The photograph, above, was taken at John Boyd Thatcher State Park, NY by my son.
New York, USA, the Empire State
11th State; Statehood 1788; First US Census 1790; Capital City, Albany
New York State Census years: every 1o years 1825 – 1875; 1880, 1892, 1905, 1915 & 1925
New York is my home state. My mother, Alberta Joy (Gardner) Brown & her mother, Helen (Coyle) Gardner grew up in New York City. My father, Delbert K Brown, and his family moved to New York State c 1940.
Some family names associated with New York:
- Ivy R. (Mark) Brown 1908 OH – 2003 NY
- Michael Coyle b 1870 Ireland – d NY
- Mary Josephine (Mullane) Coyle 1867 Ireland – 1927 NY
- James J. Coyle 1887 CT – 1955 CT; m 1912 NY
- Helen (Coyle) Gardner 1897 NY- 1965 NY
- Leopold Gardner 1860 Austria – 1948 NY
- Nathaniel Gardner 1882 NY – 1944 NY
- Frances B. (Mullane) Keeton 1878 Ireland – 1946 NY
- James Joseph McCall 1898 NY – 1944 NY; m 1931 NY
- Frank Samuel Weissberg d 1940 NY
- Francis Weissberg b1915 NY
- Milton Sydney Weissberg 1907 – 1987 NY
History & Overview. According to the History Channel Website:
The Dutch first settled along the Hudson River in 1624; two years later they established the colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. In 1664, the English took control of the area and renamed it New York. One of the original 13 colonies, New York played a crucial political and strategic role during the American Revolution. Between 1892 and 1954, millions of immigrants arrived in New York Harbor and passed through Ellis Island on their journey to becoming U.S citizens. It is estimated that up to 40 percent of Americans can trace at least one ancestor to that port of entry. New York City, the largest city in the state, is home to the New York Stock Exchange and is a major international economic center.
Websites useful for New York research:
- Access Genealogy – Free Data & Links for New York
- Ancestor Hunt – Links to many state resources: newspapers
- County & Town Histories for New York and Other States
- Cyndi’s List for New York
- Jewish Genealogical Society
- National Archives at New York City Genealogy Resources
- New York State Archives
- New York City Cemeteries
- New York City Vital Records at the Archives
- New York Death Records on line
- New York Facts & Trivia
- New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
- New York Historical Society
- New York History
- New York Online Historical Newspapers
- New York State Census Reports, info at NYS Library
- Upstate New York Genealogy
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