{"id":141,"date":"2014-05-27T14:07:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T19:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/?p=141"},"modified":"2014-05-27T14:07:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T19:07:19","slug":"online-access-to-new-york-genealogy-resources-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/?p=141","title":{"rendered":"Online Access to New York Genealogy Resources, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>__<a href=\"http:\/\/beta.worldcat.org\/archivegrid\/\">http:\/\/beta.worldcat.org\/archivegrid\/<\/a> <b><i>Archivegrid<\/i><\/b> is a new companion service to <b><i>World<\/i><\/b> <b><i>Cat<\/i><\/b> and is supported by OCLC Research databases and descriptions\u2014including MARC and EAD documents.\u00a0 MARC originally listed archival holdings for the <b>Holland Land<\/b> <b>Company<\/b> records for Western New York.\u00a0 Armed with these MARC descriptions, I visited the archives and tracked the ancestors for 7 clients at one time.\u00a0 What a boon those descriptions were.<\/p>\n<p>You can select your state or country of interest from the menu and <b><i>GoogleMaps<\/i><\/b> will map the locations of archives and libraries in that general area.\u00a0 Finding aids and more than 3 million descriptions are now available.\u00a0 Take this genealogy-adventure plunge and determine what archive collections could help you extend your hard-to-find New York pedigree and prove each generation.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Archivegrid<\/strong><\/em> is an effective, although an advanced research tool. You have to know some key things about your ancestors whether they come from New York or not.\u00a0 Facts like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Time period they can be found in New York.<\/li>\n<li>Local area where they resided and if they moved around within New York.<\/li>\n<li>Other surnames associated with your ancestors.<\/li>\n<li>Spelling variants of surnames.<\/li>\n<li>Previous names,especially those names no longer used for that place of residence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is one of those searches that works better the more you know.\u00a0 Your favorite New York genealogist, Arlene Eakle\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/arleneeakle.com<\/p>\n<p>PS\u00a0 Even if you classify yourself as a beginner, take this genealogy-adventure plunge.\u00a0 You might find a documented, unpublished family history that other researchers also stumped on your family lines have never consulted.\u00a0 You can know the answers before anyone else!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>__http:\/\/beta.worldcat.org\/archivegrid\/ Archivegrid is a new companion service to World Cat and is supported by OCLC Research databases and descriptions\u2014including MARC and EAD documents.\u00a0 MARC originally listed archival holdings for the Holland Land Company records for Western New York.\u00a0 Armed with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/?p=141\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}