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*family genealogies | *family genealogies | ||
*local histories | *local histories include periodicals and genealogical journals; published county, town and municipal histories. | ||
*DAR records | *DAR records. The New York State Library is a depository for several record series compiled by New York State Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution | ||
*church records | *church records. The Library has an extensive collection of New York State church (Protestant denominations only). | ||
*census records | *state census records for various counties. Censuses include 1825, 1835, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875. 1892, 1905, 1915, 1925 | ||
*early newspapers on film including the New York State Newspaper Project GIS database | *early newspapers on film including the New York State Newspaper Project GIS database | ||
*city directories and telephone books on microfilm and microfiche. For an alphabetical list of towns and years covered [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/genealogy/citydir.htm Click here] | *city directories and telephone books on microfilm and microfiche. For an alphabetical list of towns and years covered [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/genealogy/citydir.htm Click here] | ||
*other materials such as cemetery records, periodicals, published records of towns and municipalities. | *other materials such as cemetery records, periodicals, published records of towns and municipalities. | ||
*card file indexes include: | *card file indexes include: | ||
*city directory index | **city directory index | ||
*surname index: 60 drawers that index genealogies and local histories in the State Library taken from books, articles, pamphlets, manuscripts, Bible records (including the 264 vol. compiled by the DAR), family genealogies cataloged through 1980 | **surname index: 60 drawers that index genealogies and local histories in the State Library taken from books, articles, pamphlets, manuscripts, Bible records (including the 264 vol. compiled by the DAR), family genealogies cataloged through 1980 | ||
*vital records index: eight drawers that index New York State church, cemetery and local government records owned by the State Library. The vital records card index is arranged alphabetically by county, and then by community within county. It includes: wills, censuses, tax lists, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) records, and obituaries. | **vital records index: eight drawers that index New York State church, cemetery and local government records owned by the State Library. The vital records card index is arranged alphabetically by county, and then by community within county. It includes: wills, censuses, tax lists, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) records, and obituaries. | ||
*city directory index | **city directory index | ||
*local history index | **local history index | ||
*Military records incuding recores pre-Civil War, Civil War and after for New York State, and Loyalist records | |||
*Will abstracts and microfilms for many parts of New York, though it is not the official repository for such items. | |||
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