New York Genealogy is being developed as a genealogical and historical resource for your personal use. It contains information and records for New York ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Specifically, it provides sources for birth records, death records, marriage records, census records, tax records, court records, and military records. It also provides some historical details about different times and people in New York history.
The search on the right side will search all of the New York Genealogy website, but will not search the data linked to from our offsite data pages.
Featured New York Genealogy
- Black Genealogy in New York
- New York Databases at Ancestry
- New York Archives and Libraries
- New York Bible Records
- New York Biographies
- New York Cemeteries
- New York Census Records
- New York Church Records
- New York Court Records
- New York Directories
- New York Emigration, Immigration and Naturalization
- New York Genealogy and Historical Societies
- New York Genealogy Queries
- New York Land and Maps
- New York Libraries
- New York Newspapers
- New York Obituaries
- New York Surnames
- New York Wills
New York County Genealogy
- Jefferson County New York Genealogy
- Orange County New York Genealogy
- Suffolk County New York Genealogy
- Washington County New York Genealogy
Neighboring States
New York, by its geographic location, finds itself in two different groupings of states below, New England States, and Great Lakes States. The only neighboring state not found in either of those two lists is:
New England Genealogy
- Connecticut Genealogy
- Maine Genealogy
- Massachusetts Genealogy
- New Hampshire Genealogy
- Rhode Island Genealogy
- Vermont Genealogy
Great Lakes Genealogy
Genealogy of the Breed Family of Malone
This surname originated in BREED Holland and its ancient form of spelling was Brede. The town of Brede, in the county of Sussex, was founded by Hollanders who settled in England at the beginning of the twelfth century. In England the name is variously spelled : Breed, Bread, Breeds and Brede. The first of the name in America wrote his name Bread, but the family shortly afterward adopted the present spelling,—Breed. The principal thoroughfare in Leyden, Holland, is called Brede Street, and London has a Bread Street. The Breeds in America have been positive, determined, persevering and thrifty. It is…
Barryville Cemetery, Barryville, New York
Located about one and one half miles from the Village of Barryville, on the side of a very steep dirt road. It is in fairly good condition HIGBY, Edwin, b. 31 Jan 1864, d. 6 Jan 1907 SCHUMACHERJohn, b. 2 Apr 1924, ae 57 y, 4 m, 8 dMrs. Dorothea, d. 8 Jun 1928, ae 83 y, 3 m, 23 d Herman F., b. 27 Dec 1839, d. 25 Jan 1907Dorthea, his wife, b. 15 Feb 1845, d. 8 Jun 1928 (There were two separate stones for this individual) DAVISLulu May, b. 3 Aug 1890, d. 11 Jun 1909Ettie Ludwig,…
Callicoon Center Cemetery, Callicoon Center, New York
Callicoon Center Cemetery, opposite the Dutch Reformed Church, Callicoon Center, Sullivan County, New York, and is badly neglected. As the Old Dutch Reformed Church records are in German, the following inscriptions will be helpful to those interested in the early settlers of this section of the County. KRAFT, Ludwig, b. 16 (10?) Jul 1813, d. 16 Apr 1886 DORE, Margaret, wife of John DORE, d. 6 Feb 1886, ae 30 y, 2 m, 6 d BISCHOFF, Louisa, b. 20 Oct 1826, d. 6 Nov 1888J.G. aus Ketsigen, Konigreich gestarben 4 Aug 1883, ae 77 y, 7 m, 8 d GUNGLACH,…
Burials in the Old Stone Fort Cemetery at Schoharie, New York
Old Stone Fort Cemetery Scoharie New York About one mile north of the Court House at Schoharie, New York, stands a substantial stone building erected and used as a church before the Revolution. In October 1780. Sir. John Johnson, the Indian Chief Brant, with a large force of soldiers, Tories and Indians visited the Schoharie Valley, murdered one hundred of the inhabitants, destroyed their houses and barns and 100,000 bushels of grain. The invaders attacked the Fort which had been constructed about the church, but it was defended with such vigor they withdrew. A cannon ball fired by the enemy…
St Helena, ghost town of the Genesee, 1797-1954
Cemeteries of St. Helena, New York
Burials were made in several near-by cemeteries. One at the top of the eastern hill was opened about 1830 and was the first in that entire section. Fifty persons were buried there. In 1839 the Oak Hill Cemetery, near Brooks Grove, was established. Some years later, when the plot had to be enlarged, Milton Burnap, Sr., Fred Marsh, Sr., and James Piper, early settlers at St. Helena, helped with the task and chose their family burial spots. The two cemeteries at Castile were used, and also, of course, the well-known cemetery on the western hillside. Because there were no burial…