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Queens is the largest in area, the second largest in population, located on the
western portion of Long Island it is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is coextensive with Queens
County, an administrative
division of New York
state, in the United States. Queens was
established in 1683 as one of the original
12 counties of New York
and was supposedly named for the Queen consort, Catherine
of Braganza
(1638-1705), the Portuguese princess who married King Charles
II of England in 1662.
Counties that lie adjacent to Queens are: Bronx County (Borough of
The Bronx); Nassau
County; Kings County (Borough of
Brooklyn); New York County (Borough of
Manhattan); and Richmond County (Borough of
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Queens County Clerk has Land & Court Records from 1787 and is located at
88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435; Phone: (718) 520-3137, Fax: (718)
520-4731 ·
Marriages
Prior to 1784 couples intending to marry were required to obtain licenses
from and file bonds with the provincial secretary, if the impending marriage
was not announced in a church. These Marriage Bonds were mostly destroyed in
the 1911 Capitol fire. Published abstracts are available in Names of persons for
whom marriage licenses were issued by the secretary of the province of New
York, previous to 1784. ·
Queens County Surrogate Court Clerk has
Probate Records from 1787 and is located at
Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., 7th Floor, Jamaica, NY 11435; phone:(718)
520-3132 . Most of all
pre-1830 surrogate's files were lost or destroyed |
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Queens County
Historian is located at 35-37 211th Street,
Bayside, NY 11361.In New York State, every
municipality (town, city, village, county) must have an appointed historian. |
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Archivists
Round Table of Metropolitan New York |
The
Greater Ridgewood Historical Society |
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Black Heritage Reference Center
Queens Library |
Repositories in N.Y.C. for Genealogical Research |
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Your
LINK to the Historical Places and
Districts in QUEENS
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The following are names of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or died
in this location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. |
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ABBOTT |
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Use this free genealogy site to help you
get the best genealogy searches from Google™
by using your family tree, for your research. It
will create a series of different searches
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different ways of using Google and the Internet to find ancestry information
about this or any other Surname. |
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Hempstead
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LOCATION: Place: Hempstead; Coordinates/Map: 40° 42′ 17″ N,
73° 37′ 2″ W |
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DESCRIPTION:
In 1683 the New York colony was divided into 12 counties. Queens County became one of
these original counties and contained the two towns of Hempstead and Oyster
Bay. Hempstead remained in Queens County until 1899 when the eastern 70% of Queens County became a part of the newly formed Nassau
County. |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: Joseph Abbott was born here around 1698 and
probably lived in Queens County until he died around 1740. It is most probable that his Wife Elizabeth
Abbott (nee?) was born in this area also.
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Town of Hempstead (History &
Archives); Town
of Hempstead; History
of Hempstead Village; Hempstead
Public Library |
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Newtown (Elmhurst)
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LOCATION: |
17th century Road Map of Newton, Queens County Click on thumbnail for larger image |
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DESCRIPTION:
When the
British took over New Netherland in 1664, they renamed Middleburgh as New
Town (Nieuwe Stad) to maintain the Dutch heritage. This was eventually
simplified to Newtown. Newtown was established as the Town Seat for the
Township of the same name when it was created in 1683. The village was
renamed Elmhurst (Lep Hurst) in 1896 to identify the area with a new housing
development, avoid association with the larger Township, and the Creek, and
maintain the Dutch heritage. "On January 1, 1898, Chapter
378, of the Laws of 1897, went into effect, creating The (Greater) City of
New York which included that part of Queens County known as the Towns of
Jamaica, Newtown, Flushing and the Westerly Part of Hempstead. |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:
Martha
Abbott (nee?) wife of Joseph Abbott was born at Newtown c. 1673. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Genealogy and History of NEWTOWN,
Queens Co., NY; Elmhurst, Queens - Wikipedia; Newtown Historical Society - Queens
Co., NY; The Annals of Newtown in Queens County,
New York |
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The Red Star in the map
designates the location of the seat of government for this county. Yellow Stars designates
county seats in adjacent counties. A Purple
Dot
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gazetteer
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The
list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your
ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this locality
at which these events may have occurred. |
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Profiles for 93 cities, towns and other populated places in Queens County New York Queens County Physical, Cultural &
Historic Features Queens County ZIP Codes | Area Codes Queens County Land - Property, Farms &
Ranches Profiles for 158 cities,
towns and other populated places in Nassau County New York Nassau County Physical, Cultural &
Historic Features Nassau County ZIP Codes | Area Codes Nassau County Land - Property, Farms &
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* includes but not limited to Cemeteries, Churches,
Locales, Military Installations;
Populated Places, Post Offices, Schools, Streams, and Trails |
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State-Wide
Resources
For more information about the U.S. State in which this
county is located click on
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Resources
which enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are
almost as important as their names.
The LINK |
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the right will take you to Maps, Gazetteers, and other helpful resources
that will assist you in discovering Ancestral Locations. |
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The
following Link
will take you to our library of genealogy reference books. Here you may find books about the history
and records of this county and other places such as towns
and churches. The collection also
contains research works about military units and personnel during America’s
wars, in addition too resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups
who may have settled in this locality. |
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Gallery
During our research we have collected images and
photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities. Some of them are presented on this website
because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional
information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives. |
The Unisphere - Symbol of the
1964/65 World's Fair in Flushing Meadow Park |
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If you
have any photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location, we would
greatly appreciate hearing from you. Use the following LINK to ascertain whether
we have any images that pertain to this location. ANCESTRAL
LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES |
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Snail mail: Fred
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Pony
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