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== Record Finder Table for New York ==
This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1800 research in the United States.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
1. In column 1 find the goal you selected.  
This Record Finder table links to the New York topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
 
3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.
 
4. Then look for the record type you need in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog.
 
Note: Records of previous research (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.
 
{| class="vertical listing FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| align="left" | '''1. If You Need '''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| align="left" | '''2. Look First In'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | '''3. Then Search'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[New York Census|Census]], [[New York Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New York Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]  
*[[New York Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| align="left" | [[New York Military Records|Military Records]], [[New York Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[New York Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[New York Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[New York Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[New York Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New York Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[New York Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Birth date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[New York Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New York Church Records|Church Records]], [[New York Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[New York Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| align="left" | [[New York Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[New York Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[United States Census|Census]]
*[[New York Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[New York Census|Census]]
*[[New York Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New York Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[New York Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[New York Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[New York Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[New York Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[New York Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| align="left" | Birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[New York Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New York Church Records|Church Records]], [[New York Census|Census]]
*[[New York Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| align="left" | [[United States Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[New York Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
*[[New York Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| align="left" | City or parish of foreign birth
*[[New York Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| align="left" | [[New York Church Records|Church Records]], [[New York Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[New York Biography|Biography]], [[New York Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[New York Societies|Societies]]  
*[[New York Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| align="left" | [[New York Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New York Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[New York History|History]], [[New York Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New York Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[New York Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[New York Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[New York Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[United States Census|Census]], [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[United States Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[United States Military Records|Military Records]], [[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[United States Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | County origins and boundaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[United States History|History]], [[United States Maps|Maps]], [[United States Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]  
*[[New York Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| align="left" | [[United States Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
*[[New York Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[New York Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[New York Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New York Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[New York Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[New York Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[New York Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | Death
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[United States Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[United States Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[United States Church Records|Church Records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[United States Societies|Societies]]  
*[[New York Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| align="left" | [[United States Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[United States Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[United States Military Records|Military Records]], [[United States Town Records|Town Records]]
*[[New York Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[New York Census|Census]]
*[[New York Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[New York Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New York Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[New York Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[New York Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Ethnicity
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[United States Minorities|Minorities]], [[Indians of the United States and Their Records|American Indians]], [[United States Societies|Societies]]  
*[[New York Directories|Directories]]
| align="left" | [[United States Church Records|Church Records]], [[United States Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[United States Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[New York Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[New York Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New York Census|Census]]
*[[New York Biography|Biography]]
*[[New York Societies|Societies]]
*[[New York Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[New York Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Historical background
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[United States History|History]], [[United States Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[United States Minorities|Minorities]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[United States Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[United States Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[United States Societies|Societies]]
*[[New York Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | [[United States Census|Census]], [[United States Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[United States Biography|Biography]]
*[[New York Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
|-
*[[New York Societies|Societies]]  
| align="left" | Living relatives (and adoptions)  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[United States Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[United States Directories|Directories]], [[United States Court Records|Court Records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], Internet, [[Adoption Research|Adoptions]]
*[[New York Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[United States Census|Census]], [[United States Biography|Biography]], [[United States Societies|Societies]], [[United States Church Records|Church Records]], [[United States Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[New York Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
*[[New York Biography|Biography]]
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | [[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[United States Church Records|Church Records]], [[United States Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[United States Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| align="left" | [[United States Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[United States Military Records|Military Records]], [[United States Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
| align="left" | Marriage
| align="left" | [[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[United States Church Records|Church Records]], [[United States Census|Census]], [[United States Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[United States Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[United States Town Records|Town Records]]  
| align="left" | [[United States Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[United States Military Records|Military Records]], [[United States Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[United States Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | [[United States Census|Census]], [[United States Directories|Directories]], [[United States Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | [[United States Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[United States Court Records|Court Records]], [[United States Biography|Biography]]
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, and other family members
| align="left" | [[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[United States Church Records|Church Records]], [[United States Census|Census]], Phone Disc, [[United States Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
| align="left" | [[United States Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[United States Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[United States Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Adoption Research|Adoptions]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[United States Military Records|Military Records]], [[United States Biography|Biography]]  
*[[New York Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| align="left" | [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[United States Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[New York Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[New York Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[New York Census|Census]]
*[[New York Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[New York Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[New York Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[New York Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[New York Biography|Biography]]
*[[New York Societies|Societies]]  
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[United States Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[United States Maps|Maps]], [[United States Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[United States History|History]], [[United States Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Place (town) of residence when you know only the state
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[United States Census|Census]] (indexed), [[United States Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[United States Military Records|Military Records]], [[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]], and other records with a statewide index, [[Soundex|Soundex]]  
*[[New York Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[United States Biography|Biography]], [[United States Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[United States History|History]], [[United States Directories|Directories]], [[United States Societies|Societies]], [[New York Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[New York Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[New York Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[New York Directories|Directories]]  
*[[New York Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New York Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[New York Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[New York Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[New York Biography|Biography]]
*[[New York Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Places family has lived
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[New York Census|Census]], [[New York Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[New York History|History]], [[New York Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[New York Military Records|Military Records]], [[New York Taxation|Taxation]], [[New York Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| align="left" | Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[New York Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[United States Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[United States Societies|Societies]]  
*[[New York Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[United States History|History]], [[United StatesBiography|Biography]]
*[[African American Record Finder]]
*[[African American Resources for New York|African Americans]]
*[[Indigenous Peoples of New York|Indigenous Peoples]]
*[[New York Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[New York Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New York Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[New York Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[New York Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[New York Societies|Societies]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[United States Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[United States Societies|Societies]]  
*[[New York Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[United States Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[New York Directories|Directories]]
*[[New York Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New York Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[New York Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[New York Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[United States Church Records|Church Records]], [[United States History|History]], [[United States Biography|Biography]]  
*[[New York Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[United States Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[United States Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[New York Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New York Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[New York Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities  
| align="left" | Social activities  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[United States History|History]], [[United States Biography|Biography]] [[United States Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[United States Societies|Societies]]  
*[[New York Biography|Biography]]  
| align="left" | [[United States Town Records|Town Records]], [[United States Court Records|Court Records]], [[United States Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[United States Directories|Directories]], [[United States Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[New York Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[New York Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New York Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[New York Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[New York Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[New York Directories|Directories]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[New York Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[New York Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[New York Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[New York Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[New York Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|}
|}


=== Adoption ===
[[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]] [[Category:New York]]
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].
 
 
[[Category:Record_Finder]] [[Category:New York Research Strategies]]

Revision as of 18:14, 7 February 2013

New York Gotoarrow.png New_York_Record_Selection_Table

This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1800 research in the United States.

1. In column 1 find the goal you selected.

2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.

4. Then look for the record type you need in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog.

Note: Records of previous research (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.

1. If You Need  2. Look First In 3. Then Search
Age Census, Vital Records, Cemeteries Military Records, Taxation
Birth date Vital Records, Church Records, Bible Records Cemeteries, Obituaries, Census
Birthplace Vital Records, Church Records, Census Newspapers, Obituaries
City or parish of foreign birth Church Records, Genealogy, Biography, Naturalization and Citizenship, Societies Vital Records, Obituaries, History, Emigration and Immigration
Country of foreign birth Emigration and Immigration, Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records Military Records, Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries
County origins and boundaries History, Maps, Historical Geography Gazetteers
Death Vital Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records, Church Records, Obituaries, Societies Newspapers, Bible Records, Military Records, Town Records
Ethnicity Minorities, American Indians, Societies Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Periodicals
Historical background History, Periodicals Minorities
Immigration date Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Genealogy, Societies Census, Newspapers, Biography
Living relatives (and adoptions) Genealogy, Directories, Court Records, Obituaries, Internet, Adoptions Census, Biography, Societies, Church Records, Probate Records
Maiden name Vital Records, Church Records, Newspapers, Bible Records Cemeteries, Military Records, Probate Records, Obituaries
Marriage Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Newspapers, Bible Records, Town Records Cemeteries, Military Records, Probate Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Land and Property
Occupation Census, Directories, Emigration and Immigration Newspapers, Court Records, Biography
Parents, children, and other family members Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Phone Disc, Probate Records, Obituaries, Genealogy Bible Records, Newspapers, Emigration and Immigration, Adoptions
Physical description Military Records, Biography Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records, Emigration and Immigration, Genealogy
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps, Historical Geography History, Periodicals
Place (town) of residence when you know only the state Census (indexed), Genealogy, Military Records, Vital Records, and other records with a statewide index, Soundex Biography, Probate Records, History, Directories, Societies, Taxation
Places family has lived Census, Land and Property, History, Directories Military Records, Taxation, Obituaries
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies History, Biography
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Societies Periodicals
Religion Church Records, History, Biography Bible Records, Cemeteries, Genealogy
Social activities History, Biography Newspapers, Societies Town Records, Court Records, Cemeteries, Directories, Obituaries
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