Card File Indexes

Holdings

A woman has removed one drawer of cards from the surname card file index and is flipping through the cards. A Library staff member using the surname card file index.
  • City directory index
  • Surname index (60 drawers with light green labels on drawers): An index to genealogies and local histories in the State Library.

  • Vital records index (eight drawers with green plastic covers over labels on drawers): An index to New York State church, cemetery and local government records owned by the State Library.

  • Local history index (15 drawers with yellow, white and blue labels on drawers): A selective five-part index to historical articles and pamphlets related to:
    • Albany
    • other parts of New York State (exclusive of Albany)
    • United States (exclusive of New York State) - inactive
    • Subjects
    • Biography


  • New Project Genealogical Data index (17 drawers with blue plastic covers over labels on drawers): Indexes the 145 volumes of forms submitted by applicants for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Often called the grandfather papers, these forms trace each applicant’s lineage from her grandparents to her Revolutionary War ancestor, providing birth, marriage and death data for each generation. More about the DAR collection.

  • Revolutionary War soldiers index (21 drawers with orange plastic covers over labels on drawers): indexes the DAR series Graves of Revolutionary War Soldiers in New York, a 15-volume set that contains the names and graves of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in New York State, and The Balloting Book.

  • Miscellaneous indexes
Last Updated: May 6, 2009