Web Resources

Crime victims often have legal needs as a result of becoming a victim of crime. Get information about your legal needs and what your rights are. You can also search their directory to find a trusted nonprofit legal aid program that may be able to help and find legal forms for matters that you can handle yourself.

The New York State Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) will provide significant economic relief to help low and moderate-income households at risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability by providing rental arrears, temporary rental assistance and utility arrears assistance.”

The NYS Slavery Records Index is a searchable compilation of records that identify individual enslaved persons and their owners, beginning as early as 1525 and ending during the Civil War.

A free resource to assist you in creating a professional looking résumé, easily, quickly, and beautifully. Save your résumé as a PDF or store it online. Additional benefits can be provided by this service for a fee, but the basic functionality is available without charge.

Search jobs by category, keyword and location. This site searches millions of listings across the web and also features international jobs.

This site’s focus is on hourly employment only. It has the most up-to-date hourly job openings currently found on the internet and is searchable by zipcode.

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual event, held during the month of February, that unites people around the entire world to help understand the species, the birds’ migration patterns, and to better protect the birds around the world. Although participation is fun - this website also offers the data collected from the event. See what birds are were recently found near you, or any other place in the world!

A series of inspiring short essays, compiled by the Saratoga Springs Chamber of Commerce, created to show how important volunteers have been in the structuring and development of Saratoga Springs.

This Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free genealogy access for everyone. Organization is by county and state, and this website provides you with links to all the state genealogy websites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties. The USGenWeb Project also sponsors important Special Projects at the national level and this website provides an entry point to all of those pages, as well.

The WorldGenWeb Project is a non-profit, volunteer based organization dedicated to providing genealogical and historical records and resources for world-wide access!

Thomas Register is a comprehensive online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America. You can search this free website by Product or Service, Company Name or Brand Name. Helpful Search Tips and a Site Demo that gives step-by-step directions, makes this site user friendly.

Key publications, including informational circulars, application forms for copyright registration and links to the copyright law.

The federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. In doing this, the USPTO fulfills the mandate of Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, of the Constitution that the legislative branch “promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.”

“Whatever you want or need from the U.S. government, it’s here on USA.gov. […] Our powerful search engine and ever-growing collection of topical and customer-focused links connects you to millions of web pages from the federal government, local and tribal governments and to foreign nations around the world.” From the U.S. General Services Administration.

This PDF document, provided by the NYS Department of Health, offers a wealth of information to assist expecting parents through the various stages of parenthood of things you might think of, and things you might not. There’s also a section for Parent Survival Tips!