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New titles added to NY State Historic Newspapers website

The New York State Historic Newspapers website has recently added new publications to its website. The site has recently hit a huge milestone, over 15 million digitized pages. New titles added: Chautauqua County: The Fredonia Censor – 1821 – 1842; 1824-1931 and 1932-1936 Niagara County: 

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November updates to New York Genealogy Links website

The following links were added for the month of November. November 27, 2025 City Directories: Added Chautauqua County – Rural Directory – 1922; Chautauqua County – Falconer Directories – 1937-1957; Genessee County – Gazetteer and Business Directory – 1869/70; Monroe County – Gazetteer and Business

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New website provides extensive New York death records index

Reclaim the Records, a not-for-profit activist group, has launched a website with more than 10.5 million records, indexing the basic genealogical data from New York State death records from 1880-2017. This is the first time that any New York State death data from 1973-2017 has

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October Updates to New York Genealogy Links website

The following links were added during the month of October. October 31, 2025 Church Records: Addded Chautauqua County – Dunkirk – St. John’s funeral records; Essex County – Schroon Lake – Catholic baptisms; Essex County – Schroon Lake – Catholic marriages; Nassau County – Hempstead

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Websites to help research your military ancestors

In honor of Veterans’ Day, here are some websites that may help you with genealogy research for ancestors who served in the military. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm – Database of Civil War soldiers and sailors www.thewall-usa.com/index.asp#search – Listing of those killed in Vietnam who are included on the

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