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Creator
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Call number
NYGB Subject 2009-001
Physical description
2.5 linear feet (6 boxes)
Language
Materials in English
Preferred Citation

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society subject files, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library

Repository
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
Access to materials
Request a research appointment: https://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/milstein

Includes mostly photocopies and reproductions (but also some originals) of printed matter, clippings, charts, genealogical research notes, coats of arms, pamphlets, newspapers, photographs, cemetery, church, and vital records relating to various topics, organizations, churches, patriotic societies, religious groups, events, and individuals of genealogical or historical interest. Much of the material relates to New York City and New York State history and related subjects, but there are also materials on United States history, and on other states, such as Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.

Scope and arrangement

Includes mostly photocopies and reproductions (but also some originals) of printed matter, clippings, charts, genealogical research notes, coats of arms, pamphlets, newspapers, photographs, cemetery, church, and vital records relating to various topics, organizations, churches, patriotic societies, religious groups, events, and individuals of genealogical or historical interest.

Several of the files contain transcripts of records and notes for the Nine Partners Monthly Meeting (Dutchess Co., New York Society of Friends), as well as a small number of items on Canada, England and Brazil; a few of the topics are: genealogy, heraldry, land patents, New York City churches, New York State history, schools, and ships. Of note is a typed transcript (found under the topic French and Indian War) of a soldier's journal during the French and Indian War, traveling from Colchester, New York to Ticonderoga, New York, 1828.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject

Administrative information

Related Material

Related materials may be found in the New York Public Library Manuscripts Division

Using the collection

Location

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
First Floor, Room 121

Access to materials

Request a research appointment: https://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/milstein