New York Research Tips and Strategies
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New York Research Strategies[edit | edit source]
Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in New York
- New York Online Genealogy Records
- How to find New York Birth Records
- How to find New York Marriage Records
- How to find New York Death Records
New York Research Tips[edit | edit source]
These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in New York.
- Birth information: New York State briefly kept birth records from 1847 to about 1850 and started recording births again in 1881. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other substitute records to improve accuracy.
- Finding Parents: New York State briefly kept death records from 1847 to about 1850 and started recording deaths again in June 1880. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. Search New York death records
- Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. Search U.S. Censuses.
New York Record Finder[edit | edit source]
This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see New York Record Finder.
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Further New York Research[edit | edit source]
- Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see New York Record Finder.
- For online record collections, go to New York Online Genealogy Records.
- For more research on New York, including research at the county level, visit the New York page on the Research Wiki.
- Search all of the New York record collections at FamilySearch.
