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- 1912 Industrial Directory
- LaTourette (and Britton) Family Notes
- Frederick Fink's Diary from the early 20th century, donated by his great grandson Pete Marsch.
- Morris's Memorial History of Staten Island, New York by Ira K. Morris. Online: Chapter 31, Staten Island During the Rebellion
- Webb's Consolidated Directory of the North and South Shores Staten Island 1886
- Prominent Men of Staten Island
- Street Index to the 1910 Census
- Soldiers of the Great War - WWI dead
- Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in Tompkinsville by Royden Woodward Vosburgh (Partial)
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- Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784
- Annals of Staten Island by J. J. Clute
- Morris's Memorial History of Staten Island, New York By Ira K. Morris
- Knickerbocker's History of New York by Diedrich Knickerbocker (Washington Irving)
- Manual for use of the Legislature of the State of New York, 1908 and I've pulled out some names and facts for Richmond County
FamilySearch.org free online books about Staten Island
Cornell University Library New York State Historical Literature Collection
- Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogates Office, City of New York
Making of America at University of Michigan and Cornell
Internet Archive
FamilySearch Family History Books
AmericanAncestors.org by the NEHGS has some free ebooks
UPenn's Online Books
- Amendment to the general management plan : Great Kills Park, Staten Island Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area, New York/New Jersey. ([Denver] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, [1989]) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Amendment to the general management plan : Great Kills Park, Staten Island Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area, New York/New Jersey. ([Denver, Colo.] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior/National Park Service, [1990]) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Annals of Staten island, from its discovery to the present time. (New York, Press of C. Vogt, 1877), by John Jacob. Clute (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bayonne bridge over the Kill van Kull between Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York and Bayonne, New Jersey. Dedication November 14th, 1931. ([Newark, N.J., C. Wolber company, printers, 1931]), by Port of New York Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
- Day fines in American courts : the Staten Island and Milwaukee experiments / by Douglas C. McDonald, editor ; Judith Greene, Charles Worzella. (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, [1992]) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Days afield on Staten Island / by William T. Davis. ([New Brighton, N.Y. : L. H. Biglow], c1892), by William T. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Days afield on Staten Island / By: Davis, William T. 1862-1945. Published: (1892)
- Days afield on Staten Island, by William T. Davis. ([Lancaster, Pa., The Science press printing company], 1937), by William T. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Days afield on Staten Island, By: Davis, William T. 1862-1945. Published: (1937)
- Early history of Staten Island, ([Rosebank? N.Y., 1918]), by Cornelius G. Kolff (page images at HathiTrust)
- Geologic and geohydrologic reconnaissance of Staten Island, New York / by Julian Soren ; prepared in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. (Syosset, N.Y. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey ; Denver, CO : Books and Open-File Reports Section [distributor], 1988), by Julian Soren (page images at HathiTrust)
- George William Curtis. : A eulogy; delivered before the people of Staten Island, at the Castleton, St. George, February 24, 1893 / By William Winter ... (New York London : Macmillan and co., 1893), by William Winter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- George William Curtis. A eulogy; delivered before the people of Staten Island, at the Castleton, St. George, February 24, 1893. By William Winter. (New York, London, Macmillan and co., 1893), by William Winter (page images at HathiTrust)
- Greater New York album. One hundred selected views, New York city, Brooklyn, Staten island, etc. From recent photographs. (Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally & company, 1895. [c1894]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Historical records of Staten Island, ([New York?, 1883]), by Erastus Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)
- History and legend of Howard avenue and the Serpentine road, Grymes Hill, Staten Island / gathered by Charles Gilbert Hine from real estate records and long memories. ([New York? : Priv. print., Hines brothers printery, 1914]), by C. G. Hine (page images at HathiTrust)
- History of Richmond County (Staten Island) New York, from its discovery to the present time. (New York, L. E. Preston & co., 1887), by Richard Mather. Bayles (page images at HathiTrust)
- History of Richmond County (Staten Island), New York : from its discovery to the present time / edited by Richard M. Bayles. (New York : L.E. Preston, 1887), by Richard M. Bayles (page images at HathiTrust)
- History of the Staten Island cricket and tennis club, 1872-1917, Livingston, Staten Island. ([New York, Press of H. R. Elliot & co., c1917]), by Randolph St. George Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
- History, story, legend of the old King's Highway : now the Richmond Road, Staten Island, N.Y. ([New York : Staten Island Antiquarian Society], c1916) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Illustrated sketch book of Staten island, New York, its industries and commerce. (New York, S. C. Judson, 1886), by Selden C.] Judson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Legends, stories, and folklore of old Staten Island. Part I, The North Shore / By: Hine, C. G. 1859-1931. Published: (1925)
- Legends, stories, and folklore of old Staten Island. by Charles Gilbert Hine and William T. Davis. ([New York] : Staten Island Historical Society, 1925), by C. G. Hine (page images at HathiTrust)
- List of the Coleoptera of Staten Island, New York. By Charles W. Leng and Wm. T. Davis. (Lancaster, Pa., Lancaster Press Inc., 1924), by Charles W. Leng (page images at HathiTrust)
- List of the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island. ([n. p.], 1909), by William T. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
- List of the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island. By: Davis, William T. 1862-1945. Published: (1909)
- Morris's memorial history of Staten Island, New York / Ira K. Morris. (New York : Memorial Pub. Co., c1898-c1900), by Ira K. Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
- Museum bulletin of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences. ([New Brighton, N.Y. : s.n.], 1908-[1918]), by Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences (page images at HathiTrust)
- Proceedings - Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences (Staten Island, N.Y., Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1883-), by Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences (page images at HathiTrust)
- Proceedings - Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences. (Staten Island, N.Y., Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences.), by Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences (page images at HathiTrust)
- Proceedings of the bi-centennial celebration of Richmond county, Staten island, New York. ([New York, 1883]), by N.Y. Richmond co. (page images at HathiTrust)
- Proceedings of the Natural Science Association of Staten Island. (New Brighton, N.Y., National Science Association of Staten Island.), by Natural Science Association of Staten Island (page images at HathiTrust)
- Proceedings of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences. (Staten Island, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Science.), by Staten Island Association of Arts and Science (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rand McNally & Co.'s handy guide to New York City, Brooklyn, Staten Island and other suburbs included in the greater New York. (Chicago, Ill. ; New York, N.Y. : Rand McNally & Co.,) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Report ... upon the mines of Staten Island of the Richmond Iron Mining Co. (New York, Root, Anthony & Co., 1868), by C. Elton Buck (page images at HathiTrust)
- Report of a mental health survey of Staten Island (the borough of Richmond) New York City. Survey requested by social agencies of Staten Island. Study made by the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, January-April, 1924. Study directed and reported by Edith R. Spaulding. (New York City, National Committee for Mental Hygiene, 1925), by National Committee for Mental Hygiene (page images at HathiTrust)
- Reports of the committee and engineer, to the president and directors of the Staten Island Railroad Company, embracing surveys and estimates. (New York : [Staten Island Railway Company], 1852), by Staten Island Railway Company (page images at HathiTrust)
- Richmondtown restoration, Staten Island, City of New York. ([s.l. : s.n.], 1956), by New York (N.Y.). Department of Parks (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rides and rambles on Staten island, (New York, C. G. Crawford, 1889), by Reau. Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
- Staten Island and its people : a history, 1609-1929 / by Charles W. Leng and William T. Davis. (New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1930-1933), by Charles W. Leng (page images at HathiTrust)
- Staten Island and Staten Islanders, (New York, The Grafton press, 1909), by Richmond borough association of women teachers (page images at HathiTrust)
- Staten Island explosion: safety issues concerning LNG storage facilities hearings. Ninety-third Congress, first session .. / July 10, 11, and 12, 1973. (Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1973), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Special Subcommittee on Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
- Staten island institute of arts and sciences. ([Staten island? N.Y., 1941]), by Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences (page images at HathiTrust)
- Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences. 1881-- Sixtieth anniversary-- 1941, November the twelfth. ([Staten Island?] N.Y., [1941]), by Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences (page images at HathiTrust)
- Staten Island unit, Great Kills Park, Gateway National Recreation Area United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. ([Falls Church, Va.? : DSC, 1985-), by United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center (page images at HathiTrust)
- Staten Island, 1524-1898. Foreword by Loring McMillen. (Staten Island, N.Y., Staten Island Historical Society, 1950), by Henry G. Steinmeyer (page images at HathiTrust)
- Staten Island, New York City : its industrial resources and possibilities. (New York, N.Y. : [s.n.], 1922), by Commerce and Industry Association of New York. Industrial Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
- Staten Island, one vast city, (Tottenville, 1869), by George. Batchelor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Staten Island. A guide book ... (New York, G. Kobbé, [1890]), by Gustav] Kobbé (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Church of St. Andrew, Richmond, Staten Island : its history, vital records, and gravestone inscriptions / by William T. Davis, Charles W. Leng, Royden Woodward Vosburgh. (Staten Island, N.Y. : Published under the auspices of the Staten Island Historical Society by W.T. Davis, 1925), by William T. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Church of St. Andrew, Richmond, Staten Island : its history, vital records, and gravestone inscriptions / By: Davis, William T. 1862-1945. Published: (1925)
- The Conference or Billopp house, Staten Island, New York, by William T. Davis, chairman, Committee on History, Conference House Association ... ([Lancaster, Pa., The Science Press Printing Company], 1926), by William T. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Conference or Billopp house, Staten Island, New York, By: Davis, William T. 1862-1945. Published: (1926)
- The Coursens, from 1612 to 1917 : compiled from ancient and modern records, with the Staten Island branch / by Percival Glenroy Ullman. ([United States : P.G. Ullman?, 1918?]), by Percival Glenroy Ullman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The earliest volume of Staten island records, 1678-1813. Sponsored by Fiorello H. La Guardia, mayor, city of New York. Prepared by the Historical records survey, Service division, Work projects administration. (New York, N. Y., 1942), by N.Y.) Historical Records Survey (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
- The great bronze column of Staten Island, ([New York?, 1909?]) (page images at HathiTrust)
- The monument in Staten Island: Meucci, Garibaldi and the telephone. (Chicago, Clemente, [1957]), by Frances Winwar (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Staten Island bridge question, considered from a Pennsylvania point of view ... (Philadelphia, 1886), by Samuel Wagner (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Staten Island Day-Fine Project / by Laura A. Winterfield and Sally T. Hillsman. ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justine Programs, National Institute of Justice, [1993]), by Laura A. Winterfield (page images at HathiTrust)
- The story and documentary history of the Perine house, Dongan Hills, Staten Island, headquarters of the Staten Island antiquarian society, by Charles Gilbert Hine. ([New York?] Staten Island antiquarian society, inc., 1915), by C. G. Hine (page images at HathiTrust)

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1. Clute, J. J. Annals of Staten Island : from its discovery to the present time New York: Press of C. Vogt, 1877, 478 pgs.
2. Van Name, Elmer Garfield, Britton genealogy : early generations from Somersetshire, England to Staten Island, New York Woodbury, N.J.: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970, 43 pgs.
3. Anonymous Chiefly Bible records : copied from those of the Staten Island Hist. Society at Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y. Brooklyn, N.Y.,: unknown, 1956, 69 pgs.
4. Davis, William T. The Church of St. Andrew, Richmond, Staten Island : its history, vital records and gravestone inscriptions Staten Island, N.Y.: Published under the auspices of the Staten Island Historical Society by W.T. Davis, 1925, 278 pgs.
5. Davis, William T. The Conference or Billopp House : Staten Island, New York Staten Island N.Y.: Published under the auspices of the Staten Island Historical Society by W.T. Davis, 1926, 206 pgs.
6. Corson, Hiram, The Corson family : a history of the descendants of Benjamin Corson, son of Cornelius Corssen of Staten Island, New York Philadelphia: Henry Lawrence Everett, 1906, 229 pgs.
7. Davis, William T. Days afield on Staten Island Staten Island, N.Y.: Published under the auspices of the Staten Island Historical Society, 1937, 123 pgs.
8. Brownlee, James Henry. Discourse delivered in the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Port Richmond, Staten Island New York: Sackett, Mackay & Lord, law, book and job printers, 1865, 67 pgs.
9. Loring McMillen The earliest volume of Staten Island records : 1678-1813 New York, N.Y.: The Survey, 1942, 118 pgs.
10. Adams, Arthur, A genealogy of the Lake family of Great Egg Harbour in Old Gloucester County in New Jersey, descended from John Lade of Gravesend, Long Island : with notes on the Gravesend and Staten Island branches of the family Hartford, Conn.?: Priv. Print., 1915, 434 pgs.
11. Anonymous The Historic village of Richmond, town and vicinity : Staten Island, New York Staten Island, N.Y.: The Society, 1946, 3 pgs.
12. Hine, C. G. History and legend of Howard Avenue and the Serpentine Road : Grymes Hill, Staten Island New York?: Hine Bros. Printery, 1914, 99 pgs.
13. Van Name, Elmer Garfield, The Housman (Huysman)-Simonson family of Staten Island, N.Y. (1955) Haddonfield, N.J.?: Van Name, 1955, 13 pgs.
14. Anonymous Illustrated sketch book of Staten Island, New York : its industries and commerce. New York: S.C. Judson, 1886, 162 pgs.
15. Houston, William Churchill, The Melyn patroonship of Staten Island : address unknown: unknown, 1923, 17 pgs.
16. Morris, Ira K. Morris's memorial history of Staten Island, New York New York: Memorial Pub. Co., 1898, 996 pgs.
17. Guernsey, R. S. New York City and vicinity during the war of 1812-'15 : being a military, civic and financial local history of that period : with incidents and anecdotes thereof, and a description of forts, fortifications, arsenals, defences and camps in about New York City and Harbor, and those at Harlem and on East River, and in Brooklyn, and on Long Island and Staten Island, and at Sandy Hook and Jersey City : with an account of the citizens' movements, and of the military and naval officers, regiments, companies, etc. in service there New York: C.L. Woodward, bookseller, 1889, 1072 pgs.
18. Anonymous Prominent men of Staten Island, 1893 New York: A.Y. Hubbell, 1893, 145 pgs.
19. Kolff, Cornelius G. A short history of Staten Island New York?: unknown, 1926, 44 pgs.
20. Leng, Charles W. Staten Island and its people : a history, 1609-1929 New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1930, 2703 pgs.
21. Hine, C. G. The story and documentary history of the Perine House, Dongan Hills, Staten Island : headquarters of the Staten Island Antiquarian Society Staten Island, N.Y.: The Society, 1915, 99 pgs.
22. Mershon, S. L. The Symes Foundation : a corporation of Christian stewardship, originating with the Major Lancaster Symes landed estate on Staten Island, N.Y. Montclair, N.J.: unknown, 1923, 99 pgs.
23. Webb, W. S. Webb's consolidated directory of the north and south shores, Staten Island : 1886 New York: W.S. Webb, 1886, 320 pgs.

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Essentials Informal poll of Essential Staten Island Resources:

Morris,1898, Two volumes, Reprint available from Higginson Book Co., (Mass)
Leng & Davis: 1929, Five Volumes, Out of print, Jack Gilbert will do lookups (some).

Annals of Staten Island from its discovery to the present time by J. J. Clute, reprinted 1986. Hearts of Lakes Pub., Interlake. NY 14847.
S.I. Historical Society, if you can get appointments
Court House, including Supreme Court records.

Please Note: These books may be found on E-Bay at times.Please check other online distributors before bidding. You may prevent getting ripped off (spending too much on ebay). Please be aware of the price you bid and the price it should sell for.

The Face Behind the Veil, a fiction novel set partly in Staten Island, written by a Staten Islander. The author says, "Because the book is based on the memories of senior citizens still living on Staten Island, and paints an accurate picture of the Island's past, I am wondering if you would be interested in posting two related links on the rootsweb pages. Story locations include the historic St. George Theatre when it was in its prime, the historic Horton's Row townhomes in New Brighton (pictured on the book's cover) and an elegant Victorian home in Clifton.". First Chapter Free.
1930 SI Phone Book: Janet has this Summer of 1930 phone book, for the (unindexed) 1930 census. A specific person's name is necessary for a lookup (remember, many people didn't have phones in 1930). You may then get an ED at http://stevemorse.org/census/intro.html and order FHC films:

FHL film numbers by ED:
# 2341346 ED's 1- 16 and 101-107
# 2341347 ED's 17- 37 and 108-143
# 2341348 ED's 38- 60 and 144-207
# 2341349 ED's 61- 79 and 208-276
# 2341350 Ed's 80-100 and 277-363

Annals of Staten Island from its discovery to the present time by J. J. Clute. Out of print.

You can wait-list at amazon.com.
For sale for $49.00 at Higginson Book Company.(You need to do a Find on the book title or scroll thru the books.)
$35 at (gone).
Ed - sinker at globalnet dot co dot uk and Sharon - sharon dot ross at unh dot edu have volunteered to check it.

Berries in the Hot by Doris Lane Scheduled to be published by eWorks Publishing. It is a serialized historical fiction in installments set in late nineteenth century Staten Island.

Pierre Billiou Family by Elmer Garfield Van Name. An account of the Pierre Billiou family on Staten Island with an addenda on the Simonson family of the same area. Soft cover; 16pp; 1960; G.C.H.S.

$5.00 + .75 postage at the Gloucester County Historical Society. (You need to do a Find on the book title or scroll thru the books.)

History of the Branch of the Bodine Family founded by Cornelius Bodine by E.P. Bodine.
Ask Janet for lookups. Not indexed.
Books WeOwn, a volunteer lookup list hosted by Rootsweb, has New York Volunteers - and Family Histories by Surname.

Britton Genealogy by Elmer Garfield Van Name. A good study of the Britton-Britaine-Britten family from the early generations in Somersetshire, England, to those in Staten Island, New York. Soft cover; 34pp.; 1964,repr. 1970; G.C.H.S.

$5.00 + .75 postage at the Gloucester County Historical Society. (You need to do a Find on the book title or scroll thru the books.)
janet has volunteered to check it. Other surnames are indexed.

Genealogy Britton by Edward E. Britton.

email janet for lookups. Not indexed. Contains mostly information on the Winchester and Caroline Amelia (Parker) Britton line of Brooklyn.

Cadmus - Pam Sears has offered CADMUS info. email Pam - pjsears at stratos dot net for more info.
The 1850 Federal Census for New York State.

Pierre Cresson, the Huguenot of Staten Island, Pennsylvania and New Jersey Progeny by Elmer Garfield Van Name. References are fully documented in this genealogy, which also contains material on the De la Plaine and Demarest lines. Soft cover; 21pp.; index; 1968; G.C.H.S.

$5.00 + .75 postage at the Gloucester County Historical Society. (You need to do a Find on the book title or scroll thru the books.)

The Crocheron Family of Staten Island, NY, by Charlotte M. Hix, 1979 - lookups by Charlotte - cmhix at metrocast dot net

Days Afield on Staten Island by William T. Davis. $10 at the SIIAS.

Decker Holly Tooker is collecting all Staten Island Deckers. This is a work in progress, an ongoing effort. She says, "I offer to answer DECKER questions ...FREE... I can offer DECKERs, 1850, 1855, 1860, 1865 and SI DECKERs 1933/4 Directory." Also some gravestone inscriptions and church records. Please email Holly Saartje81 at aol dot com if you would like to share your DECKER info with her, or to ask her to check for your person.

History of Richmond County (Staten Island) From its Discovery to the Present Time [1887]. ed. by Richard M. Bayles.

For sale for $76.00 at Higginson Book Company.
Currently unavailable (was $150) at (gone).

The Housman (Huysman)-Simonson Family of Staten Island, N.Y. by Elmer Garfield Van Name. This is a narrative of these two families with records from the late 1600's to the early 1800's. Soft cover; 10pp.; 1955, repr. 1981; G.C.H.S. (See also The Simonson Families of Staten Island, N.Y.)

$0.50 + .75 postage at the Gloucester County Historical Society. (You need to do a Find on the book title or scroll thru the books.)

Images of America

IMAGES OF AMERICA Staten Island in the Twentieth Century $16.99 at (gone).

IMAGES OF AMERICA Staten Island II OP $18.99 at (gone)

IMAGES OF AMERICA Staten Island $18.99 at (gone).

Ken - adobeblues at email dot msn dot com - has info on the Killmeyer family given to him by Susan Killmeyer, the great-granddaughter of Nicholas Killmeyer. The name is associated with an old (1859) restaurant on Staten Island.

Morris's Memorial History of Staten Island by Ira K. Morris.

For sale for $95.00/2 Vol set at Higginson Book Company. (You need to do a Find on the book title or scroll thru the books.)

Old Families of Staten Island excerpted from Annals of Staten Island by J. J. Clute. I recommend you get the original book, but if you want this one, it's

$15.95 at (gone)

Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot", by Howland D. Perrine,1910 - lookups by Charlotte cmhix at metrocast dot net

Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York by Rosalie Fellows Bailey.

The Church of St. Andrew Richmond, Staten Island Its History, Vital Records and Gravestone Inscriptions by Davis, William T., Leng, Charles W. and Vosburgh, Royden Woodward, Staten Island Historical Society, 1925
Includes 1) extractions for: Christenings 1752-1796, Marriages 1754-1808, Communicants 1769-1792 [all on one index];
Note: the church book states: "This index makes no pretext of following the spelling of the printed text, the aim being to aid and not perplex the reader. Surnames are indexed with the spellings now [1923] usually used and consequently most familiar to the reader... "
2) 817 Gravestone inscriptions - complete with type of stone[sometimes], complete transcription [1923]-- [and where they were illegible in 1923 there are notes from former transcriber's work]. The stones are all numbered so you can often tell who is next to one another- but there are no apparent 'family plots'. (If anyone has seen a map showing where the identified rows are, Jim - elbrecht at email dot com - would love to know about it) There is a separate index for the cemetery.
3) 70 pages of history of the church 1705-1875 with its own index.

Jim - elbrecht at email dot com - will check for surnames in the indexes.

The Simonson Families of Staten Island, N.Y. by Elmer Garfield Van Name. This is a supplement to Mr. Van Name's work on the Housman (Huysman) -Simonson Family of Staten Island, N.Y. It traces five generations of the early Simonsons. Soft cover; 20pp.; 1950, repr. 1981; G.C.H.S.

$5.00 + .75 postage at the Gloucester County Historical Society. (You need to do a Find on the book title or scroll thru the books.)
Contact aol.com user DianneD with a person's name for a lookup.

Staten Island, 1524-1898 by Henry G. Steinmeyer. Publisher is out of stock.

$17.50 - 30.50 at amazon.com.
Ed - sinker at globalnet dot co dot uk , Janet, and Sharon - sharon dot ross at unh dot edu - have volunteered to check it. Not much genealogical information, but historically fascinating.

Staten Island Church Records by Tobias Alexander Wright, NYG&BS, 1909. This rare volume, originally printed in a limited edition of 100 for theNew York Genealogical and Biographical Society, includes some very old and useful material:
(1) Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Port Richmond, S.I.: Baptisms from 1696 to 1772.
(2) United Brethren Congregation, commonly called Moravian Church, S.I.: Births and Baptisms, 1749 to 1853; Marriages, 1764 to 1863; Deaths and Burials, 1758 to 1828.
(3) St. Andrews Church, Richmond, S.I.: Births and Baptisms from 1752 to1795; Marriages from 1754 to 1808.

Sells for $27.50 at (gone).
Also $27.50 at (gone).
ed - sinker at globalnet dot co dot uk has volunteered to check it, and so has Jeanne - jebloom at mcs dot net. Also, most recently, Jill - jjglisson at aol dot com .

Staten Island; gateway to New York by Dorothy Valentine Smith. Yep, out of print.

$12 at Alibris at bibliofind.
Janet will check it, but it's not a genealogy book.

Davis, William T.: Staten Island Names ; "Ye Olde Names and Nicknames." Natural Science Association: New Brighton, Staten Island,New York, 1896

$200.00 at (gone)

Staten Island Wills and Letters of Administration, Richmond County, New York, 1670-1800 by Charlotte M. Hix, 1993. Out of print.

Wait-list at amazon.com.
$33.00 at (gone).
Not in stock for $24.00 at Willow Bend Books.
and Hope Farms (search on keyword Staten) sell it for $33 on CD 1153; it contains three additional books. It's Called New York Volume 1.
lookups by Charlotte - cmhix at metrocast dot net

The Swaim Tysen Family by Joseph Mullane - lookups by Charlotte - cmhix at metrocast dot net
This Was Staten Island by Dorothy Valentine Smith.

Ed - sinker at globalnet dot co dot uk - has volunteered to check it. It's mostly photographs.

The Swaim Tysen Family by Joseph Mullane - see SWAIM Some Descendants of Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt, by Jean M. Rand, 1991 - lookups by Charlotte cmhix at metrocast dot net
The Early History of the Van Name Family by Elmer G. VanName. Published by the Staten Island Historical Society, July - September 1953,#3, Vol 14, pp. 19-24.
- e-Mail Janet for a person lookup. Various FTM charts are available too.
Staten Island Gravestone Inscriptions... aka Vosburgh's Inscriptions by Davis, Leng, and Vosburgh. They are transcriptions from several Staten Island cemeteries.
- Volume I, 1923-24: Sylvan Grove, Merrell, Hillside, Ascension, Staten Island, and Fountain
- Volume II, 1924-25: Bethel, West Baptist, St. Luke's, Vaughan, Marine, Lake, North Side Methodist Episcopal
- The SIHS has done a free lookup for me over the phone.
- The Family History Library carries it. It's on film number 0514657 Items 2-3. Another copy is film 0017902 Items 1-2. Rental is approx. $3.75
- The SIIAS will check it for their usual $15/hr research fee.
Online Book Sellers
- Free Books We Own, a volunteer lookup list hosted by Rootsweb, has New York Volunteers - sorry, no volunteers for Staten Island here - and Family Histories by Surname.
- amazon.com and search for keywords Staten Island genealogy
- Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America specializes in rare and antiquarian books, maps, and prints.(One member is Tuttle, see below.)
- Bibliofind offers a searchable library of seven million old, used and rare books offered here for sale by three thousand booksellers around the world. It's a great source. (gone) Search for Staten Island in the title - note that they won't all be genealogy-related, but many will be.
- Genealogical Publishing Company and New York books.
- Genealogy Books Genealogy Books.
- Gloucester County (NJ) Historical Society has several Staten Island-related books for sale, published by them, at reasonable prices.
- Golden Branches
- Heritage Books for reading and reference materials on history and genealogy.
- Higginson Book Company specializes in genealogy and history. New York books.
- Hope Farm Press and New York books.
- Tuttle Antiquarian Books bought by De Wolfe and Wood and check out their (gone) as well.
- Willow Bend Books (gone) sells and publishes books, especially genealogical and historical materials.
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