New York City Municipal Archives now has records online: https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/search

New York County DA Records Available

https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/new-york-county-district-attorney-record-of-cases/

The records provide  summaries of all cases prosecuted by the New York County District Attorney and serve as an index to the District Attorney closed case files. They are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by the surname of the defendant. The following information is recorded for each case: name and address of the defendant; the offense and NYDA case file number (listed on the first line) and Court of General Sessions case number (listed below the NYDA number); whether or not the defendant was bailed or imprisoned; the complainants’ name and address, date of complaint, date received in the DA’s office; date sent to the indictment bureau; date dismissed by Grand Jury (if applicable); the formal charge (indictment) and date; defendant’s plea and a list of court appearance dates.

If the case was referred from the Police Court, the district number and the name of the magistrate was also recorded.  As some of the case files are missing, the record of cases may provide the only available information regarding these indictments.

→New York County District Attorney record of cases

→Guide to New York County District Attorney record of cases, 1896-1951

→Guide to New York County District Attorney record of cases, 1952-1966

→Guide to New York County District Attorney record of cases, 1967-1975

Some Argentinian probate records that have reached an appeals court can be found online. Select "Por Parte" and then CIV. Enter a last name in "Parte" Visit https://scw.pjn.gov.ar/scw/home.seam

Unified Court Systems of New York State to support digitizing and
making available freely online over 400,000 naturalization records
(1794-1952) from the boroughs of Queens and the Bronx. The project
will work with the New York City Public Library’s Queens and Bronx
branches and with history students recruited by St. John’s University to transcribe additional metadata.

Project Complete. Visit https://nynaturalizations.com/naturalization-records

What’s New at Gesher Galicia? by Dr. Steven Turner - October 29, 2023

JGSLI board member Dr. Steven Turner was already curious about Galicia as a small boy, when he spent the holidays davening at a Galitzianer shul in Brooklyn with his grandparents. He is now president of Gesher Galicia, a 1,500+ member organization devoted to Jewish research in Galicia, a region that for about 150 years was a province of the former Austrian Empire. Steve described recent efforts to revamp the Gesher Galicia website and he highlighted for us its many valuable feature, including the All-Galicia Database, records, inventories, the Galicia Town Locator, an award-winning Map Room, and the Rabbi Kolesnik Collection. Member benefits include the Galitzianer, a quarterly journal, and access to the Gesher Galicia Family Finder, podcasts, and downloadable documents.

Genealogy Collections in the Center for Jewish History’s Archives by Moriah Amit, - November 8, 2023

Moriah Amit, Senior Genealogy Librarian at the Center for Jewish History (CJH) in Manhattan, joined us on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, to discuss CJH’s resources for Jewish genealogy. Among them are on-site and remote guidance, monthly genealogy programs, and a 10-week online course. “All in the Mishpocheh: Intro to Jewish Genealogy at the CJH.” Other sources and services available to Jewish genealogists at the CJH: genealogy guides and videos and the resources of the Center’s five partner organizations – the Leo Baeck Institute, YIVO, the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, and the Yeshiva University Museum. Moriah also described the New York Historical Synagogues Map (synagoguemap.cjh.org), a free online tool which she created and manages.

Join JGSLI.org to access recording of these meetings and the handouts provided by the speakers.