Welcome to the
NY Emigrant Savings Bank Project
Project Coordinator - Nancy Coleman
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What is the Emigrant Savings Bank project?
Called the single most important genealogical source material for New York City discovered this century, the New York Emigrant Savings Bank, opened in 1850 and run by Irish immigrants, for Irish immigrants, contain records for emigrants from California, Michigan, Florida, upstate New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Alabama and Missouri and are a true treasure trove of information.
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The records, having been painstakingly transcribed by Monica Bennett, now being transcribed by Nancy Coleman, are some of the most sought after genealogical source materials, particularly for the New
York Metropolitan area.. These key genealogical resources are sure to unlock mysteries for anyone looking for an emigrant anscestor who might have emigrated through New York. The records contain details about the place, date of birth, relatives, as well as military duties the emmigrant might have had in the United States, and much, much more.
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The ESB Search Engine is currenly closed.
We will have it reopen as soon as possible.
Thank you for stopping by.
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Using the Search Form
The ESB search engine is extremely powerful and very flexible. Search by filling in one field, all fields, or any combination there of.
When filling in a field you do not have to use wild characters, and can enter a full word, or partial word. When entering partial words
the search engine will find all records beginning with the string you entered. To browse all records, simply click the submit button once we have reopened.
Search From a Genealogical Perspective
Transcribing these records is a difficult task because they're handwritten. In
some years, the applicant was asked to sign his or her own name. This was a
huge endeavor for many depositors.
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From time to time we receive letters from visitors telling us how they have found long lost relatives, a good lead to follow or verified a suspicion as a result visiting of our websites. We would like to share a few of thee stories with you.
Our volunteers are just that, Volunteers. We do it for the love of genealogy and the chance to give a little something back to the community that has helped us so very much in our own research. Our reward, I guess you could say it's the wonderful letters we receive
from those we have helped, kind of make it all worth while!
Read the Success Stories.
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