The following updates were made to the New York Genealogy Links website in August. August 26, 2024 Newspapers and Obituares: Added Columbia County – Chatham Courrier and Chatham Republican; Dutchess County – Red Hook Journal; Hamilton County – Obituaries – Hamilton County News; Nassau County
Many New York State public libraries will be offering free genealogy programs in September. The Hamlin Public Library (Monroe County) provides free Genealogy Help every Tuesday from 2-4 p.m. Need help with your family tree? Stop by or call ahead and make an appointment with
The German Genealogy Group, based in New York, recently completed a project which added 102,146 records to the New York City 1866-1909 Kings Birth Index which can be found on the German Genealogy Group website. In addition, 4,322 corrections were made to the index. This
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
