Three New York based websites are mentioned in the Family Tree Magazine 2025 101 Best Websites for Genealogy and 75 Best State Genealogy Websites. The only website mentioned in the Best State websites is New York Heritage. On this website you can find photographs, letters,
The genealogy podcast, Ancestral Findings, has just added a recording – “The Value of New York State Census Records for Genealogy.” New York conducted state censuses in the following years: 1825, 1835, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915, and 1925. These were authorized under
The genealogy organization Reclaim the Records recently won a court case in the New York Court of Appeals that will release the index to more than 10 million New York death records for the years 1880-2017. The court has also remanded the parties back to
From now through June 8, Geneanet.org is organizing a special week dedicated to the transcription of the New York City Geographical Birth Index. The New York City Geographical Birth Index is a finding aid created by city archivists of every address in New York City from
The following links were added during the month of May. May 27, 2025 Local Cemeteries: Erie County – West Falls – Griffin Mills Cemetery; Herkimer County – Cemetery Transcriptions; Onondaga County – Walnut Grove Cemetery; Onondaga County – South Onondaga Cemetery; Otsego County – Cemetery
