Tag Archives: Location: US: New York

52 Ancestors #27: Second War of Independence

Week 27 Prompt: Independent This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Independent.” Of course my first instinct, with it being the week of Independence Day here in the US, was to write about my American Revolutionary War ancestors. But, I’ve done that already, and really have nothing […]

Book Review — New York Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer

Title: New York Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer Edited by: Naomi Joshi, et al. Format: Paperback Published: 2015 My Rating: The following review first appeared in the Federation of Genealogical Societies FORUM magazine (Fall 2016); reprinted with permission. Note: This review is based on […]

Friday Finds – 10/30/15

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found, such as new blogs, interesting posts/articles, useful websites and resources, and of course upcoming webinars.

Registration Open for 2nd Annual New York Family History Conference

I received this press release last week regarding the 2nd Annual New York Family History Conference that will take place in Syracuse, New York, September 17–19, 2015.  Registration opened on February 11, and the early bird rates will remain in effect through May 31.  Details […]

Finally! New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Releases NY Research Guide

I wrote briefly about this anticipated guide back in 2012 when I had read an announcement in the Fall 2012 issue of The New York Researcher.  I’m glad to see that this multi-year project has finally resulted in the publication of New York Family History […]

Genealogy By the States – Week 11 – New York

Part of the reason I took on the Genealogy By the States challenge is because I knew it would force me not only to post something every week, but it would allow me to get in some research time.  Only 11 weeks in and I […]

Resources for Genealogy Research in Colonial America

In September, I wrote about my Link Collection to Various Genealogy & History Resources Online.  This collection is my Diigo bookmark library targeted at genealogy.  I created a list for each state, as well as a few countries and various topics.  There is also a […]

New Book on Researching in New York to Be Available Later This Year

I just received my copy of the Fall 2012 issue of The New York Researcher, a publication of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.  In it, they announce a new book that contains 500+ pages of information for researching your family history in the […]