I did not count these exactly, but there must be over 100 databases, many of which will be very valuable to genealogists. These databases are searcheable and viewable on-line, and there is even an over all Master Search by Subject utility that will search all of the databases at once. You may also Browse by Title.
I’m guessing that these combined databases must contain billions and billions of names of people. Carl Sagan like, but I do not think I am exaggerating too much.
This following list is only a SAMPLE of the listings available.
19th Century Masterfile - Nineteenth century (1802 to 1906) newspapers.
Academic Search Complete - A full text database, with over 5,500 full-text periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals.
Accessible Archives - Online databases of primary source material from 18th & 19th centuries, including coverage of the Colonial Period, The French & Indian War, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, African-American History, and the Industrial Revolution.
African American Experience - African American history and culture is broken into topics such as history, biography, literature, arts, culture, business, civil rights, politics, sports, education, science, and more.
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century - The database consists of six newspapers: The Freedom's Journal, The Colored American, The North Star, Frederick Douglass Paper, The National Era, Provincial Freeman, and The Christian Recorder. Dates covered are 1827-1902.
America: History and Life - Historical coverage of the U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present from over 2,000 journals from 1964 on. Includes fulltext linking to matching Oxford University Press and Project Muse journals.
America's Newspapers: New York - Full text coverage of a wide range of New York State newspapers from Albany, Batavia, Binghamton, Buffalo, Elmira, Ithaca, Lewisboro, Long Island, New York City, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Saratoga, Suffolk county, Syracuse, Troy, Utica, Watertown, and Westchester county.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index - Citations for over 12 million entries for current and historical persons.
(That is only a PARTIAL LISTING, starting in the A’s and B’s. Just a smidgen!)
Here are a few more FABULOUS collections!
HeritageQuest Online - Contains the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), full text of the Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Legislation and Administration Relating to Participation in the Revolutionary War, full text of Registers of signatures of despositors in branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company 1865 - 1874, full text of ProQuest's Genealogy and Local History Collection of 25,000+ family and local history books and the full text of the 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1860 -1880 and 1900-1920 census for the entire United States.
JSTOR - Arts and Sciences Collection - The Arts and Sciences collections I, II, III, and IV contain more than 240 titles in over forty disciplines.
Sanborn Maps - Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 provides access to large-scale maps (50 feet to an inch) of towns and cities in New York.
Yikes! Sanborn Maps of New York! Do you people have any idea how important this collection is?
The above listing is only a teeny, tiny part of the list of all that are available for your fifty dollar investment.
All of these fine databases, and many more are available to anyone that has a New York State Library Card with the letter “P” designation. How do you get one?
Join the “Friends of the New York State Library.” In addition to the deep satisfaction of preserving a world renowned public research library, you can obtain special discounts at local book stores.
For all you Genealogaholics, the category that you will want is either the Contributing Membership at $50.00 per year, or you can be real supportive and sign up for the Excelsior Membership for $100.00 or more.
How do you join?
Go to the Friends website at: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/friends/app.htm
To see the full list of databases available with membership go to:
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/gate/remotedb.htm
See you there!
Thanks to Cynthia Van Ness of the Buffalo Library and the Erie County rootsweb mail list for letting us know about this.
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