New
Yorkers can now search for their roots in the newly indexed 1940 U.S.
Federal Census for New York and three state censuses dating to 1892,
exclusively on Ancestry.com
PROVO, UTAH – (June 6, 2012) – Ancestry.com the world’s largest
online family history resource,
has announced an exclusive offer for New Yorkers to jump start their
family history research. Starting today, a valuable select group of
record collections, provided through a partnership
with the New York State Archives and Library, are now available free to
New York state residents.
[Lorine's note - the records can be searched by those not living in New York but you must have an Ancestry subscription unless you are a New York resident]
[Lorine's note - the records can be searched by those not living in New York but you must have an Ancestry subscription unless you are a New York resident]
The new records include the first available online
index for the 1940 U.S. Federal Census for New York which includes more
than 13 million resident names with details including age, birthplace,
street address and residence in 1935. These
records reveal a unique snapshot of the state as it emerged from the
Great Depression, providing a valuable gateway to New York family
information in the years leading up to World War II.
To complement the 1940 Census records, Ancestry.com
is offering a bevy of additional records with its New York collection,
including two state censuses never before released in digital form and a
dozen other relevant collections spanning
nearly 400 years of state history.
Ancestry.com has partnered with the New York State
Archives to publish the 1925, 1915 and 1892 New York State censuses.
Both the 1925 and 1915 censuses are digitized and available for the
first time online, and along with the 1892 state
census, provide the next step for discovery beyond the revelations of
the 1940 Federal Census. These censuses are unique because they fall in
the interim years between federal censuses, providing additional insight
into population and societal trends in the
state. For example, between the 1910 and 1920 federal censuses, New
York experienced a population surge of 1.3 million residents due to
heavy immigration (14 percent growth). The 1892 state census provides
information that was lost when the 1890 U.S. Federal
Census was damaged and destroyed by fire in 1921. New York state
residents can access these special New York collections with a simple
zip code verification process.
Like many from the Empire State, former New York
City Mayor and native New Yorker, Ed Koch, and his family are found
throughout many records held at Ancestry.com, including some of the New
York collection. Koch’s father, Leib, first appears
in a 1910 New York Passenger List when he immigrated to the United
States from Ukraine alone at the age of 16. The 1915 New York State
Census shows Koch’s father living with his sister in the Bronx. Edward
Koch first appears in the 1925 New York State Census,
which records him as an infant having been born in the Bronx in 1924.
Koch appears again in the 1930 U.S. Federal Census as “Edwin”, residing
in an Eastern European Bronx neighborhood where he lived with his
parents and brother in a $75/month apartment.
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