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New York State’s family history books offer an expansive view of a region steeped in diverse cultural heritage and historic milestones. These texts chronicle the lives of Native American communities, early Dutch and British settlers, and successive waves of immigrants who contributed to the state’s dynamic evolution. Detailed genealogies, immigration records, census data, and personal memoirs provide insight into the growth of bustling urban centers like New York City alongside the traditions of upstate communities. For genealogists and family researchers, these publications are priceless resources, connecting individual family narratives with the broader historical context of a state celebrated for its influence on commerce, art, and social progress.
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Histories, Memories & Biographies
Family Histories
- Genealogical And Family History of Northern New York 988 records
- Frisian Family, the Banta Genealogy: Descendants of Epke Jacobse, Who Came From Friesland, Netherlands, To New Amsterdam, February, 1659 (1893) 874 records
- Sayre Family: Lineage of Thomas Sayre, a Founder of Southampton (1901) 862 records
- Genealogical Notes of New York And New England Families 828 records
- Joannes Nevius, Schepen And Third Secretary of New Amsterdam Under the Dutch, First Secretary of New York City Under the English, And His Descendants, 1627-1900, Part 2 818 records
- History of the Descendants of Jean Guenon of Flushing, Long Island (1906) 800 records
- Genealogy of the Van Vorhees Family in America, or, the Descendants of Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, of Holland, And Flatlands, Long Island (1888) 792 records
- Biographical Sketches of the Leading Citizens of Broome County, New York, Part 2 (1894) 788 records
- Our County And Its People: a Descriptive And Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Volume 1 (1899) 772 records
- Our County And Its People: a Descriptive And Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Volume 2 (1899) 764 records
- Joannes Nevius, Schepen And Third Secretary of New Amsterdam Under the Dutch, First Secretary of New York City Under the English, And His Descendants, 1627-1900, Part 1 730 records
- Pioneers of Utica, New York (1877) 710 records
- Field Genealogy, Volume 1 (1901) 704 records
- History of the Kuykendall Family Since Its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 (1919) 700 records
- Prominent Families of New York 646 records
- Genealogical And Family History of Central New York, Volume 2 642 records
- Bevier Family, a History of the Descendants of Louis Bevier, Who Came From France To America in 1675 640 records
- Genealogical And Family History of Southern New York And the Hudson River Valley, Volume 1 636 records
- Genealogical And Family History of Southern New York And the Hudson River Valley, Volume 3 626 records
- Genealogical And Family History of Central New York, Volume 1 622 records
- Genealogical And Family History of Southern New York And the Hudson River Valley, Volume 2 609 records
- Mortuary Records With Genealogical Notes of the Town of Spafford, Onondaga County, New York 584 records
- Genealogical And Family History of Western New York (1912) 580 records
- Descendants of William Frost of Oyster Bay, New York, Showing Connections Never Before Published With the Winthrop, Underhill, Feke, Bowne And Wickes Families (1912) 569 records
- History And Genealogy of the Cock, Cocks, Cox Family, Descended From James And Sarah Cock, of Killingworth Upon Matinecock, In the Township of Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York (1914) 533 records
- Notes On the Ancestry of Major Wm. Roe Van Voorhis, of Fishkill, Duchess County, New York 518 records
- Valentine's Manual of Old New York, 1917-1918 509 records
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