Queens County, New York Guide

County Formed: 1683

Borough Formed: 1898

Parent County: Original county

Daughter County: Nassau 1899

Major Land Transactions: Queens Village Manor 1685

Queens County Map
Map of Queens County

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History

Queens County, like much of southern New York State, was originally the home of the Lenni-Lenape people. Europeans first began to occupy the area around the 1630s, when the Dutch East India Company purchased it from native groups and allowed mostly English colonists to settle there. The colony was taken under British control in 1664.

Queens is one of the twelve original counties formed out of the English colony of New York in 1683. The role of county seat has been divided between Jamaica and Kew Gardens/Long Island City since 1787.

The county allegedly named after Catherine of Braganza, the Queen of England at the time of its creation.

Queens played a minor role in the Revolutionary War and mostly remained loyalist. In 1898, Queens was finally incorporated into New York City as a borough. A year later, Nassau County seceded from Queens’ eastern half, which drastically decreased the size of the county.

Since its beginnings, Queens County has been intimately tied to the life of the city it eventually joined.

Up until the 19th century, Queens County’s economy was based on agriculture, and its products were partly destined to feed Manhattan and Brooklyn. From the mid-19th to mid-20th century, parts of Queens were home to factories and many manufacturing enterprises. Queens’ role as a focal point of New Yorker leisure activities was also firmly established during this period through the development of such offerings as the Rockaways.

Since the 19th century, the issue of transportation to and from the city center has been at the heart of the county’s economic and demographic development. With the expansion and consolidation of transport lines in the early 20th century, Queens’ population skyrocketed, and it became one of the national leaders in suburbanization.  In addition, two of the defining cultural and economic events in Queen County’s 20th century history have been the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs, both hosted in Flushing Meadows- Corona Park.

The Hart-Celler Act of 1965 laid the foundation for Queen’s recent status as a bastion of global migration and one of the most ethnically diverse urban areas in the world, where no single group makes up the majority.

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Repositories, Resources, and Societies - County

 

Note on Queens County

Queens County has extensive town records; selected ones are listed under town records, below. The original records are preserved and available on microfilm at the Municipal Archives of the City of New York (MUNI). The microfilmed records cover Flushing, Jamaica, and Newtown. See detailed lists in Estelle Guzik’s Genealogical Resources in New York.

 

Queens County Clerk

Website: Queens County Clerk

Address: 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435

Phone: (718) 298-0609

Court records; naturalization records 1906–1941; New York state census 1892, 1915 and 1925; no land records. FamilySearch.org “New York County Naturalization Records” includes Queens County declarations of intention 1824–1926, petitions for naturalization 1794–1906, indexes 1794–1941. For some court records see Onderdonk’s “Notes,” in Abstracts, Indexes & Transcriptions, below.

 

Queens County Surrogate’s Court 

Website: Queens County Surrogate's Court

Address: 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435

Phone: (718) 298-0400 or 298-0500 

Email: qnssurr-info@courts.state.ny.us

Holds probate records from 1787 to the present. The NYSA holds most probate records prior to 1787. FamilySearch.org “New York Probate Records” includes an index 1787–1987, wills and letters of administration 1787–1916, proceedings 1830–1865, accounts 1800–1888; “Queens County Probate Files” contains similar record categories with some different date ranges, and mixed proceedings 1899–1932. See also NYPL microfilm: indexes 1787–1923, wills 1787–1881 (including personal wills 1835–1898), letters of administration 1787–1916, probate proceedings 1830–1865, accounts 1800–1880.

 

Office of the City Register: Borough of Queens

Address: Queens Business Center, 144-06 94th Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11435

Holdings include land records, deeds 1683–present, mortgages 1754–present. Available microfilm: FHL deeds to 1886 and indexes to 1951; NYPL deeds to 1850, indexes to 1950; Queens Library Archives deeds to 1806, mortgages 1754–1815. Microfilm of pre-1899 records at the Nassau County Clerk’s office and Hofstra University Long Island Room Studies Institute. No records online. Hold Brooklyn Real Property books; microfilm/microfiche available at the Brooklyn office.

 

Board of Elections, Queens County

Address: 126-06 Queens Boulevard, Kew Gardens, NY 11415

Phone: (718) 730-6730, (718) 797-8800

Queens voter registration records 1957–present. Records 1949–1956 are missing. Earlier records at MUNI.

 

Public Libaries in Queens County

Website: Public Libraries in Queens County

Queens Library, formerly the Queens Borough Public Library, is an independent library and not part of the New York Public Library. It has 62 libraries, plus seven adult learning centers. Genealogical holdings are kept at the Central Library; see The Archives at Queens Library. Online catalog, including the manuscripts catalog at www.queenslibrary.org.

 

The Archives at Queens Library

Website: The Archives at Queens Library

Address: Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11432

Phone: (718) 990-0770

Extensive holdings of the Archives (formerly the Long Island Collection or Division) include books and manuscripts, city directories (various locations and years, 1796–1934), court records on microfilm, genealogies, local histories, maps, military materials (manuscript and other), serial publications, newspapers (various 1835–present), photographs, broadsides, wills and probate on microfilm, town records on microfilm, and vertical files documenting the history of all of Long Island (Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties) from the 17th century to the present. See also Moorhouse in Other Resources in the Long Island Print and Online Resources for finding aids of items. See Herbert F. Seversmith and Kenn Styker-Rodda’s Long Island Genealogical Source Material (A Bibliography). Examples of the extensive manuscript collection: Abstracts of deeds—4 libers 1683–1785; WPA guide for Surrogates Court 1787–1835; WPA guide to Queens County wills; an index of Queens County wills; Brooklyn: Registry, 5th election district,18th ward for 1877; Suffolk County Cemetery listings, 7 vols.

 

Queens Borough Historian

While not authorized to answer genealogical inquiries; the borough historian can provide historical information and research advice. Contact the Queens borough president’s office or see contact information on the website of the Association of Public Historians of New York State at www.aphnys.org.

 

Queens Historical Society

Website: Queens Historical Society

Address: Weeping Beech Park, 143-135 37th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354 

Phone: (718) 939-0647

Email: queenshistoricalsociety@verizon.net  

Holdings include manuscripts 1700s–present, maps 1820–present, and photographs 1850–present. Certain collections are available online.

 

Queens Museum

Website: Queens Museum

Address: New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368

Phone: (718) 592-9700 

Email: info@queensmuseum.org

The Panorama of the City of New York, originally created for the 1964–1965 World’s Fair and last updated in 1992, shows 895,000 buildings, streets, parks, bridges, and encompasses the 320 square miles of New York City.

 

La Guardia Community College/CUNY: La Guardia and Wagner Archives: Queens Local History Collection

Website: La Guardia Community College/CUNY: La Guardia and Wagner Archives: Queens Local History Collection

Address: 31-10 Thomson Ave., Room E-238,  Long Island City, NY 11101

Phone: (718) 482-5065

Selected documents are available online. The entire collection is searchable online.

 

 

Repositories, Resources, and Societies - Local

 

Alphabetized by location

 

Bayside Historical Society

Website: Bayside Historical Society

Address: 208 Totten Avenue,  Fort Totten,  Bayside, NY 11359

Phone: (718) 352-1548

Email: info@baysidehistorical.org

The Society is headquartered in the Fort Totten of the Civil War. Holdings include genealogies, business records, directories, diaries and correspondence, ephemera, films and sound recordings, maps, personal papers, scrapbooks, and yearbooks.

 

Douglaston/Little Neck Historical Society

Website: Douglaston/Little Neck Historical Society

Address: 328 Manor Road, Douglaston, NY 11363

Phone: (718) 225-4403

Holdings include drawings, maps and blueprints, photographs, and artifacts.

 

Barnes Historical Society

Address: JFK Station, PO Box 300049, Jamaica, NY 11430-0049

Phone: (718) 658-2515

The Society is conducting an oral history project documenting the lives of local African Americans.

 

King Manor Museum

Website: King Manor Museum

Address: King Park, 150-03 Jamaica Avenue • Jamaica, NY

Phone: (718) 206-0545

Email: contact@kingmanor.org

The museum is the former home of the King family.  Archival materials include books and pamphlets, diaries and journals, drawings and prints, ledgers, letters, photographs and postcards, scrapbooks, and ephemera relating to the history of Jamaica and the King family from the 18th to 20th centuries.

 

Greater Astoria Historical Society

Website: Greater Astoria Historical Society

Address: Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor,  Long Island City, NY 11106

Phone: (718) 278-0700

Email: info@astorialic.org

Website contains digitized photographs, maps, and other images.

 

Richmond Hill Historical Society and Archival Museum

Website: Richmond Hill Historical Society and Archival Museum

Address: 85-03 114 Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418

Phone: (718) 704-9317

Email: richmond.hill.historical@gmail.com

Website includes church histories, list of former street names, maps, videos, photographs, and general local history.

 

Ende-Onderonk House and Queens Genealogy Workshop

Website: Ende-Onderdonk House and Queens Genealogy Workshop

Address: 1820 Flushing Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Phone: (718) 456-1776

Email: info@onderdonkhouse.org

Archives include genealogies, books, photographs, surname files, and other materials relating to the history of Long Island.

 

Newton Historical Society

Website: Newtown Historical Society

Address: 1883 Stockholm Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Phone: (718) 366-3715

Email: newtownhistory@gmail.com

The Society does not provide genealogical research services. Website includes photographs and maps, publications, and the Annals of Newtown, from 1852.

 

 

Civil, Public, and Vital Records 

Civil Records are those created, recorded and/or maintained by a governmental body and include births, marriages, deaths, censuses, property, and probate. NB: The New York State government began collecting vital record data in 1880. Birth, marriage, and death records from New York State (excluding the five boroughs of New York City) after 1880 on can be obtained from the New York State Department of Health. For vital records previous to 1880, consult the municipality in which the event took place. Learn more about New York's vital records in our online guide.

 

 

Federal Census Records

Population schedules: 1790-1940 (except 1890). Online at Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, and Findmypast.com (free to NYG&B members).

Access on Findmypast:

1790

1800

1810

1820

1830

1840

1850

1860

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1910

1920

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State Census Records

  • County originals at Queens County Supreme Court, Jamaica: 1892, 1915 and 1925 (1825, 1835, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875, and 1905 are lost)
  • State originals at the NYSA: 1915, 1925
  • Microfilm at the FHL, NYPL, and NYSL
  • Many years are online at FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com.
  • For 1698, 1771 and 1781 published census lists, see Blank, Gardner, Harris, Macy, and O’Callaghan in Abstracts, Indexes & Transcriptions, below.

 

 

Other Online Resources

General Resources

Ancestry.com

There are vast numbers of records on Ancestry.com that pertain to people who have lived in New York State. A search of the online card catalog by county may reveal lesser known resources that pertain to a locality, such as town records, abstracts, transcriptions, city directories, and local histories.

FamilySearch.org

FamilySearch has extensive collections of New York records, including religious records, which are searchable by name and location, but not by county. The following collections include record images (browsable, but not searchable) that are organized by county:

“New York, Land Records, 1630–1975.” Includes land and property records.

“New York, Probate Records, 1629–1971.” Includes wills, letters of administration, and guardianship papers.

For both collections, choose the browse option and then select Queens to view the available records sets.

Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page

The website has assembled a large number of digital resources for Brooklyn research, including links to city directories; birth, marriage, and death indexes and extracts; cemetery information; residency lists from the early 1700s; jail, asylum, school, and convent census abstracts; history of local post offices; information on fire companies and the police force; military information; orphanage information; teacher appointments, school graduate lists, and information on schools; society and club member lists; historic maps; and ward boundary maps.

 

Ethnic Groups and Organizations

 

Other Records

 

 

Selected Bibliography

Note: Many additional Queens resources are identified in Scott and Stryker-Rodda, Long Island Genealogical Source Material. ​

Abstracts, Indexes & Transcriptions

  • Betts, The Rev. Beverley R., et al., eds. “The Register Book for the Parish of Jamaica Kept by the Rev. Thomas Poyer, Rector from 1710 to 1732,” NYG&B Record, vol. 19 (1888) no. 1: 5–12, no. 2: 53–59. [NYG&B eLibrary]
  • Blank, John A., comp. “Census of 1781 [Part of Oyster Bay],” Nassau County Historical Journal, vol. 13, no. 1 (1951): 1–9; vol. 13, no. 2 (1952): 39–52.
  • Canfield,  Amos. “Abstracts of Early Wills of Queens County, New York, Recorded in Libers A and C of Deeds, Now in the Register’s Office at Jamaica, New York.” NYG&B Record, vol. 65 (1934) no. 2: 114–120, no. 3: 245–251, no. 4: 319–328. [NYG&B eLibrary] Continued in Eardeley, below.
  • Case, Dudley. “Personal Wills 1835–1875.” Typescript, 1940. Queens Library, New York. See also abstracts by MacCormick and Sawyer, below.
  • Case, Dudley, and Walter Beck. “Wills of Real Estate, Queens County, New York.” 6 vols. Typescript, 1937–1939. Queens Library, New York. Microfilm at NYPL. Covers 1787–1852. See also abstracts by MacCormick and Sawyer, below.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, comps. New York DAR Genealogical Records Committee Report. Since 1913 DAR volunteers have transcribed many thousands of unpublished cemetery, church, and town records throughout New York. The reports are at the DAR Library; copies are at the NYSL and the NYPL. The DAR has a searchable name index to all the GRC reports at http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=6. See Jean Worden’s index below for a listing by county of the New York record sets that were transcribed by the DAR before 1998.
  • Eardeley, William A. D. “Records in the Office of the County Clerk at Jamaica, Long Island, 1680–1781. Wills and Administrations, Guardians and Inventories.” 2 vols. Typescript, 1918. NYPL, New York. A planned vol. 3 was never completed. These records are from the deed books, now in the City Register’s office.
  • Frost, Josephine C. “Baptismal Record of the Reformed Dutch Church at Newtown, Long Island, New York, 1736 to 1846 [and marriages 1835–1846].” Typescript, 1913. NYPL, New York. Copied from manuscript transcriptions by Henry Onderdonk, Jr.
  • Gardner, Charles Carroll, comp. “Census, 1698, Newtown, Long Island,” The American Genealogist, vol. 24. no. 3 (1948): 133–137.
  • Gritman, Charles T. “An Index to Land Records of Queens County, Long Island, New York [Deed libers A–H only].” Typescript, 1920. NYPL, New York.
  • Harris, Edward Doubleday. “The Hempstead Census of 1698,” NYG&B Record, vol. 45, no. 1 (1914): 54–68. [NYG&B eLibrary]
  • Hinshaw, William W., and John Cox, Jr., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. 3. New York: Edwards Bros., 1940. Includes New York and Flushing Monthly Meetings. Microfilm of original records available at FHL, NYPL.
  • Hoff, Henry B. “A New Look at the Newtown (L.I.) Presbyterian Church Records.” New York Researcher, Winter 2010. Published as a Research Aid on NewYorkFamilyHistory.org.
  • Huntington, Edna, Harriet Stryker-Rodda, and Kenn Stryker-Rodda. “Vital Records from the Long Island Farmer and Queens County Advertiser.” 3 vols. Typescript, 1946–1955. Brooklyn Historical Society, New York. Covers 1821–1841.
  • Kelly, Arthur C. M. St. James Episcopal Church, Newtown, Queens County, NY, 1803–1888. Rhinebeck, NY: Kinship Books, 2001.
  • Ladd, Horatio O. The Origin and History of Grace Church [Episcopal], Jamaica, New York. New York: Shakespeare Press, 1914. Includes baptismal records and marriages 1710–1732, 1769–1866, some deaths or burials. Records for 1710–1732 also transcribed in Betts, above.
  • Lobel, Alexander. “Abstracts of Deeds, Queens County, New York, Libers A to D (1683–1785).” 5 vols. Typescript, 1938–1940. Queens Library, New York. Liber A, 1683–1702/3; Liber B1, 1684–1701; Liber B2, 1703–1714; Liber C, 1714–1724, 1755–1785; Liber D, 1721–1765.
  • MacCormick, Elizabeth Janet. “Abstracts of Wills, Queens County, NY, 1848–1856.” Typescript, n.d. NYPL, New York. Includes index.
  • MacCormick, Elizabeth Janet, and Marian Otis Reeves. “Burials in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, L.I., N.Y.” Typescript, 1946. NYPL, New York.  Arranged alphabetically. [NYG&B eLibrary]
  • Macy, Harry, Jr. “Newtown Census of 1771.” NYG&B Record, vol. 117, no. 1 (1986): 7–9. [NYG&B eLibrary]
  • O’Callaghan, Edmund B. Documentary History of the State of New-York. 4 vols.  Albany: State of New York, 1849–1851. See vol. 1: 433–437 for the 1698 census for Flushing.
  • Onderdonk, Henry, Jr. Documents and Letters Intended to Illustrate the Revolutionary Incidents of Queens County, with Connecting Narratives, Explanatory Notes, and Additions. New York, 1845. Supplement (called second edition), 1884. Reprinted, New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1976.
  • Onderdonk, Henry, Jr. “Notes on the History of Queens County.” Journal of Long Island History, vol. 7, nos. 1–2, 1967. Includes “Extracts from Minutes of the Court of Assizes of Queens County 1722 to 1787” from Minutes of General Sessions of the Peace at County Clerk’s Office.
  • Onderdonk, Henry, Jr. Queens County in Olden Times: Being a Supplement to the Several Histories There of.  Jamaica, NY, 1864.
  • Powell, Charles Underhill, and Alice H. Meigs. Description of Private and Family Cemeteries in the Borough of Queens. Jamaica, NY: Long Island Collection, Queens Borough Public Library, 1932.
  • “Presbyterian Marriages at Jamaica, Queens County, 1775–1848.” NYG&B Record, vol. 129 (1998) no. 1: 36–42, no. 2: 121–124, no. 3: 170–173; vol. 130 (1999) no. 1: 60–63, no. 2: 89–90, no. 3: 217, no. 4: 301–302; vol. 131 (2000): no. 1: 62–63, no. 2: 146. [NYG&B eLibrary]
  • Sammis, A. Higbee. “Records of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Flushing.” NYG&B Record, vol. 125 (1994) no. 1: 24–29, no 2: 93–95, no. 3: 167–169. Includes marriages 1835–1878. Additional records of this church at NYPL. [NYG&B eLibrary]
  • Sawyer, Ray C. “Abstracts of Wills, Queens County, subsequent to 1787 [to 1848].” 4 vols. Typescript, 1934–1938. NYPL, New York.
  • Scott, Kenneth. “Records of St. George’s (Episcopal) Church, Flushing, Long Island.” NYG&B Record, vol. 110 (1979) no. 1: 1–6, no. 2: 67–74, no. 3: 154–163, no. 4: 223–226; vol. 111 (1980) no. 1: 39–50, no. 2: 105–110, no. 3: 164–170; vol. 112 (1981) no. 1: 41–45, no. 2: 106–109, no. 3: 140–144, no. 4: 234–238; vol. 113 (1982) no. 1: 16–20, no. 2: 85–92. Includes marriages 1782–1885, burials 1803–1896, baptismal records 1788–1880. [NYG&B eLibrary]
  • Stryker-Rodda, Kenn. “Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island.” Baptismal records 1702–1851, 1871–1876; Marriages 1803–1851, 1871–1876; Members 1786–1887; Deaths 1835–1898. NYG&B Record, vol. 105 (1974) no. 1– 4; vol. 106 (1975) no. 1–4; vol. 107 (1976) no. 1–4; vol. 108 (1977) no. 1–4; vol. 109 (1978) no. 1–4; vol. 110 (1979) no. 1–4; vol. 111 (1980) no. 1–4; vol. 112 (1981) no. 1–4. [NYG&B eLibrary] For page numbers, see the Index to Articles in the Record by Title and by Author on NewYorkFamilyHistory.org.
  • White, Arthur. “Records of the Presbyterian Church, Newtown (now Elmhurst), Queens County, Long Island, NY. [1709–1882].” Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, vol. 8, 1928. Previously published in NYG&B Record, vols. 55–56 (1924–1925). See also Hoff, “A New Look” [NYG&B eLibrary]
  • Wilson, John Ewell. “Index of Administrations of Queens County, New York, 1707–1908.” Typescript, 1938. Queens Library, New York.
  • Wilson, John Ewell. “Index to the Wills of Queens County, New York, 1787–1906.” Typescript, 1937. Queens Library, New York.
  • Worden, Jean D. “Book 1, Subject Index.” In Revised Master Index to the New York State Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Records Volumes. Zephyrhills, FL: J. D. Worden, 1998. The Subject Index includes a listing by county of the cemeteries, churches, towns, and other sources of records transcribed by the DAR.

Town Records

Alphabetized by Town

  • Gibbs, Alicia. “Records of the Town of Flushing.” 3 vols. Typescript, 1939. Queens Library, New York. Covers 1790–1885. Original records 1790–1896 may be found at MUNI. Earlier records destroyed in 1790 fire.
  • Henry Onderdonk papers: 1729–1895, Series 1: Historical Manuscripts and Notes. Brooklyn Historical Society, New York. Box 4: Lists from Long Island Towns—Tax Lists, Names from Town Records, Student Names, Supervisor’s Book Extracts, Patentees, 1653–1844. Tax lists include 1784 and 1788 for Flushing, Hempstead, Jamaica, and Oyster Bay; Newtown 1786, Hempstead 1792, 1797. Finding aid available at http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arc_045_henry_onderdonk/index….
  • Fielder, Leland. “Records of the Town of Jamaica.” 4 vols. Typescript, 1939. Queens Library, New York. Covers 1749–1897. Original records, 1660–1897 at MUNI.
  • Frost, Josephine C., ed. Jamaica, Long Island, Town Records 1656–1751. 3 vols. Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society, 1914. Original records 1660–1897 at MUNI.
  • Historical Records Survey. Minutes of the Town Courts of Newtown, Long Island, 1656–1690. Work Projects Administration, 1940–1941. [Ancestry.com] Original records 1692–1897 (with gaps) available at MUNI.
  • Historical Records Survey. Town Minutes of Newtown 1653–1734. Work Projects Administration, 1940.

Other Resources

  • Beers, F. W. Atlas of Long Island, New York, from Recent and Actual Surveys and Records. New York, 1873.
  • Copquin, Claudia Gryvatz. The Neighborhoods of Queens. New York: Citizens Committee for New York City, 2007.
  • Erhardt, Davis, et al. A Short Guide to Genealogical Sources in the Official Government Records in the Borough of Queens. New York: n.p., 1971.
  • Guzik, Estelle, ed. Genealogical Resources in New York. New York: Jewish Genealogical Society, 2003. Pages 250–265 have detailed descriptions of holdings of major Queens County repositories.
  • History of Queens County, New York, with Illustrations, Portraits, and Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals. New York, 1882.
  • Hobart, George H. The Negro Churches of the Borough of Queens, New York City: A Study Made in 1931. New York: Greater New York Federation of Churches, 1931.
  • Kross, Jessica. The Evolution of an American Town: Newtown, New York 1642–1775. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983.
  • Liberman, Janet E. City Limits: A Social History of Queens. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing, 1983.
  • MacMaster, Frank J. Queens in the Civil War. Queens, NY: F. J. MacMaster, 1960.
  • Macy, Harry, Jr. “Religious Records of Queens and Nassau Counties,” NYG&B Newsletter (now New York Researcher), Spring 2003. Updated June 2011 and published a Research Aid on NewYorkFamilyHistory.org. Identifies religious records not listed under Abstracts, Indexes & Transcriptions, above.
  • New York Historical Resources Center. Guide to Historical Resources in Queens County, New York, Repositories. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1988.
  • Onderdonk, Henry, Jr. History of the Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Long Island. Jamaica, NY, 1884.
  • Peyer, Jean B. Jamaica, Long Island, 1656–1776, A Study of the Roots of American Urbanism. PhD diss., City University of New York, 1974.
  • Portrait and Biographical Record of Queens County (Long Island). New York, 1896.
  • Riker, James. The Annals of Newtown in Queens County, New-York: Containing Its History from Its First Settlement, Together with Many Interesting Facts Concerning the Adjacent Towns: Also, a Particular Account of Numerous Long Island Families Now Spread Over This and Various Other States of the Union. New York, 1852.
  • Scott, Kenneth, and Kenn Stryker-Rodda. Long Island Genealogical Source Material.  Arlington, VA: National Genealogical Society, 1962. Identifies numerous sources not listed here.
  • Seyfried, Vincent F. 300 Years of Long Island City, 1630–1930. Garden City, NY:  V.  F.  Seyfried, 1984.
  • Seyfried, Vincent F., and Jon A. Peterson. A Research Guide to the History of the Borough of Queens, New York City: Historical Sketches, Population Data, Chronologies, Bibliography, and Other Aids. Flushing, NY: Department of History, Queens College, City University of New York, 1987.
  • Sherman, Franklin J. Building Up Greater Queens Borough: An Estimate of Its Development and the Outlook. New York: The Brooklyn Biographical Society, 1929.
  • Ullitz, Hugo. Atlas of the Borough of Queens, City of New York. New York: E. Belcher Hyde, 1907.
  • Von Skal, Georg. Illustrated History of the Borough of Queens, New York City. Flushing, NY: Flushing Journal, 1908.
  • Waller, Henry D. History of the Town of Flushing. Flushing, NY, 1899.
  • Warren, Wini, and James Driscoll. Angels of Deliverance: The Underground Railroad in Queens, Long Island, and Beyond. Flushing, NY: Queens Historical Society, 1999.

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