Hi All Ever since I posted the Massachusetts and NYC sites I have recieved emails thanking me for them. And because of this I realised that unfortunately I get so wrapped up in my own searching I forget that there are possibly "other" sites unknown to some of you that may help, especially if you are looking in the New York City area. Oh ....and yes...they are FREE sites. Many immigrants came thru NYC. Some traveled on to other states, some stayed a few years then moved on, and some continued to live there and raise their families. I guess I tend to forget just how important NYC, and searching there is to many of you. My direct relatives came and stayed....eventually migrating to Brooklyn, and then further out on to Long Island. So in my searching I have found some incredibly helpful sites. And since so many of you have shared so much with me I can only hope this can be a small "pay back" for some. Here are some sites I have found very useful...... First.....a very good site is the newspaper site for the "Brooklyn Eagle", 1841-1902. Brooklyn was over the river from Manhattan, and many immigrants lived there. Whether you are looking for news, marraige, deaths ,etc ......it is a very good site. _http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Archive/skins/BE/navigator.asp?skin=BE &BP=OK&AW=1206200851343_ (http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Archive/skins/BE/navigator.asp?skin=BE&BP=OK&AW=1206200851343) In ref to Brooklyn here are sites for Enumeration districts, maps, directories, cemeteries , etc. There are also NYC refs on some of these sites. _http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Ward/index.html_ (http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Ward/index.html) _http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Directory/index.html_ (http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Directory/index.html) _http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Map/Maps.Main.html_ (http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Map/Maps.Main.html) If you are looking for a vital record in NYC, it isn't a search site but if you want to send for a record ...here is the site: _http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/vitalrecords/home.shtml_ (http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/vitalrecords/home.shtml) A great cemetery site is the "Greenwood Cemetery" site. The cemetery was established in 1838, and it is located in Brooklyn. Many NYers from NYCity were buried there and it is a very large cemetery. Luckily it has a search engine. This is how I found my g grandfather. He lived in Manhattan and was buried there, which was very common. Just remember....which I learned from experience....just because it is a cemetery doesn't mean names weren't ALSO mis-spelled on the gravestones. When a mistake was made it was too expensive to correct it, and many immigrants couldn't afford it so the mistake was left. So also search for "mis-spellings"... _http://www.green-wood.com/bur_search.asp_ (http://www.green-wood.com/bur_search.asp) And lastly .....I have given this site before....it is on the BYU site (Bringham Young University). It is the Harold B. Lee library site...I am posting the search site for "Family History Archives". This site searches collections of b ooks, articles, and many collections of works written about different family names. By searching your name every "book" written that they have, with your surname in it, will come up. And you can read page by page...or just 1 page of the actual book. For instance the "Armstrong Chronicles" are on it and the "Montgomery Manuscripts", just to name 2 books I have researched.... _http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/_ (http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/) I hope that some of these sites are helpful to some of you. And if I come across others that I think may be useful I will post them . Good luck in your searches....and Happy hunting! Sue in NY **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)