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Guide to New York Online Genealogy Records for researching ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth, marriage, death, census, church, military, immigration, and naturalization records.

New York Statewide Online Genealogy Records This chart shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions (such as a county or town), go to Locating Online Databases. Ancestry.com, FindMyPast.com, and MyHeritage.com can be searched free of charge at your local family history center or the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Vital Records Births, Marriages, and Deaths New York Church Records, statewide and by county New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920, index Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954 ($) New York State Religious Records 1716-1914, ($), index/images New York and Vicinity, United Methodist Church Records, 1775-1949 ($) Index and Images 10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834 ($) 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850 ($) 10,000 Vital Records of Central New York, 1813-1850 ($) Vital Records Extracted from New York State Census Records, New Horizons, index Births New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962 Index only. New York Baptisms, 1660-1862, ($), index, incomplete. New York, Church and Civil Births and Baptisms, 1704-1962 index. New York, New York, Birth Index, 1878-1909 New York State Birth Index, 1881-1942 index New York State, Birth Index, 1881-1942, index and images, ($). New York City Birth Index 1879-1909 Index only. Marriages New York Marriages Search Engine New York Marriage Records by county New York Marriages, 1600-1784 ($) United States Marriages – New York, 1639-1962 ($) index New York, Marriages, 1686-1980 Index only. American Marriages Before 1699 ($) New York Marriage Licenses," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 1-2, Vol. 3 Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the secretary of the province of New York, previous to 1784, digital book. Also on Ancestry ($), index/images. New York Marriage Notices, 1800-55 ($) New York, Marriage Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1880 (Barber Collection) ($) New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936, index/images New York, County Marriages, 1847-1849; 1907-1936 index and images ($). New York City Groom Index 1864-1937 Index only. New York City Bride Index 1864-1937 Index only. New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937 New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, ($), index and images. New York, New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018, index and images, ($). New York, County Marriages, 1908-1935 Incomplete index and Images. New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995, index only. Deaths Online New York Death Records & Indexes, by county New York Deaths and Burials, 1758-1862, ($), index, incomplete. New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952 Index. New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection) ($) New York, Church and Civil Deaths, 1824-1962, index New York City Death Notices, 1835-1880, ($), index New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948 New York, Death Index, 1880-1956 ($) New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956, index. New York State Death Index Browse, 1880-1955, index, ($) U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 ($) U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Incomplete, ($). New York, State Health Department, Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957-1963 New York States Deaths, 1957-1969, ($) United States Social Security Death Index for New York - starts 1962 Index only. New York Death Records, by county African Americans African American Online Genealogy Records, list of nationwide databases New York Slavery Records Index (index) Bible Records 10,000 New York, Family Bible Records, 1581-1917 ($) New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Family Bibles, ($), index/images Biographies County and Town Histories with biographies American Biographical Library for New York ($) Early Settlers of New York State, Vol. I ($) Early Settlers of New York State, Vol. II ($) Who's who in New York City and State : a biographical dictionary of contemporaries, ($) index/images New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Member Biographies, index or Browse Images, ($) NORTHERN NEW YORK:Genealogical and family history of northern New York: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, index New York Genealogy county histories with biographies Famous families of New York; historical and biographical sketches of families which in successive generations have been identified with the development of the nation, by Margherita Arlina Hamm... Vol. 1 1902, Vol. 2 Cemeteries New York: Long Island Cemetery Inscriptions, 1652-1910 ($) Online New York Death Records & Indexes, by county New York State Cemetery Abstracts, ($), index or Browse Images, ($) New York Cemetery Records at Interment.net Findagrave.com New York Cemetery Records Billion Graves New York Cemetery Records BillionGraves Index New Horizons Genealogy The Cemetery Site New York Gravestones NYGenWeb Cemeteries Tombstone Transcription Project (NYGenWeb) Names in Stone New York Cemetery Records Cemetery Junction D'Addezio Revolutionary War Graves of Soldiers Buried in New York, New Horizon, index New York, Cemetery Abstracts, index Census The Association Oath Rolls of the British Plantations, (census substitute) 1696 at Internet Archive United States Online Census, 1790-1940 New York, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, index New York State Federal, State, Colonial and Military Census Records, New Horizons, index, includes 1804, 1808, and 1811, tax evaluation lists, organized by county and town New York, Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses, 1830-1920, index New York, State Census, 1855, also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images New York, State Census, 1865, also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images New York, State Census, 1875, also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images New York, State Census, 1892, also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images New York, State Census, 1905, also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images New York, State Census, 1915, also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images New York, State Census, 1925, also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images Church Records New York, Church Records, 1660-1954, index. Compiled Genealogies New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Family Files Collection, ($), index/images New York Family Group Sheets files, index New York Genealogies, by county Genealogical and family history of western New York; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation. V.1, e-book, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 Genealogical and family history of northern New York; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, comp. under the editorial supervision of William Richard Cutter. v.1 1847, e-book, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs:Index to Families, index. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, index and images, ($). Court and Criminal Records New York State, Card Index to Supreme Court and Court of Chancery Documents, 1648-1848, index and images ($). The records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 anno Domini, ($), index/images New York, Selected Mayor's Court Cases, 1674-1860, ($), index/images U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871 ($), images, with case files for Southern District of New York, 1790-1853. New York, Governor's Registers of Commitments to Prisons, 1842-1908, ($), index/images New York State, Extradition Requisition and Mandate Registers, 1857-1938, index and images, ($) New York, Executive Orders for Commutations, Pardons, Restorations and Respites, 1845-1931, index/images New York, Discharges of Convicts, 1882-1915, index ($) Directories Inhabitants of New York, 1774-1776, ($), index/images New York City Directories statewide and by county Fold3 City Directories New York Online Historical Directories - listed by county Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954 ($) American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, New York City, Selected Insolvent Debtor’s Cases, 1787-1861, ($) index, images. Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Russians to the United States, 1834 - 1897, index Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Germans to the United States, 1850 - 1897, index 19th Century Germanic Immigrants to USA, 1850-1859, index, 1860-1869, 1870-1879, 1880-1889, 1890-1897 Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Italians to the United States, 1855 - 1900, index] New York Chinese Exclusion Index, 1882-1960 Gazetteers Index of personal names in J. H. French's Gazetteer of the state of New York (1860) Gazetteer of the state of New York by John Homer French(published 1860) History County and Town Histories with biographies New York Historical Records Historical miscellany, index/images Long Island Source Records, ($), index/images The Documentary history of the state of New-York, mixed records and sources, ($), index/images New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Digital Book Collection, index or Browse Images, ($). Immigration Records United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records, list of nationwide databases Immigrants to New Netherland 1623-1664, Ship Passenger List Index ($) Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland, New York 1624 to 1664 New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Includes passenger lists. ($) New York Immigration Records, statewide and by county Immigrant Ships Transcriber's Guild - New York Arrivals - Vol. 1, vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4. Vol. 5, Vol. 6 List of Early Immigrants to New Netherland...From Manuscripts of Teunis G. Bergen, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 14-15, e-book New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 — index The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. Index only. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 ($), also at FindMyPast, ($), index New York, Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1850 ($) New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists, 1820-1846 Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, index ($) Dutch Immigrants: New York Passenger Lists, 1881-1894, ($), index New York, New York, Soundex to Passenger and Crew Lists, 1887-1921, index and images. Ellis Island, New York City Passenger Lists, 1892-1924 New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 — index and images New York, New York, Index to Passengers Lists of Vessels, 1897-1902, index New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956 Browse images only. New York Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942 - index and images; also available at Find My Past $ New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957 — index and images New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1966 ($) index and images New York, New York, Index to Alien Crewmen Who Were Discharged or Who Deserted, 1917-1957, index. Also at MyHeritage, index ($). United States, New York, Index to Passengers Arriving at New York City, compiled 1944-1948, index New York, Ogdensburg Passenger and Crew Lists, 1948-1972, Images only. New York, Rouses Point and Waddington Crew Lists, 1954-1956, Images only.

Land Records New York, Land Records, 1630-1975 Browse images only. New York Indorsed Land Papers, 1643-1676 Lords of Manors of New York, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record at Internet Archive Landholders of Northeastern New York, 1739-1802 ($) New York, Sales of Loyalist Land, 1762-1830 ($) index/images Western New York Land Transactions, 1804-1824 ($) Western New York Land Transactions, 1825-1835 ($) New York Land Records, by county Bureau of Land Management Land Patents Maps Maps of New York. Includes boundary changes map. Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Military RecordsGeneral Records U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases New York Colonial Muster Rolls, 1664-1775, Vol. I ($) New York Colonial Muster Rolls, 1664-1775, Vol. II ($) New York, Military Service Cards, 1816-1979 ($) New York, Veteran Burial Cards, 1861-1898 ($) New York, Veterans' Home Resident Case Files, 1897-1963, index/images New York, Records of the State National Guard, 1906-1954, index and images New York, New York Guard Service Cards, 1906-1918, 1940-1948, ($), index/images New York, New York National Guard Service Cards, 1917-1954, ($), index/images New York, Record of Award Medal, 1920-1991, ($), index/images New York, U.S. National Guard Enlistment Cards, 1923-1947, index/images Indian Wars, dates vary U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases New York State Comptroller's Office Revolutionary War Accounts and Claims New York Military in the Revolution ($) New York in the Revolution ($) U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls for New York, 1775-1783($) New York, Pension Claims by Disabled Revolutionary War Veterans, 1779-1789, index/images War of 1812, 1812-1815 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases New York Military Equipment Claims, War of 1812 ($) New York, War of 1812 Payroll Abstracts for New York State Militia, 1812-1815, ($), index/images New York, War of 1812 Certificates and Applications of Claim and Related Records, 1858-1869, index. Mexican War, 1846-1848 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases New York State Archives Pension Claims for the Mexican War, 1845-1848, 1870-1887 New York, Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records, 1898-1902, ($), index/images Civil War, 1861-1865 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases New York Civil War Soldiers Service Records New York, Cartes-de-visite, 1860-1865 ($) New York, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 Index only. New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 ($) New York State Archives Civil War Database New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 ($) New York Civil War Records (1861-1865) ($) New York, Registers of Officers and Enlisted Men Mustered into Federal Service, 1861-1865, ($), index/images New York, Grand Army of the Republic Records, 1866-1931, ($), index/image Mexican Punitive campaign, 1916-1917 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases New York, Mexican Punitive Campaign Muster Rolls for National Guard, 1916-1917, ($), index/images World War I, 1917-1918 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases New York, World War I Veterans' Service Data, 1913-1919 ($) New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919, ($), index/images World War II, 1941-1945 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases New York, WWII Enlisted Men Cards, 1940-1945 ($) Korean War, 1950-1953 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - New York Vietnam, 1964-1972 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - New York U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Home-State-of-Record: New York Naturalization Records Online New York State Naturalization Records and Indexes, by county Stephen Morse Naturalization Search in New York Searches several databases. Denizations, Naturalizations, and Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New York ($) New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980 New York, Index to Petitions for Naturalization filed in New York City, 1792-1989 ($) Early New York Naturalizations, 1792-1840 ($) The Soundex index to naturalization petitions filed in federal, state, and local courts in New York City, including New York, Kings, Queens and Richmond counties, 1792-1906 ($) New York, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1929, index and images, ($) New York, Naturalization Petitions, 1794-1906 ($) New York, Naturalization Papers, 1799-1847 ($) New York City, Selected Naturalization Records, 1816-1845 ($) New York, Southern District Index to Petitions for Naturalization, 1824-1941, also at Fold3, ($), also at Ancestry.com, ($) New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946 Images/no index. New York, Alien Depositions of Intent to Become U.S. Citizens, 1825-1871 New York Emigrant Savings Bank, 1850-1883,($) index/images New York, Eastern District Naturalization Petitions, Index, 1865-1957, also at Ancestry.com, also at U.S., Naturalization Records - Original Documents, (World Archives Project) for New York, 1865-1937- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ($) Index to the Naturalization Petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jul 1865-Sep 1906 ($) Index to the Naturalization Petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1957 ($) Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1937 ($) New York, Naturalization Records, 1882-1944 ($) Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944 ($) Index to the Naturalization Petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Oct 1906-Nov 1925 ($) New York County Supreme Court Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-24 ($) New York, Western District, Naturalization Index, 1907-1966 Index only. Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalizations of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, 1907-1966 ($) Index to Declaration of Intent for Naturalization: New York County, 1907-1924 ($) New York, Southern District Naturalization Index, 1917-1950 Alphabetical Index to Declarations of Intention of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1917-1950 ($) U.S. World War I Soldier Naturalizations, 1918 ($) New York Southern District, World War II Military Naturalization Index, 1941-1946 ($) New York Southern District Court, Korean War Military Naturalization Index, 1950-1955 ($) Newspapers New York Online Historical Newspapers Newspaper Archive ($) Online New York Newspapers New York Newspapers Online Historic American Newspapers 1836-1931 in New York World Vital Records Newspaper Archive Collection in New York ($) America Historical Newspapers America’s Newspapers Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online Brooklyn Genealogy Genealogy Bank Hudson River Valley Heritage (HRVH) Historical Newspapers Nassau County Libraries Historic Newspaper Collections New York Newspapers by county Northern New York Historical Newspapers NYS Historical Newspapers Old Fulton NY Post Cards Suffolk Historic Newspapers Obituaries United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 — index and images Online New York Death Records & Indexes, by county New York Obituaries, by county Archives.com Obituaries for New York ($) Newspaper Obituary collection for New York: starts about 2003 to present ($) ProQuest Obituaries for New York($) Ancestry.com United States Obituary Collection for New York ($) Genealogy Buff New York Occupations New York, State Employment Cards and Peddlers' Licenses, 1840-1966, index and images ($) Periodicals PERiodical Source Index, index and images, ($) Probate Records New York Wills, 1626-1836 ($) New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971 Browse images only. New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, ($), Index and images, incomplete. New York Probate Records, by county New York: Abstracts of New York County Wills, 1662-1801 ($) New York, Estate Inventories and Accounts, 1666-1822, ($), index/images Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships in NY State, 1787-1835 ($) SAMPUBCO New York Counties Will Testators Indexes Tax Records New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804, ($) index/images U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 for New York ($) United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874 — images Voting Records New York State, Address Notification and Absentee Ballot Application Cards, 1944, index and images, ($)

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