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02/11/2025

If you haven't already signed the petition to protect access to NY's vital records, please do so by 1pm Eastern today (2/11).

January 27, 2025 Access to New York State vital records is an important and serious issue at the NYG&B and for our community. Many of you are aware of the extremely long wait times for obtaining both genealogical and certified vital records from the New York State Department of Health (DOH). The New...

04/18/2022

Join me virtually on Saturday, May 14 for an all day seminar with the Orange Co. (NY) Genealogical Society. Three talks: "10 Essentials for NY Research," "The NY Gateway: Immigration, Emigration, and Migration," & "Colonial and Loyalist Records at the NY State Archives: Untapped Resources." Plus, Cyndi Ingle will be the host. What a deal for $20! Register via snail mail.

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11/26/2020

More Big Y DNA for the Wilcocksons in Derbyshire.

Guest Post by Skip Duett ©2020 The preceding post here provides background on the Wilcockson Billie and Boonie lines. This post discusses how those Wilcockson lines relate to a group of Hutchins

11/25/2020

A new database for ships to and from New Netherland 1609-1664, with names of passengers. Check this out! https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/digital-exhibitions/voyages-of-new-netherland?fbclid=IwAR18NW6IX3AmDlUGxImXUJqcoBtWr11jjERfZRdMSmo3YXNTX2swXvT3wHI

Between 1609 and 1664, more than 150 ships undertook roughly 250 voyages between the Dutch Republic and the colony of New Netherland. These ships crucially connected colonial nodes across the North Atlantic Ocean, transporting administrators and colonists, delivering provisions, supplies, and essent...

11/25/2020

A new database for mapping New Amsterdam/New York City, with names of property owners. Check this out!

Welcome to Mapping Early New York - Encyclopedia, where we explore the early history of New Amsterdam and New York City, its diverse people, landscapes, institutions and global legacy today.

09/21/2020

I'm giving 3 talks on researching our female ancestors on Saturday for the NHGS (available for on-demand viewing for 2 months), with lots of Wilcockson-Wilcox examples from my own family (New England). It includes one talk entirely about Margaret Wilcockson of Simsbury, CT, granddaughter of Puritan William and Margaret Wilcockson, the immigrants. You can register here through the 24th.

Jane is a professional genealogist with her own company, Forget-Me-Not Ancestry, in Albany, NY. She lectures at local, regional, and national conferences. She is a member of the New York State Archives Advisory Committee and the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society’s Family History Advi...

04/25/2019

Registration is open for the New Netherland Family History Day in Albany on May 30. I'll be consulting, giving a short talk, and leading a discussion group. Looking forward to a fun day!

Welcome to registration for our first Family History Day. Please read through all the details before proceeding to the next page.

03/25/2019

The three jury censuses for NYC 1816, 1819, & 1821 are digitized. Yahoo! Great information in them.

This collection consists of bound volumes containing tally sheets of jury census returns for the city and county of New York. The tallies were taken to determine the eligibility of jurors and list persons and property by ward number for the years 1816, 1819, and 1821. Of particular demographic inter...

03/24/2019

Origins of the surname Wilcockson in 5 parts.

In the early 2000s I researched the origins of surnames in England and of the surname Wilcockson in particular to include in a chapter of my book on the origins of Puritan William Wilcockson of Biggin by Hulland, Derbyshire, and his wife Margaret probably Harvie of Ilkeston, Derbyshire who immigrate...

05/25/2018

Cool. NY State Museum podcast launch -- "A NY Minute in History."

A new podcast, “A New York Minute In History,” is being launched which explores the story of New York State and the unique tales of New Yorkers. The podcast is hosted by New York State Historian De…

05/11/2018

Early-bird registration for the NYS Family History Conference in Tarrytown, Westchester Co., ends on May 31. Join us!
https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/reasons-attend-new-york-state-family-history-conference

04/30/2018

Forgot to take photos, so here is Lake MI and Chicago on my way home. Had a wonderful time speaking at the IN Gen. Soc. conference "From Albany to New Albany [IN]" on Sat. Thanks to conf organizer Michael Maben for a great conference and for hosting me.