Finding Free Online Genealogy Collections in New York

If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. Everything that is online for free has not been captured in our link lists, as some specific categories and resources have not been curated as yet, or we may never do.

However, there are archives, libraries, unique document collections, and specialized genealogy websites throughout the state. With the list below, you should have exposure to the great majority of free online resources for the state.

• Access Genealogy – New York
• Adelphi University Digital Collections
• Albany Institute of History and Art
• Alfred University Digital Collections
• Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
• American History & Genealogy Project – New York
• Ancestry Free Index Collections
• Bard College Digital Collections
• Bronx County Historical Society
• Brooklyn Public Library
• Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
• Buffalo History Museum
• Center for Brooklyn History
• Center for Jewish History
• Chemung County Library District Genealogy Department
• Chronicling America – New York
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
• Colgate University Digital Collections
• College of Saint Rose Digital Collections
• Columbia University Digital Collections
• Cornell University Digital Collections
• CUNY – Baruch College Digital Collections
• CUNY – Brooklyn College Digital Collections
• CUNY – City College Digital Collections
• CUNY – College of Staten Island Digital Collections
• CUNY – Hunter College Digital Collections
• CUNY – John Jay College of Criminal Justice Digital Collections
• CUNY – Lehman College Digital Collections
• CUNY – Medgar Evers College Digital Collections
• CUNY – Queens College Digital Collections
• Cyndi’s List – New York
• David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
• Dead Fred
• Death Indexes – New York
• Digital Commons Collections
• Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York
• Digital Public Library of America – New York
• Ellis Island
• FamilySearch
• FamilySearch – New York Online Genealogy Records
• FamilySearch Catalog
• FamilySearch Wiki – New York
• FindAGrave
• Fordham University Digital Collections
• Fulton History
• Genealogy Trails – New York
• German Genealogy Group
• Google
• Google Books – New York
• Hamilton College Digital Collections
• Hartwick College Digital Collections
• HathiTrust – New York
• Historic Hudson Valley Library
• Hofstra University Digital Collections
• Holland Society of New York
• Hudson River Valley Heritage
• Huguenot Society of America
• I Dream of Genealogy
• Interment.net – New York
• Internet Archive – New York
• Islip Public Library
• Italian Genealogical Group
• Jewish Gen
• LDS Genealogy – New York
• Leo Baeck Institute
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• Linkpendium – New York
• Long Island University – Brooklyn Campus Digital Collections
• Long Island University – CW Post Campus Digital Collections
• Manhattan College Digital Collections
• Manhattanville College Special Collections
• Maria College Digital Collections
• Molloy University Digital Collections
• Montgomery County Department of History & Archives
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Archives Online Exhibits
• National Archives Resources for Genealogists
• Nationwide Gravesite Locator
• New Horizons Genealogy – New York
• New School University Digital Collections
• New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
• New York Genealogy Links
• New York Heritage Digital Collections
• New York Historical Society
• New York Public Library Digital Collections
• New York Public Library Digital Projects
• New York State Archives Digital Collections
• New York State Historical Literature (Cornell University)
• New York State Library Collections
• New York University Digital Collections
• Northern Onondaga Public Library
• NYC Municipal Archives Collections
• NYS Historic Newspapers
• Olean Public Library
• Onondaga County Public Library
• Onondaga Historical Association
• Pace University Digital Collections
• PastPerfectOnline Collections
• Patriot and Grave Registry
• Queens Historical Society
• Reclaim the Records
• Rochester Institute of Technology Digital Collections
• Rochester Public Library
• Sanborn Maps – New York
• Siena College Digital Collections
• Smithsonian Digital Library
• St John Fisher University Digital Collections
• St John’s University Digital Collections
• Staten Island Historical Society
• SUNY – Albany Digital Collections
• SUNY – Binghamton Digital Collections
• SUNY – Buffalo Digital Collections
• SUNY – College at Brockport Digital Collections
• SUNY – College at Buffalo (Buffalo State College) Digital Collections
• SUNY – College at Cortland Digital Collections
• SUNY – College at Fredonia Digital Collections
• SUNY – College at Geneseo Digital Collections
• SUNY – College at New Paltz Digital Collections
• SUNY – College at Old Westbury Digital Collections
• SUNY – College at Oneonta Digital Collections
• SUNY – College at Oswego Digital Collections
• SUNY – College at Plattsburgh Digital Collections
• SUNY – College at Potsdam Digital Collections
• SUNY – College at Purchase Digital Collections
• SUNY – College of Environmental Science & Forestry Archival and Special Collections
• SUNY – College of Technology at Farmingdale Digital Collections
• SUNY – Fashion Institute of Technology Digital Collections
• SUNY – Maritime College at Ft Schuyler Digital Collections
• SUNY – Stony Brook Digital Collections
• SUNY – Upstate Medical University Digital Collections
• Syracuse University Digital Collections
• The Official Land Records Site
• Tompkins County Public Library
• U.S. Military Academy Digital Collections
• Ulster County Library Association
• Union College Digital Collections
• United States Merchant Marine Academy Digital Collections
• United States Military Academy Special Collections
• United States Social Security Death Index
• University of Rochester Digital Collections
• US GenWeb – New York
• US GenWeb Archives – New York
• Utica Public Library
• Utica University Digital Collections
• Vassar College Digital Collections
• Westchester County Archives
• White Plains Public Library
• Yeshiva University Digital Collections

Here is the list of over 11,185 curated New York genealogy collection links from The Ancestor Hunt, by category:

• Newspapers
• Yearbooks
• Births
• Marriages
• Deaths
• Alumni Records
• Cemetery Records
• Church Records
• Coroner Records
• Criminal Records
• Directories
• Divorce Records
• Immigration Records
• Institutional Records
• Military Records
• Mortuary Records
• Naturalizations
• Obituaries
• Photos
• Probate and Wills
• School Records
• Tax Records
• Voter Records

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!