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=== Contact Information  ===
=== Contact Information  ===


'''Email:'''<ref name="email">[http://www.library.cornell.edu/ask/email Email Us] at ''Cornell University Library'' (accessed 28 April 2012).</ref> [mailto:http://www.library.cornell.edu/ask/email www.library.cornell.edu/ask/email] <br>  
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="email">[http://www.library.cornell.edu/ask/email www.library.cornell.edu/ask/email] at Cornell University Library] (accessed 28 April 2012).</ref>&nbsp;&nbsp;[mailto:http://www.library.cornell.edu/ask/email www.library.cornell.edu/ask/email] <br>


'''Address:'''<ref name="address">[http://www.library.cornell.edu/aboutus/visit/address Visitor Information] at Cornell University Library] (accessed 13 September 2012).</ref>  
'''Address:'''<ref name="address">[http://www.library.cornell.edu/aboutus/visit/address Visitor Information] at Cornell University Library] (accessed 13 September 2012).</ref>  
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:Ithaca, NY 14853<br>
:Ithaca, NY 14853<br>


'''Telephone:'''<ref name="address" /> (607) 255-3393<br>'''Fax:'''<ref name="address" /> (607) 255-6788<br>  
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="address" /> (607) 255-3393<br>'''Fax:'''<ref name="address" /> (607) 255-6788<br>


'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Hrs-Map">[http://www.library.cornell.edu/libraryhours/ Library Hours] in ''Cornell University Library'' (accessed 13 September 2012).</ref> Library hours correspond to the University semesters.<br>  
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Hrs-Map">[http://www.library.cornell.edu/libraryhours/ Library Hours] in ''Cornell University Library'' (accessed 13 September 2012).</ref> Library hours correspond to the University semesters.<br>


*[http://www.library.cornell.edu/libraryhours Winter Library Hours.]  
*[http://www.library.cornell.edu/libraryhours Winter Library Hours.]  
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*[http://www.library.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/cul_fall_hours.pdf Library Fall Hours.]
*[http://www.library.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/cul_fall_hours.pdf Library Fall Hours.]


'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<br>  
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<br>


*[http://www.library.cornell.edu/libraryhours One map showing all libraries.]<ref name="Hrs-Map" /> Scroll down to bottom of screen to see one map showing locations of all the libraries.  
*[http://www.library.cornell.edu/libraryhours One map showing all libraries.]<ref name="Hrs-Map" /> Scroll down to bottom of screen to see one map showing locations of all the libraries.  
*[http://www.library.cornell.edu/aboutus/visit/address Individual Map for each of the Libraries.]<ref name="address" />  
*[http://www.library.cornell.edu/aboutus/visit/address Individual Map for each of the Libraries.]<ref name="address" />  
*[http://www.cornell.edu/visiting/ithaca/visiting.cfm Directions, and public transportation]  
*[http://www.cornell.edu/visiting/ithaca/visiting.cfm Directions/public transportation.]<ref name="Dir"> in ''Cornell University Library'' (accessed 13 September 2012).</ref>
*[https://fcs.cornell.edu/services/parking-transportation Parking]<br><br>
*[http://www.transportation.cornell.edu/tms/cms/parking/ Parking.]<ref name="park"> in ''Cornell University Library'' (accessed 13 September 2012).</ref><br><br>


'''Internet sites and databases:'''  
'''Internet sites and databases:'''  


*[http://www.library.cornell.edu/ Cornell University Library Internet site-Home]: Libraries; Library Services; Hours and Maps; Articles; Ebooks; Databases; Research Help; Library Services; Search for books, journals, and more at Cornell and libraries worldwide; FAQs; Renew books.  
*[http://www.library.cornell.edu/ Cornell University Library Internet site-Home]: Libraries; Library Services; Hours and Maps; Articles; Ebooks; Databases; Research Help; Library Services; Search for books, journals, and more at Cornell and libraries worldwide; FAQs; Renew books.
*[http://www.library.cornell.edu/ Cornell University Library Online Catalog]{{WC}} and in [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat]. Has a keyword, title, author, and subject search.
 
*[http://erms.library.cornell.edu/search~S4 Cornell University Library Databases] Biographies, Newspapers, History, Geography, Maps<br><br>
*[http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/exhibitions/olinat50/findingbooks/onlinecatalog Cornell University Library Online Catalog]:  Cornell University Library. Olin &amp; Uris Libraries Online Catalog: Olin @ 50<ref name="catalog">[http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/exhibitions/olinat50/findingbooks/onlinecatalog Online Catalog.] in ''Cornell University Library'' (accessed 28 April 2012).</ref>
 
*[http://erms.library.cornell.edu/search~S4 Cornell University Library Databases]<br><br>


=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


*Cornell University 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>William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 83. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>
*[http://www.library.cornell.edu/aboutus/collections/strength Collection Overview] Gateway to one of the largest libraries in the world, including online search features and access to linked databases and websites for the Cornell community.&nbsp; The Cornell University Library's collections encompass a rich and varied universe of printed volumes, digital resources, maps, media, and archival materials.
*[http://www.library.cornell.edu/aboutus/collections/strength Collection Overview] Gateway to one of the largest libraries in the world, including online search features and access to linked databases and websites for the Cornell community. The Cornell University Library's collections encompass a rich and varied universe of printed volumes, digital resources, maps, media, and archival materials.


=== Tips  ===
=== Tips  ===


*[http://guides.library.cornell.edu/content.php?pid=363640&sid=2976269 Finding Articles Tips] To find articles on specific topics, start with an article database that covers many subject areas.<br>
*[http://guides.library.cornell.edu/content.php?pid=363640&sid=2976269 Finding Articles Tips] To find articles on specific topics, start with an article database that covers many subject areas.<br>
*[http://guides.library.cornell.edu/content.php?pid=354317&sid=2898357 Research Tips]<br>


=== Guides  ===
=== Guides  ===
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If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.  
If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.  


'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>
 
*[[National Archives at New York City]], has [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] deeds, federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passenger indexes, New York port records, naturalizations, inventions.<ref name=DB125>Dollarhide and Bremer, 125-26.</ref>
*[[New York Public Library]], NYC, has one of the best genealogy collections in the USA, including Revolutionary War soldiers and Irish research.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 81.</ref> The Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New York censuses, directories, vital records, and the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] deeds.<ref name="Milstein">[http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/milstein-division-us-history-local-history-genealogy Irma and Paul Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History and Genealogy] in ''New York Public Library'' (accessed 16 October 2010).</ref><br><br>  


'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
*[[New York Public Library]] Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New York censuses, directories, and vital records.
*[http://www.nypl.org/locations New York Public Library Branches] over 90 in New York City.
*[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]], Boston, national in scope. Over 100 million name database, of vital records, genealogies, journals, over 200,000 books, 100,000 microfilms, and over 20 million manuscripts with emphasis on New England and New York since the 1600s.
*[[National Archives Northeast Region (New York City)]], censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passenger indexes, New York port and shipping, naturalizations, inventions.
*[[National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)]] (that is Waltham), censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passenger indexes, naturalizations, African Americans, Indians.
*[[Stadsarchief Amsterdam]] (Amsterdam Municipal Archives) early Dutch notarial records of New York.


*[[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.<br><br>
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>


'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
*[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, Utah, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.
*[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic collections, and Canadians.
*[[Library of Congress]], Washington, DC, [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Local History and Genealogy Reading Room] is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, books, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources
*[[Newberry Library]], Chicago, genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, &amp; British Isles.
*[[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]], Independence, MO, national censuses/indexes, 80,000 family histories, 100,000 local histories, 565,000 microfilms, 7,000 maps, and newspapers.
*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service &amp; pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons.
*[http://www.yadvashem.org/ Yad Vashem], Jerusalem, 85,000 volumes about the Jewish Holocaust, largest yizkor book collection.


*[http://www.tompkinscountyny.gov/health/vitals/index Tompkins County Health Vital Records], Ithaca, births for at least 75 years, and deaths for at least 50 years.<ref>[http://www.tompkinscountyny.gov/health/vitals/genealogy Genealogy Research] in ''Tompkins County Health'' (accessed 9 May 2016).</ref> <ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 492. {{WorldCat|50140092}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref><br>
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
*[http://tompkinscountyny.gov/cclerk Tompkins County Clerk], Ithaca, marriages 1908-1935, divorces, court records, and land records since 1817. (Town clerks also have marriage records.)
*[https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/6jd/tompkins/surrogate/index.shtml Tompkins County Surrogate's Court], Ithaca, has probate records since 1817.
*[http://www.thehistorycenter.net/research The History Center in Tompkins County], Ithaca, manuscripts, 4000 books, 2000 genealogical files, maps, photos, obituaries, cemetery transcripts, censuses, city directories, local histories, and finding aids.<ref>[http://www.thehistorycenter.net/research/collections Research Collections] in ''The History Center in Tompkins County'' (accessed 9 May 2016).</ref>
*[http://tcpl.org/research/guide-genealogy.php Tompkins County Public Library], Ithaca, newspapers, censuses, online genealogy subscriptions, handbooks, yearbooks, and directories.<ref>[http://tcpl.org/research/guide-genealogy.php Local History {{amp}} Genealogy] in ''Tompkins County Public Library'' (accessed 9 May 2016).</ref>
*[http://www.nynd.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court Northern District of New York] has recent civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases for Tompkins County.
*[[Ithaca New York FamilySearch Center]] has [[FamilySearch Center Portal|premium online services]] for free and offers research guidance.
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Cayuga County, New York Genealogy|Cayuga]], [[Chemung County, New York Genealogy|Chemung]], [[Cortland County, New York Genealogy|Cortland]], [[Schuyler County, New York Genealogy|Schuyler]], [[Seneca County, New York Genealogy|Seneca]], and [[Tioga County, New York Genealogy|Tioga]].<br>
*[[Albany Institute of History and Art]] with the best indexes and colonial Albany records of the 1600s.
*[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.
*[[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.
*[[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.
*[[Children's Aid Society]], NYC, an institution which from 1853-1930 sent children on orphan trains to homes in other parts of America and Canada. The [[New-York Historical Society]] has most of the CAS archival records.<ref>[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/childrensaidsociety/dscref11.html Guide to the Records of the Children's Aid Society 1836-2006 (bulk 1853-1947) MS 111] at ''The New-York Historical Society'' (accessed 28 September 2012).</ref>
*[[Historic Hudson Valley Library]], Tarrytown, has unique early Hudson River migration sources such as steamboats, industries, and culture.
*[[Holland Society of New York]], NYC, has 7,000 [[New Netherland]] family and local history books, Dutch Reformed Church records. Good collection for other ethnic groups along the Atlantic coast.
*[[Huguenot Society of America]], NYC, open by appointment: history, settlement, genealogy, biography, theology. They have the largest Huguenot collection outside London, including 1600s records of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and colonial America.
*[[Leo Baeck Institute]], NYC, preserves family and community histories about Jews in German speaking countries.<ref>[https://www.lbi.org/ Home] in ''Leo Beck Institute'' (accessed 5 May 2016).</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.
*[[New York City Department of Records]] has New York City (all five boroughs) earlier births, marriages, and deaths; the 1890 Manhattan police census; city directories; voter registrations; almshouse records; and municipal government records.<ref>[https://www1.nyc.gov/site/records/historical-records/holdings.page List of Holdings] in ''NYC Department of Records'' (accessed 8 May 2016)</ref>


*[[New York City Municipal Reference and Research Center]] can provide street name origins, city council minutes, serials, books, and 400,000 documents focused on the history of New York City.
*[[New York State Library]], Albany, has local histories, genealogies, atlases, church, cemetery (including DAR), city directories, microfilmed newspapers, censuses, passenger lists, and periodicals.  
*[[New York Foundling Hospital]], NYC, an orphan train sending institution, can do records research for close relatives only. NYHS houses some of their records.<ref name="Guide2">[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/foundling Guide to the Records of the New York Foundling Hospital 1869-2009 MS 347] at ''New-York Historical Society'' (accessed 28 September 2012).</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.  
*[[New York Genealogical and Biographical Society]], NYC, has donated their collection to the [[New York Public Library]]. NYG{{amp}}BS now offers educational programs, publications, and digital communication.<ref>[http://newyorkfamilyhistory.org/global/about-us/history-nygb History of the NYG{{amp}}BS] in ''The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society'' (accessed 5 May 2016).</ref>
*[http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/index.php New York Genealogical and Biographical Society], New York City has censuses, city directories, church, cemetery, Bible, land, probates, genealogy, local history, and manuscripts.  
*[[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>William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 81. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>
*[https://www.nyhistory.org/web/ New York Historical Society] manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, histories, directories, maps, photos.  
*[[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.
*[http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/ Vital Records Section of the New York State Dept. of Health], Menands, NY, for '''''outside''''' New York City births and deaths (1881-present), and marriage licenses (1880-present). Also, all divorces since 1963.  
*[[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>Dollarhide and Bremer, 83.</ref>
*[http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/home.html Municipal Archives] has New York City birth, death, and marriage records; the 1890 police census; city directories; voter registrations; almshouse records; and municipal government records.  
*[[Onondaga Historical Association]], Syracuse, has the best collection of family folders (10,000) on the East Coast.
*Courts: city, state, and federal.  
*[[Queens Historical Society]], Flushing, This large facility has many indexes to biographical and historical sources in their collection.
*[[Brooklyn Historical Society|Brooklyn Historical Society]] includes finding aids and collections guides to archives, manuscripts, oral histories, photographs, paintings, oral history database, and maps.
*[[Staten Island Historical Society]] is the best place for Staten Island research. Because many immigrants settled there, they have a strong immigration collection.
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/ Columbia University Libraries], history, biography, ethnic studies, newspapers, government documents.  
*[[Steele Memorial Library]], Elmira, has a good collection of indexes to biographies, genealogies, family folders, books, periodicals, and manuscripts.
*[http://www.hollandsociety.com/library.html Holland Society] 7,000 New Netherland family and local history books, Dutch Reformed Church records.  
*[[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>
*[http://huguenotsocietyofamerica.org/?page=Library Huguenot Historical Society] open by appointment: history, settlement, genealogy, biography, theology.  
*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]].
*[http://www.yivoinstitute.org/ YIVO Institute for Jewish Research] East European Jewish immigrant studies, gazetteers, yizkor books (Holocaust town memorial books), biographical directories, Landsmanshaft records.  
*[[Library of Congress]], Washington, DC, the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North America and '''New York''' (such as the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] deeds), the British Isles, and German sources.<ref name=DB4>Dollarhide and Bremer, 4.</ref>
*[http://www.lbi.org/ Leo Baeck Insitiute] preserves family and community histories about Jews in German speaking countries.
*[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] (NEHGS), Boston, Massachusetts, is national in scope. Over 100 million name database, of vital records, genealogies, journals, over 200,000 books, 100,000 microfilms, and over 20 million manuscripts with emphasis on New England and a good '''New York''' collection since the 1600s.<ref name="Wik">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society New England Historic Genealogical Society] in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia''  (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref><ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref>
*[[Stadsarchief Amsterdam]] (Amsterdam Municipal Archives in the Netherlands) Some of the earliest '''New York''' ([[New Netherland|New Netherland]]) records are also stored here. Also, the earliest European New York settlers often lived in Amsterdam before their move to the New World.<ref>Gwenn F. Epperson, ''New Netherland Roots'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub., 1994), 37-43. {{WorldCat|29980509}}; {{FSC|651271|item|disp=FS Library Book 974.7 D27e}}.</ref> Includes the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] 1801-1840 deeds from western New York state, and northwestern Pennsylvania.<ref name="HLC">[http://www.fredonia.edu/library/collections/archives/holland.asp Holland Land Company] in ''SUNY Fredonia'' (accessed 22 November 2013).</ref>


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Cornell University Library
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Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  www.library.cornell.edu/ask/email

Address:[2]

201 Olin Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Telephone:[2] (607) 255-3393
Fax:[2] (607) 255-6788

Hours and holidays:[3] Library hours correspond to the University semesters.

Directions, maps, and public transportation:

Internet sites and databases:

  • Cornell University Library Internet site-Home: Libraries; Library Services; Hours and Maps; Articles; Ebooks; Databases; Research Help; Library Services; Search for books, journals, and more at Cornell and libraries worldwide; FAQs; Renew books.

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

  • Collection Overview Gateway to one of the largest libraries in the world, including online search features and access to linked databases and websites for the Cornell community.  The Cornell University Library's collections encompass a rich and varied universe of printed volumes, digital resources, maps, media, and archival materials.

Tips[edit | edit source]

Guides[edit | edit source]

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a source at the Cornell University Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

  • New York Public Library Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New York censuses, directories, and vital records.
  • New York Public Library Branches over 90 in New York City.
  • New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, national in scope. Over 100 million name database, of vital records, genealogies, journals, over 200,000 books, 100,000 microfilms, and over 20 million manuscripts with emphasis on New England and New York since the 1600s.
  • National Archives Northeast Region (New York City), censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passenger indexes, New York port and shipping, naturalizations, inventions.
  • National Archives Northeast Region (Boston) (that is Waltham), censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passenger indexes, naturalizations, African Americans, Indians.
  • Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Amsterdam Municipal Archives) early Dutch notarial records of New York.

Similar Collections

  • Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.
  • Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic collections, and Canadians.
  • Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, books, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources
  • Newberry Library, Chicago, genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, & British Isles.
  • Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, MO, national censuses/indexes, 80,000 family histories, 100,000 local histories, 565,000 microfilms, 7,000 maps, and newspapers.
  • National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons.
  • Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, 85,000 volumes about the Jewish Holocaust, largest yizkor book collection.

Neighboring Collections

  • New York State Library, Albany, has local histories, genealogies, atlases, church, cemetery (including DAR), city directories, microfilmed newspapers, censuses, passenger lists, and periodicals.
  • 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.
  • New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City has censuses, city directories, church, cemetery, Bible, land, probates, genealogy, local history, and manuscripts.
  • New York Historical Society manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, histories, directories, maps, photos.
  • Vital Records Section of the New York State Dept. of Health, Menands, NY, for outside New York City births and deaths (1881-present), and marriage licenses (1880-present). Also, all divorces since 1963.
  • Municipal Archives has New York City birth, death, and marriage records; the 1890 police census; city directories; voter registrations; almshouse records; and municipal government records.
  • Courts: city, state, and federal.
  • Brooklyn Historical Society includes finding aids and collections guides to archives, manuscripts, oral histories, photographs, paintings, oral history database, and maps.
  • Columbia University Libraries, history, biography, ethnic studies, newspapers, government documents.
  • Holland Society 7,000 New Netherland family and local history books, Dutch Reformed Church records.
  • Huguenot Historical Society open by appointment: history, settlement, genealogy, biography, theology.
  • YIVO Institute for Jewish Research East European Jewish immigrant studies, gazetteers, yizkor books (Holocaust town memorial books), biographical directories, Landsmanshaft records.
  • Leo Baeck Insitiute preserves family and community histories about Jews in German speaking countries.

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ www.library.cornell.edu/ask/email at Cornell University Library] (accessed 28 April 2012).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Visitor Information at Cornell University Library] (accessed 13 September 2012).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Library Hours in Cornell University Library (accessed 13 September 2012).
  4. ↑ in Cornell University Library (accessed 13 September 2012).
  5. ↑ in Cornell University Library (accessed 13 September 2012).
  6. ↑ Online Catalog. in Cornell University Library (accessed 28 April 2012).
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