ResearchBuzz: FirehoseNew York State Library: Scanning with FamilySearch. “The NYS Library is working with Family Search International, a global nonprofit genealogy organization, to expand access to some of the New York’s most important ancestry records and historical collections. Since January 2026, Mark and Lynne Hamp, a retired couple from Utah, have been hard at work […]
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Angie ManginoDid you know the Hudson River feels the ocean's tidal pull all the way to Troy, 153 miles north of New York Harbor? Michelle Young of Untapped New York explains why that makes ice on the Hudson flow both north and south — sometimes within the same day. A short but genuinely interesting read for anyone who has ever watched the river in winter.
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https://www.untappedcities.com/cities-101-why-is-the-ice-on-the-hudson-river-flowing-both-ways/?ref=daily-newsletter
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Skull-man(🇨🇺🇨🇦)🏛️ THE MUSEUM OPENS ITS DOORS
February 20, 1872 — New York City awakens to a new cultural landmark. On this day, the Metropolitan Museum of Art welcomes its first visitors to a grand brick building on Fifth Avenue, housing a modest collection of 174 European paintings.
Victorian-era crowds gather in their finest — ladies in bustles, gentlemen in top hats — eager to glimpse the treasures within. Horse-drawn carriages line cobblestone streets as the city embraces this temple of art.
From these humble beginnings would rise one of the world's greatest museums, now home to over 2 million works spanning 5,000 years of human creativity.
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New York Almanack: The New York State Historic Newspapers Project. “This week Kaatscast features Chuck Henry, the Project Lead of New York State Historic Newspapers, a digital archive containing over 1,200 newspaper titles, 1.5 million editions, and more than 15 million searchable pages spanning from 1725 to 2025.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/15/new-york-almanack-the-new-york-state-historic-newspapers-project/
WXXI: Digitized issues of the weekly Brighton-Pittsford Post’s entire run now available online. “The entire production run of the Brighton-Pittsford Post has been digitized and is now available online. The Brighton Memorial Library and the Town Historian’s Office said they have completed a project to digitize the weekly paper’s entire run, which included more than 3,800 issues published from […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/06/wxxi-digitized-issues-of-the-weekly-brighton-pittsford-posts-entire-run-now-available-online/New York State Archives: New York State Archives Awards $4.9 Million In Local Government Records Management Grants. “The New York State Archives today announced that $4.9 million has been awarded to 80 local governments, school districts, and educational institutions across the state to improve records management systems, better preserve documents, and serve the public. The Local Government […]
New York City's amusement park history runs much deeper than just Coney Island. From the Bronx to Staten Island, forgotten pleasure gardens and thrill parks once dotted our landscape. This deep dive into NYC's lost amusement parks reveals the hidden stories of where New Yorkers went to escape and have fun before our modern entertainment era. #NYC #LocalHistory #AmusementParks #NewYorkHistory #LostPlaces #CityHistory https://www.untappedcities.com/nyc-lost-amusement-parks/?ref=weekly-newsletter
New York Botanical Garden: Diving into the Data Behind The Welikia Map Explorer. “On Earth Day, the Urban Conservation team at the New York Botanical Garden launched the newly redesigned Welikia Map Explorer, a historical ecology mapping tool that reveals what the landscape, plants, animals, and people might have been like on your block in New York City, 400 years ago.”
🗺️ Historical context matters! In 17th Century Tottenville History Comes Alive, I explore how this community connects to broader historical movements.
This perspective transforms dates and facts into human experiences that readers can connect with emotionally.
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Daily Freeman (New York): Ulster launches online archive of thousands of historical Freeman photos. ” A trove of Freeman photographs taken during a four-decade period is now easily accessible online after the Ulster County Clerk’s Office launched a site cataloging the area’s photographic history. Acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck said the Freeman archives website is now available be […]