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This lecture will cover the states of: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, New York City, Delaware and Maryland.

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Here are some of the highlights of the Mid-Atlantic collections you can find today on Ancestry – and there are more coming all the time!

Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collections:

  • Pennsylvania, Oliver H. Bair Funeral Records Indexes, 1920-1980
  • Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985
  • Pennsylvania, Revolutionary War Battalions and Militia Index, 1775-1783
  • Pennsylvania, Card Indexes to Genealogical Scrapbooks and Research Folders
  • U.S., Select Family History and Bible Records Index

New Jersey State Archives Collections:

  • New Jersey, State Census, 1895
  • New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931
  • New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802
  • New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971
  • New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817

New York City Department of Records Collections:

  • New York, New York, Birth Index, 1878-1909
  • New York, New York, Marriage Indexes 1866-1937
  • New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948

New York State Collections:

  • New Jersey, State Census, 1895
  • New York, Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses, 1830-1920
  • New York, World War I Veterans' Service Data, 1913-1919
  • U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880
  • U.S. Federal Census - 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes
  • Dutchess County, New York, Naturalization Records, 1932-1989
  • U.S. Census Non-Population Schedules, New York, 1850-1880
  • New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865
  • New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900
  • Menands, New York, Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards, 1791-2011
  • Salina, New York, Records, 1805-1969
  • New York, Veteran Burial Cards, 1861-1898
  • New York, Military Service Cards, 1816-1979
  • New York, WWII Enlisted Men Cards, 1940-1945
  • New York, Cartes-de-visite, 1860-1865
  • New York, State Census, 1915
  • New York, State Census, 1925
  • New York, New Jersey Soldiers Serving in the New York National Guard, 1918
  • New York, National Guard Monthly Roster, 1940-1945
  • New York, State Veterans' Questionnaires, 1861-1991
  • New York, Record of Award Medal, 1920-1991
  • New York, 74th Infantry National Guard Enlistment Cards, 1889-1917
  • New York, U.S. National Guard Enlistment Cards, 1923-1947
  • New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919
  • New York, State Census, 1892
  • New York Military Equipment Claims, War of 1812
  • Albany, New York State Census, 1915
  • New York Marriages, 1600-1784
  • New York, Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records, 1898-1902
  • New York, Alien Depositions of Intent to Become U.S. Citizens, 1825-1871
  • New York, Grand Army of the Republic Records, 1866-1931
  • New York, Mexican Punitive Campaign Muster Rolls for National Guard, 1916-1917
  • New York, Sales of Loyalist Land, 1762-1830
  • New York, War of 1812 Payroll Abstracts for New York State Militia, 1812-1815
  • New York, State Census, 1855
  • New York, Naturalization Papers, 1799-1847

Delaware State Collections:

  • New York, Naturalization Papers, 1799-1847
  • Delaware Marriage Records, 1744-1912
  • Delaware Birth Records, 1800-1908
  • Delaware Marriage Records, 1806-1933
  • Delaware Death Records, 1811-1933
  • Delaware Naturalization Records, 1796-1959
  • Delaware, Wills and Administrations, 1683-1947
  • Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800

Maryland State Collections:

  • Baltimore, Maryland, Deaths and Burials Index, 1877-1992
  • Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911
  • Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850
  • Marriage Licenses of Caroline County, Maryland, 1774-1815
  • Index to Marriages and Deaths in the Baltimore Sun 1837-1860
  • Index of Marriage Licenses, Prince George's County, Maryland 1777-1886
  • Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839
  • Marriage records, Prince Georges Co., Maryland, 1777 to 1836
  • A Record of Interments at the Friends Burial Ground, Baltimore, Maryland

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