New York Public Library. United States History, Local History and Genealogy Division

The Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, located in The New York Public Library's Humanities and Social Sciences Library, collects materials documenting American history on the national, state and local level, genealogy, heraldry, personal and family names, and flags.

The division's local history and genealogy collection dates back to the establishment of the Astor Library in 1848. The Astor Library, unlike many other libraries of its time, collected local history material on a national scale, and acquired genealogies concerning prominent American families of European descent.

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