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 *[[New-York Historical Society]], NYC, houses the Children's Aid Society archives, and some New York Foundling Hospital records, both orphan train sending institutions, as well as has the largest manuscript collection in New York State, many town records, colonial records, newspapers, periodicals, biographies, histories, directories, maps, photos.<ref name="DB81">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 81. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>
 *Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' '''in New York State:''' [[Bronx County, New York Genealogy|Bronx]], [[Kings County, New York Genealogy|Kings]], [[Queens County, New York Genealogy|Queens]], [[Richmond (Staten Island) County, New York Genealogy|Richmond (Staten Island)]], and '''in New Jersey:''' [[Bergen County, New Jersey Genealogy|Bergen]], [[Essex County, New Jersey Genealogy|Essex]], [[Hudson County, New Jersey Genealogy|Hudson]], and [[Union County, New Jersey Genealogy|Union]].<br>
-*[[Albany Institute of History and Art]] with the best indexes and colonial Albany records of the 1600s.<ref name="DB83" />
+*[[Albany Institute of History and Art]] with the best indexes and colonial Albany records of the 1600s.</ref>
 *[http://archnyarchives.org/ Archives of the Archdiocese of New York], Yonkers, includes parish register births, confirmations, marriages, and deaths, school records, and leadership papers.<ref>[http://archnyarchives.org/collections/ Collections] in ''Archives of the Archdiocese of New York'' (5 May 2016).</ref>
 *[[Bronx County Historical Society]] has a large manuscript collection, biographical files, family folders, obituaries, cemetery transcripts, city directories, and marriages.<ref name="DB81" />
 *[[Brooklyn Historical Society]] includes finding aids and collections guides to archives, manuscripts, oral histories, photographs, paintings, oral history database, and maps. They have sources for New England immigrants to Long Island, NY.<ref name="DB81" />
-*[[Buffalo and Erie County Public Library]] has a good collection with good indexes including biographies, family folders, county and local histories for all of New York.<ref name="DB83" />
+*[[Buffalo and Erie County Public Library]] has a good collection with good indexes including biographies, family folders, county and local histories for all of New York.</ref>
-*[[Cornell University Library]], Ithaca, has a large collection of Protestant church records for western New York as well as an excellent collection of histories, maps, newspapers, and New York censuses. Rare books and manuscripts are outstanding, and they publish the best research guides to New York counties.<ref name="DB83" />
+*[[Cornell University Library]], Ithaca, has a large collection of Protestant church records for western New York as well as an excellent collection of histories, maps, newspapers, and New York censuses. Rare books and manuscripts are outstanding, and they publish the best research guides to New York counties.</ref>
-*[[Historic Hudson Valley Library]], Tarrytown, has unique early Hudson River migration sources such as steamboats, industries, and culture.<ref name="DB83" />
+*[[Historic Hudson Valley Library]], Tarrytown, has unique early Hudson River migration sources such as steamboats, industries, and culture.</ref>
-*[[Montgomery County Department of History and Archives]], early Montgomery (formerly Tryon) County had jurisdiction over much of upstate New York. These archives have an extensive genealogy section.<ref name="DB83" />
+*[[Montgomery County Department of History and Archives]], early Montgomery (formerly Tryon) County had jurisdiction over much of upstate New York. These archives have an extensive genealogy section.</ref>
-*[[New York State Archives]], Albany, has manuscripts, vital record indexes, land grants, maps, military, court, alien depositions, prisoners, Erie Canal passenger lists, wills, estates, and state censuses.<ref name="DB83" />
+*[[New York State Archives]], Albany, has manuscripts, vital record indexes, land grants, maps, military, court, alien depositions, prisoners, Erie Canal passenger lists, wills, estates, and state censuses.</ref>
 *[[New York State Library]], Albany, has local histories, genealogies, atlases, church, cemetery (including DAR), city directories, microfilmed newspapers, censuses, passenger lists, periodicals, and copies of the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] deeds.<ref name="DB83">Dollarhide and Bremer, 83.</ref>
-*[[Onondaga Historical Association]], Syracuse, has the best collection of family folders (10,000) on the East Coast<ref name="DB83" />
+*[[Onondaga Historical Association]], Syracuse, has the best collection of family folders (10,000) on the East Coast</ref>
 *[[Queens Historical Society]], Flushing, This large facility has many indexes to biographical and historical sources in their collection.<ref name="DB81" />
-*[[SUNY Fredonia Reed Library]] preserves most of the original deeds of the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] in western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania.<ref name="DB83" />
+*[[SUNY Fredonia Reed Library]] preserves most of the original deeds of the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] in western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania.</ref>
 *[[Staten Island Historical Society]] is the best place for Staten Island research. Because many immigrants settled there, they have a strong immigration collection.<ref name="DB81" />
-*[[Steele Memorial Library]], Elmira, has a good collection of indexes to biographies, genealogies, family folders, books, periodicals, and manuscripts.<ref name="DB83" />
+*[[Steele Memorial Library]], Elmira, has a good collection of indexes to biographies, genealogies, family folders, books, periodicals, and manuscripts.</ref>
 *[[Vital Records Section of the New York State Department of Health]], Menands, NY, for '''''outside''''' New York City births and deaths (1881-present), and marriage licenses (1880-present). Also, all divorces since 1963.<ref>[http://www.health.ny.gov/vital_records/ Vital Records] in ''New York State Department of Health'' (accessed 6 May 2016).</ref>
 *Repositories in '''''surrounding states (or provinces):''''' [[Connecticut Archives and Libraries|Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts Archives and Libraries|Massachusetts]], [[New Jersey Archives and Libraries|New Jersey]], [[Ontario Archives and Libraries|Ontario]], [[Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries|Pennsylvania]], [[Quebec Archives and Libraries|Quebec]], and [[Vermont Archives and Libraries|Vermont]].