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Online Books

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• Our Site
  • 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)
• Google Books
  • 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
  • Morris's memorial history of Staten Island, New York; Morris, Ira K. 4n New York : Memorial Pub. Co.
  • Morris's memorial history of Staten Island, New York; Morris, Ira K. 4n New York : Memorial Pub. Co.
  • The Housman (Huysman) - Simonson family of Staten Island, N. Y.; Van Name, Elmer Garfield, b. 1888
  • The Crocheron family of Staten Island, New York; Hix, Charlotte Louise Megill, 1935-
  • The Simonson families of Staten Island, New York : a supplement to the paper entitled "The Housman (Huysman)-Simonson family of Staten Island, N. Y. (1955)"; Van Name, Elmer Garfield, b. 1888
  • The ancestry and life of Cornelius Melyn : 3rd Patroon of Staten Island, New York; Baskas, Richard Scott
  • The Swaim--Tysen family of Staten Island, New York, New Jersey and southern states Mullane, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis), 1919-; Swaim, Lloyd B., 1936-; Johnson, Marjorie Decker, 1925-;
  • Circle of Love : the Becker, Bills, Denman, Huey, Hutchens, Quillin and Staten families; Shetter, Betty Staten
  • Genealogy of the Trismen - Detmar families of Staten Island, New York; Trismen, Ralph D. (Ralph Demarest), 1902-1979; Trismen, Eleanor L. (Eleanor Louise Wescott)
  • Britton genealogy, early generations from Somersetshire, England to Staten Island, New York; Van Name, Elmer Garfield, b. 1888
  • Irena Housman Van Pelt & John Irving Van Pelt : Staten Island, NY, 1851-1935; Grant, Kathy
  • The Swaim-Tysen family of Staten Island, New York, New Jersey and southern states : supplement; Mullane, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis), 1919-; Swaim, Lloyd B., 1936-; Johnson, Marjorie Decker, 1925-
  • Guide to historical resources in Richmond County (Staten Island), New York, repositories; Cornell University. New York Historical Resources Center
  • The Coursens, from 1612 to 1917 : compiled from ancient and modern records, with the Staten Island branch; Ullman, Percival Glenroy [United States : P.G. Ullman?]
  • More about the Pierre Billiou family of Staten Island, N. Y. : with references to Osborne, PiPD_BK_FHL_Englishey, of New Jersey, et al.; Lucas, Dorothy Fordyce
  • A genealogy of the Lake family of Great Egg Harbour, in old Gloucester County in New Jersey, descended from John Lake of Gravesend, Long Island : with notes on the Gravesend and Staten Island branches of the family; Adams, Arthur, 1881-1960; Risley, Sarah A. (Sarah Anna), b. 1862
  • 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; Adams, Arthur, 1881-1960; Risley, Sarah Anna [Hartford, Conn.] : Priv. print.
  • An index to a manuscript filed in the Library of Congress of the United States of America after 1907 : containing the name of the descendants of Gideon Marlet, a Huguenot who settled on Staten Island in 1662; Mounteer, Elwood S.
• 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
  • An account of the centennial celebration of the 4th of July, 1876 (1876) (Northfield)
  • The Corson family; a history of the descendants of Benjamin Corson, son of Cornelius Corssen of Staten Island, New York ([1906])
  • Days afield on Staten Island (c1892)
  • Discourse delivered at the opening of the new chapel erected for the use of the inmates of the Sailors' snug harbor, on Staten Island (1856)
  • English crown grants ([c1918])
  • George William Curtis : a eulogy, delivered before the people of Staten Island, at the Castleton, St. George, February 24, 1893 (1893)
  • History and legend of Howard Avenue and the Serpentine Road, Grymes Hill, Staten Island (1914)
  • History of Methodism and the Methodist Churches of Staten Island (1898)
  • History of Richmond County (Staten Island), New York from its discovery to the present time (c1887)
  • The major and the queen, or, A royal grant to a gallant soldier : a Staten Island record of historic import (c1915)
  • Morris's memorial history of Staten Island, New York (c1898-c1900) Vol 1
  • Morris's memorial history of Staten Island, New York (1898) Vol 2
  • Proceedings of the bi-centennial celebration of Richmond County, Staten Island, New York, November 1st, 1883 (1883])
  • Prominent men of Staten Island, 1893 (1893)
  • A retrospect of fifty years : a discourse (1903) (Church of the Redeemer)
  • Staten Island : a report by the President of the Borough of Richmond to the Mayor (1921)
  • Staten Island and Staten Islanders (1909)
  • The story and documentary history of the Perine House : Dongan Hills, Staten Island, headquarters of the Staten Island Antiquarian Society (1915)
• FamilySearch Family History Books
• AmericanAncestors.org by the NEHGS has some free ebooks

Paid

• Ancestry.com often available free through your Family History Center
• Historical miscellany by Charles T. Gritman New York, N.Y.?: unknown, 1920? on ancestry.com for subscribers. It truly is miscellany; well worth a browse through when you have a lot of time and a good Internet connection.
• Annals of Staten Island : from its discovery to the present time
• Chiefly Bible records : copied from those of the Staten Island Hist. Society at Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y.
• The Church of St. Andrew, Richmond, Staten Island
• The Conference or Billopp House : Staten Island, New York
• The Corson family : a history of the descendants of Benjamin Corson, son of Cornelius Corssen of Staten Island, New York
• The Cortelyou genealogy : a record of Jaques Corteljou and of many of his descendants
• Days afield on Staten Island
• Discourse delivered in the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Port Richmond, Staten Island
• The earliest volume of Staten Island records : 1678-1813
• English crown grants
• Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York, Vol. IV
• Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: New York and New Jersey, Vols. I-V
• History and legend of Howard Avenue and the Serpentine Road : Grymes Hill, Staten Island
• The history of Captain Richard Stillwell, son of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, and his descendants
• A history of the Moravian Church in New York City
• The Housman (Huysman)-Simonson family of Staten Island, N.Y. (1955)
• Illustrated sketch book of Staten Island, New York : its industries and commerce.
• Inventory of the county and borough archives of New York City.
• Leslie's history of the greater New York
• The major and the queen, or, A royal grant to a gallant soldier
• The Melyn patroonship of Staten Island : address
• Morris's memorial history of Staten Island, New York
• New York Historic Homes and Family History, Volumes I-IV
• Pre-Revolutionary Dutch houses and families in northern New Jersey and southern New York
• Prominent men of Staten Island, 1893
• A short history of Staten Island
• Staten Island and its people : a history, 1609-1929
• Staten Island's claim to fame : "the garden spot of New York Harbor"
• The story and documentary history of the Perine House, Dongan Hills, Staten Island : headquarters of the Staten Island Antiquar
• Three hundred years with the Corson families in America : including the Staten Island-Pennsylvania Corsons, the Sussex County,
• Webb's consolidated directory of the north and south shores, Staten Island 1886
• Heritage Quest often available at your library
• 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.
  
• Heritage Books, Inc.
  • Staten Island Church Records by Tobias Alexander Wright, $27.50
  • Staten Island Wills and Letters of Administration in Richmond County, New York 1670-1800, by Charlotte Megill Hix, $15.95 on CD or $26.50 in book form

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Databases

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• FamilySearch's pilot site

• 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.

• 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:

• 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 Hope Farms.
• 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. (You need to do a Find on the book title or scroll thru the books.)
• Currently unavailable (was $150) at bibliofind.
• 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.)
• $3.50 + .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 Hope Farm.
• IMAGES OF AMERICA Staten Island II OP $18.99 at Hope Farm.
• IMAGES OF AMERICA Staten Island $18.99 at Hope Farm.
• 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 Maris Books
• 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 Janet with a person's name for a lookup. Various FTM charts are available too.
• 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 Heritage Books.
• Also $27.50 at Hope Farms.
• 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 bibliosandy zShop.
• 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 Hope Farm.
• Not in stock for $24.00 at Willow Bend Books.
• Heritagebooks.com 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. 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 New York 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 surname genealogies as well.
  • Willow Bend Books sells and publishes books, especially genealogical and historical materials.

  Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this page, including all the above lookup volunteers.

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