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Italians to the U.S.: 1855-1900
Index of Italian immigrants arriving in the Port of New York.
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.
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.
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.
Naturalization Indexes for Greater New York
This database contains an index to over two million naturalization records held at the National Archives at New York City including naturalizations from the Eastern District Court, the Southern District Court, New Jersey, Nassau County, Suffolk County, Westchester County, Bronx County, Queens County, Richmond County and NYC Military naturalizations.
Naturalization Petition Index at the New York County Supreme Court, 1907-1924
Access through Ancestry Library Edition - Search under U.S. Immigration Collection.
New York City Birth Index (1880-1909)
A searchable database of the birth indexes for all 5 boroughs of New York City.
New York City Death Index (1862-1948)
A searchable database of the death indexes for Manhattan (1868-1894), Brooklyn (1862-1897) and All Boroughs (1898-1948).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
New York State County Histories
Full-text searchable 19th century histories of counties in all of New York state.
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.
One 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.
One Step Census Locators (1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940)
Search for Enumeration Districts (EDs) by address for large cities including New York.
Origins.Net
Search over 80 million British and Irish genealogy records spanning over eight centuries including the Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, pre-1858 English wills and probate documents, and some census and vital records.
Palmer List of Merchant Vessels
This list consists of descriptions of historical merchant vessels including photographs whenever possible.
PERSI - The PERiodical Source Index
A subject index covering more than 6,500 genealogy and local history periodicals since 1800.
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 vast range of Civil War Era research topics.
ProQuest Historical African American Newspapers
Simultaneous search of the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), and the Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002).
ProQuest Historical Database
Searchable full-text and page images of all ProQuest Historical databases, which includes major U.S. newspapers from across the country and thousands of magazine articles published from 1740 to 1940.
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).
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Jewish Advocate
Offers full-text access to The Jewish Advocate for the years 1905-1990.
Russians to the U.S.: 1834-1897
Index of Russian immigrants arriving in the Port of New York.
San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922)
The San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
Access to large-scale maps for towns and cities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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.
Social Security Death Index
A national index to deceased persons possessing social security numbers and whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. The index includes Birth date, Death date and Last residence. Access via Ancestry Library Edition.
Soundex Converter
"The soundex system is a method of indexing names in the 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 US Censuses."
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
This site provides access to four databases (Voyages, Estimates, Images, and African Names) with "information on almost 35,000 slaving voyages that forcibly embarked over 10 million Africans for transport to the Americas between 1514 and 1866. Records of the voyages have been found in archives and libraries throughout the Atlantic world. They provide information about vessels, enslaved peoples, slave traders and owners, and trading routes.
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.
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.
Washington Post (1877-1996)
Searchable full-text and page images from the Washington Post archive.
Westchester County Archives
A database of public records of Westchester County, New York from 1680 to the present.
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