Do you have relatives that were members of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. They may have donated their personal research files and family histories to the Society’s library. Search through these records to uncover significant details about your ancestry.
Do you have relatives that were members of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. They may have donated their personal research files and family histories to the Society’s library. Search through these records to uncover significant details about your ancestry.
It was a longstanding tradition for members of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society to donate their research files and published family histories to the NYG&B’s library. Today, NYG&B members are invited to donate their digital family histories to the NYG&B’s online Family Files collection. Interested members should contact webmaster@nygbs.org.
The inclusion of material in the Family Files collection does not constitute an endorsement of its content or accuracy. Please send any additions or corrections to webmaster@nygbs.org.
These records contain PDF images of the original family history files. The available information will vary from document to document, but you may be able to discover the following:
Family lists
Information pertaining to military service, immigration, and education
Family trees
Family photographs
Bonds and business-related correspondence
Personal letters, wedding announcements, and other ephemera
Local histories
In the Useful Links & Resources section you can access a browse-only version of these records. There you can filter by title and flip through the images as you would a book.
Ancestors of Alida May Carpenter
Ancestors of Bessie Emogene Baker
Ancestors of Elizabeth Lincoln Rowe
Barlow Family History
Descendants and Antecedents of Dr. Wayne Smith & Elizabeth Bell and Richard Alfred Bury & Elida Maud Morden
Garthwaite, Smith, and West Families File
Hix-Megill Collection
Origins: The Lives of my Parents, Lorrel Brayton Nichols and Carolyn Merriam Hone, and their Nichols, Heyl, Hone, and Merriam Ancestors
Pasquale Felitti & Nicoletta Trimarco: Story of a New York City Family and Live on East 114th Street
The Garthwaite, Smith, and West Families: A Genealogy
The Maritime History of the Vernon H. Brown Family
The Meyers from Westerkappeln