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Finding Aids
Finding aids provide detailed information about individual record series held by the State Archives.
Digital Collections
Select items from our collections are available in our Digital Collections, which provides access to photographs, textual records, government documents, film, audio and other materials.
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Name Indexes
The index includes individual names appearing in the records of various state agencies whose records are held by the New York State Archives.
Motion Picture Division Index
The Motion Picture Division index summarizes the information that exists in the case file for each film, and provides different ways of locating this information.
Constitutions and Constitutional Conventions
New York's first state constitution preceded and influenced the development of the United States Constitution. In drafting state constitutions prior to the ratification of the national constitution, New York and its fellow original states established a tradition of dual constitutionalism that endures to this day. In establishing the basic framework of state government and protecting the rights of individuals, state constitutions serve functions parallel to the national constitution. However, as is the case with New York, sta
Land Records
This pathfinder will direct you to the most useful sources for real property records (deeds and mortgages for private properties).
These indexes include individual names appearing in selected records series held by the New York State Archives. The following indexes contain information specific to land records.
Military Service Records Pathfinder
The New York State Archives holds many records that document the service of individuals during military conflicts from the colonial era through World War I (and limited records relating to service in World War II). These records contain summary service information, usually taking the form of claims for financial compensation, land grant documentation, or short abstracts recorded on cards or in registers. The State Archives does not hold service, pension, or bounty land warrant case files for individual soldiers along the lines of those held by the United States government.
