Hoff, Henry B.

Listed below are New York references in Grace Louise Knox and Barbara B. Ferris, Connecticut Divorces: Superior Court Records for the Counties of New London, Tolland, & Windham 1719-1910 (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1987).

National Genealogical Society Quarterly [NGSQ], founded in 1912, has published important articles on New York sources, and, to a lesser extent, on New York families.

One of the unique aspects of New York history was the existence of manors as political and judicial units in the colonial era.

Compiled accounts of many Westchester County families are contained in “The Families of the Colonial Town of Philipsburgh, Westchester County, N.Y.,” a four-volume typescript by Grenville C. Mackenzie [NYG&B Library MS. T 1.1].

Guides and General Resources

• Roger D. Joslyn, "New York," in Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources, rev.ed. (1992) pp. 521-40

Between 1932 and 1954 the Record published many brilliant articles by William J. Hoffman on the Dutch origins of early New York families.

Since 1975 valuable material relating to the history and genealogy of Suffolk County, Long Island, has been appearing in the Suffolk County Historical Society Register (SCHSR).

Instructional Books and Guides to Sources

• African American and American Indian Patriots of the Revolutionary War [E 251 D38]

We often use abstracts of original sources because of convenience, especially when they are regarded as reliable.