Available by subscription, but also freely available at most public libraries (including NYPL!), this site offers fully scanned and searchable federal censuses for all years currently available.
Genealogy website dedicated to African-related ancestry.
Online searchable database of all passengers that arrived at Ellis Island immigration port between 1892 and 1957.
Over 500,000 genealogy books, family histories, maps, yearbooks, and more.
Ancestry.com and the Municipal Archives have collaborated to make available indexes of over 10 million New York City birth, marriage, and death records (1866–1948).
FamilySearch.com provides passenger lists for over 13 million immigrants arriving in New York City from 1820 through 1891.