What kind of data is accepted for the USGenWeb New York Archives?

1. Any items published before 1 Jan 1923.
2. Items published after 1 Jan 1923, only with author's written permission
3. Public domain records or documents.
4. Records lapsed into Public Domain after 1 Jan 1923, after copyright investigation is verified.

EXAMPLES of PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDS:

BIBLE RECORDS


• CEMETERIES:
  • Headstone transcriptions (WPA or personally walked and recorded)
  • Caretaker's records
  • Burial records
    
• CENSUS:
  • Federal
  • State
  • County
  • City
  • Special
  • Schedules: Mortality, Agriculture, Veterans
    
• CHURCH RECORDS:
  • Membership lists
  • Baptisms
  • Marriages
    
• COURT RECORDS:
  • County
  • Federal
  • Civil
  • Circuit
  • Probate
  • Naturalizations
    
• DIARIES/JOURNALS
  


• EDUCATIONAL:
  • School histories
  • Newsletters
  • School census
  • Yearbooks
    
• LAND RECORDS:
  • Deeds/grants
  • Land transfers
  • Federal land grants
  • Surveyor's records
  • Plat Books
    
• LOCAL DIRECTORIES:
  • Phone books
  • regional (usually multi-counties in rural areas)
  • county
  • city directories
    
• LOCAL HISTORIES
  • City
  • County
  • Region
  • State
    
• MILITARY RECORDS:
  • Rosters
  • Muster rolls
  • Service records
  • Pension applications
    • Revolutionary
    • War of 1812
    • Civil War
    • Indian Wars
    • Mexican
    • Spanish-American
    • WWI
    • WWII
    • Korean
    • Viet Nam
    • Persian Gulf
      
• NEWSPAPERS:
  • Birth announcements
  • Marriage announcements
  • Obituaries
  • Local events
    
• OCCUPATIONAL:
  • Mining inspector's reports
  • Accident reports
  • Railroad reports
  • Company newsletters
    
• PRISON RECORDS
  
  
• TAX RECORDS:
  • Local (usually city or district)
  • Land
  • Property
  • State
  • Federal (usually assessments)
    
• VITAL RECORDS:
  • Marriage License, Certifcate
  • Birth Certificate and Delayed Birth Certification
  • Death Certificate and Register
    
• WILLS
  • Estate
  • Guardianship
  • Miscellaneous
  • Property divisions
  • Final settlements

Get Involved!
We need people like you to donate transcriptions of deeds, cemeteries, census, bible records, etc. and/or contribute tombstone photos
If you have a New York file you'd like to donate to the USGenWeb Archives,
please click Here or Here to post your records or contact the File Manager

The File Manager for New York USGenWeb Archives Project is:
David Crosby (Temporary)