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

SUBMIT YOUR NEW YORK FILES - dsam52 @ sampubco.com

Thank you in advance for the submissions. The researchers will appreciate your submissions.

The submission site is:

http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/index.html