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    • Front page of the New York Times, May 15 1862
    Front page of the New York Times, May 15 1862.

    Newspapers in New York State, such as The New York Times (founded in 1851), offer a vast archive of immigrant stories, political milestones, and urban growth. Local papers across the state help genealogists uncover family stories, especially in the early Dutch and English settlements, the Erie Canal era, and Ellis Island immigration waves.

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