GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH SERIES
At the home page, under the 'Research Library section":
- Click on 'Contents'
In the 'Jump to:' section:
- Click on 'Collections & Research Services'
In this 'Jump to:' section:
- Click on 'Collections'
Scroll down until you reach the section called 'Genealogical Research
Series.'
Here you'll find the following information documents available at the
click of your mouse:
Adoptees
DAR Research
Federal Census Records for New York State
Hints for Preserving Family Collections
Genealogy Card Indexes
Loyalist Records
New York State Census Records
New York State Military Records Before the Civil War
New York State Military Records Civil War and Following
New York State Wills
Starting Your Family Tree
Surnames-A Pathfinder
Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors
Vital Records
NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM
To see what newspapers on microfilm are held by the NYSL,
go through the following steps once you've accessed the Library's
Web site:
Under the 'Research Library' section:
- Click on 'Contents'
In the 'Jump to:' section:
- Click on 'General Information and Publications'
or
- Scroll down a couple of inches to this section
- Click on 'Publications of the New York State Library'
In this section there are two newspaper options:
- Click on 'Early American Newspaper Collection (Readex): Microfilm'
Newspapers are listed by state and then by city; holdings are included
or
- Click on 'New York State Newspapers on Microfilm'
Newspapers are listed by county; holdings are included
Anyone may borrow newspapers on microfilm (except for the New York Times)
from the NYSL via interlibrary loan at your local
public/school/college library. The State Library will ship up to 5 reels
per request to anywhere in the world.
CIVIL WAR UNIT HISTORIES
Thousands of personal histories and other narratives about the Civil War
have been published - often by private presses or state governments - but
most were never widely distributed. Fragile, unindexed, and scattered,
these records have remained difficult for historians and genealogists to
find and use. Now, University Publications of America has gathered these
invaluable sources into one comprehensive microfiche collection called
"Civil War Unit Histories: Regimental Histories and Personal Narratives."
This collection is based on the standard bibliography by C. E. Dornbush
and covers works published from 1861-1920. This collection also contains
a number of titles not listed in Dornbush's work. Types of materials
included in this collection are regimental histories, personal narratives,
and state adjutant general reports. Periodicals, bibliographies and works
published after 1920 have been excluded from this collection.
The New York State Library has recently purchased the microfiche collection
Civil War Unit Histories: Regimental Histories and Personal Narratives.
The NYSL now has Civil War Unit Histories for the following states:
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Access to items contained in this
collection is through a printed guide.
This collection may be used on site or via interlibrary loan to any public,
school, college, or business library in the world. For information on this
collection,
call the Microforms Desk of the NYSL at 518.474.3092.
VITAL RECORDS
Another site to investigate is that of the New York State Dept. of Health,
the owner of the vital records of New York State at:
http://www.health.state.ny.us/
or
gopher://gopher.health.state.ny.us/
NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY
The NYSL is open to the public.
Library hours are:
Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 1:00-5:00 p.m.
These irregular hours are due to state budget problems that have decreased
funds and staffing at the NYSL.
Hope this advances everyone's research.
Thank's Dennis