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*[[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, | *[[National Archives at New York City]], has [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] deeds, federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passenger indexes, New York port records, naturalizations, inventions.<ref name=DB125>Dollarhide and Bremer, 125-26.</ref> | ||
*[[New York Public Library]], NYC, has one of the best genealogy collections in the USA, including Revolutionary War soldiers and Irish research.<ref name="DB81" /> The 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, vital records, and the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] deeds.<ref name="Milstein">[http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/milstein-division-us-history-local-history-genealogy Irma and Paul Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History and Genealogy] in ''New York Public Library'' (accessed 16 October 2010).</ref><br><br> | |||
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[ | *[[SUNY Fredonia Reed Library]] preserves most of the original deeds of the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] in western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania.<ref name="DB83" /><br><br> | ||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[ | *[http://www.tompkinscountyny.gov/health/vitals/index Tompkins County Health Vital Records], Ithaca, births for at least 75 years, and deaths for at least 50 years.<ref>[http://www.tompkinscountyny.gov/health/vitals/genealogy Genealogy Research] in ''Tompkins County Health'' (accessed 9 May 2016).</ref> <ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 492. {{WorldCat|50140092}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref><br> | ||
*[ | *[http://tompkinscountyny.gov/cclerk Tompkins County Clerk], Ithaca, marriages 1908-1935, divorces, court records, and land records since 1817.<ref name="HBG" /> (Town clerks also have marriage records.) | ||
*[ | *[https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/6jd/tompkins/surrogate/index.shtml Tompkins County Surrogate's Court], Ithaca, has probate records since 1817.<ref name="HBG" /> | ||
*[ | *[http://www.thehistorycenter.net/research The History Center in Tompkins County], Ithaca, manuscripts, 4000 books, 2000 genealogical files, maps, photos, obituaries, cemetery transcripts, censuses, city directories, local histories, and finding aids.<ref>[http://www.thehistorycenter.net/research/collections Research Collections] in ''The History Center in Tompkins County'' (accessed 9 May 2016).</ref> | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://tcpl.org/research/guide-genealogy.php Tompkins County Public Library], Ithaca, newspapers, censuses, online genealogy subscriptions, handbooks, yearbooks, and directories.<ref>[http://tcpl.org/research/guide-genealogy.php Local History {{amp}} Genealogy] in ''Tompkins County Public Library'' (accessed 9 May 2016).</ref> | ||
*[http:// | *[http://www.nynd.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court Northern District of New York] has recent civil, criminal, and bankruptcy cases for Tompkins County.<ref name="HBG" /> | ||
* | *[[Ithaca New York Family History Center]] has [[Family History Center Portal|premium online services]] for free, offers research suggestions, and can order microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City.<ref>[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]] in ''Family History Research Wiki'' (accessed 9 May 2016).</ref> | ||
*[[ | *Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Cayuga County, New York Genealogy|Cayuga]], [[Chemung County, New York Genealogy|Chemung]], [[Cortland County, New York Genealogy|Cortland]], [[Schuyler County, New York Genealogy|Schuyler]], [[Seneca County, New York Genealogy|Seneca]], and [[Tioga County, New York Genealogy|Tioga]].<br> | ||
*[http:// | *[[Albany Institute of History and Art]] with the best indexes and colonial Albany records of the 1600s.<ref name="DB83" /> | ||
*[ | *[http://archnyarchives.org/ Archives of the Archdiocese of New York], Yonkers, includes parish register births, confirmations, marriages, and deaths, school records, and leadership papers.<ref>[http://archnyarchives.org/collections/ Collections] in ''Archives of the Archdiocese of New York'' (5 May 2016).</ref> | ||
*[ | *[[Bronx County Historical Society]] has a large manuscript collection, biographical files, family folders, obituaries, cemetery transcripts, city directories, and marriages.<ref name="DB81" /> | ||
*[ | *[[Brooklyn Historical Society]] includes finding aids and collections guides to archives, manuscripts, oral histories, photographs, paintings, oral history database, and maps. They have sources for New England immigrants to Long Island, NY.<ref name="DB81" /> | ||
*[http://www. | *[[Buffalo and Erie County Public Library]] has a good collection with good indexes including biographies, family folders, county and local histories for all of New York.<ref name="DB83" /> | ||
*[[Children's Aid Society]], NYC, an institution which from 1853-1930 sent children on orphan trains to homes in other parts of America and Canada. The [[New-York Historical Society]] has most of the CAS archival records.<ref>[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/childrensaidsociety_at.html Guide to the Records of the Children's Aid Society 1836-2006 (bulk 1853-1947) MS 111] at ''The New-York Historical Society'' (accessed 28 September 2012).</ref> | |||
*[[Cornell University Library]], Ithaca, has a large collection of Protestant church records for western New York as well as an excellent collection of histories, maps, newspapers, and New York censuses. Rare books and manuscripts are outstanding, and they publish the best research guides to New York counties.<ref name="DB83" /> | |||
*[[Historic Hudson Valley Library]], Tarrytown, has unique early Hudson River migration sources such as steamboats, industries, and culture.<ref name="DB83" /> | |||
*[[Holland Society of New York]], NYC, has 7,000 [[New Netherland]] family and local history books, Dutch Reformed Church records. Good collection for other ethnic groups along the Atlantic coast.<ref name="DB81" /> | |||
*[[Huguenot Society of America]], NYC, open by appointment: history, settlement, genealogy, biography, theology. They have the largest Huguenot collection outside London, including 1600s records of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and colonial America.<ref name="DB81" /> | |||
*[[Leo Baeck Institute]], NYC, preserves family and community histories about Jews in German speaking countries.<ref>[https://www.lbi.org/ Home] in ''Leo Beck Institute'' (accessed 5 May 2016).</ref> | |||
*[[Montgomery County Department of History and Archives]], early Montgomery (formerly Tryon) County had jurisdiction over much of upstate New York. These archives have an extensive genealogy section.<ref name="DB83" /> | |||
*[[New York City Department of Records]] has New York City (all five boroughs) earlier births, marriages, and deaths; the 1890 Manhattan police census; city directories; voter registrations; almshouse records; and municipal government records.<ref name="DB81" /> <ref>[http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/archives/holdings.shtml List of Holdings] in ''NYC Department of Records'' (accessed 8 May 2016)</ref> | |||
*[[New York City Municipal Reference and Research Center]] can provide street name origins, city council minutes, serials, books, and 400,000 documents focused on the history of New York City.<ref name="DB81" /> | |||
*[[New York Foundling Hospital]], NYC, an orphan train sending institution, can do records research for close relatives only. NYHS houses some of their records.<ref name="Guide2">[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/foundling Guide to the Records of the New York Foundling Hospital 1869-2009 MS 347] at ''New-York Historical Society'' (accessed 28 September 2012).</ref> | |||
*[[New York Genealogical and Biographical Society]], NYC, has donated their collection to the [[New York Public Library]]. NYG{{amp}}BS now offers educational programs, publications, and digital communication.<ref>[http://newyorkfamilyhistory.org/global/about-us/history-nygb History of the NYG{{amp}}BS] in ''The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society'' (accessed 5 May 2016).</ref> | |||
*[[New-York Historical Society]], NYC, houses the Children's Aid Society archives, and some New York Foundling Hospital records, both orphan train sending institutions, as well as has the largest manuscript collection in New York State, many town records, colonial records, newspapers, periodicals, biographies, histories, directories, maps, photos.<ref name="DB81">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 81. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | |||
*[[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.<ref name="DB83" /> | |||
*[[New York State Library]], Albany, has local histories, genealogies, atlases, church, cemetery (including DAR), city directories, microfilmed newspapers, censuses, passenger lists, periodicals, and copies of the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] deeds.<ref name="DB83">Dollarhide and Bremer, 83.</ref> | |||
*[[Onondaga Historical Association]], Syracuse, has the best collection of family folders (10,000) on the East Coast<ref name="DB83" /> | |||
*[[Queens Historical Society]], Flushing, This large facility has many indexes to biographical and historical sources in their collection.<ref name="DB81" /> | |||
*[[Staten Island Historical Society]] is the best place for Staten Island research. Because many immigrants settled there, they have a strong immigration collection.<ref name="DB81" /> | |||
*[[Steele Memorial Library]], Elmira, has a good collection of indexes to biographies, genealogies, family folders, books, periodicals, and manuscripts.<ref name="DB83" /> | |||
*[[Vital Records Section of the New York State Department of Health]], Menands, NY, for '''''outside''''' New York City births and deaths (1881-present), and marriage licenses (1880-present). Also, all divorces since 1963.<ref>[http://www.health.ny.gov/vital_records/ Vital Records] in ''New York State Department of Health'' (accessed 6 May 2016).</ref> | |||
*Repositories in '''''surrounding states (or provinces):''''' [[Connecticut Archives and Libraries|Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts Archives and Libraries|Massachusetts]], [[New Jersey Archives and Libraries|New Jersey]], [[Ontario Archives and Libraries|Ontario]], [[Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries|Pennsylvania]], [[Quebec Archives and Libraries|Quebec]], and [[Vermont Archives and Libraries|Vermont]]. | |||
*[[Library of Congress]], Washington, DC, the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North America and '''New York''' (such as the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] deeds), the British Isles, and German sources.<ref name=DB4>Dollarhide and Bremer, 4.</ref> | |||
*[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] (NEHGS), Boston, Massachusetts, is national in scope. Over 100 million name database, of vital records, genealogies, journals, over 200,000 books, 100,000 microfilms, and over 20 million manuscripts with emphasis on New England and a good '''New York''' collection since the 1600s.<ref name="Wik">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society New England Historic Genealogical Society] in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref> <ref>[http://www.americanancestors.org/education/learning-resources/read/using-the-nehgs-library/ Using the NEHGS Library] in ''American Ancestors'' (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> <ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref> | |||
*[[Stadsarchief Amsterdam]] (Amsterdam Municipal Archives in the Netherlands) Some of the earliest '''New York''' ([[New Netherland|New Netherland]]) records are also stored here. Also, the earliest European New York settlers often lived in Amsterdam before their move to the New World.<ref>Gwenn F. Epperson, ''New Netherland Roots'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub., 1994), 37-43. {{WorldCat|29980509}}; {{FHL|651271|item|disp=FHL Book 974.7 D27e}}.</ref> Includes the [[New_York_Land_and_Property#Land_Companies|Holland Land Company]] 1801-1840 deeds from western New York state, and northwestern Pennsylvania.<ref name="HLC">[http://www.fredonia.edu/library/collections/archives/holland.asp Holland Land Company] in ''SUNY Fredonia'' (accessed 22 November 2013).</ref> | |||
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