Since 1990, it has been mailed to all NYGBS members and also to libraries that subscribe to The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.
The Researcher carries reports on the Society's activities and news of other current events relevant to genealogy in New York State.
All queries are also posted to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society's official website.
These articles cover topics such as descriptions of sources for New York genealogy, such as probate records, church records, census records, descriptions of holdings of other New York State libraries and record repositories, "How to" articles on New York genealogical research, both statewide and for particular counties or cities, religious or ethnic groups, or time periods, lists of accounts of New York families "hidden" in multi-family works, manuscript collections, and periodicals, articles on New York families published in other periodicals, past and present.
Back issues are available, along with an every-name index to volumes 1-6 (1990-1995), through the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.