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  • Click "Search" and enter "Staten Island." (if you wish you can limit your search to just documents, manuscripts, printed texts, etc.) Hundreds of documents mentioning Staten Island are available.
  • Fred J. Reynolds Historical Genealogy Department, one of the largest genealogical collections in the county.
  • Click "Search" and enter "Staten Island." (if you wish you can limit your search to just documents, manuscripts, printed texts, etc.) Hundreds of documents mentioning Staten Island are available.
  • Brief historical descriptions and a selection of photographs of Staten Island branch libraries from the early 1900s. Includes both present and former branches.
  • This website reflects the integration of genealogical content from the National Archives of Canada, the National Library of Canada, and the Canadian Genealogy Centre.
  • Catalog listings from the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections of the letters, diaries, business and organizational records relating to Staten Island.
  • Catalog listings from the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections of the letters, diaries, business and organizational records relating to Staten Island.
  • Catalog listings from the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections of the letters, diaries, business and organizational records relating to Staten Island at dozens of institutions on Staten Island and around the United States including: John A. Noble Maritime Collection, New-York Historical Society, New York City Municipal Archives, Pierpont Morgan Library, Smithsonian Institution, Brooklyn Historical Society, Museum of the City of New York, religious institutions, etc.
  • The Special Collections unit collects in several primary subject areas related to Staten Island, including political history, immigration, and public policy. Major components of the Special Collections include The Senator John J. Marchi Papers, The Assemblywoman Elizabeth A. Connelly Papers, The Eric N. Vitaliano Papers, The Theodora Dubois Papers, and The Staten Island Collection.

    The primary collecting focus of the Archives is on the official (administrative) records of the College of Staten Island and its predecessor institutions, Staten Island Community College and Richmond College.

  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints runs the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. The FHL has the largest collection of genealogical records in the world. The library is open to the public and access to most of the microfilm resources are available through their network of Family History Centers located around the world.
  • A history of the Port Richmond Branch Library from 1905-1955 from the Staten Island Historian.
  • Search the site for pictures and text from Island history including "The Huguenots of Staten Island" from Continental Monthly (1862), "A Spring Jaunt on Staten Island" from Harper's Weekly (1878), a 1776 plan for attacking Staten Island from George Washington's papers, the Tysen Jacob House, the Ichabod Crane House, the Perine House in Dongan Hills, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (photographs of their Erastina /Mariners Harbor- camp and an online film of their parade down 5th Avenue), a Castleton Civil War recruiting poster, Staten Island Free Trade Zone posters (1937), and more.
  • Research guides, what to do to prepare for your genealogical research at the Library of Congress, hours and services.
  • The Long Island Division of the Queens Borough Public Library collects, preserves, and makes available resources that document the social, economic, and political history of the four counties on Long Island - Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk.

  • Houses 150,000 cubic feet of historical government records, including manuscripts, official correspondence, vital records, ledgers, several thousand feet of moving images, over one million photographs, sound recordings, maps, and architectural plans.

  • part of the NYC Department of Records & Information Services

  • The premier place to go for New York State genealogical research.
  • Learn about the resources and services of the Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy.
  • The Newberry Library is a privately funded research library with a special strength in genealogy.
  • DORIS, which includes the municipal archives, collects reports of city agencies, files on neighborhoods, and records of Staten Island towns before their consolidation into New York City in 1898. The website allows you to order WPA "tax photos" of almost every house on Staten Island that existed in 1939/1940. Order photos of your Staten Island home here (or print them from microfilm at the St. George Branch Library).
  • Of the twelve branches of The New York Public Library on Staten Island, the St. George Library Center has the largest collection of local history information. There are over 250 books and pamphlets on local history, biographies, culture, and the environment clippings from local newspapers telephone directories from 1985 onwards government documents on secession, the landfill, and various environmental assessment statements. The Staten Island Advance is available on microfilm from 1921 onwards, as well as the Property Assessment photographs of the 1930's and 1940's.
  • During the 1930s the Works Progress Administration photographed almost every house on Staten Island. The St. George Branch has microfilm reels of these photos allowing viewers to find pictures of their house or other locations as they appeared in the 1930s. To order these photos see: NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS)http://home.nyc.gov/html/records/home.html
  • The Local History Division of the Research Libraries of The New York Public Library. The Division is located at 5th Avenue and 42nd St. in Manhattan and has extensive holdings of NYC and Staten Island History.
  • Learn about the resources and services of the Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy.
  • Lets you search for books and other materials in libraries all over the world at once, then locate a library near you that owns it.