Putting your ancestors in the context of their times is key for researching them. Learn the New York migration routes and transportation modes that your New York ancestors may have taken. Discover the origins of key immigrant and emigrant groups and settlers and where they went through 1940. The New York Gateway: Immigration, Emigration and Migration (Intermediate-advanced genealogy audience) 60 minutes. See examples for using the records in your research. Learn how and where to look for your tenant ancestors in these and other records, such as court and tax records. Looking for Your New York Tenant Farmer: Little-used Resourcesĭocuments for New York manors and their tenants have survived. (Beginner and general interest topic) 60 minutes. With many examples from the speaker’s own New England, New York and Wisconsin family history, learn where to look for womenfolk in letters, diaries and journals, newspapers and various court records. Women from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries are challenging to uncover, but we may hear their voices in the documents that recorded their lives. įinding American Women’s Voices through the Centuries: Letters, Journals, Newspapers, and Court Records. Featured: governmental jurisdictions vital, probate, and land records state censuses online and offline resources New York State Library & Archives and the New York Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer. You will be surprised! (Beginner and general interest topic) 60 minutes.īy understanding ten key concepts, records, and resources for researching New York, gain more success navigating the challenges of New York research. Find out who was in New York in the beginning. The Hudson (North) River valley was an ethnic and religious melting pot long before the late nineteenth century immigrant influx. Up the North River: An Overview of Pre-1800 Hudson Valley Ethnic Groups and Religions. The following topics can be customized to meet your group’s needs: Read what people have had to say about Jane’s presentations Five of Jane’s talks have been recorded as webinars for Legacy Family Tree. Contacther or call her at 84 to make arrangements. Jane speaks nationally and regionally at local societies, all-day conferences and week-long institutes and is available to speak at your group’s meeting or conference in person or via webinar.
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