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BROOKLYN CITY SEAL | |
SCENES (PHOTOS) from OLD-BROOKLYN | |
BROOKLYN HISTORY | |
STILES’ : History of Brooklyn | |
BROOKLYN PEOPLE | |
BROOKLYN TOWNS, STREET HISTORY & BEGINNINGS |
Teunis Bergen REGISTER of the EARLY SETTLERS of KINGS COUNTY First Settlement By Europeans To 1700 |
SALOONS: Brooklyn 1926 |
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SALOONS: Speakeasy News |
“ Taking care of BUSINESS “ |
INFORMATION PAGES: | ||
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in detail with History |
Colony in The 5 Dutch Towns |
Timeline |
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Yesterday & Today |
Ellis Island Search Forms & Ship Arrivals Castle Garden (& earlier) Search Forms Ship Arrivals Census & Soundex Births, Deaths, & other Vital Records |
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SURNAME WEBSITE FORM | Add your New York area WEBSITE |
SURNAME WEBSITE PAGE | Links to New York Personal Genealogical Pages |
ETHNIC INTERESTS | Links and Info on all Ethnic backgrounds. |
Surnames Lists.. HOFMANN * GRAMMICH * FEIST *GIORGIO * GEORGEAnd All Rootsweb Surname Lists |
THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF FLATBUSH..Women’s Dress |
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THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK STATE Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1927 Part of the Mardos Memorial Library
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New York City and The Manhattan District | |
Chapter I..Early Settlers and Settlements Chapter II..The Rise and Fall of Dutch Rule Chapter III..The Rise and Fall of English Rule Chapter IV..Growth and Achievement Chapter V..Greater New York Today Chapter VI..Long Island and Staten Island The History of New York State Biographies |
NEWBIE HELP | Simple explanations to some common questions |
FREE Downloads | Forms & Charts to help your research from Ancestry.Com |
GENEALOGY TERMS |
Glossary of terms and meanings associated with Genealogy. There's Wartime; Occupation; Disease |
Research Outline | New York/Family History SourceGuideTM – How-to Guides |
New York City History | Prior to 1901 |
LAND PATENT Records | The Official Federal Land Patent Records Site (US Department of theInterior) which includes military grants, grants to individuals, you can search by surname and get quite detailed. |
Abbreviations found in Genealogy | An amazing list from A to Z |
HAND-WRITING | Clues to deciphering the old records. |
Latin to English Translations | Terms on certificates |
Research Relationship Chart | How are you related? |
Time Capsule | Any Day in History |
Conversion Calendar | Want to know what day of the week a certain date falls on? |
Patterns | German Naming Patterns |
Last Name Meanings |
Find the ethnic origin and meaning of last names. Irish, German, English, French, Italian, & Jewish descent. |
OCCUPATIONS | OLD Occupation. Abbreviations and their meanings (The Strangest Names For Occupations) |
OCCUPATIONAL CODES | 1920 Census |
Birth Calculator | Death to Birthdate |
GENDOCS | GENEALOGY ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS |
SOUNDEX Converter | Easy to use, converting surnames to Soundex codes |
NICKNAMES | A Listing Of Some 18th and 19th Century American Nicknames |
Mail List ARCHIVES | |
BROOKLYN (Kings Co.) Mail. Where ALL questions deserve an answer |
USGENWEB Project : CENSUS Links |
Brooklyn On-Line | Historical Homes and Sites |
BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS | Present…and the Past they swallowed up |
A Greenpoint Perspective | History of Greenpoint Brooklyn by : Frank J. Dmuchowski |