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Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Law And Legislation
Maps
Military Records
Names, Personal
Native Races
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Occupations
Orphans And Orphanages
Periodicals
Probate Records
Societies
Taxation
Town Records
Vital Records
Voting Registers
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
BIBLE RECORDS Family Bible records often give birth, marriage, and death information for several generations. The Daughters of the American Revolution
There are also some partial indexes, such as:
Whitacre, Constance M. Master Index New York State DAR Genealogical Records. See the “Genealogy” section of this outline.
New York State Library. Surname Card Index. Albany, N.Y.: New York State Library, 1979. (FHL fiche 6331486; computer number 158132.) This work is primarily an index to genealogies the state library acquired before 1980. References to the DAR collection say “DAR Bible” and give volume and page numbers.
Kirkham, E. Kay. An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States. Vol. 2. Logan, Utah: The Everton Publishers, Inc., 1984. (FHL book Ref 973 D22kk v. 2.; fiche 6089184; computer number 298346.)
Robison, Jeannie Floyd Jones and Henrietta C. Bartlett. Genealogical Records: Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Taken from Family Bibles, 1581–1917. New York: Colonial Dames of the State of New York, 1917. (FHL book 974.7 D28r; fiche 6087382; computer number 151781.)
The New York State Library and New York Public Library have extensive collections of published biographies. There are numerous state, regional, and county histories with biographical information, but there is no comprehensive index to these other than The New York State Biographical, Genealogical, and Portrait Index compiled by Gunther Pohl. This is a card index to over 500,000 names from more than 6,000 histories, biographical compendia, periodicals, atlases, and other sources. In the initial letter please enclose particulars about the ancestor, and send a self-addressed stamped envelope. Gunther Pohl will check the index for a fee. His address is:
Fitch, Charles Elliott. Encyclopedia of Biography of New York . . . . 4 vols. New York: American Historical Society, 1916. (FHL book 974.7 D3f; fiche 6048146–49; computer number 147098.) One to two page sketches.
Greene Nelson ed. History of the Mohawk Valley . . . 1614–1925. . . . 4 vols. Chicago Ill.: S.J. Clark Publishing, 1925. (FHL book 974.7 H2mo; computer number 151930; films 1036045–46; computer number 151930.) Volumes three and four are biographical. Half- to one-page sketches.
Greene, Nelson. History of the Valley of the Hudson . . . 1609–1930. . . . 5 vols. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing, 1931. (FHL book 974.7 H2g; film 1000230; computer number 147985.) Volumes three to five are biographical with one- to two-page sketches.
Hamm, Margherita Arlina. Famous Families of New York. . . . 2 vols. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. (FHL book 974.7 D2h; film 930243; computer number 284294.) About a dozen pages per family and usually including several generations.
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(DAR) has collected many volumes of Bible records for New York families. This collection, known as Bible, Family and Miscellaneous Records from New York State, consists of over 230 volumes compiled from 1924 to the present. These are located at the New York State Library, the New York Public Library, and at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C. Most individual volumes of Bible records are indexed. The Family History Library has Bible records volumes 1–143, 158, 163, and 189–210 on microfilm and microfiche (on 33 FHL films; fiche 6331487–2543; computer number 93393). Some additional records are listed in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under:
NEW YORK, [COUNTY] - BIBLE RECORDSNEW YORK, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - BIBLE RECORDS
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BIOGRAPHY
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Many state, regional, and county biographical encyclopedias are included in the Genealogy and Local History collection, described in the “History” section of this outline. The following are examples of excellent biographical encyclopedias for New York:
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