Hi, This wonderful web site for those researching in the NYC area has been recently updated with a search engine. Type in the surname you are looking for & you will immediately find if that name is mentioned among the pages & pages of great info ! Some of the types of records located there are -- NY Marriage Index - thousands of names 1875 Mariage Info, from state census - in progress 1868/9 Long Island Directory - abt 6,000 names, including areas in Kings Cty, Queens, (present day )Nassau & Suffolk. If you wish to scroll through the residents of those towns - click on " Kathy's Korner". Several maps of NYC in 1800's which have been scanned & uploaded. Ward & ED boundaries for Bklyn as well as a street index. 1890 Veterans Census - in progress Orphanage Agencies & Census Info Flatbush Death Index 1908 Death Index for Bklyn - in progress Many, many other vital records - " Click on "Paper Trails " For AOLers, click here : <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blkyn/Bklyn.Info.Page.html">htt p://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blkyn/Bklyn.Info.Page.html</A> For others : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blkyn/Bklyn.Info.Page.html Kathy