Description
New York City Municipal Archives: A Guide for Family Historians (Enhanced Edition)
by Aaron Goodwin
Susan R. Miller, Editor
Harry Macy Jr., Consulting Editor (first edition)
March 2025. Softcover, 8.5 x 11. Index. Images. 292 pages.
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The newly revised edition of this reference work answers the need for historians, genealogists, students, and others to have a clear, rational description of the New York City Municipal Archives’ relevant public records—where they are located, what they contain, and how they can be accessed. Coverage includes the City of New York and its predecessor cities, towns, and villages.
All chapters are now enhanced with updated access information, including the extensive digitization efforts of the Municipal Archives.
New material includes information on additional birth, death, and marriage records now accessible, voter registrations, and police and fire department records.
Extensive attention is given to vital records of births, marriages, and deaths; court records; almshouse records; real estate records; and photographs. Less well-known collections are also covered, including early records of the Dutch and English colonial eras; extensive Farm Histories that trace deed chains for former Manhattan farms to their earliest days; records of the Civil War Volunteer Soldiers' Family Aid Fund; and voter records.
An extensive index (26 pages) allows readers to locate subject and individuals—it is new to this edition.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Vital Records (1795–1949) new material added
- Chapter 2: Coroner and Office of Chief Medical Examiner Records (1823–1955)
- Chapter 3: City Cemetery Burials (1872–1980s)
- Chapter 4: Bodies in Transit Records (1859–1894)
- Chapter 5: Civil War Volunteer Soldiers’ Family Aid Fund (1861–1867)
- Chapter 6: Almshouse Records (1758–1953)
- Chapter 7: Assessed Valuation of Real Estate (1699–1979)
- Chapter 8: Department of Buildings (1866–1970s)
- Chapter 9: Property Cards (1939–1990s)
- Chapter 10: Farm Histories
- Chapter 11: New Amsterdam Records of the Dutch Colonial Era (1642–1674)
- Chapter 12: Common Council/City Council Records (1675–1977)
- Chapter 13: Court Records (1683/4–1987)
- Chapter 14: Old Town Records (1644–1898)
- Chapter 15: Richmond County Clerk Records (1706–1947)
- Chapter 16: Censuses
- Chapter 17: City Employee Records new material added
- Chapter 18: City Directories (1802–1934/35)
- Chapter 19: WPA Federal Writers’ Project New York City Unit (1935–1943)
- Chapter 20: Photography Collections (1850–2013)
- Chapter 21: Digging Deeper new material added
