New York County - New York Genealogy - Ancestry Research & Family History

Genealogy Resources - New York County, New York

Please follow the links below to learn more about your New York ancestors. Many great records relating to your family history can be found online and at local archives, libraries, courthouses, and genealogical and historical societies located throughout the state. New York Genealogy is your resource to help you find these and other important records which are critical to your research.

Archives and Libraries

Archives & Special Collections

Archives | Trinity Church

Barnard College Archives

Brooklyn Public Library - New York, NY

Brooklyn Public Library - Locations

Carnegie Hall Archives

The Center for Jewish History Genealogy Institute

The Century Association Archives Foundation

Cyndi's List - New York City Libraries, Archives & Museums

The City College of the City University of New York

Columbia University Archives

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum

Family History Library Catalog - New York County, NY

Fraunces Tavern Museum - New York County, NY

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gotham Center for New York City History

The Jewish Museum New York

Jewish Theological Seminary

Jósef Pilsudski Institute of America

Leo Baeck Institute - New York County, NY

Manhattan College Archives

Merchant's House Museum

Morris-Jumel Mansion

Museum of the City of New York

Museum of Jewish Heritage

The Morgan Library & Museum

The National Archives at New York City

The New York City Police Museum

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Archives

New York Hungarian House

New York Public Library - New York, NY

New York Public Library - Locations

New York State Archives - Albany, NY

New York State Library - Albany, NY

Old York Library - The Durst Organization

Public Libraries Library Directory

Queens Library - New York, NY

Queens Library - Locations

Research Guides at New York University - Articles & Databases

The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York

Scandinavia House - New York County, NY

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.

Tenement Museum - New York County, NY

The Ukrainian Museum - New York County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - New York County, NY Archives

USGenWeb Special Collections Project

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Bible Records

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Volunteers

USGenWeb Archives - New York County, NY Bible Records

Biographies

Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, Volume 4 - Sir Richard Nicolls, Governor of New York

Biographies - New York City New York

Cyndi's List - New York City People & Families

Genealogy Trails History Group - New York County Biographies

Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York 1907

Illustrated Biography, Or, Memoirs of the Great and the Good of All Nations - Peter Stuyvesant

New York - Biography

Revised History of Harlem - New York County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - New York County, NY Biographies

Wikipedia.org - People from Manhattan

Cemeteries

The African Burial Ground

Cyndi's List - New York City Cemeteries & Funeral Homes

Epodunk.com - New York County, NY

Find A Grave - New York County, NY

Genealogy Trails History Group - New York County Cemeteries

Interment.net - New York County, NY

LDS Genealogy - New York City Cemetery Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County Cemetery Records

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Cemeteries

The Political Graveyard - New York County, NY

RootsWeb - New York County Cemeteries

The Tombstone Transcription Project - New York County, NY

Trinity Episcopal Church - New York County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - New York County, NY Cemeteries

Census Records

Census-Online.com - New York County, NY

Cyndi's List - New York City Census

Don's List - New York County, NY Census Records

Don's List - Manhattan City, NY Census Records

Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York

LDS Genealogy - New York City Census Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County Census Records

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Census

New York State Census, 1905

RootsWeb - New York County Censuses

US-Census.org - New York County, N Y Census Records

USGenWeb Archives - New York County, NY Census Records

1880 New York County, NY Census Records - FamilySearch.org

1890 New York City Police Census

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1183 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1184 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1186 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1187 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1189 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1190 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1191 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1192 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1193 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1194 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1195-1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1196 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1197 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1198 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1199 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1200 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1201 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1202 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1203 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1204 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1205 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1206 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1207 - 1920 - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1208 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1209-1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1210 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1211 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1212 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1213 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1214 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1215 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1216 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1217 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1218 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1219 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1220 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1221 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1222 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1223 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1224 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1225 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1226 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1227 - 1920) - Internet Archive

14th Census of Population, 1920 (Reel 1228 - 1920) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1544) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1545) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1546) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1547) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1548) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1549) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1550) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1551) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1552) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1553 - 1930) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1554 - 1930) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1555 - 1930) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 ( Reel 1556) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1557) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1558) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1559) -- Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1560) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1562) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1563) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1564) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1565) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1566) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1568 - 1930) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1569) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1570) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1571) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1572) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1573) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1574) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1575) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1576) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1577) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1578) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1579) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1580) - Internet Archive

15th Census, Population, 1930 (Reel 1581) - Internet Archive

Church Records

Cyndi's List - New York City Religion & Churches

Genealogy Trails History Group - New York County Church Histories / Records

LDS Genealogy - New York City Church Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County Church Records

RootsWeb - New York County Church Records

USGenWeb Archives - New York County, NY Church Records

WebArchive.org - New York County Quakers

Court Records

The Crime in New York 1850-1950

History of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of New York

LDS Genealogy - New York City Court Records

Livingston's Law Register, 1851 - New York County, NY

New York County Surrogate Court Clerk - Manhattan, NY

New York Current Court Decisions

Proceedings of the General Court of Assizes Held in the City of New York

RootsWeb - New York County Court Records

USGenWeb Archives - New York County, NY Court Records

Directories

Cyndi's List - New York City Directories

LDS Genealogy - New York City Directories

LDS Genealogy - New York County City Directories

1796 New York City Directory

New York as it Was and as it is

New York City Directory - NYPL Digital Collections

New York City, New York City Directories

Trow's New York City Directory

Estate Records

Cyndi's List - New York City Wills & Probate

Genealogy Trails History Group - New York County Wills/Probate Records

LDS Genealogy - New York City Probate Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County Probate Records

New York County (Manhattan), New York Will Book Testators Indexes

New York County (Manhattan), New York Original Will Book Testators Indexes

USGenWeb Archives - New York County, NY Will & Intestate Records

Family Trees

Family Tree of Susan B. Anthony

Family Tree of W. E. B. Dubois

Family Tree of George Gershwin

Family Tree of Cornelius Vanderbilt

History

An Account of the Ceremony of Laying the Corner Stone of St. Thomas' Church

Annals and Occurrences of New York City and State

Annals of old Manhattan, 1609-1664

Archdiocese of New York

Asylum on Blackwell's Island

Belshazzar Court - New York County, NY

Bloomingdale Lunatic Asylum - New York County, NY

Cyndi's List - New York City History & Culture

The First Baptist Church of New York

Forgotten New York

French Huguenots in the Hudson Valley

Gazetteer of the State of New York, 1860

Genealogy Trails History Group - New York County History

Half Moon Series: Papers on Historic New York 1897

The Historical Marker Database - New York County, NY

Historic New York - New York County, NY

Historic Tales of Olden Time

History of the City of New York 1867

History of the New York State Organization, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution : 1974-1992

History of St. Patrick's Cathedral 1908

The History of Trinity Church

National Register of Historic Places - New York County, NY

The Natural, Statistical and Civil History of the State of New York (Vol 2)

New York Baptist Home for Aged and Infirm Persons

NYC 100 - The Decades

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) History

New York Illustrated - New York County, NY

The New York Society Library

The Old and New Church

In Olde New York - New York County, NY

LDS Genealogy - New York City Histories and Genealogies

LDS Genealogy - New York County Histories and Genealogies

New York City Government - New York, NY Records and Information Services, Department

Religious Records, New York State (1639-1914)

Retrographs - New York County, NY

Roman Catholic Church Records

RootsWeb - New York County Family Treasures

RootsWeb - New York County 1852 Farm Map

RootsWeb - New York County 1703 Inhabitants

RootsWeb - New York County Newspapers

The Secrets of the Great City - New York County, NY

The Seven Years of Building - New York County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - New York County, NY History

Valentine's Manual of Old New York 1919

Valentine's Manual of Old New York 1922

Wayback Machine - First Baptist Church

Wikipedia.org - New York County, NY

Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street

Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets

Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 59th to 110th Streets

Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan above 110th Street

Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan on Islands

Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan

Wikipedia.org - Province of New York

Wikipedia.org - Timeline of New York City Crimes and Disasters

Immigration and Naturalization Records

CastleGarden.org - New York County, NY

Ellis Island Immigration Records - New York County, NY

Filipinos in Ellis Island

Filling in the Gaps in Ships Passenger Lists to Canada

Finding New York Passenger Arrival Records 1820-195 7

The Forgotten of Ellis Island

German Genealogy Group - Naturalization Records

Immigrants Arriving at New York from Poland, Austria, and Gaicia, 1890-1891

Immigrant Ship Passenger Lists

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Index to Passenger Lists, 1820-1846

LDS Genealogy - New York City Immigration Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County Immigration Records

Naturalizations – Italian Genealogical Group, Inc.

Naturalization of Jews in New York 1749-1755

Naturalization Petitions Indexes New York 1834-1860 A Surnames

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Passenger List / SS Lucania (1898)

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Passenger List / SS St. George (1847)

New York Passenger Lists - Filling in the Gaps

New York Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1820-1957

Palatine Ships to New York in 1710

Palatines from England to New York 1709

Passenger Ships from Bremen to New York in 1866

Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine

RootsWeb - New York County Naturalization/Citizenship

RootsWeb - New York County Passenger Records

US District Court Naturalization Petitions

Land Records

Bureau of Land Management - Federal Land Records

LDS Genealogy - New York City Land Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County Land Records

New Netherland & New York Genealogy

Original Book of New York Deeds - New York County, NY

Map Records

Cyndi's List - New York City Maps & Geography

Hearthstone Legacy Publications - Historic New York Map Reprints

Historic Map Works - Manhattan, New York

LDS Genealogy - New York City Map Records

My Genealogy Hound - New York County, New York

NYS Historic Newspapers - New York County, New York

RootsWeb - New York County 1852 Farm Map

RootsWeb - New York City (Manhattan) Neighborhoods

RootsWeb - New York City (Manhattan) Street Maps

USGenWeb Archives - New York Digital Map Library

WebArchive.org - 1895 Atlas of NY

Wikipedia.org - New York County Geography

Military Records

American Veterans Historical Museum

Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841

Cyndi's List - New York City Military

German Enemy Aliens - New York County, NY

Genealogy Trails History Group - New York County Military Records

Genealogical Record, Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, Organized February 28,1835

Governor's Island; It's Military History Under Three Flags, 1637-1913

LDS Genealogy - New York City Military Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County Military Records

List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 - Internet Archive

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: New York County, New York

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Civil War Memories

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Civil War Records

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) 57th New York State Volunteer Infantry Muster Roll

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Union Regimental Index

131st New York Volunteer Infantry - New York County, NY

Report of the Special Committee on Volunteering of the County of New York

USGenWeb Archives - New York County, NY Military Services & Pensions

World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps

Minority Records

AfriGeneas - African Ancestry in New York

LDS Genealogy - New York City Minority Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County Minority Records

Miscellaneous Records

Cyndi's List - New York City Miscellaneous Records

Cyndi's List - New York City Social Networking

LDS Genealogy - New York City Miscellaneous Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County Miscellaneous Records

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Mailing Lists

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Queries

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Roots

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Volunteers

New York Message Board - GenForum

RootsWeb - New York County Bridges

RootsWeb - New York County Surnames

New York Counties

Albany County

Allegany County

Bronx County

Broome County

Cattaraugus County

Cayuga County

Chautauqua County

Chemung County

Chenango County

Clinton County

Columbia County

Cortland County

Delaware County

Dutchess County

Erie County

Essex County

Franklin County

Fulton County

Genesee County

Greene County

Hamilton County

Herkimer County

Jefferson County

Kings County

Lewis County

Livingston County

Madison County

Monroe County

Montgomery County

Nassau County

New York County

Niagara County

Oneida County

Onondaga County

Ontario County

Orange County

Orleans County

Oswego County

Otsego County

Putnam County

Queens County

Rensselaer County

Richmond County

Rockland County

St. Lawrence County

Schenectady County

Schoharie County

Schuyler County

Seneca County

Steuben County

Suffolk County

Sullivan County

Tioga County

Tompkins County

Ulster County

Warren County

Washington County

Wayne County

Westchester County

Wyoming County

Yates County

Newspaper Records

Cyndi's List - New York City Newspapers

The Daily Register - New York County, NY

El Diario de Nueva York

El Diario la Prensa

Genealogy Trails History Group - New York County Newspaper Data

The Herald - New York County, NY

Le Courrier des Etats-Unis

LDS Genealogy - New York City Newspapers and Obituaries

LDS Genealogy - New York County Newspapers and Obituaries

Mackenzie's Gazette - New York County, NY

Nasza Trybuna - New York County, NY

The New York Age

New York Newspaper Project

Newspaper Abstracts - New York County, NY

New York Times Article Archive

New York County, NY Newspapers

The New-York Mercury

New-York Spectator

Northern Messenger - New York County, NY

Olde Newspapers - New York County, NY

RootsWeb - New York County Newspapers

USGenWeb Archives - New York County, NY Newspapers

The Village Voice - New York County, NY

Wyoming Newspaper Project - New York County, NY

Obituaries

Cyndi's List - New York City Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - New York County Obituaries A-G

Genealogy Trails History Group - New York County Obituaries H-Z

LDS Genealogy - New York City Newspapers and Obituaries

LDS Genealogy - New York County Newspapers and Obituaries

The New York Times

Obituary Index - Manhattan County

Obituary Index - New York County, NY

RootsWeb - Obituary Daily Times

Ross-Roden Funeral Services - New York County, NY

USGenWeb Archives - New York County, NY Obituaries

The Villager - New York County, NY

Photographs

Cyndi's List - New York City Photographs & Memories

My Genealogy Hound - Historic Photos and Vintage Postcards of New York

National Archives - New York County, New York

Resources

Cyndi's List - New York City General Resources

Cyndi's List - New York City Publications, Software & Supplies

New York City Government - New York, NY

New York - Genealogy Quest

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Resources

NYGenWeb Project - New York City (Manhattan) Online Publications List

RootsWeb - New York City (Manhattan) Mailing Lists

RootsWeb - New York City (Manhattan) Message Boards

RootsWeb - New York City (Manhattan) Message Boards

RootsWeb - New York City (Manhattan) Neighbors

RootsWeb - New York County, NY

School Records

LDS Genealogy - New York City School Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County School Records

New York City Government - New York, NY Education

New York City Government - New York, NY Education, Department of (DOE)

Wikipedia.org - New York County Education

Societies

Tax Records

LDS Genealogy - New York City Tax Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County Tax Records

New York City Treasurer - Manhattan, NY

Towns, Cities & Villages

City of New York - New York, NY

LDS Genealogy - New York County Records by City/Town

RootsWeb - New York City (Manhattan) Neighborhoods

Vital Records

Cyndi's List - New York City Birth, Marriage, Death

The Forgotten of Ellis Island

GEDCOM Index - New York, New York County

GEDCOM Index - New York City all 5 Boroughs

GEDCOM Index - New York County

Genealogy Trails History Group - New York County Birth Records

GenWed.com - New York County, NY

LDS Genealogy - New York City Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - New York City Death Records

LDS Genealogy - New York City Marriage Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County Death Records

LDS Genealogy - New York County Marriage Records

New Amsterdam DRC Marriages 1639-1801

New Netherland & New York Genealogy

New York City Clerk - New York, NY

New York City Brides Record Index

New York City Death Index

New York City Death Index - German Genealogy Group

New York City Death Index - Italian Genealogical Group

NYC Bride's Index

New York City Grooms Index - Italian Genealogical Group

New York French Church Marriages 1669-1801

Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam/New York - Marriages

Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam/New York - Baptisms 1639 to 1801

Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam/New York - Marriages 1639 to 1801

RootsWeb - New York County Vital Records

VitalRec.com - New York County, NY Vital Records

1835 Marriages According to the NY HERALD

1890 NY Marriages - New York County

1891 January Marriages - New York County, NY