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<span style="font-style: italic" />The New York State Library has a Local History and Genealogy Section which includes:<br> | <span style="font-style: italic" />The New York State Library has a Local History and Genealogy Section which includes:<br> | ||
*family genealogies | *family genealogies | ||
*local histories | *local histories | ||
*DAR records | *DAR records | ||
*church records | *church records | ||
*census records | *census records | ||
*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: | |||
*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 | |||
*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 | |||
*local history index | |||
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