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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New York]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New York Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[New_York_State_Library|New York State Library]]'' <br>
''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New York]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New York Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[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 Center2.jpg]]  
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=== 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:''' <br>[http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/locpar_ce.htm Parking, maps, driving directions, public transportation.]<br>
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:''' <br>[http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/locpar_ce.htm Parking, maps, driving directions, public transportation.]<br>  


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


*[http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ New York State Library Home Page]  
*[http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ New York State Library Home Page]  
*Repository [http://nysl.nysed.gov/uhtbin/cgisirsi/ja7IY9vi2x/NYSL/195790019/60/502/X catalog] online:  
*NY State Library [http://nysl.nysed.gov/uhtbin/cgisirsi/ja7IY9vi2x/NYSL/195790019/60/502/X catalog online] and in [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat]. 
*Repository database.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Digital Collections of the New York State Library include a large array of 18th and 19th century historical materials from many subject areas, including the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Native American materials, New York State laws and natural history. While books make up the core collection, Digital Collections also include primary source materials such as letters, diaries and rare manuscripts as well as historic photographs, illustrations, maps, broadsides, drawings and music scores.  
*Repository database.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Digital Collections of the New York State Library include a large array of 18th and 19th century historical materials from many subject areas, including the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Native American materials, New York State laws and natural history. While books make up the core collection, Digital Collections also include primary source materials such as letters, diaries and rare manuscripts as well as historic photographs, illustrations, maps, broadsides, drawings and music scores.


=== 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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=== Guides  ===
=== Guides  ===


[http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/scandocs/nysdocsguides.htm Bibliographies, Guides and Indexes to New York State Documents and Related Resources]<br>
[http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/scandocs/nysdocsguides.htm Bibliographies, Guides and Indexes to New York State Documents and Related Resources]<br>  


=== Alternate Repositories  ===
=== Alternate Repositories  ===
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If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.  
If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.  


'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  


*[[New York Public Library]] Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New York censuses, directories, and vital records.  
*[[New York Public Library]] Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New York censuses, directories, and vital records.  
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*[[Stadsarchief Amsterdam]] (Amsterdam Municipal Archives) early Dutch notarial records of New York.
*[[Stadsarchief Amsterdam]] (Amsterdam Municipal Archives) early Dutch notarial records of New York.


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


*[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, Utah, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.  
*[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, Utah, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.  
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*[http://www.yadvashem.org/ Yad Vashem], Jerusalem, 85,000 volumes about the Jewish Holocaust, largest yizkor book collection.
*[http://www.yadvashem.org/ Yad Vashem], Jerusalem, 85,000 volumes about the Jewish Holocaust, largest yizkor book collection.


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


*[[New_York_State_Library|New York State Library]], Albany, has local histories, genealogies, atlases, church, cemetery (including DAR), city directories, microfilmed newspapers, censuses, passenger lists, and periodicals.  
*[[New_York_State_Library|New York State Library]], Albany, has local histories, genealogies, atlases, church, cemetery (including DAR), city directories, microfilmed newspapers, censuses, passenger lists, and periodicals.  
**[http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/newnetherland/ New Netherland Research Center]: The New Netherland Research Center (NNRC) provides scholarship and knowledge about the seventeenth-century Dutch colony of New Netherland in North America. 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.
**[http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/newnetherland/ New Netherland Research Center]: The New Netherland Research Center (NNRC) provides scholarship and knowledge about the seventeenth-century Dutch colony of New Netherland in North America. 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.  
*[[New York State Archives]], Albany, has manuscripts, vital record indexes, land grants, maps, military, court, alien depositions, prisoners, Erie Canal passenger lists, wills, estates, and state censuses.  
*[[New York State Archives]], Albany, has manuscripts, vital record indexes, land grants, maps, military, court, alien depositions, prisoners, Erie Canal passenger lists, wills, estates, and state censuses.  
*[http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/index.php New York Genealogical and Biographical Society], New York City has censuses, city directories, church, cemetery, Bible, land, probates, genealogy, local history, and manuscripts.  
*[http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/index.php New York Genealogical and Biographical Society], New York City has censuses, city directories, church, cemetery, Bible, land, probates, genealogy, local history, and manuscripts.  
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=== Sources  ===
=== Sources  ===


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