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New York Statewide Online Genealogy Records This table shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections on the county level, use the county Wiki pages. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a FamilySearch center or FamilySearch affiliate library.
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Vital Records 1716-1914: New York State Religious Records at Findmypast; images only ($) 1809-1850: 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1875-1916: New York, Yonkers, Birth and Death Registration and Indexes at FamilySearch; index & images Births 1640-1962: New York Births and Christenings at FamilySearch; index only 1660-1862: New York Baptisms at Findmypast; index only ($) 1704-1962: New York Civil Births and Baptisms at FamilySearch; index & images 1878-1909: New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Birth Index, 1878-1909 at Ancestry; index ($) 1879-1909: New York City Birth Index at SteveMorse.org 1881-1942: New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942 at FamilySearch; index & images 1881-1942: New York State Birth Index at Ancestry; index & images ($); Also at Internet Archive; MyHeritage ($) Marriages pre-1699: American Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($) pre-1784: Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the secretary of the province of New York at FamilySearch; eBook; Also at Ancestry ($) 1600-1784: New York Marriages Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1639-1962: US Marriages – New York at Findmypast; index & images ($) 1866-1949: New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937 at MyHeritage; index ($) 1686-1980: New York Marriages at FamilySearch; index only 1800-1855: New York Marriage Notices at Ancestry; index only ($) 1801-1880: New York Marriage Newspaper Extracts (Barber Collection) at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1847-1848; 1908-1936: New York, County Marriages at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($) 1864-1937: New York City Marriage Indexes - Groom at SteveMorse.org 1864-1937: New York City Marriage Indexes - Bride at SteveMorse.org 1866-1937: New York, New York Extracted Marriage Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1868-1871: New Canaan [CT Era: Marriages and Deaths in New York State] at AmericanAncestors; index only($) 1881-1952: New York State Marriages, - at MyHeritage; index & images ($) 1881-1967: New York State, Marriage Index at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1907-2018: New York, New York Marriage License Indexes at Ancestry; index only ($) 1908-1935: New York Marriages, - at MyHeritage; index & images ($) 1950-1995: New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index at FamilySearch; index only New York Marriages Index at GenLookups Deaths 1758-1862: New York Deaths and Burials at Findmypast; index only ($) 1795-1952: New York Deaths and Burials at FamilySearch; index only 1801-1890: New York, Death Newspaper Extracts (Barber Collection) at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1824-1962: New York Church and Civil Deaths at FamilySearch; index only 1835-1880: New York City Death Notices at Findmypast; index only ($) 1852-1956: New York Death Index at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1862-1948: New York, New York Extracted Death Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1866-1948: New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948 at MyHeritage; index ($) 1868-1871: New Canaan [CT Era: Marriages and Deaths in New York State] at AmericanAncestors; index only($) 1880-1955: New York State Death Index at Findmypast; index only ($) 1880-1956: New York State Death Index at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at MyHeritage ($) 1935-2014: US Social Security Death Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1936-2007: US Social Security Applications and Claims Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1957-1963: New York State Health Department Genealogical Research Death Index at FamilySearch; index only 1957-1969: New York States Deaths at MyHeritage; index only ($) 1962 forward: US Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch; index only Divorce African American See US African American Online Genealogy Records New York Slavery Records Index at NYSlavery Archives and Libraries Bible Records 1581-1917: New York Family Bible Records at Ancestry; index only ($) Biography 1890-1940: New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Member Biographies at Findmypast; index only ($) American Biographical Library at Ancestry; index only ($) Early Settlers of New York State, Vol. I at Ancestry; index & images ($); Vol. II New York Biographies at NewYorkGenealogy The New York genealogical and biographical record at Internet Archive; Vol. 3 Who's who in New York City and State: a biographical dictionary of contemporaries at Ancestry; index & images ($) County and Town Histories, includes biographies Cemetery Records 1652-1910: New York: Long Island Cemetery Inscriptions at American Ancestors ($) 1800-1965: New York Cemetery Abstracts at FamilySearch; index & images BillionGraves Index at FamilySearch; index & images Cemetery Maps at Names in Stone Cemetery Search at BillionGraves Cemetery Search at Find a Grave New York Gravestone Photo Project at New York Gravestones New York State Cemetery Abstracts at Findmypast; index only ($) Census See US Census Online Genealogy Records 1696: The Association Oath Rolls of the British Plantations at Internet Archive 1790-1890: New York Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1830-1920: New York Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1855: New York State Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($) 1865: New York State Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($) 1875: New York State Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($) 1890: US Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War at FamilySearch; index & images 1892: New York State Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($) 1905: New York State Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($) 1915: New York State Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($) 1925: New York State Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($) Church Records 1660-1954: New York Church Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1695-1954: French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection) at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1716-1914: New York State Religious Records at Findmypast; index only ($) 1750-1899: U.S., Southern Baptist Church Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1775-1949: New York, New Jersey and Connecticut United Methodist Church Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) New York Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms at Findmypast - index ($) New York Roman Catholic Parish Marriages at Findmypast - index & images ($) Compiled Genealogies 1500-2000: North America Family Histories at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1675-1920: New York Genealogical Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1890-1940: New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Member Biographies at Findmypast; index only ($) Northern New York: Genealogical and family history at RootsWeb The New York genealogical and biographical record at Internet Archive; Vol. 3 Court and Criminal Records 1648-1848: New York State Card Index to Supreme Court and Court of Chancery Documents at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1653-1674: The records of New Amsterdam at Ancestry; images only ($) 1674-1860: New York Selected Mayor's Court Cases at Ancestry; images only ($) 1790-1871: US Circuit Court Criminal Case Files at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1842-1908: New York Governor's Registers of Commitments to Prisons at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1845-1931: New York Executive Orders for Commutations, Pardons, Restorations, Clemency and Respites at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1857-1938: New York State Extradition Requisition and Mandate Registers at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1882-1915: New York Discharges of Convicts at Ancestry; index & images ($) Directories 1774-1776: Inhabitants of New York at Ancestry; index & images ($) History 1787-1861: AJHS Selected Insolvent Debtor’s Cases at Ancestry; images only ($) Historical Miscellany at Ancestry; index & images ($) Long Island Source Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) The Documentary history of the State of New York at Ancestry; index & images ($) County and Town Histories, includes biographies Immigration Records See US Immigration Online Genealogy Records 1624-1664: Ships Passenger Lists at Olive Tree Genealogy 1675-1920: New York Genealogical Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1820-1846: New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1820-1850: New York, Arriving Passenger and Immigration Lists at Ancestry; index only ($) 1820-1891: New York Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1820-1957: Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists at MyHeritage; index & images ($) 1820-1957: New York Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island) at Ancestry; index & images ($); Also at Findmypast ($) 1887-1921: New York, New York, Soundex to Passenger and Crew Lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1892-1924: Ellis Island, Passenger Lists at StatueOfLiberty.org 1892-1924: New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island) at FamilySearch; index & images 1897-1902: New York, New York, Index to Passengers Lists of Vessels at FamilySearch; index & images 1902-1956: New York, Northern Arrival Manifests at FamilySearch; index & images 1906-1942: New York Book Indexes to Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Findmypast ($); Also at: MyHeritage ($) 1909, 1925-1957: New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1917-1957: New York, New York, Index to Alien Crewmen Who Were Discharged or Who Deserted at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at MyHeritage ($) 1917-1967: New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1944-1948: New York, Index to Passengers Arriving at New York City at FamilySearch; index & images 1948-1972: New York, Ogdensburg Passenger and Crew Lists at FamilySearch; index & images Immigrant Ships Transcriber's Guild - New York Arrivals - Vol. 1 at ImmigratrantShips.net; Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4. Vol. 5, Vol. 6 Cultural Immigration Groups 1624-1664: Early Immigrants to New Netherland at FamilySearch; eBook 1834-1897: Russians to America Passenger Data File at National Archives 1846-1851: US Famine Irish Passenger Index at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($) 1850-1897: Germans to America Passenger Data File at National Archives 1855-1900: Italians to America Passenger Data File at National Archives 1881-1894: Dutch Immigrants: New York Passenger Lists at Ancestry; index only ($) 1898-1943: New York Index to Chinese Exclusion Case Files at Ancestry; index only ($) British Aliens in the US During the War of 1812 at Ancestry; images only ($)	Cultural Immigration Groups Cont. 1920-1939: Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of New York Germans Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of New York Italians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of New York Russians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of New York Origins of Some New Netherland Families at NYG&B ($) Indigenous Peoples of New York See US Native American Online Genealogy Records Land Records 1630-1975: New York Land Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1643-1676: New York Indorsed Land Papers at RootsWeb 1739-1802: Landholders of Northeastern New York at Ancestry; images only ($) 1762-1830: New York Sales of Loyalist Land at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1804-1824: Western New York Land Transactions at Ancestry; images only ($) 1825-1835: Western New York Land Transactions at Ancestry; images only ($) Federal Land Patents at Bureau of Land Management Lords of Manors of New York at Archive.org Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary Maps Atlas of Historical County Boundaries at The Newberry Library Maps of New York at MapOfUS Military Nationwide Databases US Military Online Genealogy Records General Records 1664-1775: New York Colonial Muster Rolls, Vol. I at Ancestry; images only ($); Vol. II 1816-1979: New York Military Service Cards at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1861-1898: New York Veteran Burial Cards at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1897-1963: New York Veterans' Home Resident Case Files at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1906-1918, 1940-1948: New York, New York Guard Service Cards at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1906-1954: New York Records of the State National Guard at FamilySearch; index & images 1917-1954: New York, New York National Guard Service Cards at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1920-1991: New York Record of Award Medal at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1923-1947: New York, National Guard Enlistment Cards at Ancestry; index & images ($) Indian Wars, dates vary See US Military Online Genealogy Records Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1775-1783: US Revolutionary War Rolls at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1779-1789: New York Pension Claims by Disabled Revolutionary War Veterans at Ancestry; index & images ($) New York in the Revolution at Ancestry; images only ($) New York Military in the Revolution at Ancestry; index only ($) War of 1812, 1812-1815 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1812-1815: New York, War of 1812 Payroll Abstracts for New York State Militia at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1858-1869: New York, War of 1812 Certificates and Applications of Claim and Related Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812 at Ancestry; images only ($) New York Military Equipment Claims, War of 1812 at Ancestry; index only ($) Mexican War, 1846-1848 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1898-1902: New York, Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Florida War, 1855-1858 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Civil War, 1861-1865 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1860-1865: New York Cartes-de-Visite at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1861-1865: New York Civil War Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1861-1865: New York, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers at FamilySearch; index & images 1861-1865: New York Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1861-1865: New York Registers of Officers and Enlisted Men Mustered into Federal Service at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1861-1900: New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1866-1931: New York Grand Army of the Republic Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1890: US Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War at FamilySearch; index & images Civil War Database at New York State Archives New York Civil War Soldiers Service Records at National Park Service Spanish-American War, 1898 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Mexican Punitive Campaign, 1916-1917 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1916-1917: New York, Mexican Punitive Campaign Muster Rolls for National Guard at Ancestry; index & images ($) World War I, 1917-1918 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1913-1919: New York, WW I Veterans' Service Data at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1917-1919: New York, Abstracts of WW I Military Service at Ancestry; index & images ($) World War II, 1941-1945 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1940-1945: New York, WWII Enlisted Men Cards at Ancestry; index & images ($) Korean War, 1950-1953 See US Military Online Genealogy Records US Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for New York at Archives.gov Vietnam War, 1964-1972 See US Military Online Genealogy Records The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - New York at VietVet.org US Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for New York at Archives.gov Naturalization See US Naturalization Online Genealogy Records 1791-1980: New York, County Naturalization Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1792-1840: Early New York Naturalizations at Ancestry; images only ($) 1792-1906: Naturalization Index - NYC Courts at Fold3 ($) 1792-1989: New York, Index to Petitions for Naturalization filed in New York City at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1794-1943: New York, State and Federal Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1799-1847: New York, Naturalization Papers of Central and Western New York State at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1816-1845: New York City, Selected Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1824-1941: New York, Southern District Index to Petitions for Naturalization at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Fold3 ($), Ancestry ($) 1824-1991: New York, U.S. District Court Naturalization Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1825-1871: New York, Alien Depositions of Intent to Become US Citizens at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1850-1883: New York Emigrant Savings Bank Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1865-1906: Naturalization Index - NY Eastern at Fold3 ($) 1865-1937: Naturalizations - NY Eastern at Fold3 ($) 1865-1937: US Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1865-1957: New York, Eastern District Naturalization Petitions at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($), Fold3 ($) 1872-1878: New York, Record of Naturalized Voters Registered at FamilySearch; index & images 1882-1944: New York Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1897-1944: Naturalizations - NY Southern at Fold3 ($) 1906-1925: Naturalization Index - NY Eastern at Fold3 ($) 1907-1924: New York, New York Index to Declarations of Intent at Ancestry; index only ($) 1907-1924: New York, New York County Supreme Court Naturalization Petition Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1907-1966: New York, Western District, Naturalization Index at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Fold3 ($) 1917-1950: New York, Southern District Naturalization Index at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Fold3 ($) 1918: US WW I Soldier Naturalizations at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1941-1946: New York Southern WW II Military Naturalization Index at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1950-1955: New York Southern District Court, Korean War Military Naturalization Index at Ancestry; index & images ($) Denizations, Naturalizations, and Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New York at Ancestry; images only ($) Newspapers 1620-1900s: America's Historical Newspapers at NewsBank ($) 1690 forward: Family Stories in Newspapers at GenealogyBank 1800-Current: New York, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 's-current at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1836-1931: Historic New York Newspapers at Chronicling America 1806-2007: New York Newspapers at MyHeritage; index & images ($) 1841–1963: Brooklyn Daily Eagle at Bklyn Public Library Historic Newspapers at Hudson River Valley Historic Newspapers at Livebrary Names and Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com (New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut) at MyHeritage; index & images ($) New York Historical Newspapers at NYS Historic Newspapers Newspaper Archive ($) Search Old Newspapers at FultonHistory Obituaries 1930 forward: US Obituary Collection at Ancestry; index only ($) 1980-2014: US GenealogyBank Obituaries at FamilySearch; index & images New York Obituary and Death Notice Archive at GenealogyBuff New York Obituary Resources at GenealogyBuff Obituaries for New York at Archives.com Buffalo History Museum Obituary index, 1811-1986 Rochester NY Obituary Archive at GenealogyBuff Occupations 1840-1966: New York, State Employment Cards and Peddlers' Licenses at Ancestry; index & images ($) Periodicals PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at Allen County Public Library; index Probate Records 1626-1836: New York Wills at Ancestry; images only ($) Also at: American Ancestors 1629-1971: New York Probate Records at FamilySearch; images only 1659-1999: New York Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1662-1801: New York: Abstracts of New York County Wills at American Ancestors ($) 1666-1822: New York Estate Inventories and Accounts at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1787-1835: New York Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships at American Ancestors ($) New York Counties Will Books Testators Records at SamPubCo Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary Tax Records 1799-1804: New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1862-1874: US Internal Revenue Assessment Lists at FamilySearch; images only 1862-1918: US IRS Tax Assessment Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($) Voting Records 1872-1878: New York, Record of Naturalized Voters Registered at FamilySearch; index & images 1944: New York State, Address Notification and Absentee Ballot Application Cards at Ancestry; index & images ($)

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