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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2016 American Biographical Library for New York] ($)

*[https://newyorkfamilyhistory.org/online-records/collection/colonial-immigration-records?utm_source=enews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=enews+6.03 Colonial Immigration Records] at NYG&B ($) - has vital information and biographical sketches

*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hubbard/NNY_index/surnames.html NORTHERN NEW YORK:Genealogical and family history of northern New York: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation], index  

*[http://www.newyorkgenealogy.org/ New York Genealogy county histories with biographies]  

*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061728580;view=1up;seq=21 Famous families of New York; historical and biographical sketches of families which in successive generations have been identified with the development of the nation, by Margherita Arlina Hamm... Vol. 1 1902], [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t32236715;view=1up;seq=15 Vol. 2]

*Biographical information is often found in '''state, county, and town histories'''.  

*Towards the end of the 19th century, began publishers soliciting short biographical/family histories from local founding families, offering to publish them in an upcoming local history. This then became an incentive for family members to buy a copy of the book.  

*Families represented were '''not necessarily prominent'''. Practically everyone living there, especially in the Midwest, counted as an early settler.

*These biographies often start with '''the first member of the family to settle in the area''', and detail their descendants at the time of publishing. They may tell '''where the family moved in from'''. Children's marriages often are given, with '''maiden names''' included.  

*The [[New York, United States Genealogy#Counties|'''county Wiki page''']] lists several county histories. It also lists '''local libraries, and societies''' which probably have copies of local histories.

*Many histories are no longer under copyright and can be found in the following '''online, digitized book collections'''. Search with keywords "History" and "the name of your locality" (state, county, or town).

**[https://archive.org/ '''Internet Archive''']

*The FamilySearch library has extensive collections of these local histories. Many are digitized. Search the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog'''] under your locality for the topics "Biography" and "History".

The [[New York State Library]] and [[New York Public Library]] have extensive collections of published biographies. There are numerous state, regional, and county histories with biographical information, but there is no comprehensive index to these.  

:*Other sources.

Many state, regional, and county biographical encyclopedias are included in the Genealogy and Local History collection described in [[New York History|New York History]].  

*Hamm, Margherita Arlina. ''Famous Families of New York.'' Two Volumes. (New York, New York and London, England: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902.) {{FHL|175958|item|disp=FHL book 974.7 D2h}} Digitized version available through FamilySearch Catalog entry. Also on {{FHL|330139|item|disp=FHL film 930243}}. About a dozen pages per family and usually including several generations.

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