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=== [[National Archives at New York City]]  ===

[[Image:NYC Custom-house-l.jpg|thumb|right|250px|National Archives at NYC in the Hamilton U.S. Customs House  in Manhattan]]Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House<br>One Bowling Green<br>New York, NY 10004<br>Telephone: Toll-free 866-840-1752 or 212-401-1620<br>Fax: 212-401-1638<br>Website: [http://www.archives.gov/nyc/ National Archives at New York City]

=== [[New York Public Library]]  ===

:NYPL is one of the largest research libraries in the world including excellent genealogical resources. The library has city and telephone directories, vital records indexes, local histories, genealogies, federal and state censuses, passenger lists, genealogical collections (including DAR transcripts), and church records.<ref name="DB81" /> For maps, write to the Map Division at the same address. Guides and catalogs to this important library include:  

:*The [http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/about.cfm New York Public Library Picture Collection] covers over 12,000 subjects and is a valuable tool to researchers and others.<br><br>

[[Image:Newyorkhistoricalsociety.jpg|thumb|right|250px|New-York Historical Society in Manhattan]]170 Central Park West<br>New York, NY 10024<br>Tel: 212-873-3400<br>Fax: 212-875-1591<br>Email: [https://www.nyhistory.org/about/contact-us Contact info]<br>Website: [https://www.nyhistory.org/library New-York Historical Society Museum & Library]

:The historical society has extensive collections of manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, histories, city directories, maps, and photographs.<ref name="DB81" /> Major topics: New York City and State history, colonial history, American military history, religions, slave trading, biography and genealogy, and New York City photographs, and records of several major charities such as the [[Children's Aid Society]], and the [[New York Foundling Hospital]] (which were both involved in the [[National Orphan Train Complex|orphan train movement]] sending orphans away from big cities into rural foster care).<ref>[https://www.nyhistory.org/library Patricia D. Klingenstein Library], (accessed 17 February 2022).</ref> A helpful guide is  

=== [[New York State 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, [http://nysa32.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_gen_guide_prison.shtml prison and reformatory records], [[Erie Canal|Erie Canal]] passenger lists for 1827–1829, [http://www.archives.nysed.gov/research/res_tools_nysa_path_probate wills, and estate records]. The archives collection also has microfilms of some state censuses and the [http://www.archives.nysed.gov/research/res_topics_gen_guide_cen.shtml original census returns for 1915 and 1925].<ref name="DB83">Dollarhide and Bremer, 83.</ref> <ref>[http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/index.shtml Research] in ''New York State Archives'' (accessed 19 November 2013).</ref>

: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 <br>  

=== New York State Department of Health ===

[[Image:New York State Cultural Center2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|New York State Cultural Center in Albany]]Cultural Education Center<br>222 Madison Ave<br>Albany, NY 12230<br>Phone: 518-474-5161<br>Fax: 518-474-5786<br>[http://www.forms2.nysed.gov/nysl/refserv.cfm Email Reference Requests]<br>Website: [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ New York State Library]

:The Humanities-History section has local histories, genealogies, atlases, church and cemetery records (including the Daughters of the American Revolution collection), city directories, microfilmed newspapers, microfilmed federal and state censuses, microfilmed passenger lists, and periodicals. The Manuscripts and Special Collections Section houses nongovernmental maps and manuscripts. The library staff will make photocopies for a fee. <ref>[http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/gengen.htm Genealogy] at ''New York State Library'' (accessed 19 November 2013).</ref> Catalogs and guides to the library's genealogical holdings include:  

:*The New York State Library also has over two dozen [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/genealogy/gentopic.htm genealogy research topic guides] online.<br><br>

[[Image:Brooklyn-historical-society.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Brooklyn Historical Society]]Othmer Library<br>128 Pierrepont Street<br>Brooklyn, NY 11201<br>Phone: 718-222-4111<br>Fax: 718-222-3794<br>Email: [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/library/ask.html Ask a Question]<br>Website: [http://brooklynhistory.org/ Brooklyn Historical Society]

:General history, especially the natural, civil, literary, and ecclesiastical history of the United States, the State of New York, and villages of Long Island, personal and family papers, municipal records from the towns and villages that consolidated into Brooklyn, Dutch and English settlement on Long Island, and New England immigrants to Suffolk County. Great indexes to family names.<ref name="DB81" /> <ref>[http://www.brooklynhistory.org/library/about.html The Othmer Library] in ''Brooklyn Historical Society'' (accessed 21 November 2013).</ref> See  

=== [[Buffalo and Erie County Public Library]]  ===

[[Image:Old Montgomery Co Courthouse NY.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Old Montgomery Co Courthouse NY]]'''[[Montgomery County Department of History and Archives]]'''<br>Old Court House, P. O. Box 1500<br>9 Park Street<br>Fonda, NY 12068-1500<br>Phone: 518-853-8186 or 518-853-8187<br>Fax: 518-853-8392<br>Website: [https://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/sites/public/government/historian/Historian_Development/default.aspx Welcome to Montgomery County History &amp; Archives]<br>

:This county archives has the largest collection of family genealogies, church record transcripts, local histories, and town records for the Mohawk Valley, and for upstate New York. A guide is  

=== [[New York City Department of Records]]  ===

=== [[Stadsarchief Amsterdam]]  ===

[[Image:Stadsarchief Amsterdam.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Stadsarchief Amsterdam in Netherlands]](Amsterdam Municipal Archives)<br>Amsteldijk 67<br>1074 HZ Amsterdam<br>Netherlands<br>Tel: (020) 664 6916<br>Fax: (020) 675 0596<br>Website: [http://stadsarchief.amsterdam.nl/ Stadsarchief Amsterdam]

=== [[Western Reserve Historical Society]]  ===

[[Image:Connecticut Western Reserve in northeast Ohio.png|thumb|right|280px|Western Reserve Hist Soc in Cleveland OH]]10825 East Boulevard <br>Cleveland, Ohio 44106-1788 <br>Phone: 216-721-5722 x1509 <br>Fax: 216-721-0645 <br>Email: [mailto:reference@wrhs.org reference@wrhs.org] <br>Website: [http://www.wrhs.org/research/library/genealogy/ Family History and Genealogical Research]

:The Western Reserve was a large part of Ohio at first intended for settlement by '''Connecticut''' Revolutionary War refugees. The '''Research Library''' at the '''''Western Reserve Historical Society''''' ''History Center'' is the premier repository for Cleveland, Ohio and the ''Connecticut Western Reserve&nbsp;'' history material. This important collection includes original land records, as well as many genealogies, biographies, histories, and Bibles from Pennsylvania, '''New York''', and New England.<ref name="DB89">Dollarhide and Bremer, 89.</ref> Includes over 20 million manuscripts for genealogical research and northeast Ohio history. They have the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of Shaker materials. Other important collections include the American Civil War, and the automotive industry.<ref>[http://www.wrhs.org/research/library/significant-collections/ Significant Collections] in ''Western Reserve Historical Society'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref>

== Family History Centers ==

== For Further Reading  ==

*Similar unpublished material for most other counties is at the [http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml New York State Archives].<br><br>