02/11/2025
If you haven't already signed the petition to protect access to NY's vital records, please do so by 1pm Eastern today (2/11).
Call for Action Regarding Access to New York State Vital Records | New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
January 27, 2025 Access to New York State vital records is an important and serious issue at the NYG&B and for our community. Many of you are aware of the extremely long wait times for obtaining both genealogical and certified vital records from the New York State Department of Health (DOH). The New...
04/18/2022
Join me virtually on Saturday, May 14 for an all day seminar with the Orange Co. (NY) Genealogical Society. Three talks: "10 Essentials for NY Research," "The NY Gateway: Immigration, Emigration, and Migration," & "Colonial and Loyalist Records at the NY State Archives: Untapped Resources." Plus, Cyndi Ingle will be the host. What a deal for $20! Register via snail mail.
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11/26/2020
More Big Y DNA for the Wilcocksons in Derbyshire.
Big Y DNA: Wilcockson vs. Hutchinson vs. Giddey
Guest Post by Skip Duett ©2020 The preceding post here provides background on the Wilcockson Billie and Boonie lines. This post discusses how those Wilcockson lines relate to a group of Hutchins
11/25/2020
A new database for ships to and from New Netherland 1609-1664, with names of passengers. Check this out! https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/digital-exhibitions/voyages-of-new-netherland?fbclid=IwAR18NW6IX3AmDlUGxImXUJqcoBtWr11jjERfZRdMSmo3YXNTX2swXvT3wHI
New Netherland Institute :: Voyages of New Netherland
Between 1609 and 1664, more than 150 ships undertook roughly 250 voyages between the Dutch Republic and the colony of New Netherland. These ships crucially connected colonial nodes across the North Atlantic Ocean, transporting administrators and colonists, delivering provisions, supplies, and essent...
11/25/2020
A new database for mapping New Amsterdam/New York City, with names of property owners. Check this out!
Home | Mapping Early New York: Encyclopedia
Welcome to Mapping Early New York - Encyclopedia, where we explore the early history of New Amsterdam and New York City, its diverse people, landscapes, institutions and global legacy today.
09/21/2020
I'm giving 3 talks on researching our female ancestors on Saturday for the NHGS (available for on-demand viewing for 2 months), with lots of Wilcockson-Wilcox examples from my own family (New England). It includes one talk entirely about Margaret Wilcockson of Simsbury, CT, granddaughter of Puritan William and Margaret Wilcockson, the immigrants. You can register here through the 24th.
EVENTS | Nhsog
Jane is a professional genealogist with her own company, Forget-Me-Not Ancestry, in Albany, NY. She lectures at local, regional, and national conferences. She is a member of the New York State Archives Advisory Committee and the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society’s Family History Advi...
04/25/2019
Registration is open for the New Netherland Family History Day in Albany on May 30. I'll be consulting, giving a short talk, and leading a discussion group. Looking forward to a fun day!
Family History Day – New Netherland Institute
Welcome to registration for our first Family History Day. Please read through all the details before proceeding to the next page.
03/25/2019
The three jury censuses for NYC 1816, 1819, & 1821 are digitized. Yahoo! Great information in them.
New York County Jury Census
This collection consists of bound volumes containing tally sheets of jury census returns for the city and county of New York. The tallies were taken to determine the eligibility of jurors and list persons and property by ward number for the years 1816, 1819, and 1821. Of particular demographic inter...
03/24/2019
Origins of the surname Wilcockson in 5 parts.
Wilcockson Surname Origins Part 1 | 4 Get Me Not Ancestry | Your Ancestors Want Their Stories To Be Told
In the early 2000s I researched the origins of surnames in England and of the surname Wilcockson in particular to include in a chapter of my book on the origins of Puritan William Wilcockson of Biggin by Hulland, Derbyshire, and his wife Margaret probably Harvie of Ilkeston, Derbyshire who immigrate...
05/25/2018
Cool. NY State Museum podcast launch -- "A NY Minute in History."
State Museum Launching ‘New York Minute In History’ Podcast
A new podcast, “A New York Minute In History,” is being launched which explores the story of New York State and the unique tales of New Yorkers. The podcast is hosted by New York State Historian De…
04/30/2018
Forgot to take photos, so here is Lake MI and Chicago on my way home. Had a wonderful time speaking at the IN Gen. Soc. conference "From Albany to New Albany [IN]" on Sat. Thanks to conf organizer Michael Maben for a great conference and for hosting me.