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Other Resources
The lists below provide links to other online resources on the following topics:
Brooklyn & New York City History
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Borough President's Office
Everything you want to know about Brooklyn, then and now...
http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online (1841-1902)
Fully indexed and searchable; digitization project of Brooklyn Public Library's Brooklyn Collection
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/eagle/index.htm
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (contemporary)
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/
Brooklyn Public Library
Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238, (718) 230-2100
www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org
Brooklyn Museum
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org
Our Digital Bridge - images of the Brooklyn Bridge from the Brooklyn Museum:
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/research/digital-collections/brooklynbridge/
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
25 Elm Place, Suite 200, Brooklyn, NY 11201, (718) 875-1000, Fax: (718) 237-4274
www.ibrooklyn.com; email: info@brooklynchamber.com
Borough of Brooklyn Seal
http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/Images/Photogallery/bh14_lg.jpg
City of Brooklyn Seal
http://www.panix.com/~cassidy/stilesv2/v2c1/seal.jpg
City of Brooklyn Flag
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-ny-bk.html#old
Fort Greene Park Conservancy's Prison Ships Martyrs Memorial Centennnial Celebration 2008
http://www.centennial2008.org
New York City
Museum of The City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029 (212) 534-1672
www.mcny.org
National Archives, New York Region
201 Varick St., New York, NY, (212) 337-1300
www.nara.gov
New York City Department of Records & Information Services
http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/home.html
New York Historical Society
2 West 77th St., New York, NY, (212) 873-3400
www.nyhistory.org
New York Public Library
Humanities & Social Sciences Research
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018
Reference: (212) 930-0830
http://www.nypl.org/
House & Building Research
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
(718) 623-7200
www.bbg.org.
Buildings Department
210 Joralemon St., Brooklyn, NY, (718) 802-3675
www.ci.nyc.ny.us
Landmarks Preservation Commission
100 Old Slip, New York, NY, (212) 487-6800, TTY: (212) 487-6745
www.ci.nyc.us
Metropolitan Historic Structures Association
303 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1411, New York, NY (212) 685-9723
http://www.mhsanewyork.org/
New York Landmarks Conservancy
141 5th Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 995-5260, Fax: (212) 995-5268
www.nylandmarks.org
NYC Department of Finance: Find your Lot/Block Number
http://webapps.nyc.gov:8084/CICS/fin1/find001I
NYC Department of Records: Tax Photographs
Surrogate's Court Building, 31 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007
Between 1939 and 1941, the city photographed every house and building in the five Boroughs. Copies of these images may be ordered online:
Use this to find your lot/block number
http://webapps.nyc.gov:8084/CICS/fin1/find001I
Then go here:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/taxphotos/home.shtml
Genealogy & Family History
General
Ancestry.com
Charges a monthly fee
www.ancestry.com.
AncestralFindings.com
Resource for genealogist directions for finding specific information
www.ancestralfindings.com
Census 4 All
US Census information
www.census4all.com
City Clerks Office, Brooklyn, Marriage, License Records Bureau
210 Joralemon St., Rm. 205, Brooklyn, NY, (718) 802-3581
City Registers Office, Brooklyn
210 Joralemon St. Rm. 2, Brooklyn, NY, (718) 802-3590. Property records (deeds, mortgage, maps) 18th Century - present
County Clerks Office Brooklyn
State Supreme Court, 360 Adams St., Rm. 122A, Brooklyn, NY, (718) 643-5790. For Naturalization Records, Rm. 079, (718) 643-5894
NYC Municipal Archives: Vital Records
31 Chambers Street, Room 103, New York, NY 10007
http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/vitalrecords/home.shtml
Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records
Birth and death records for the five boroughs of New York City
125 Worth St., Rm. 133, New York, NY, (212) 566-8193 and -8194.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/vitalrecords/home.shtml
Distantcousin.com
Search options include searches by surname, ethnicity, immigrants by ship and military records
www.distantcousin.com
Ellis Island: American Family Immigration History Center
Search passenger arrivals and information about genealogy research
http://www.ellisisland.org/
Familysearch.org
Family Trees and genealogical records (from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
www.familysearch.org
Genealogybox.com
Provides links to genealogy websites organized into specific categories:
www.genealogytbox.com
Historical Text Archive
Original translated text dated back several centuries:
www.historicaltextarchive.com.
JewishGen
An affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage:
www.jewishgen.org
The Italian Genealogical Group
Italian family history and genealogy:
http://www.italiangen.org/
National Genealogical Society
A professional organization that outlines etiquette in genealogical study:
www.ngsgenealogy.org
New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
122 East 58th, New York, NY, (212) 755-8532
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org
New York Public Library, Local History & Genealogical Division
(212) 930-0828
www.nypl.org
Stephen P. Morse
A One-Step Portal for Ellis Island and Castle Garden Genealogy:
http://www.stevemorse.org/
African Heritage
Afrigeneas.com
Genealogy website dedicated to African American ancestry:
www.Afrigeneas.com
Freedmensbureau.com
Established shortly after civil war to assist emancipated slaves. Includes census, marriage, death and property records:
www.Freedmensbureau.com
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