The cities of Albany, Buffalo, and Yonkers maintain their own vital records collections: The organizations listed below provide information about New York history and genealogy. Native Americans first settled the area more than 12,000 years ago, and over the millennia many other ethnic groups have also made New York their home.
Most of these censuses that have survived can be found with the county clerk, although some are with the county historian or in other locations. George Washington was sworn in as president on the balcony at Federal Hall in New York City, which was the U.S. Capital from 04 March 1789 to 05 December 1790 when it moved to Congress Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Albany, NY 12230.
Loudonville, New York. Search, browse, download or order certified copies from the Municipal Archives vital records collection. Williamsville, New York, Queens New York
(1913), Click to learn about accessibility at the Library, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Milstein Division of U.S., Local History and Genealogy, Genealogical Research at The New York Public Library, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, Milstein Division of United States History, Local History & Genealogy, New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, Everyone Counts: Using the Census in Genealogy Research, the 894 extant books of the Police Census, http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellisgold.html, The search for missing friends : Irish immigrant advertisements placed in the Boston Pilot, African-American Newspapers: the 19th Century, A History of City Directories in the United States and New York City, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Conducting Genealogical Research Using Newspapers, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, Manhattan Alphabetical Death Index Cards, 18681890, Brooklyn, Kings County, Index to Deaths, 18481898, Richmond County, Index to Deaths, 18471897, Index to NYC Deaths, 18881948(all boroughs, 18981948), Coroner's inquisitions, New York, NY, 18231898, Index to NYC Marriages (Grooms), 18881937 (all boroughs, 1898 ), Index to Marriages (Brides), 18691937 (Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Richmond), New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, 17901880, New York, New Jersey, Mortality Schedules, 18501880 (Online via, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Puerto Rico, 1910, Soundex Index: 1880 (NY, NJ, CT.); 1900 (NY); 1920 (NY, PR), 1855: Majority of counties, but among those lacking: Queens, Suffolk, Westchester, 1892: Kings County (Online at FamilyHistory.org), 1905: New York (Bronx), Kings, Westchester, 1915/1925: New York, Bronx, Kings, Queens, Richmond, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 18201873, 18931959, California Passenger & Crew Lists, 18931957, Border Crossings: Canada to U.S., 18951956. Free online NYC vital records indexes for many years at theItalian Genealogical Group. Ancestry Library Edition includes a number of City Directories. Statehood: 22 July 1788, 11th of the original 13
Damaged and missing censuses include the following: Of almost greater value in New York than the federal are the state censuses, taken every ten years from 1825 to 1875, in 1892, and again in 1905, 1915, and 1925 (pre-1825 state censuses and state copies of those for 18551905 were destroyed in the 1911 state library fire). New York, Yonkers, Birth and Death Registration and Indexes, New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942, Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the secretary of the province of New York, New York Marriage Newspaper Extracts (Barber Collection), New York, New York Extracted Marriage Index, New York, New York Marriage License Indexes, New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, New York, Death Newspaper Extracts (Barber Collection), US Social Security Applications and Claims Index, New York State Health Department Genealogical Research Death Index, US African American Online Genealogy Records, New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Member Biographies, The New York genealogical and biographical record, Who's who in New York City and State: a biographical dictionary of contemporaries, New York: Long Island Cemetery Inscriptions, The Association Oath Rolls of the British Plantations, New York Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, New York Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses, US Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), New York, New Jersey and Connecticut United Methodist Church Records, Northern New York: Genealogical and family history, New York State Card Index to Supreme Court and Court of Chancery Documents, New York Governor's Registers of Commitments to Prisons, New York Executive Orders for Commutations, Pardons, Restorations, Clemency and Respites, New York State Extradition Requisition and Mandate Registers, The Documentary history of the State of New York, New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists, New York, Arriving Passenger and Immigration Lists, Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, New York Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), New York, New York, Soundex to Passenger and Crew Lists, New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), New York, New York, Index to Passengers Lists of Vessels, New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, New York, New York, Index to Alien Crewmen Who Were Discharged or Who Deserted, New York, Index to Passengers Arriving at New York City, New York, Ogdensburg Passenger and Crew Lists, Immigrant Ships Transcriber's Guild - New York Arrivals - Vol. Databases of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018, New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, New York, New York, U.S., Birth Index, 1910-1965, New York, New York, U.S., Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939, U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, New York, U.S., Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, New York, U.S., Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919, New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967, U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project), U.S., Index to Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic and Pacific Seaports, 1904-1944, New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943, U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, New York, Jewish Holocaust Survivor Names printed in Aufbau Newspaper, 1944-1946, New York Daily Times (New York, New York), New York, U.S., Cartes-de-visite, 1860-1865, New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920, New York, U.S., State Employment Cards and Peddlers' Licenses, 1840-1966, U.S., Selected States Dutch Reformed Church Membership Records, 1701-1995, New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, New York, U.S., Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804, New York, U.S., Governor's Registers of Commitments to Prisons, 1842-1908, New York, U.S., Emigrant Savings Bank Records, 1850-1883, New York, U.S., Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection), U.S., Select Family History and Bible Records Index, The Historic annals of southwestern New York, The Bradford map : the city of New York at the time of the granting of the Montgomerie Charter, a description thereof, Eastern Long Island almanac and guidebook, New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, New York, U.S., Hebrew Orphan Asylum Records, 1860-1934, U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, New York State, U.S., Death Index, 1957-1970, New York, New York, U.S., Bodies in Transit, 1859-1894, Spotlight on New York Mortality Schedules, 1850-80, New York City Vital Records indexes (Italian Genealogical Group), New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New England Historic Genealogical Society, New York Military Heritage Institute Veterans Research Center. 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272, Freedmen's Bureau and Records Pertaining to African American Families, Dawes Commission Final Cards of the Five Civilized Tribes, complete list of our naturalization holdings and indexes, more about our New York passenger arrival records, complete list of passenger arrival microfilm available at the National Archives, National Archives Building in Washington, DC, Complete list of passenger arrival film for the Port of New York, Complete list of passenger arrival microfilm available at the National Archives, National Archives online Microfilm Catalog, Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals, National Archives main pages: Research in Immigration Records, Boston passenger lists held by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Records of the Office of the Provost Marshall General's Bureau (Civil War), Chinese Immigration and the Chinese in the United States, http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/vitalrecords/home.shtml, National Archives page on researching vital records, The National Center for Health Statistics pages on locating vital records by State, State Department's page on Documentation of United States Citizens Born Abroad, Guide to Archival Holdings at the National Archives at New York City, The National Archives released the 1940 census, Manufacturing Schedules Contained In The 1810 Population Census Schedules Of New York State, Nonpopulation Census Schedules For Hawaii, 1930: Agriculture, Non-Population census schedules for Puerto Rico (1930) and the Virgin Islands (1917 and 1930), Population and Agricultural census schedules for Puerto Rico, 1935, 1935 Census Of Business: Schedules Of Advertising Agencies, ship name and date of entry to the United States. If you are new to genealogical research, the first thing you'll need to do is to start building a family tree with the information you already have at your disposal. Neighboring states: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island (across water), and Vermont. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Historical Vital Records of NYCprovides access to millions of digitized birth, death and marriage records dating from 1855 to 1949. Ellis Island [Visit by President Wilson.] All New York (City and State) city directories through 1930s self-service in Milstein Microforms. Italians to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. New York State Public Library - has a very comprehensive genealogy library, including U.S. census records, a large collection of family genealogies, DAR records, city directories, church records, early newspaper microfilms, and vital records: New York State Library
Maher, James P. Index to marriages and deaths in the New York Herald, 18351870 Filby, P. William. Back files of telephone directories available in Milstein Microforms. Some of New York's best resources for historical research can be found in New York City and at the state capital in Albany. 1, Dutch Immigrants: New York Passenger Lists, New York Index to Chinese Exclusion Case Files, British Aliens in the US During the War of 1812, US Native American Online Genealogy Records, New York Veterans' Home Resident Case Files, New York Records of the State National Guard, New York, New York National Guard Service Cards, New York, National Guard Enlistment Cards, New York Pension Claims by Disabled Revolutionary War Veterans, New York, War of 1812 Payroll Abstracts for New York State Militia, New York, War of 1812 Certificates and Applications of Claim and Related Records, British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812, New York Military Equipment Claims, War of 1812, New York, Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records, New York, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, New York Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, New York Registers of Officers and Enlisted Men Mustered into Federal Service, New York Grand Army of the Republic Records, New York Civil War Soldiers Service Records, New York, Mexican Punitive Campaign Muster Rolls for National Guard, New York, Abstracts of WW I Military Service, US Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for New York, US Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for New York, US Naturalization Online Genealogy Records, New York, Index to Petitions for Naturalization filed in New York City, New York, State and Federal Naturalization Records, New York, Naturalization Papers of Central and Western New York State, New York City, Selected Naturalization Records, New York, Southern District Index to Petitions for Naturalization, New York, Southern District US District Court Naturalization Records, New York, Alien Depositions of Intent to Become US Citizens, New York, Eastern District Naturalization Petitions, New York, New York Index to Declarations of Intent, New York, New York County Supreme Court Naturalization Petition Index, New York, Western District, Naturalization Index, New York, Southern District Naturalization Index, New York Southern WW II Military Naturalization Index, New York Southern District Court, Korean War Military Naturalization Index, Denizations, Naturalizations, and Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New York, New York Obituary and Death Notice Archive, New York, State Employment Cards and Peddlers' Licenses, New York: Abstracts of New York County Wills, New York Abstracts of Wills, Admins. Extensive microform collection of city directories of other U.S. cities, request in Room 121. To find links to collections on the county level, use the county Wiki pages. Includes free access to the 1940 United States Federal Census. Please read our.
Ancestry Library Editions Military Records collection includes: NYPL is a depository for New York State D.A.R. Note: Ancestry Library Edition has indexed and digitized the 1895 New Jersey State Census. Many country collections include some region level data. Cultural Education Center Searchable online in, Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records to 1850.
Research in New York can be an exciting and rewarding experience. Ancestry Library Edition had digitized much of what survives of the New York State Census, and their collections correspond to what is available on microfilm in the Milstein Division, listed above. For access to newspapers, please browse NYPL's collection of historical, icrofilm in the Milstein Division, listed above. Naturalization index, Kings County Clerk's, 19071924: theJewish Genealogical Society. Genealogical Records Committee publications of New York Bible, Cemetery, and Vital records. and Guardianships, New York Counties Will Books Testators Records, New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, New York State, Address Notification and Absentee Ballot Application Cards, Montgomery County Department of History and Archives, New England Historic Genealogical Society, New York City Municipal Reference and Research Center, New York State Council of Genealogical Organizations, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=New_York_Online_Genealogy_Records&oldid=4766490. Naturalization indexes for Greater New York: theItalian Genealogical Group. N.J. State Census, 1855, 186575, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915 available in Milstein Microform Reading Room 119. Search for historical records for ancestors in New York. SeeA History of City Directories in the United States and New York City for more details. Holocaust Records, City Directories, and AfricanAmerican and Native American Records. : Buffalo New York
This page was last edited on 1 June 2022, at 14:15. Migration from the Russian Empire: Lists of Passengers Arriving at the Port of NY, 18751891. Of the 5.4 million people who arrived in the U.S. between 1820 and 1860, more than two-thirds entered at New York. Ancestry Library Edition has digital images and every-name indexes to all years of the Federal census. Two enumerations were taken in New York City in 1870. 
Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports, 17891919, Registers and Indexes for Passport Applications, 18101906, Passenger lists & index of the Holland-America Line, 19001940, Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY 18201846 (also on Ancestry), Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY 1897June 30, 1902, Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY July 19021943, Digitized petitions, US District Court, Eastern District of New York, 18651937, Digitized petitions, US District Court, Southern District of New York, 18971944, Index to Declarations of Intention, US District Court, Southern District of New York, 19171950, Index to Petitions, US District Court [and Circuit Court], Southern District of New York, 18241941, Index to some petitions, 17921989, filed in various federal, state, and local courts in New York City, Index to petitions compiled by the New York County Supreme Court (Manhattan) 19071924, U.S., Naturalization Records, Original Documents, 1795-1972, Selected U.S. Naturalization Records, Original Documents, 1790-1974, Naturalization Certificates, 17941906 & Index to Naturalizations, 19061941 (Queens), Record of Declarations of Intention, 19061926 (Queens), Declarations Index 19141952 & Petitions Index, 19141932 (Bronx), Civil War Collection including indexes to Service and Pension Records, Revolutionary War Pension Files and Service Records, The Civil War Confederate Soldier Service Records AND Southern Claims Commission, Civil War Union Colored Troop Records.
With records available for more than 400 years of the state's history, your family is sure to be found in a variety of records available online and at the many archives and libraries located throughout the state. Family historians will find New York rich in historical resources that can be used to identify individuals on a family tree and explain the context in which they pursued their lives.Historical societies, libraries, museums, archives, and other organizations around New York provide resources for family historians and genealogists.