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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New York]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New York Archives and Libraries]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[New_York_State_Library|New York State Library]]'' <br>
''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|RTENOTITLE]] [[New York]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|RTENOTITLE]] [[New York Archives and Libraries]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png|RTENOTITLE]][[New_York_State_Library|New York State Library]]'' <br>  


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[[Image:New York State Cultural Center2.jpg|thumb|right|350px|New York State Cultural Education Center. Includes the State Archives, Library, and Museum.]]


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


'''E-mail:'''&nbsp; Use the form at the [http://www.forms2.nysed.gov/nysl/refserv.cfm Contact] link to email reference requests to the library. Read their instructions about making requests.<ref name="nysl">Internet site. New York State Library. http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/gengen.htm (Cited 7 May 2011)</ref><br>
'''E-mail:'''&nbsp; Use the form at the [http://www.forms2.nysed.gov/nysl/refserv.cfm Contact] link to email reference requests to the library. Read their instructions about making requests.<ref name="nysl">Internet site. New York State Library. http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/gengen.htm (Cited 7 May 2011)</ref><br>  


'''Address:<ref name="nysl" />'''  
'''Address:<ref name="nysl" />'''  
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'''Hours and holidays:'''&nbsp;&nbsp;The library's reference desk can be reached from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, except [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/contact.htm#hours holidays]. Material is retrieved for research at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. daily. Some collections, however, are stored off-site and may require several business days to retrieve. Arrangements should be made prior to visiting the Library.  
'''Hours and holidays:'''&nbsp;&nbsp;The library's reference desk can be reached from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, except [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/contact.htm#hours holidays]. Material is retrieved for research at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. daily. Some collections, however, are stored off-site and may require several business days to retrieve. Arrangements should be made prior to visiting the Library.  


'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''&nbsp;&nbsp;{''Optional''} <br>
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''&nbsp;&nbsp;{''Optional''} <br>  


'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  


*Repository Internet site: [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/]  
*Repository Internet site: [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/]  
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*Other(s).
*Other(s).


=== Collection Description <ref name="nysl" /> ===
=== Collection Description <ref name="nysl" /> ===


<span style="font-style: italic" />The New York State Library has several areas of interest to family history researchers.&nbsp;  
<span style="font-style: italic" />The New York State Library has several areas of interest to family history researchers.&nbsp;  
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**vital records index: eight drawers that index New York State church, cemetery and local government records owned by the State Library.&nbsp;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. &nbsp;  
**vital records index: eight drawers that index New York State church, cemetery and local government records owned by the State Library.&nbsp;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. &nbsp;  
**city directory index  
**city directory index  
**local history index
**local history index  
*Military records incuding recores&nbsp;pre-Civil War, Civil War and after for New York State, and Loyalist records  
*Military records incuding recores&nbsp;pre-Civil War, Civil War and after for New York State, and Loyalist records  
*Will abstracts and microfilms &nbsp;for many parts of New York, though it is not the official repository for such items.
*Will abstracts and microfilms &nbsp;for many parts of New York, though it is not the official repository for such items.
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=== Alternate Repositories  ===
=== Alternate Repositories  ===


*[http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml New York State Archives]<br>
*[http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml New York State Archives]<br>  
*[http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/newnetherland/ New Netherland Research Center]: The New Netherland Research Center (NNRC) operates under the leadership of the New York State Library providing scholarship and knowledge about the seventeenth-century Dutch colony of New Netherland in North America. It fosters partnerships with institutions and organizations supporting research and collections pertaining to the Dutch influence on American history.<br><br>The NNRC is a partnership between the Office of Cultural Education, which includes the New York State Library, the State Archives, the State Museum and the Office of Educational Television/Public Broadcasting, and the [http://www.nnp.org/ New Netherland Institute ](NNI), an independent non-profit dedicated to fund raising for supporting the activities and programs of the [http://www.nnp.org/ New Netherland Project].<br><br>The New Netherland Project's primary objective is to complete the transcription, translation, and publication of all Dutch documents in New York repositories relating to the seventeenth-century colony of New Netherland. Located since its inception in the New York State Library,<br>Address:<br>New Netherland Project<br>New York State Library<br>Cultural Education Center, 10th floor<br>Albany, NY 12230-0001<br>
*[http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/newnetherland/ New Netherland Research Center]: The New Netherland Research Center (NNRC) operates under the leadership of the New York State Library providing scholarship and knowledge about the seventeenth-century Dutch colony of New Netherland in North America. It fosters partnerships with institutions and organizations supporting research and collections pertaining to the Dutch influence on American history.<br><br>The NNRC is a partnership between the Office of Cultural Education, which includes the New York State Library, the State Archives, the State Museum and the Office of Educational Television/Public Broadcasting, and the [http://www.nnp.org/ New Netherland Institute ](NNI), an independent non-profit dedicated to fund raising for supporting the activities and programs of the [http://www.nnp.org/ New Netherland Project].<br><br>The New Netherland Project's primary objective is to complete the transcription, translation, and publication of all Dutch documents in New York repositories relating to the seventeenth-century colony of New Netherland. Located since its inception in the New York State Library,<br>Address:<br>New Netherland Project<br>New York State Library<br>Cultural Education Center, 10th floor<br>Albany, NY 12230-0001<br>


If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. <br>'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>
If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. <br>'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  


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'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  


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'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  


*[http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml New York State Archives]<br>
*[http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml New York State Archives]<br>
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=== Sources  ===
=== Sources  ===


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