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[http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_genealogy.shtml Genealogical Records at the Archives] | [http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_genealogy.shtml Genealogical Records at the Archives] | ||
The New York State Archives has the original records of New York government jurisdictions. The collection includes manuscripts, statewide vital records indexes, documents relating to land grants, land survey maps, alien deposition records, military records, state court records, prison records, Erie Canal passenger lists for 1827–1829, wills, and estate records. The archives collection also has microfilms of some state censuses and the original census returns for 1915 and 1925. | The New York State Archives has the original records of New York government jurisdictions. The collection includes manuscripts, statewide vital records indexes, documents relating to land grants, land survey maps, alien deposition records, military records, state court records, prison records, [[Erie_Canal|Erie Canal]] passenger lists for 1827–1829, wills, and estate records. The archives collection also has microfilms of some state censuses and the original census returns for 1915 and 1925. | ||
The Family History Library has very few of the state archives records on microfilm. The state archives makes photocopies and performs limited searches of indexed records for a fee, but it does not circulate microfilms of land and vital records. The guide to the collection is ''Guide to Records in the New York State Archives'' (1981; reprint, Albany, New York: New York State Archives, 1982; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=29264&disp=Guide+to+records+in+the+New+York+State+A%20%20&columns=*,0,0 974.7 A3ns]). An expanded 1993 edition is available from the New York State Archives. | The Family History Library has very few of the state archives records on microfilm. The state archives makes photocopies and performs limited searches of indexed records for a fee, but it does not circulate microfilms of land and vital records. The guide to the collection is ''Guide to Records in the New York State Archives'' (1981; reprint, Albany, New York: New York State Archives, 1982; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=29264&disp=Guide+to+records+in+the+New+York+State+A%20%20&columns=*,0,0 974.7 A3ns]). An expanded 1993 edition is available from the New York State Archives. | ||
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For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the United States Research Outline, 2nd ed., "[[United States Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" section. | For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the United States Research Outline, 2nd ed., "[[United States Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" section. | ||
[[Category:New_York]] [[Category:Repositories]] | [[Category:New_York|New_York]] [[Category:Repositories|Repositories]] | ||