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Archives and Libraries

National Archives
Northeast Region
201 Varick St., 12th Floor
New York, NY 10014-4811
Phone: (212)401-1620
Fax: (212)401-1638
E-mail: newyork.archives@nara.gov
Web: archives.gov/northeast/nyc/
New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

Columbia University Libraries
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212)854-7309
Web: www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/

Cornell University Library
201 Olin Library
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: (607)255-3393
Fax: (607)255-6788
Web: www.library.cornell.edu/

New York City Department of Records and Information Services
31 Chambers St., Rm. 103
New York, NY 10007
Phone: (212)NEW-YORK
Web: nyc.gov/html/records/home.html

New York City Public Library
Irma & Paul Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History & Geneaology
Fifth Ave. & 42nd St.
New York, NY 10018-2788
Phone: (212) 930-0828
Web: nypl.org/research/chss/lhg/genea.html

The New York State Archives
Cultural Education Center
Empire State Plaza

Albany, NY 12230
Phone: (518)474-8955
Web: www.archives.nysed.gov/

The New York State Library
Cultural Education Center
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12230
Phone: (518)474-5355
Web: www.nysl.nysed.gov/

Genealogical Societies

Central New York Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 104, Colvin Station
Syracuse, NY 13205
Web: rootsweb.com/~nycnygs

Chautauqua County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 404
Fredonia, NY 14063
Web: http://www.netsync.net/users/djyj/CCGS.htm

Dutchess County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 708
Poughkeepsie, NY 12602
Web: www.dcgs-gen.org/

Heritage Hunters
P.O. Box 270
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-0270
Phone: (212) 673-5750
Web: rootsweb.com/~nysarato/gwsarhh.html

Kodak Genealogical Society
Kodak Recreation, Building 28
Rochester, NY 14652-3404

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
122 E. 58th St.
New York, NY 10022-1939
Phone: (212) 755-8532
Fax: (212) 754-4218
Web: www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/

New York State Council of Genealogical Organizations
P.O. Box 2593
Syracuse, NY 13220-2593
Web: www.rootsweb.com/~nyscogo/

Rochester Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 10501
Rochester, NY 14610-0501
(716) 234-2584
Web: www.rootsweb.com/~nyrgs/

Westchester County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 518
White Plains, NY 10603
Web: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywcgs/

Western New York Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 338
Hamburg, NY 14075-0338
Web: http://www.wnygs.org/

Historical Societies

Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718)222-4111
Fax: (718)222-3794
http://www.brooklynhistory.org

Greater Ridgewood Historical Society
1820 Flushing Ave.
Ridgewood, NY 11385-1041
Phoen: (718)456-1776
Web: http://onderdonkhouse.org/

Huntington Historical Society
(Genealogy Workshop)
209 Main St.
Huntington, NY 11743-6993
Phone: (613) 427-7045
Web: www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org/

Nassau County Historical Society
P.O. Box 207
Garden City, NY 11530
Web: www.nassaucountyhistoricalsociety.org/

New York Historical Society
170 Central Park West at 77th Street
New York, NY 10024
Phone: (212)873-3400
Web: www.nyhistory.org

Church Records

BAPTIST

American Baptist Historical Society
Samuel Colgate Baptist Historical Library
Colgate-Rochester Crozer Divinity School
Ambrose Swasey Library

1110 South Goodman St.
Rochester, NY 14620-2532
Phone/Fax: (585)473-1740
Web: www.crcds.edu/ABHSLib.asp

DUTCH REFORMED

The Holland Society of New York Library
122 E. 58th St.
New York, NY 10022
Web: www.hollandsociety.com

EPISCOPAL

Diocese of New York
1047 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10025
Phone: (212)316-7400
Web: www.dioceseny.org

LUTHERAN

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Metropolitan New York Synod
475 Riverside Dr., Suite 1620
New York, NY 10115-0037
Phone: (212)665.0732
Web: www.metronysynod.com

ROMAN CATHOLIC

Archdiocese of New York
1011 First Ave.
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 371-1000
Web: http://www.ny-archdiocese.org

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS)

New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
15 Rutherford Place
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212)673-5750
Web: http://www.nyym.org

Ethnic Resources

AFRICAN-AMERICAN

New York Public Library
The Research Libraries
Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture

515 Malcom X Blvd.
New York, NY 10037-1801
Phone: (212)491-2200
Web: www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Archives and Library
75 Stuyvesant Place
Staten Island, NY 10301
Phone: (718)727-1135
Web: www.statenislandmuseum.org/archives.html

University of Rochester
Government Documents and Microtext Center
Rush Rhees Library

Rochester, NY 14627-0055
Phone: (585)275-4484
Web: www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=235

African-American Cultural Center
350 Masten Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14209
Phone: (716)884-2013
Web: africancultural.org/

Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
New York Chapter
P.O. Box 022340
Brooklyn, NY 11202-0049

Afro American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier
P.O. Box 63
Buffalo, NY 14207
Web: www.aahanf.org/

ASIAN

China Institute in America
125 E. 65th St.
New York, NY 10021
Phone: (212)744-8181
Web: www.chinainstitute.org/

IRISH

The Irish Family History Forum
P.O. Box 67
Plainview, NY 11803-0067
Web: www.ifhf.org/

ITALIAN

Italian Genealogical Group of New York
P.O. Box 626
Bethpage, NY 11714-0626
Web: www.italiangen.org/databaselist.stm

JEWISH

Jewish Genealogical Society of Long Island
37 West Cliff Dr.
Dix Hills, NY 11746
Web: www.jewishgen.org/jgsli/

Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 6398
New York, NY 10128
Web: www.jgsny.org/

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
333 Seventh Ave., 16th floor
New York, NY 10001-5004
Phone: (212)967-4100
Web: www.hias.org

NATIVE AMERICAN

Huntington Free Library
Cornell University Library Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Ithaca, NY 14853
Web: rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/HFL.html