www.italiangen.org - Italian Genealogical Group
The ... vital records database at ... is a free, valuable tool for researching past residents of New York City of all ethnicities. The death index covers 1891-1948. There are indexes for brides and grooms and for naturalization. I use it so often, it's near the top of My Favorites.
Bonnie Kohler [kohlerbj@bellsouth.net], "Re: [APG] What Do You Use?," APG-L, discussion list, 2 May 2008 (http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Genealogical_Societies/APG.html).
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Subject: NEHGS eNews Vol. 10, No. 24, Whole #378, June 11, 2008
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Spotlight: Wisconsin and New York Library Resources
by Valerie Beaudrault
Onondaga County Public Library Local History and Genealogy Databases
www.onlib.org/dbtw-wpd/Textbase/databaselist.html
Onondaga County is located in the west central part of the state of New York. Its county seat is Syracuse. The Onondaga County Public Library Local History and Genealogy Department has produced and uploaded three databases to its website.
1855 New York State Census for Onondaga County
1865 New York State Census for Onondaga County
The 1855 New York State Census for Onondaga County index includes the city of Syracuse and some or all of the towns of Clay, Cicero, Dewitt, Geddes, Manlius, and Salina. The index contains 5,432 records. The 1865 New York State Census for Onondaga County includes the city of Syracuse and some or all of the towns of Geddes, Lysander, Manlius, Onondaga, Salina and Van Buren. Both census databases can be searched by the following: last name, first name, middle name, title, visitation number and “town-ward-district number.”
Onondaga County WPA Files
Individuals working for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression compiled the original card index from the newspaper files of the Syracuse Public Library and the newspaper files of the Historical Scrap Books of the Onondaga Historical Association. The original index has been digitized and uploaded to the library’s website. It covers the period from 1814 through 1900 and contains nearly 53,000 records.
The index can be searched by any number of the following: last name, first name, notes, event date, source, and date appeared in the source document. The basic search results are returned in alphabetical order by event type. The data fields include event (type), last name, first name, notes, event date, source, page citation, date of publication, and record number. The Notes field includes a variety of information such as age at death, where died, location of funeral, and biographical information about an important individual.
