The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

 If any of your English ancestors found themselves on the wrong side of the law, you might be able to find records of their misdeeds at oldbaileyonline.org. The Old Bailey is London's Central Criminal Court, and the Proceedings were published from 1673-1913. They contain records of more than 197, 000 trials held there. There are videos and tutorials to help you navigate through the search process.

The Northern Ireland, Valuation Revision Books, 1864-1933

 This index of over 3 million names became available in June at Ancestry. Many census records were lost during the Irish Civil war in the early 1920's, and these land transfer records can help genealogists make family connections back to the 19th century.

Ancestry is acessible at the library only,  under "Research Tools"  on the library website.

NYC Naturalization Records

 The Queens Public Library and the Office of Court Administration have collaborated to make 400,000 or so naturalization records available online. They include records signed  between 1794 and 1952 in the Queens and the Bronx. You can read the article in the Queens Eagle.  The database is nynaturalizations.com

This is an article from Genealogy by Paula about not appropriating somebody else's work as your own. 

Texas Newspapers online

 Historical Texas newspapers from 1855-1930 have been made available thanks to a collaborative effort between the Texas State Library Archives Commission the University of North Texas Libraries. The collection includes close to 10 million pages from 4500 issues.

Web Clearing Houses for Genealogy

 Click on this link to see a video from GenealogyTV on Web Clearing Houses . Learn what they are and how to use them.

War of 1812 pension files

 Pension files for the War of 1812 are now available at Fold3 on the library's website. 83% of the 7.2 million pages have been added so far.