New York Voting Records
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- 1872-1878 New York, Record of Naturalized Voters Registered, 1872-1878 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1924 New York, New York, Voter List, 1924 at Ancestry - index & images ($); Also at: MyHeritage ($)
- 1944 New York State, Address Notification and Absentee Ballot Application Cards, 1944 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
Voting Rights History[edit | edit source]
- By 1856: Universal white male suffrage[1]
- 1870: The 15th Amendment is passed and prohibits restricting suffrage based on race[2]
- 1920: Women are given the right to vote[3]
What Can be Found in the Records[edit | edit source]
For more information about how Voting Records can help your genealogical research see United States Voting Records.
Voting records often contain:
- Name
- Birth place
- Residence
- Years living in city, county, state
- Whether naturalized, date, court
How to Find Voting Records[edit | edit source]
Most voter records were kept on the county level (for New England states this should be town level). To see what FamilySearch has for your county (town) of research follow these steps:
- Go to the FamilySearch Catalog and in the place field type in New York
- Go to United States, New York
- Once there, click on "Places within United States, New York"
- Select the county that contains your town of interest
- If FamilySearch has voter records for your county, they will be under "Voting Registers"
Additionally, Manhattan voter registrations from 1925 to present can be found at:
- New York City Board of Elections (Manhattan)
200 Varick, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10012
Telephone: 212-886-3800
Fax: 212-886-3820
Internet: http://vote.nyc.ny.us/
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Timeline of voting rights in the United States," in "Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_voting_rights_in_the_United_States, accessed 2 February 2020.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Black suffrage," in "Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_suffrage#United_States, accessed 2 February 2020.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Women's suffrage in the United States," in "Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_States, accessed 2 February 2020.