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Below you will find a complete list of each online collection. Click the title of each collection to view a full description and search the collection individually.

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Released February 05!

Cattaraugus County Cemetery Records

Location
Cattaraugus County
Collection Category
Cemetery
Collection Type
Image Browse
Body

Transcribed gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Cattaraugus County, New York. Researchers can browse digital images of these records, but they cannot currently be searched. The collection page contains a complete list of all cemeteries available, including waypoint links to view images from each cemetery.

Released February 05!

Cayuga County Religious Records

Location
Cayuga County
Collection Category
Religious Records
Collection Type
Text & Images
Body

Transcribed genealogy records from churches in Cayuga County, New York. Researchers can browse digital images of these records, but they cannot currently be searched. The collection page contains a complete list of all congregations available, including waypoint links to images from each church.

Released March 25!

Chemung County Histories and Directories

Location
Chemung County
Collection Category
County Histories
Collection Type
OCR
Body

Digitized histories and directories of Chemung County, New York. These volumes provide crucial historical context and contain information on the people of Chemung County. Researchers can search all volumes or browse volumes individually. The collection description contains an overview of each volume.

Released October 27!

Chenango County Histories and Directories

Location
Chenango County
Collection Category
County Histories
Collection Type
OCR
Body

Digitized histories and directories of Chenango County, New York. These volumes provide crucial historical context and contain information on the people of Chenango County. Researchers can search all volumes or browse volumes individually. The collection description contains an overview of each volume.

Released May 31!

Church Family Account Book, Churchville, Monroe County, 1849-1854

Location
Monroe County
Collection Category
Account Books
Digitize New York
Collection Type
Image Browse
Body

Details about this book The account book belonged to the family of Dennis Church, the second generation of the family that the town of Churchville was named after. Transactions found in this volume took place in the towns of Riga and Churchville, Monroe County. Flour milling seems to have been the...

Released February 14!

Colonial Immigration Records

Location
New Netherland
Collection Category
Colonial
Collection Type
OCR
Body

This collection contains genealogical information and biographical sketches of immigrants to New York during the Dutch and English colonial era. Read the collection description for detailed information on each volume and waypoint links.

Released June 18!

Columbia County Histories

Location
Columbia County
Collection Category
County Histories
Collection Type
OCR
Body

Digitized histories of Columbia County, New York. These volumes provide crucial historical context and contain information on many individuals who lived in Columbia County. Researchers can search all volumes or browse volumes individually. The collection description contains an overview of each volume.

Released February 05!

Columbia County Religious Records

Location
Columbia County
Collection Category
Religious Records
Collection Type
Text & Images
Body

Transcribed genealogy records from churches in Columbia County, New York. Some volumes are searchable, others can only be browsed by image. The collection page contains a complete list of all congregations available, including waypoint links to images from each church.

Released February 27!

Congregational Church of Sandgate, 1782–1835

Location
Bennington County
Collection Category
Religious Records
Collection Type
Image Browse
Body

This collection includes baptisms, marriages, deaths, church membership, and abstracts from church minutes from 1782 to 1867. Introduction Members, 1782? to 1835; 1860; 1867 Abstracts from Minutes, 1782 to 1835 Baptisms, 1782 to 1835 Marriages, 1783 to 1805 Deaths, 1775 to 1806 View the full...

Released January 19!

Danby Rural Cemetery

Location
Tompkins County
Collection Category
Cemetery
Digitize New York
Collection Type
Indexed
Body

This collection consists of a searchable index of the interred at Danby Rural Cemetery, an active cemetery in Tompkins County, New York. It includes individuals with dates of death from the early 19th century through 1951. In addition to a searchable index of names, this rich dataset includes...

Released February 05!

Delaware County Religious Records

Location
Delaware County
Collection Category
Religious Records
Collection Type
Text & Images
Body

Transcribed genealogy records from churches in Delaware County, New York. Some volumes are searchable, others can only be browsed by image. The collection page contains a complete list of all congregations available, including waypoint links to images from each church.

Released February 05!

Dutchess County Cemetery Records

Location
Dutchess County
Collection Category
Cemetery
Collection Type
Image Browse
Body

Gravestone inscriptions from cemeteries in Dutchess County, New York. Researchers can browse digital images of these records, but they cannot currently be searched. The collection page contains a complete list of all cemeteries available, including waypoint links to view images from each cemetery.

Released November 15!

Dutchess County Census Records

Location
Dutchess County
Collection Category
Census
Collection Type
OCR
Body

This collection contains volumes of transcribed census records for municipalities in Dutchess County, New York. Transcriptions include the 1810 and 1850 federal censuses and the 1865 New York state census. There is also one volume of transcriptions of the 1870 federal census records from the town of Amenia.

Released February 27!

Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 1774–1842

Location
Albany County
Collection Category
Religious Records
Collection Type
OCR
Body

This volume consists of the complete Vosburgh transcription complied by the NYG&B, plus a searchable index created by the Mongomery County Department of History and Archives (Fonda, New York) Index Introduction to Vosburgh Transcriptions Baptisms, 1774–1842 Marriages, 1774–1842 View the full...

Released December 20!

Ecclesiastical Records, State of New York

Location
All NY Counties
Collection Category
Religious Records
Collection Type
OCR
Body

This book was written by Rev. Edward T. Corwin, qualified by virtues of his time in Holland and his “thorough knowledge of the Dutch language,”. Corwin begins with a lengthy introduction to establish the nature of his sources. He begins by establishing the desire to have a recorded history that...