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New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Reports

The Neighborhood Preservation Center and Landmarks Preservation Commission have joined together to provide free online access to Landmark designation reports. Designation reports explain the architectural, historical or cultural significance of an individual landmark or historic district.

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

A searchable database of the brides indexes for Manhattan 1866-1937; Kings County (Brooklyn) 1871-1918; 1928-1937; Bronx 1899-1937; Queens 1904-1937; Richmond (Staten Island) 1898-1937.

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New York City Marriages: Grooms Index (1864?-1937)

A searchable database of the groom indexes for Brooklyn, 1864-1907, Manhattan, 1866-1907, Staten Island, 1898-1907, and All Boroughs,1908-1937.

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New York City Municipal Archives Online Gallery

This gallery is your entry point into the vast visual holdings of NYC's municipal government's archives. Provides free access to over 870,000 items including photographs, maps, motion-pictures and audio recordings. 

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New York City Views

Images of New York City from the New York Public Library's Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. Most collections search best by street and cross street.

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New York Death Notices, 1801-1890

Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under the Birth, Marriage & Death category - New York Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890. 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).

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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.

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New York Herald (1840-1865)

Searchable full-text and page images from the New York Herald, 1840-1865, through the ProQuest Civil War Era database.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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New York Real Estate Brochure Collection (1920-1970s)

A resource for researching New York City apartment buildings, this collection can be browsed or searched by address, building name, neighborhood, architect, and owner/agent.

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New York State Census 1905/15/25 - Obtaining AD/ED

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 the AD/ED numbers.

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New York State County Histories

Full-text searchable 19th century histories of counties in all of New York state.

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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.

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New York State Literary Website

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.

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New York State Newspapers

A collection of major New York State newspapers, available in full-text.

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New York State Tax Forms

You can find all forms and instructions that were previously printed for income tax returns.

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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.

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New York Times (1980-present)

Full-text articles from The New York Times.

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New York Tribune / Herald Tribune (1841-1962)

Full text and full page and article images of The New York Tribune and its successor The Herald Tribune.

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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.

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Newsday (1940-1984)

Historical coverage from Newsday, the Long Island and New York City News Source.

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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.

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NYCity 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.

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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.

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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.

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ProQuest Historical Jewish Newspapers

 Simultaneous search of the The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922), The American Israelite (1854-2000), The Jerusalem Post (1932-1988), the Jewish Advocate (1905-1990) and The Jewish Exponent (1887-1990).

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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Jewish Advocate

Offers full-text access to The Jewish Advocate for the years 1905-1990.

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Russians to the U.S.: 1834-1897

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

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Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970

Access to large-scale maps for towns and cities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

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Wall Street Journal (1889-1995)

Searchable full-text and page images from the Wall Street Journal archive.

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