New York, United States Genealogy

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Origin of New York

 * New York began 1614 as the New Netherlands colony with the settlement of the Dutch West Indies Company on the island of Manhattan.
 * Settlement in New York was confined to the Hudson, Mohawk, Schoharie, and Delaware valleys until after the Revolutionary War. During and after the war, New Yorkers loyal to the King of England emigrated to Canada and elsewhere. The Revolutionary War temporarily halted further expansion into the interior. After the war was over and the title to western lands was obtained from the Iroquois in 1786, New Englanders flocked to all parts of the state. In the two decades after the war, 500,000 new settlers came into New York, and the state tripled its population.

Did you know

 * The Digital Collections of the New York States Archives includes Native American censuses covering the reservations of the Tuscarora, Oneida, Onondaga, Buffalo Creek Seneca, Seneca of Cattaragus, Cayuga, Tonawanda and St. Regis Mohawk tribes.
 * Nearly one-third of all Revolutionary War battles took place in New York, including the battles of Long Island, Oriskany, Bennington, and Saratoga. During the Civil War, New York had 465,000 Union soldiers serve - more than any other state. For more information and resources on military records for New York, go to the New York Military Records page.
 * Published New York session laws (laws enacted by both houses of the state legislature) are valuable for information about such things as changing town and county boundaries, militia enrollment, land confiscation, taxation, census laws, naturalizations, divorces, and poor relief.

Research Tools

 * Find the county a town is in by using the United States Geographical Survey's Geographical Names Information System.
 * New York county creation dates and parent counties.
 * Ask a question about how to find New York ancestors at the North America Research forum!
 * View historic New York maps in the York David Rumsey Map Collection.
 * Find other New York genealogy websites at Cyndi's List - New York.

New York counties

 * New York City Research

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