There will be a free webinar on Tuesday, August 20 at 11 a.m. presented by NYS Historic Newspapers entitled “Navigating the Features: Controlling the Viewer and Documenting Your Discoveries,” There have been several recent webinars about the search tools available at NYS Historic Newspapers, so
All 350 issues of “The Frederick Douglass Voice,” one of the longest-running Black newspapers in New York, are now available digitally. The newspaper was in operation from 1933 – 1996. These papers are now viewable and available to the public as part of the Howard
The New York State Library will present two genealogy programs in August. These programs are in person at the library. Friday, August 16 – 2 p.m. – Genealogy Online with Ancestry Library Edition – Library staff will demonstrate the Ancestry Library Edition database which is
The following updates were made to the New York Genealogy Links website in July: July 21, 2024 Cemetery Portals – Added: Rhedesium – New York State cemeteries Local Cemeteries: Allegany County – Cemetery transcriptions; Nassau County – Lost Cemeteries of New York; Orleans County –
Two New York genealogy websites were named to Family Tree Magainze 101 Best Genealogy Websites in its July/August 2024 issue. The two websites are: New York City Historical Vital Records Project – With over 10 million birth, marriage and death records, this website is well
