Suffolk County

Before traveling to the Queens County Surrogate's Court for an early probate proceeding — perhaps only to learn that the file is missing or to be informed that it is too late that day to order a file — one is well advised to first check the collec

Between 1886 and 1929 the newspaper Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an annual almanac, "A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island," as the 1914 edition is sub-titled.

Spawned by the success of Huntington's 250th birthday celebration in 1903 a group of women, many of them members of Huntington's founding families, met to organize a society to "perpetuate an interest in things historic; . . .

A useful work for New York research (and Long Island in particular) is Herbert Furman Seversmith, Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut (5 vols., 1939-58, Washington, D.C., privately printed) and two

One of the unique aspects of New York history was the existence of manors as political and judicial units in the colonial era.

Josephine C. Frost's Vital Records from the Long-Island Star and Brooklyn Evening Star, 1809-1846, is in the manuscript collection of The Brooklyn Historical Society.

The Landon Papers

Since 1975 valuable material relating to the history and genealogy of Suffolk County, Long Island, has been appearing in the Suffolk County Historical Society Register (SCHSR).

Suffolk County is the easternmost county of New York State. Together with Nassau, it comprises modern suburban Long Island.

This material is a compilation of resources available.