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  Ancestry Library Edition  

Access to more than 5 billion names in more than 4,000 genealogical databases including Census Records, Passenger Lists and UK & Ireland records. Library version of Ancestry.com. more info
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  HeritageQuest Online  

Search U.S. Federal Census records, digitized family and local history books, an index to genealogical and local history periodicals, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files and the Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874. more info
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  FamilySearch Genealogy Service  

Produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), this site searches genealogical records worldwide including Ancestral Files, International Genealogical Index, and census and other vital statistics sources. more info

  Footnote  

Searchable digitized images of millions of historical primary documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, U.S. Presidents, historical newspapers and naturalization documents, many from the National Archives. more info
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  New York Times (1851-2006)  

Searchable full-text and page images from The New York Times archive. more info
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  America's Historical Newspapers  

Full-text digital images of American newspapers published from 1690-1922. more info
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  ProQuest Historical Database  

Searchable full-text and page images from the Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942), the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Boston Globe (1872-1926), Chicago Defender (1905-1975), Chicago Tribune (1849-1986), the Guardian & Observer (1791-2003), the Hartford Courant (1764-1984), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Los Angeles Times (1881-1986), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), New York Times (1851-2006), New York Tribune (1841-1922), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), the San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922), Wall Street Journal (1889-1992), Washington Post (1877-1993), ProQuest Civil War Era database including New York Herald (1840-1865) and thousands of magazine articles published from 1740 to 1940. more info
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  Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online (1841-1902)  

Developed by the Brooklyn Public Library, this free database provides access to the full-text of the Eagle from 1841 to 1902. more info

  1 Step by Stephen Morse

Easy to use search forms for a wide variety of genealogical resources including Passengers Lists, New York State Census AD/ED finder, and much more. more info

  1 Step Census Locators (1910, 1920, 1930)

Search for Enumeration Districts by address for large cities including New York. more info

  American Periodical Series Online

APS Online provides searchable full-text and page images from over 1,100 popular magazines, journals and newspapers which began publication between 1740 and 1900 with coverage through 1940. more info
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  AncestorsOnBoard.com

Outward Passenger Lists for long-distance voyages leaving the British Isles from 1890-1960 (work in progress). View index for free but you must pay to view information on passenger lists. more info

  Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Indexes biographical listings in dictionaries and encyclopedias covering millions individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world. more info
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  Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939

Searchable database of passengers leaving Bremen for the years 1920 to 1939. more info

  Burke's Peerage and Gentry Online

Records the lineages of significant families from politics, royalty and nobility in the British Isles. Includes information on American families with British ancestry and American Presidential Families. more info
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  Castle Garden Immigration Center, 1830-1892

Index of more than 10 million immigrants who arrived at the Port of New York from 1830-1892. Searching via S. Morse's One Step Search Form. more info

  Chicago Defender (1905-1975)

Searchable full-text and page images from The Chicago Defender archive. more info
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  Chicago Tribune (1849-1986)

Searchable full-text and page images from the Chicago Tribune archive. more info
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  Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Chronicling America is a prototype Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program. more info

  Cimorelli's Ship Information

Arrival dates and names of passenger ships which arrived at U.S. ports. This is not a database of passenger names but of ships. more info

  Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Contains basic facts about servicemen who served during the Civil War and regimental histories. more info

  Columbia Gazetteer of the World  

A unique world encyclopedia of geographical places and features with over 170,000 entries. more info
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  DAR Genealogical Records Index

Indexes unpublished genealogical materials, mainly bible and cemetery transcriptions, collected by DAR members. New York state volumes held at NYPL Milstein Division. more info

  Death Indexes and Records Online

Directory of online death indexes and records listed by state, including death certificate, obituaries, cemetery burials & probate records. more info

  Early American Newspapers

see America's Historical Newspapers

  Ellis Island: American Family Immigration History Center

Covers the period 1892-1924 when 22 million passengers and crew members entered the Port of New York through Ellis Island. Search for an immigrant's name and view a digitized page of the passenger manifest. more info

  Ellis Island: Searching the Ellis Island Database in One Step

An enhanced search of the Ellis Island Database (1892-1924). more info

  England and Wales 1911 Census

The 1911 census is a record of everyone who lived in England and Wales in 1911. Searching the index is free but there is a fee for viewing the digitized record. more info

  England and Wales Historical Directories

A digital library of local and trade directories from England and Wales from 1750-1919. more info

  Family History Archive

Digitized full-text family histories. more info

  FamilySearch Record Search (Pilot)

Search indexed records for your ancestors worldwide. Under development. New content added monthly. more info

  Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874

Freedman's Bank Records are a great source for genealogists researching their African American heritage. This database is an index to registers of signatures of depositors and includes images of the original documents. more info
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  Germans to the U.S.: 1850-1897

Index of German immigrants arriving in the Port of New York. more info

  Google Book Search

Google Books enables you to search the full-text of scanned books (contributed by The New York Public Library, other libraries and publishers) via the Web, and to read selections of the full-text of these digitized texts. more info

  Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn

Founded in 1838, this cemetery was the place many famous New Yorkers who died during the second half of the 19th century were buried. It is still an operating cemetery with approximately 600,000 graves. Look for the search form under “Burial Inquiry.” more info

  Griffith’s Valuation

First full-scale valuation of property in Ireland published between 1847 and 1864. It allows researchers to locate 'occupants' to see who lived where. more info

  Internet Archives: Text Archives

Text Archive enables you to search and view the full-text of scanned books via the Web. more info

  Italians to the U.S.: 1855-1900

Index of Italian immigrants arriving in the Port of New York. more info

  Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)

Searchable full-text and page images from the Los Angeles Times archive. more info
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  Marquis Who's Who on the Web

Basic biographical information on over 1 million of the most accomplished individuals worldwide from all fields of endeavor. more info
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  NARA's 1930 Census Microfilm Locator

An online database listing every roll of microfilm in the 1930 census, searchable by over 120,000 geographic locations. more info

  Naturalization Index to New York Petitions, 1792-1989

Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under U.S. Immigration Collection. This database contains an index to the petitions for naturalization filed in various federal, state and local courts in New York City. more info
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  Naturalization index to records at the Kings County Clerk's Office, 1907-1924

Index to the Kings County (Brooklyn) naturalization records located in the Kings County Clerk's Office. more info

  Naturalization Indexes for Greater New York

Indexes to naturalization records of the Eastern District (Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk) 1865-1957, the Southern District (Manhattan & Bronx) 1824-1959, Bronx County Supreme Court 1914-1952, Queens County Clerk's Office, 1906-1957, Nassau County 1899-1989, Suffolk County 1865-1981, and Military Naturalizations for the New York Tri-State Area. more info

  Naturalization Petition Index at the New York County Supreme Court, 1907-1924

Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under U.S. Immigration Collection. more info
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  New England Ancestors

Databases of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Highlights include full-text access to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register from 1847 to 1994 and the Massachusetts Vital Records to 1910. more info
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  New York Ancestors

New York records and resources available from the New England Historic Genealogical Society. more info
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  New York City Death Index (1891-1948)

A searchable database of the death indexes for Manhattan (1891-1894), Manhattan and Brooklyn (1895-1897) and All Boroughs (1898-1948). more info

  New York City Marriages: Brides Index (1866?-1937)

A searchable database of the brides indexes for Manhattan 1866-1937; Kings County (Brooklyn) 1871-1913 and 1931-1937; Bronx 1899-1937; Queens 1904-1937; Richmond (Staten Island) 1898-1937. Not all years are 100% complete. more info

  New York City Marriages: Grooms Index (1864?-1936)

A searchable database of the groom indexes for Brooklyn, 1864-1907, Manhattan, 1866-1907, Staten Island, 1898-1907, and All Boroughs,1908-1936. more info

  New York Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890

Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under the Birth, Marriage & Death category. Digitized version of Gertrude A. Barber's extracts of deaths recorded in the "Brooklyn Eagle" (1841-1890) and the "New York Evening Post" (1801-1890). more info
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  New York Emigrant Savings Bank, 1850-1883

Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under U.S. Immigration Collection. The Emigrant Savings Bank was established in 1850 by members of the Irish Emigrant Society. The bank kept records on depositors and borrowers that provide the name of the depositor, account date, and year and place of birth, if given. more info
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  New York Marriage Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1880

Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under the Birth, Marriage & Death category. Digitized version of Gertrude A. Barber's extracts of marriages recorded in the "Brooklyn Eagle" (1841-1880) and the "New York Evening Post" (1801-1837). more info
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  New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under U.S. Immigration Collection. Index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1820-1957. In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger manifests. more info
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  New York State Census 1905/15/25 - Obtaining AD/ED for NYC

Work in progress - The 1905/15/25 New York State census records are arranged by Assembly District (AD) and Election District (ED) and are only available on microfilm. In order to locate a person, you first need to know their address and then you need to convert that address into AD/ED. This website will help you obtain this information. more info

  New York State County Histories

Full-text searchable 19th century histories of counties in all of New York state. more info
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  New York Tribune Index, 1875-1906

Indexing provided by 19th Century Masterfile. Look for New York Daily Tribune Index, 1875-1906. more info
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  Origins Network

Irish, British and Scottish genealogy information online, featuring the Griffith's Valuation of Ireland. more info
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  Palmer List of Merchant Vessels

This list consists of descriptions of historical merchant vessels including photographs whenever possible. more info

  PERSI - The PERiodical Source Index

A subject index covering more than 6,500 genealogy and local history periodicals since 1800. more info
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  ProQuest Civil War Era (1840-1865)

Combines complete runs of eight newspaper titles, covering 1840-1865, as well as nearly 2,000 pamphlets covering a wide range of topics, focusing on the entire era — from Manifest Destiny through the end of the Civil War. more info
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  Russians to the U.S.: 1834-1897

Index of Russian immigrants arriving in the Port of New York. more info

  Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970

Access to large-scale maps for towns and cities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. more info
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  Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in the Boston Pilot

From 1831 through 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a "Missing Friends" column with advertisements from people looking for "lost" friends and relatives who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This collection of 31,711 records is available here as a searchable online database. more info

  Social Security Death Index

An index to basic information about persons with Social Security numbers whose deaths have been reported to the Social Security Administration. more info

  Soundex Converter

"The soundex system is a method of indexing names in the 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 US Censuses." more info

  U.S. Census

Provides in-depth U.S. census data. more info

  Vital Records Information

This site explains how to obtain vital records (such as birth certificates, death records, marriage licenses) from each state, territory and county of the United States. more info

  Wall Street Journal (1889-1992)

Searchable full-text and page images from the Wall Street Journal archive. more info
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  War of the Rebellion: Compilation of the Official Records

Contains the full-text of all 128 volumes of The Official records of the Union and Confederate armies, originally published between 1881-1901. more info

  Washington Post (1877-1993)

Searchable full-text and page images from the Washington Post archive. more info
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  Westchester County Archives

A database of public records of Westchester County, New York from 1680 to the present. more info

  Who's Who on the Web

see Marquis Who's Who on the Web

  World Biographical Information System (WBIS) Online

Contains short biographical information on millions of people worldwide from the 8th century B.C. to the present. more info
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