New York Resources

New York Essays

Resources for the Genealogist in New York State Outside New York City

Marian S. Henry
NEHGS; 6 x 9 softcover, xiii + 320 pp.
reg. $17.95, member price $16.16
This book collects 29 essays about New York written by Marian S. Henry for the NEHGS website. Topics include how to find primary sources in New York, and summaries of land purchases and settlements. The practical information will help you find your upstate ancestors, and the historical information will help you understand the world in which they lived.

New York State Probate Records

A Genealogist’s Guide to Testate and Intestate Records

Gordon L. Remington, FUGA, FASG
NEHGS; 7 x 10 softcover, 224 pp., illus.
reg. $24.95, member price $22.46
This newly updated edition provides genealogists with the latest tools for locating New York State probate records from the past 350 years. An improved design, addition of online sources, new appendixes, and maps help researchers more easily navigate this important group of records.

Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York

Frank J. Doherty
6 x 9 hardcover, 900–1,250 pages per volume. $85 each
This series profiles more than 1,300 families who settled in the Beekman Patent, a land grant given to Colonel Henry Beekman in 1697 by the English Crown and the second largest patent in present-day Dutchess County, New York. 1990-2013
Volume 1: Historical Records. 1990
Volume 2: Abbot to Burtch. 1993
Volume 3: Burtis to Dakin. 1995
Volume 4: Darbyshire to Everitt. 1997
Volume 5: Fackert to Haas. 1999
Volume 6: Hadden to Hunt. 2002
Volume 7: Hunter to Leavens. 2004
Volume 8: Lee to Millington. 2005
Volume 9: Mills to Page. 2008
Volume 10: Paine to Rogers. 2010
Volume 11: Rood to Sly. 2013
Volumes 1–11 on CD for Windows or Mac: $185
Volume 11 only on CD for Windows or Mac: $34.95