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Getting to Know the Lay of the Land Using New York State Gazetteers - (8-22-2008)
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Case Study: The Search for Thomas Herring
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Settlers of the Beekman Patent in 18th-Century Dutchess County, New York
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The Erie Canal: "Mother of Cities"
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Early Nineteenth-Century Welsh Immigrants in Upper New York State
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New York State Census Records
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New York State Vital Records: The Legacy of Gertrude Audrey Barber
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The Vosburgh Collection of Congregational Church Records
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Earliest Records of Western New York State
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Early Palatine Families of New York
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New York State Cemeteries: A Finding Aid
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Welcome to NewYorkAncestors.org, a Web portal from New England Historic Genealogical Society. Since 1845, we have compiled one of the leading collections of New York genealogical resources in the country.

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Probate Records
Abstracts of Wills in Onondaga County, New York, 1796–1841

New York Wills, 1626-1836

Census, Tax and Voters Lists
Estate Assessment Roll, Thurman, New York - 1806-1809, 1812

Cemeteries
Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collection

Church Records
Records of St. Paul's (P.E.) Church, Syracuse, New York, 1830-53

Court Records
Guardianship Records of Onondaga County, New York, 1815–1849

Genealogy and Biography
Jacob Benson, Pioneer, and his Descendants; in the towns of Dover and Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, and elsewhere.

Vital Records
Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of Albany of the Ancient County of Albany, from 1630 to 1800.

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