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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
'''E-mail:''' | '''E-mail:''' 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:''' | '''Address:''' | ||
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:New York State Library<br>Cultural Education Center<br>222 Madison Avenue<br>Albany, NY 12230 | :New York State Library<br>Cultural Education Center<br>222 Madison Avenue<br>Albany, NY 12230 | ||
'''Telephone:''' | '''Telephone:''' ((518) 474-5355 - General information. Local History/Genealogy Desk - (518) 474-5161 | ||
'''Hours and holidays:''' | '''Hours and holidays:''' 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> | ||
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*[http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ New York State Library Home Page]{{WC}} | *[http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ New York State Library Home Page]{{WC}} | ||
*NY State Library [https://nyst.sirsi.net/uhtbin/cgisirsi/?ps=H1e1f1DWFF/NYSL/X/60/502/X catalog online] and in [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat]. | *NY State Library [https://nyst.sirsi.net/uhtbin/cgisirsi/?ps=H1e1f1DWFF/NYSL/X/60/502/X catalog online] and in [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat]. | ||
*Repository database. | *Repository database. 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 === | === Collection Description === | ||
The New York State Library has several areas of interest to family history researchers. | The New York State Library has several areas of interest to family history researchers. | ||
The '''Local History and Genealogy Section '''which includes: | The '''Local History and Genealogy Section '''which includes: | ||
*family genealogies | *family genealogies | ||
*local histories include periodicals and genealogical journals; published county, town and municipal histories. | *local histories include periodicals and genealogical journals; published county, town and municipal histories. | ||
*DAR records. The New York State Library is a depository for several record series compiled by New York State Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution | *DAR records. The New York State Library is a depository for several record series compiled by New York State Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution | ||
*church records. | *church records. The Library has an extensive collection of New York State church (Protestant denominations only). | ||
*state census records | *state census records for various counties. Censuses include 1825, 1835, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875. 1892, 1905, 1915, 1925 | ||
*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 | *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: | *card file indexes include: | ||
**city directory index | **city directory index | ||
**surname index: 60 drawers that 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. | **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 | **city directory index | ||
**local history index | **local history index | ||
*Military records incuding recores | *Military records incuding recores pre-Civil War, Civil War and after for New York State, and Loyalist records | ||
*Will abstracts and microfilms | *Will abstracts and microfilms for many parts of New York, though it is not the official repository for such items. | ||
The '''Manuscripts and Special Collections''' The Manuscripts and Special | The '''Manuscripts and Special Collections''' The Manuscripts and Special Collections Unit of the NYSL, established in 1881, contains manuscripts, rare books, maps and atlases, prints and photographs, broadsodes and posters.<br>For Finding Aids to Special Collections, [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/ Click Here]. | ||
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