Free New York Online Alumni Records

Alumni records are part directories, part newspapers, and magazines, part biographies, part obituaries, part yearbooks, part vital records, etc. You get the idea. If you are seeking genealogy clues, these “records’ are full of them. All of the information is derivative, but it can provide leads for you to search for original documents. And if you are documenting a person’s family story, well, there’s a ton of that kind of information too.

So what am I including in Alumni Records?

• Alumni directories
• Alumni registers
• Alumni newsletters, bulletins, newspapers, and magazines
• Commencement programs

And what information is available in them?

• Graduation dates and degree(s) received
• Current photos and/or those of their family
• Current address lists
• Where are they now and what are they doing?
• Obituaries and “In Memoriam”
• Marriages
• Children born to the alumnus
• Deaths in their family
• Life achievements and awards
• Interesting stories about the alumnus and their family

Below is a list of links to free online alumni record and index collections for the state:

Note: Some of the links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage, please make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.

(Updated December 2022)​

• Annunciation School Alumni Newsletter
• Canisius High School Alumni Magazine
• City College of New York Alumni Newsletter
• City College of New York Alumnus Magazine
• City University of New York, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Alumni Newsletters
• Columbia Alumni News
• Columbia University, Alumni Publication
• Columbia University, Alumni Quarterly Magazine
• Columbia University. College of Pharmacy. Alumni Journal
• Columbia University. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Catalogue of the Alumni, Officers and Fellows, 1807-1891
• Columbia University. Graduate School of Journalism, Black Alumni Network
• Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association, Quarterly Magazine
• Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) – Cornell University Alumni Directory, 1868-1931
• Cornell University Alumni Directory, 1868-1931
• Cornell University Alumni Publications, 1899-
• Cornell University Directory of Living Alumni, 1868-1938
• Cornell University, Addresses of Alumni – 1898
• Fashion Institute Of Technology Alumni Magazine
• Fordham University Alumni News
• Fordham University Magazine
• Hamilton College, Alumni and Attendees, 1812-1908
• Hicksville High School Alumni Newsletter
• Hofstra University Commencement Programs
• Hunter College Commencements and Convocations/Programs
• Hunter College High School Alumni News
• Ithaca College Alumni News
• LaGuardia High School Alumni News
• Lehman College Alumni Newsletter
• New York Institute of Technology Magazine
• New York Law School Alumni Registers
• New York Law School Commencement Programs
• New York Medical College Commencement Programs
• New York Medical College, Alumni Newsletters
• New York University Alumni and Friends Connect
• New York University Alumni Magazine
• New York University, Biographical Catalogue of the Chancellors, Professors and Graduates, 1894
• New York University, General Alumni Catalogue, 1833-1905
• Niagara County Community College Commencement Programs
• Nichols School Alumni Newsletter
• NYU Stern School of Business Alumni Newsletters
• Oakwood Friends School Alumni News
• Pace University Commencements
• Pratt Institute Alumni News
• Regis High School Alumni News
• St. Mary’s Institute Alumni Newsletters
• State University of New York College of Medicine, Alumni Association Highlights, 1880-1955 and Biographies of Graduates, 1900-1955
• Stony Brook University Alumni News
• SUNY Binghamton University Alumni Newsletter
• SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Alumni News
• SUNY Cortland Commencement Programs
• SUNY Morrisville Alumni Newsletter
• SUNY New Paltz Alumni Magazine
• SUNY Polytechnic Institute Alumni Newsletters
• SUNY Potsdam Alumni Magazine
• SUNY University at Albany Commencement Programs
• SUNY, Buffalo State Alumni News
• SUNY, Fredonia Alumni Magazine
• Susquehanna University Alumni Newsletters
• Syracuse University, Alumni Record and General Catalogue, 1899
• The New School Alumni News
• Union College, Officers and Alumni, 1795-1895
• Union Theological Seminary, Alumni Catalogue 1836-1947
• United States Military Academy, Register of Graduates and Former Cadets
• University of Rochester, Alumni Address List, 1909, 1915
• Vassar College, Officers and Graduates, 1861-1910
• Wheatley School Alumni Newsletters
• Yeshiva University Alumni News
• York Prep Alumni News