1937
    Published: 1927-1937
    Place of Publication: Mattituck, NY
  • Southold Town-Shelter Island Register 1910-1911
    A digitized copy of the Southold Town-Shelter Island Register  published by the Lawton Company of Maine.
  • Suffolk Life Covers  1964-1969
    A nostalgic look back at the people and events of the North Fork through the front page pictures of the Suffolk Life Newspaper
  • Gildersleeve Scrapbooks
    A digitized copy of the Gildersleeve Newspaper Scrapbooks compiled and donated by the late Donald Gildersleeve of Mattituck.  The scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings from local North Fork newspapers. There are 22 scrapbook covering the years 1915-1982.
    • Marriage Indexes
      An index of marriage announcements located in the Gildersleeve Newspaper Scrapbooks and an alphabetical index of marriages recorded by the Mattituck Presbyterian Church from 1884-1934.
    • Obituaries Indexes 
      An index of obituaries published in the Suffolk Times for the years 1900-2005 and an index of of obituaries listed in the Gildersleeve Newspaper Scrapbooks.

New York Vital Records

• New York Vital Records
• Marriages on Long Island, New York, 1802-1855
• Bronx County
  • New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940
    The collection consists of an index to the marriage records from the five municipal boroughs of New York City and their predecessor counties.
  • NYC Grooms Record Index
    his database contains the indexes to over 1,825,000 marriages recorded by the New York City Health department for the 5 Boroughs of New York City, from 1908 to 1936, and the period 1895 to 1897 for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. The marriage is listed only by the name of the groom.
  • NYC Brides Record Index
    This database contains the indexes to over 1,825,000 marriages recorded by the New York City Health department for the 5 Boroughs of New York City, from 1908 to 1936, and the period 1895 to 1897 for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. The marriage is listed only by the name of the bride. The index is NOT complete.
• Kings County
  • New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940
    The collection consists of an index to the marriage records from the five municipal boroughs of New York City and their predecessor counties.
  • NYC Grooms Record Index
    his database contains the indexes to over 1,825,000 marriages recorded by the New York City Health department for the 5 Boroughs of New York City, from 1908 to 1936, and the period 1895 to 1897 for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. The marriage is listed only by the name of the groom.
  • NYC Brides Record Index
    This database contains the indexes to over 1,825,000 marriages recorded by the New York City Health department for the 5 Boroughs of New York City, from 1908 to 1936, and the period 1895 to 1897 for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. The marriage is listed only by the name of the bride. The index is NOT complete.
• Monroe County
  • Early marriages in Rochester, Monroe Co. N.Y. and in the vicinity taken from church records and newspapers.
  • Brockport
    • Brockport Births, 1925-1953
      This is an index to births appearing in the Brockport Republic and the Brockport Democrat (also known as the Brockport Republic-Democrat) from 1925 to 1953. Indexed by Donald P. Specht.
    • Brockport Marriages, 1856-1917
      This is a name index to marriages appearing in the Brockport Republic newspaper from 1856-1917; indexed by Arnold Schockow.
    • Brockport Marriages, 1925-1953
      This is an index to marriages appearing in the Brockport Republic and the Brockport Democrat (also known as the Brockport Republic-Democrat) from 1925 to 1953. Indexed by Donald P. Specht.
    • Brockport Deaths, 1856-1923
      This is a name index to death notices and obituaries appearing in the Brockport Republic newspaper from 1856-1923; indexed by Arnold Schockow.
    • Brockport Deaths, 1925-1953
      This is an index to deaths appearing in the Brockport Republic and the Brockport Democrat (also known as the Brockport Republic-Democrat) from 1925 to 1953. Indexed by Donald P. Specht
  • Ogden
    • Persons Buried in Ogden, NY
      This is a name index to persons buried in Ogden from 1803 to 2004, gleaned from headstones, cemetery records, and death records; indexed by Donald Specht. 2014 edition.
      • Addendum to Persons Buried in Ogden
        This is a companion to Persons Buried in Ogden and contains additional information gleaned from death and other records; indexed by Donald Specht.
• Nassau County
  • Nassau/Suffolk Marriage Index, 1908-1935
• New York County
  • New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940
    The collection consists of an index to the marriage records from the five municipal boroughs of New York City and their predecessor counties.
  • NYC Grooms Record Index
    his database contains the indexes to over 1,825,000 marriages recorded by the New York City Health department for the 5 Boroughs of New York City, from 1908 to 1936, and the period 1895 to 1897 for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. The marriage is listed only by the name of the groom.
  • NYC Brides Record Index
    This database contains the indexes to over 1,825,000 marriages recorded by the New York City Health department for the 5 Boroughs of New York City, from 1908 to 1936, and the period 1895 to 1897 for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. The marriage is listed only by the name of the bride. The index is NOT complete.
  • Bodies in Transit Registers
    This collection consists of bound volumes recording the transportation of bodies in, out and through Manhattan during 1859-1894. These records were maintained by various iterations of New York City’s Health Department to prevent and track disease and death in the city.
• Queens County
  • New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940
    The collection consists of an index to the marriage records from the five municipal boroughs of New York City and their predecessor counties.
  • NYC Grooms Record Index
    his database contains the indexes to over 1,825,000 marriages recorded by the New York City Health department for the 5 Boroughs of New York City, from 1908 to 1936, and the period 1895 to 1897 for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. The marriage is listed only by the name of the groom.
  • NYC Brides Record Index
    This database contains the indexes to over 1,825,000 marriages recorded by the New York City Health department for the 5 Boroughs of New York City, from 1908 to 1936, and the period 1895 to 1897 for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. The marriage is listed only by the name of the bride. The index is NOT complete.
  • Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium Interment Index
    This database contains the indexes to over 215,000 cremations that took place at the Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium.  It also includes over 4,000 people cremated elsewhere and whose cremains are in niches at the columbarium.
• Richmond County
  • New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940
    The collection consists of an index to the marriage records from the five municipal boroughs of New York City and their predecessor counties.
  • NYC Grooms Record Index
    his database contains the indexes to over 1,825,000 marriages recorded by the New York City Health department for the 5 Boroughs of New York City, from 1908 to 1936, and the period 1895 to 1897 for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. The marriage is listed only by the name of the groom.
  • NYC Brides Record Index
    This database contains the indexes to over 1,825,000 marriages recorded by the New York City Health department for the 5 Boroughs of New York City, from 1908 to 1936, and the period 1895 to 1897 for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. The marriage is listed only by the name of the bride. The index is NOT complete.
• Suffolk County
  • Nassau/Suffolk Marriage Index, 1908-1935
  • Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium Interment Index
    This database contains the indexes to over 215,000 cremations that took place at the Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium.  It also includes over 4,000 people cremated elsewhere and whose cremains are in niches at the columbarium.
  • The Suffolk Times Obituary Index
    An alphabetical listing of obituaries that have been printed in the Suffolk Times. The index currently covers 1920-present. The Mattituck-Laurel library retains the microfilm archives of the Suffolk Times from 1876-present.

New York Yearbooks

• Jefferson County
  • 1923 Adams High School Senior Annual
  • 1924 Adams High School Senior Annual
• Monroe County
  • 1837-1838 Catalogue of the teachers and pupils of Miss Seward’s Female Seminary, Rochester
  • 1867 First catalogue for fall term of the high school, Rochester, N.Y
  • 1871 Third annual catalogue of Wilson’s Grammar School, 120 Reynold’s Arcade
  • 1872 Fourth annual catalogue of Wilson’s Grammar School, 120 Reynolds’s Arcade
  • 1890 Annual catalogue of the Rochester Free Academy
  • 1907 – The Transcript
    Published by the pupils of the Eight Grade A No. 15 School, Rochester, NY
  • Spencerport High School Yearbook Index
    This name index covers the years 1911 through 1922, and then various years through the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The earlier yearbooks included much more information than the more recent ones, such as specific information about where a student was born, his or her family, and so on.
• Ontario County
  • Canandaigua
    • 1834 Catalogue of officers, teachers and pupils, of the Ontario Female Seminary, Canandaigua