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19th Century Masterfile
Indexes periodicals, books, newspapers, and government documents published in the 19th century. more info
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America: History and Life
Indexes the scholarly literature of the history and culture of Canada and the United States from prehistoric times to the present. 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
Buildings Information System, NYC Dept. of Buildings
Search for general information on a property in New York City, including block and lot number, census track and landmark status. more info
CARES Directory
Search for social and health service organizations in the greater New York area. more info
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
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
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
Ethnic NewsWatch
Collection of ethnic, minority, and native newspapers, magazines, and journals published in America. 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
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
Infoshare Online
Provides a wide range of data on the neighborhoods of New York City -- population, immigration, land use, public assistance, birth, death, hospitalization and much else. more info
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Italians to the U.S.: 1855-1900
Index of Italian immigrants arriving in the Port of New York. more info
Making of America (Cornell University Site)
Materials accessible here are Cornell University Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. more info
Making of America (University of Michigan Site)
Materials accessible here are University of Michigan Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. more info
Menu Collection Database
The database contains thousands of records describing the menus in the NYPL's collection. Menus are available in the Rare Book Division.
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Mighty Map
Real estate database for NYC buildings data. Provides information on buildings, lots, owners, tax liens, auctions, foreclosure sales, zoning, traffic counts, land use, subway locations, lis pendens, building permits, tax values, comparables, and more. Real estate brokers can check comparables, identify foreclosure sales and property auctions, and find developable property in the five boroughs. Comps (deed transactions) are updated monthly. Provides phone numbers of business and residential owner, including condos. more info
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Museum of the City of New York: Byron Collection
This database consists of over 22,000 photographs of New York City and its environs taken by the Byron Company between 1890 and 1942. more info
MyCITI Map Portal
Through a partnership between the Municipal Art Society and the City of New York, users can access an enhanced New York City Map Portal for detailed maps, building and property data, subway information, community statistics and more. 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 York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
Searchable full-text and page images of the leading Black newspaper of the 20th century. more info
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New York City (Manhattan) Building Permits Database, 1900-1986
A digitized version of the New York City (Manhattan) building permits from 1900-1986, searchable by address, owner, architect, building type and other fields. more info
New York City Census FactFinder
Department of City Planning reference collection including access to New York City population information from the 2000 U.S. Census. more info
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 Digital Collection of Historical Books
A subset of the Making of America digital library (the University of Michigan site), this collection consists of 335 volumes focusing on New York City, including several editions of the Directory of social and health agencies of New York City. The “Refine this search” link at the top of the page allows you to search by keyword within this collection. more info
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
The NYC agency that is responsible for identifying and designating the city's landmarks and historic districts. Some recent publications are available for download from this Web site. more info
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Reports
Provides free online access to the collection of Landmark designation reports. 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 City Views
Images of New York City from the NYPL Digital Gallery, a free resource of images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of the Library. This link goes directly to image collections from the Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. 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 Heritage.org
New York Heritage.org is a portal to free digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions contributed by libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions. more info
New York Magazine
New York Magazine covers, analyzes, comments on and defines the news, culture, entertainment, lifestyle, fashion and personalities that drive New York City. New York Magazine, founded in April 1968, reaches 1.6 million readers each week and is published by New York Media Holdings, LLC. more info
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 State Historical Literature
A digital collection of hundreds of pamphlets and monographs chosen from Cornell University Library's extensive collection of New York State Literature. more info
New York State Literary Web Site
Literary maps of New York City and New York State. Click on author images and counties for biographies, literary organizations and sites, bookstores, and libraries. more info
New York State Newspapers
A collection of major New York State newspapers, available in full-text. more info
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New York State Tax Forms
You can find all forms and instructions that were previously printed for income tax returns. more info
New York State Unit History Project
Digital library of New York State military unit histories including Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and Korean War. more info
New York Times (1851-2006)
Searchable full-text and page images from The New York Times archive. more info
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New York Times (1980-present)
Full-text articles from The New York Times.
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New York Times (1985-present) and New York Post (2000-present)
Full text of the New York Times (1985-present) and New York Post (2000-present). more info
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New York Tribune (1841-1922)
The New York Tribune (1841-1922) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. 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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New Yorker
The Complete New Yorker on 8 DVDs. The full archive of the 4000+ issues published between 1925 and February 2005, including cartoons and advertisements. Available at the Mid-Manhattan Library, third floor, Language and Literature Collection. more info
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NYCdata
NYCData is a compendium of factual data organized by 16 topics ranging from population and culture to historical labor force figures and consumer prices. more info
NYPL Digital Gallery
Provides access to over 685,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
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OASIS
Access an interactive mapping system for New York City, supplemented by aerial photography, building and property data, environmental information, and data analysis tools. more info
Picture Collection Online, NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library
A collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. more info
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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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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ProQuest Historical New York Newspapers & Magazines
Simultaneous search of the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), The New York Herald (1840-1865), The New York Times (1851-2005), The New York Tribune (1900-1910), The Wall Street Journal (1889-1990) and and thousands of magazine articles published from 1740 to 1940. more info
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Resources for Children with Special Needs
Provides information about programs and services for children birth to 21 with disabilities and other special needs in the NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. It includes national organizations and residential programs such as camps and schools that serve children from New York City 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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Wall Street Journal (1889-1992)
Searchable full-text and page images from the Wall Street Journal archive. more info
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Wall Street Journal (1984-present)
Full-text articles from the Wall Street Journal. more info
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