Find Records: Search by Subject
Are you interested in the history of a particular group or topic? Do you want to learn about your state, community or family history? Rediscovering New York History and Culture can help you. Collected here are listings of projects, links to finding aids, digitized images, exhibits, publications, project information, and links to other online resources. These resources are arranged topically. The resources are organized into:
There are two ways you can located information on a topic or group: Click on the drop down list or specific link below. Browse through the subject list for the topic or group of interest to you. Under each topic you will find contact information, program overviews, information about special projects, resources for researchers and links to websites, on-line catalogs, and to the repository description in the Historic Document Inventory (HDI). Some of the resources contain downloadable documents provided in .pdf format, which requires the free Adobe Acrobat reader. If you have on-line finding aids, digitized images, exhibits, publications, or a project report which relate to historical records in New York please send a message to dhs@mail.nysed.gov so we can include your link and enrich this resource. Follow the links below to check out what is going on--maybe in your own community.Finding aids, indexes, and guides
Documentation Projects
Exhibits and Digitized collections
Publications
Additional Resources