This database contains an index and images of the 1925 new york state census. Genealogical research at the new york public library the new. How is it that people living in the worlds greatest port, a city with no neighborhood that is far from a waterfront, a city whose location was chosen because of the sea, where the great cargo ships and tankers, mighty little tugs. It covers the county of new york which in 1890 included manhattan, the west bronx and a few adjacent islands. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. A permanent census office was established in the department of the interior by an act of march 6, 1902 32 stat. Internet archive national homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, 18661938 includes bath, new york. The new york public library has digitized city directories. This microfilm is not available for sale from nara.
Census substitutes and state census records volume i. Census us federal 1930 new york, monroe, rochester city 28192 sheet 20a pear, mary h b. City directories and selected telephone books on microfilm and microfiche. When searching new york census records, remember that until 1664 new york was called new netherland. Census online links new york 2,545 links links to online census records new york bookmark this page link to this page state new york 1790 census 79 1800 census 90 1810 census 79. Transferred to the newly established department of commerce and labor by act of february 14, 1903 32 stat. In that year the english captured the province from the dutch and new amsterdam became new york city. Oct 05, 2016 new york public library is digitizing its collection of new york city directories, 1786 through 19223, serving them free through the nypl digital collections portal. Records of the bureau of the census national archives. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. New york vital records and genealogy indexes on the internet.
Search for new york city directory under texts to find several editions of trows and longworths along with a number of other topical directories. The 1890 new york city police census fills the gap for the lost 1890 federal census. The first batch184950 through 1923have already been scanned, and the 178618489 directories are right now being scanned. Directory of historical newspapers and indexes on the internet. If you plan to visit, it is best to call ahead 3157352279 to check if a volunteer will be available. Whether you want to know about auburns history, census information, data or when the library is open, these key links make it easy to get around auburn virtually. The 1870 new york city census ward 17 street index, the new york genealogical and biographical record, vol.
Killer cane takes place in the florida everglades, which was still a newly settled frontier in the 1920s. New york genealogy free ny genealogy access genealogy. The united states census bureaus mission is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nations people and economy. This article provides an incomplete list of fiction books set in new york city. Tips for searching nonfederal new york census records.
In 1940, she was 12 years old and lived in bronx, new york, with her father, mother, 2 brothers, and sister. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Economic census data value flags either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution. New york home 1790 census 79 1800 census 90 1810 census 79 1820 census 60 1830 census 45 1840 census 43 1850 census 124 1860 census 85 1870 census 67 1880 census 70 1890 census 88 1900 census 62 1910 census 10 1920 census 19 1930 census 11 county statewide 2 albany 22 allegany 32 broome 17 cattaraugus 8 cayuga 52. In 1673 new york was recaptured by dutch naval force and new netherland restored as a. New horizons genealogy has a large collection of new york state census records. Consult their bobcat to find nyhs holdings, and to find directories at the new york public library. New york began taking formal state censuses in 1825 both to determine representation in state government and to produce statistics the government might find useful. This is a very selective list of materials available to family historians in the new york public library. Circa 1930 city directories available at nara national archives. New york state census records 18251925 information. The new york state library, as a federal regional depository library, receives most. With the population 19,378,102 approx, ny ranks the 3rd most populous state in the united states as stated by the 2010 us census bureau. This is an indexed collection of middle school, junior high, high school, and college yearbooks from across the united states.
Economic census puerto rico data are not comparable to u. The federal census bureaus midyear estimates of the population of the principal cities of the united states must always be taken. Yearbooks are one of those home sources, usually found in an attic or basement, which many people dont think of as a family history source. Census us federal 1930 new york, westchester, yonkers city 6080 sheet 4a pear, milton b. New york public library digitizes 7 years of new york city. In the second enumeration, census takers uncharacteristically recorded street addresses. This new york state page of our website provides direct links to genealogy databases, books, and information found on new york genealogy and history. It has not been indexed so you must find your ancestors by t. Metropolitan architecture and urbanism 18901915 robert a. This snapshot of ethel higginss life was captured by the 1940 u.
Census books 1850, 1855, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1875, 1880, 1892, 1905, 1915 and 1925. Added new records from 150k yearbooks that previously only had images available. Genealogical research at the new york public library. Table of contents chenango county, new york biographiesafton new york biographiessherburne new york biographiesontario county, new york biographiesorange county, new york biographiesnew york biographies onlinewestern new york suffragists chenango county, new york biographies afton new york biographies early settlers atherton, cornelius betts, peter judge buck, daniel s. New york, state censuses, 1880, 1892, 1905 ancestry. This database contains an index and images of the 1915 new york state census. This is the 1928 index for the borough of manhattan new york county in new york city for marriage affidavits, applications, and licenses.
New york s state censuses often contain more information than federal censuses that happened around the same time, and are crucial sources for family history and genealogy research. Internet archive list of pensioners on the roll january 1, 1883 addendum to steuben county, new york source. The state took a census every 10 years from 1825 through 1875, another in 1892, and then every 10 years again from 1905 to 1925. These censuses are at present coming from the original books at the tompkins county courthouse in ithaca. New york city directories nypl digital collections. Circa 1930 city directories available at nara national. Though new yorkers live by the sea, they take vacations to go somewhere else to be by the sea. Welcome to the heart of auburn city data where you can quickly find the key auburn detailed data and census information you need. The first batch184950 through 1923have already been scanned, and the 178618489 directories. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through timesmachine.
This page lists microfilmed city directories available at national archives building, 700 pennsylvania ave. New york city, new york online historical directories. Where can find steuben county birth, marriage, divorce and death records. Federal census is taken every ten years, beginning with 1790. Federal census, book 1, alphabetical listing 1880 us gen web. This database also includes images of an enumeration of indians on the onondaga indian reservation. Description new york city directories record the names and addresses of city residents, businesses, churches, schools, police stations, courts, and other government offices, as well as the names of individuals associated with those institutions. Search free new york federal, state, colonial and military census records online, including census substitutes and tax lists. The new york state archives is part of the office of cultural education, an office of the new york state education department. The 1915 and 1925 census schedules and key maps for large cities are available on microfilm at the state library and online to new york state residents through new york.
Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear. New york city, new york genealogy familysearch wiki. Nypl has digitized the new york city telephone directories from 1940 so you can now use them to find census data on new yorkers in three easy steps. Some are being handcopied due to the expense of photocopying these records. New york, passenger and crew lists including castle garden and ellis island, 18201957. Whitman, governor of the state of new york, 1917 albany, ny. Taken from szucs, loretto dennis, research in census records. If a volunteer is not available, a librarian will be happy to retrieve any item out of the room for you, with the exception of the new york state department of health vital records genealogy indexes. Federal, state, colonial and military census records. This is the index to deaths in new york state in 18801956. This guide provides an overview of every new york state census, what kind of. The whole collection will be going online over the coming months.
New york state census records new york state library nysed. Replaced old records with new updated records for most of the books found on the site. This search engine lets you search up to 2,804,127 pages of free genealogical data with a single query. Specializing in the new york state census records conducted 1825, 1835, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915, 1925, and new york colonial census records. New york state census of tompkins county, 18251905 family history library tompkins co. Federal census records, digitized family and local history books, an index to genealogical and local history periodicals 18002009, revolutionary. This page primarily lists records kept at the city level. For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of new york see. Our ultimate goal is to offer all the state censuses available for this county. Olean, ny, city directory, 1916, 19221923, 1924, 1928, 1930, 19391940, 1941, 1943 new york state library olean, ny, telephone books, 1923, 1928, 194041, 194748, 195051 new york state library olean, new york, city directory. New york s 1905 census, shown here, is typical of nonfederal censuses, and is available with other new york censuses on familysearch and. A census certificate may be obtained from the county clerk. This guide is for new york city and state censuses taken between the federal census years or made separately from the federal census.
Steuben county vital records can be found at the new york department of health which has copies of birth records after 1881 and death records after 1880, copies of marriage since 1881 and a divorce records since 1847. See the article in its original context from january 23, 1928, page 20 buy reprints. If you have florida ancestors, for example, you might find them in the sunshine states 1945 census. About new york, state censuses, 1880, 1892, 1905 in new york state censuses were taken every ten years from 18251875, in 1892, and then again from 19051925. When ethel higgins was born about 1928, her father, lawrence, was 24, and her mother, gertrude, was 24. The new york public library has digitized city directories available for free at s. This database is an index to, with corresponding images of, parts of the 1880, 1892, and 1905 censuses. New york public library digitizes 7 years of new york. Its quickfacts website provides statistics for all states and counties, and cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more. Photographic views of new york city, 1870s1970s and other selected photographs, from a collection of available online for free at nypl digital collections. Marriage records the only marriage records which we have in this office are for the years 1908 to april 1935. The original county copies of the federal censuses, 18501880, are normally at.
New york state took censuses every 10 years from 1825 to 1925, and many of these records are now free to search online. Additional records are listed on the county and state pages. A list of the questions asked on federal population schedules 17801980 is included on pages 4346 and a list of. Of the many odd things about new yorkers, there is this. Includes 19 all new county boundary maps for the period 16831915, showing the evolution of all new york counties and adjoining jurisdictions in bordering states and canada. Today, the population of new york has reached to more than 19 million people. Links to census records on the web helpful tools for census research purchase census cds purchase books. Everyday discount prices and great customer service. Olean genealogy in cattaraugus county, ny usa 1,015,348 new york 54,234 cattaraugus county 886 olean 95. Jan 21, 2020 the collections of the new york public library and new york historical society library include extensive holdings of various new york city directories. For more information on this microfilm, see the state librarys web resource, new york state census records. Chemung, clinton, hamilton, new york manhattan, niagara, putnam, queens, seneca, st.
Quickfacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more. These records were obtained by the nonprofit activist group reclaim the records through a new york state freedom of information law foil request originally filed in january 2016 and completed seventeen months later in mid2017. The subscription database archive of americana is a vast electronic resource that includes a number of digitized new york city directories among its resources. This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of new york from 18201957. For a list of questions asked in each new york state census from 1825 to 1925, click here. New york genealogy free new york genealogy this new york state page of our website provides direct links to genealogy databases, books, and information found on new york genealogy and history. New york public library is digitizing its collection of new york city directories, 1786 through 19223, serving them free through the nypl digital collections portal. Use the new york public librarys new tool, direct me nyc, to unlock the data in the recently released 1940 federal census. New york city directories from the new york city public library ongoing project digitized brooklyn city directories and telephone directories, 18561967. City directories on microfilm or microfiche and selected telephone books and county directories on microfilm are filed in cabinets in the 7th floor microforms area. Includes 26 ny state census extraction forms, 18251925, with all ny population, military, agriculture, industry,births, deaths. We will be continually adding a large number of books, hundreds in all, so check back often. New york genealogy census records has a listing of links for statewide and countywide census years. List of pensioners on the roll january 1, 1883 steuben county, new york source.
Information, by county, about the various new york state censuses that are available on microfilm at the new york state library. In new york state censuses were taken every ten years from 18251875, in 1892, and. Click on any of the following titles for the description of the books that are currently available. Street index to the 1892 new york state census, city of brooklyn. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. This publication, compiled in 1981 by new york state library staff members marilyn douglas and melinda yates, contains an inventory of federal and state census manuscripts and microfilm holdings in repositories throughout new york state.
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