Guides and General Resources
- Roger D. Joslyn, "New York," in Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources, rev.ed. (1992) pp. 521-40
The films listed below contain records of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), created by the Monthly Meetings (MM) within the jurisdiction of the New York Yearly Meeting.
Previous articles in this series have covered records in the NYG&B Collection for the Methodist, Dutch Reformed, Lutheran, Episcopalian and Presbyterian churches of old New York City (Manhattan).
Germans, Scandinavians, and others of the Lutheran faith were among the earliest European settlers of Manhattan Island.
In March 2024 we added a set of more than 15 new titles to the NYG&B's online catalog, completing the digital releases of religious transcriptions first assembled by Royden Woodward Vosburgh, NYG&B Historian and
St. Luke’s Church was started in 1850 by Rev. William Drees and a small group of his Dutch Reformed congregation.