AfriGeneas is a site devoted to African American genealogy, to researching African Ancestry in the Americas in particular and to genealogical research and resources in general. It is also an African Ancestry research community featuring the AfriGeneas mail list, the AfriGeneas message boards and daily and weekly genealogy chats.

Offers New York residents free access to state-specific resources. While Ancestry.com is a subscription-based service, several NY repositories have formed a partnership with Ancestry.com to digitize family history records and make them available on line for free. Also check out the helpful guide for researching NYS family history https://www.ancestrycdn.com/mars/landing/new-york/20140114newyorkstateguide.pdf

UPDATE for Covid-19: Ancestry Library Edition temporarily available from outside the library!

Brooklyn Public Library's collection of Brooklyn newspapers including: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Life and Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society.

Browse cemetery records across 5,325 cemeteries worldwide.

Thousands of categorized and cross-referenced links to genealogical sites. This well organized site has been around since 1996.

An index to death records, obituaries, probate indexes, cemetery and burial records.

Includes records of immigrants, crew and passengers at Ellis Island from 1892-1924. Search by passenger name or name of ship.

Online collection of family history, family tree, and genealogy records from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There is information about visiting one of their Family History Centers, the closest of which is in Plainview. Family Search als

Search over 170 million memorials or browse cemeteries to find the graves of ancestors or create memorials, including photos and notes, for ancestors. Link family members.

The U.S. Government's guide to genealogy resources including an index to state genealogy sources online.

Compossed of thirteen local genealogy organizations.  The Federation holds programs and assists in research.

An overview of how to research your family. It offers online classes, helpful ideas on deciphering handwriting, pointers about organizing the information, and a wealth of reference hints. Much information is free; some requires payment.

An online text and a good starting point for your research.

HRVH Historical Newspapers provides access to digitized copies of historical newspapers from the Hudson River Valley region of New York State.

Includes sites to research emigration, immigration and naturalization, 100+ passenger list sites, ethnic research, libraries and archives, passenger ship types, descriptions and images, and additional worldwide maritime information available both on-line and off-line.  Covers from the 1600s to the early 1900s.

This website provides access to naturalization and vital records for Nassau and Suffolk counties, as well as New York City, regardless of the country of origin of the immigrant.

Links to many databases for Jewish ancestry research. Excellent tutorials and instructional materials. Provides everything from searching for ancestors to pages for creating a family webpage.

Chronicling America is a website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages.

The Patchogue-Medford Library has indexed the birth, marriage and death announcements of this newspaper covering the years 1879-1924.

An active resource for the Long Island family history community since 1993, Long Island Genealogy has compiled a searchable database containing over 3,212,043 individuals, 1,215,933 families and 171,229 sources all directly connected to the early settlers and the families of Long Island.

Offers an extensive list of links valuable to the Jewish genealogoist. There are resources from the entire world including traditional genealogy information, Jewish music, directories, media, and organizations. 

Genealogy resources from the Federal Government

a collaborative project of eight New York State library members offers insight into the lifestyles of our ancestors. These documents including maps, postcards, yearbooks and correspondence add human interest to the facts in your family tree.

Provides access for more than 200 million documents

Digitized historic newspapers of New York State, including many from Long Island and the 5 boroughs, some dating from the 19th century.

Covers 1820-1957; it includes some Canadian and Mexican border crossing records.

Has been around for more than ten years. It has mailing lists, message boards as well as millions of names in its family trees collection.

Explore your family history at Ellis Island; this site tells the stories about passengers who came to America through Ellis Island and the Port of New York.

Steven Morse has organized various genealogical tools so that they can be accessed more easily.

Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and state in the US; provided by Volunteers.

This directory provides state and county information on where to write to obtain birth, death and marriage and divorce records. Addresses and fees are listed.