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Huguenot Historical Society of New Paltz
Title Huguenot Historical Society Description Site of a collection of colonial and early National period stone houses owned and operated as historic house museums by the Huguenot Historical Society in the Village of New Paltz, New York.

Town of Hempstead
Title Town of Hempstead Archives Description Furnishes series- or folder-level descriptions of historical town records maintained by the town clerk.

Oswego County
Title Archival Index of Oswego County Description The index contains a listing of historical records held by towns and villages in Oswego County, NY.

Saratoga County
Title Saratoga County Archival Record Index Description Online database to series descriptions of local government historical societies and museum records from the Saratoga County and the County Clerk's Office and from the Towns of Day, Edinberg, Greenfield and Malta.

Albany County
Title Albany County Hall of Records Dept/Division Albany County Hall of Records Description The Hall of Records keeps records pertaining to the City and Countyof Albany. It holds court, business, census, tax, vital, land and election records.It has also created an online database that allows users to search the county index of naturalizations (1821-1991).

Ontario County
Title Ontario County Records and Archives Center Dept/Division Ontario County Records and Archives Center Description The Records and Archives Center has created online indexes to naturalization records (1803-1956), marriage records (1908-35), real estate deeds (1789-1845), Revolutionary and Civil War military records, poorhouse indentures (ca.1835-ca.1900), local court records (1789-1926), eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century civil commissions, and vital records maintained by various localities.

Westchester County
Title Index to Selected Series Dept/Division Westchester County Archives Description Furnishes links to indexes of: Declarations of Intention (1808-1927), Cemetery Records, Veterans (1775-1918) Court Records (1778-1885), Government Publications by Westchester County Departments (1915-Present), Historic Preservation Survey Records (1983), Incorporation Records (1876-1926), Incorporation Records: Personal Names Index (1848- 1906), Marriage Records (1910-1927), Naturalization Records (1808-1927), and School Reports (1828-1927).

University of Rochester
Title Department of Rare Books and Special Collections Description Furnishes a brief overview of the institution's holdings in British and American literature, history of women's suffrage agitation and other social reform movements, and American political history; item lists and registers for many collections are linked to the guide.

New York State Archives
Title Jewish History Resources in New York State. Description A compilation of information about Jewish history and genealogy resources in New York, based on archival inventory and cataloging efforts known to date.

Title Records Relating to Native Americans In the New York State Archives Description Records include information about state government relations with Indians, and public policy including land and census records and records of Thomas Indian School.

Title Records Relating to Women In the New York State Archives Description Describes legislative, court, and executive branch records dealing with the evolution of New York State's policies toward women and women's role in shaping State policy.

Title Records Relating to Criminal Trials, Appeals, and Pardons Description Records in the State Archives and elsewhere on criminal courts and cases, appeals from trial courts to appellate courts, executive clemency applications (pardon), and prisons.

Title Guide to Revolutionary War Records: New York State Archives Description The State Archives holds 75 series or 120 cubic feet of records relating to the Revolutionary War. Describes records held by State Archives relating to the political and military conduct of the American Revolution in New York.

Title World War I Records: New York State Archives Description Guide for records created by agencies responsible for adminstering and documenting the military service and homefront actions by New Yorkers in World War I.

Title Preliminary Guide to Historical Record Sources on Latinos in New York State Description This guide provides an overview of records relating to Latinos-Hispanic populations currently held in archives, libraries, historical societies and governments around New York State.

Schoharie County Historical Society
Title Manuscript Holdings Dept/Division Old Stone Fort Library Description Online indexes to subject-based Manuscript Files and genealogy files, listing of records created by churches located in the Hudson and Mohawk valleys, and information about other published and unpublished information of interest to genealogists.

Brooklyn Historical Society
Title Manuscript Holdings Description Guides to papers of the Pierrepont family, the Plymouth Church of the Brethren-Henry Ward Beecher collection, the Brooklyn Division of the Protestant Council of Churches, the Brooklyn Fire Fighting Collection, and the records of the Civitas Club, a women's public service group.

Saratoga County Historical Society
Title Collection Holdings Dept/Division Brookside Museum Description Searchable database containing information about the society's manuscript, photograph, object, and library collections. To see complete listings of the society's archival and photograph collections, access the initial search screen, click Archives or Photos, and then click Table of Contents. To find more information about a specific item or collection, click on its identification number.

New York State Archives
Title They Also Served: New Yorkers on the Home Front. A Guide to Records of the New York State War Council Description Contents to a guide to records of New York State War Council which was organized to coordinate homefront mobilization and civilian response during WWII

Genealogical Resources
Title Passenger Record Archive Dept/Division American Family Immigration History Center Description Searchable database of twenty-two million immigrants who came to the United States via Ellis Island between 1892-1924 includes passenger records, original manifests, and ship information. Some parts of the site are accessible only to registered users (registration is free). Additional features are available to dues-paying members of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.

Ulster County
Title Database of Holdings Dept/Division Ulster County Archives Description Users can search the database for series descriptions by department, collection, record series title, date and keyword. Also available is database for indexes for the deeds and naturalization records.

Title Series Descriptions for Selected Series Dept/Division Ulster County Archives Description The Ulster County Archives, a program of the Ulster County Clerk's office, has series descriptions and indexes available on its website. Records indexed include early deed books and naturalization records.

Warren County
Title Series Descriptions and Indexes Dept/Division Warren County Records Storage Center & Archives Description Warren County's Archival Program has on-line information about its archival records, including series descriptions and sample images for selected series located in the county archives. The site also includes extensive indexes to the County's map collection.

Binghamton University Library
Title Charles Monroe Dickinson Papers Dept/Division Special Collections Description Correspondence and other papers of Binghamton newspaper publisher Charles M. Dickinson, later U.S. Consul-General to Turkey. Subjects documented include the 1852 Democratic National Convention, U.S.-Turkish relations, and conditions in Europe during the early twentieth century. Dickinson's chief correspondent was his second wife, Alice Bond Minard Dickinson, who was active in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the National Women's Republican Club. Also includes photographs, genealogical material, poetry, and financial records.

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Title Research Aids Dept/Division Library Description The Society maintains al genealogical reference library and collects and makes available information on genealogy, biography and history, particularly as it relates to the people of New York State. The research aids contains information about specific topics and related records found both at the society and elsewhere in the City. Research aids inlcude Bibliographies, Census Records, Church Records, Colonial Research, Databases, Libraries & Societies, New York City Research, New York State Research, Publications, and Research Tips