In an article I found on OswegoCountyToday.com, Ancestry.com has a new agreement in place with New York. Free access to New York Records. The following article provides all the details:
Archives Made Available for Free with new Ancestry.com, New York Archives Agreement
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Assemblyman Will Barclay encouraged those interested in family history to visit the new state archives site, www.archives.nysed.gov
An agreement between Ancestry.com and several state and local genealogical resources, as well as State Archives and the State Library, have helped to create a searchable database of New York records on the site for free.
The New York State Archives Magazine features the site in its latest issue and reports that thousands of additional documents will continue to be made available.
The site contains archival photos, videos and audio of historic places and moments such as Gov. Rockefeller’s state of the state address in 1959 and instructional videos that introduce how archives are kept.
The site also contains images from commerce, the Erie Canal, child labor changes, agriculture, and environmental photos, maps and immigration to name a few.
Click here to read the full article.
Here is a list of the included data collections on the site:
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New York, Cartes-de-visite, 1860-1865 FreeUpdated!
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