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DIGITIZED RECORDS AVAILABLE AS OF JANUARY 2014
[Following is the Ancestry.com listing of digitized and indexed New York records that are
available through a special portal on the New York State Archives website. Sources and
additional comments are given in brackets. Abbreviations: NYSA – New York State Archives,
Albany; NYSL – New York State Library, Albany; DMNA – Division of Military and Naval
Affairs, New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center, Saratoga Springs]
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Albany [County], New York State Census, 1915 [Albany County Hall of Records;
duplicate in NYSA series A0275]
Dutchess County, New York, Naturalization Records, 1932-1989 [database] [Dutchess
County Clerk’s Office]
Menands, New York, Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards, 1791-2011 [Albany Rural
Cemetery]
New York Marriages, 1600-1784 [sic; ca. 1680-1784] [published index to NYSA series
A1893 Marriage Bonds, 1753-1783]
New York Military Equipment Claims, War of 1812 [published index to NYSA series
A0025 and A3352]
New York, 74th Infantry National Guard Enlistment Cards, 1889-1917 [DMNA]
New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919 [NYSA series B0808]
New York, Alien Depositions of Intent to Become U.S. Citizens, 1825-1871 [NYSA series
A1869]
New York, [Civil War soldier] Cartes-de-visite, 1860-1865 [DMNA]
New York, Census of Inmates in [City] Almshouses and [County] Poorhouses, 1830-1920
[NYSA series A1978]
New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 [NYSA series 13775]
New York, Grand Army of the Republic Records, 1866-1931 [NYSA series B1706, GAR
“post descriptive books,” i.e. rosters]
New York, [Abstracts of] Mexican Punitive Campaign National Guard Muster Rolls, 19161917 [NYSA series B0802]
New York, Military Service Cards, 1816-1979 [NYS Militia and National Guard officer
only] [DMNA]
New York, National Guard Monthly Roster, 1940-1945 [DMNA]
New York, [Chancery Court and Supreme Court] Naturalization Papers, 1799-1847 [NYSA
series J1061, J5011, J9013]
New York, Soldiers Serving in the New York National Guard, 1918 [DMNA]
New York, Record of Award Medal, 1920-1991 [DMNA]
New York, Sales of Loyalist Lands, 1762-1830 [NYSA series A4016, vols. 7-10, 17;
Commissioners of Forfeitures land sales contracts and related documents]
New York, [Abstracts of] Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records,
1898-1902 [NYSA series B0809]
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New York, State Census, 1892 [Albany County Hall of Records]
New York, State Census, 1915 [NYSA series A0275]
New York, State Census, 1925 [NYSA series A0276]
New York, State Veterans' Questionnaires, 1861-1991 [DMNA]
New York, Town [and City] Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, 18611865 [NYSA series 13774]
New York, U.S. National Guard Enlistment Cards, 1923-1947 [Harlem NG regiment only]
[DMNA]
New York, Veteran Burial Cards, 1861-1898 [DMNA]
New York, War of 1812 Payroll Abstracts for New York State Militia, 1812-1815 [NYSA
series B0810]
New York, World War I Veterans' Service Data, 1913-1919 [NYSA series A0412;
compiled by State Historian for some communities]
New York, WWII Enlisted Men Cards, 1940-1945 [DMNA]
Salina, New York, Records, 1805-1969 [Salina Town Clerk’s Office]
U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880 [NYSL]
U.S. Census Non-Population Schedules, New York, 1850-1880 [NYSL; agriculture and
industry schedules]
U.S. Federal Census - 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes
[NYSL]