As part of a continuing series of blog posts, the following historical societies in Nassau and Suffolk counties can help with your genealogical research.
Nassau:
Baldwin Historical Society – www.baldwinhistoricalsociety.com
Has historic photos, newspapers, letters, maps and journals. Will help with genealogy requests.
Contact: BaldwinHistoricalSociety@gmail.com
Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society – Port Washington – www.cowneck.org
Has historic maps, directories, newspapers, photos and post cards of Port Washington.
Contact: info@cowneck.org
Garden City Historical Society – https://www.thegardencityhistoricalsociety.org/
Has yearbooks from area schools.
Contact: office@tgchs.org
Oyster Bay Historical Society – wwww.oysterbayhistorical.org
Historic photos, maps and post cards. Digitized copies of The Freeholder, the journal of the Oyster Bay Historical Society.
The Oyster Bay historian, John Hammond, created a listing of historic cemeteries of Oyster Bay with transcriptions – http://oysterbaytown.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/HistoricCemeteries6-2013.pdf
Historical Society of the Westburys – http://www.villageofwestbury.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B39DB346D-B668-4388-A03A-61BE03D7F758%7D –
Has a collection of oral histories and historical documents.
Contact: 516-333-0176 (Thomas Hoffman, Curator)
Suffolk:
Amityville Historical Society – https://theamityvillehistoricalsociety.com/
Has family records and cemetery documents.
Contact: https://theamityvillehistoricalsociety.com/contact/
Bay Shore Historical Society – www.bayshorehistoricalsociety.org
Has a reference library with maps, yearbooks, photos and journals.
Contact: bayshohissoc@optonline.net
Bridgehampton Museum – www.bridgehamptonmuseum.org
Has historical photos, family Bibles, diaries, letters and local history and genealogy books.
Davis Town Meeting House Society – Coram – https://davishousesociety.org/
This Meeting House has photos and transcriptions of the tombstones at the Davis Family Cemetery.
Hampston Bays Historical and Preservation Society – www.hamptonbayshistoricalsociety.org
Has historical photos, post cards and maps as well as documents related to local families.
Contact: hamptonbayshistoricalsociety@gmail.com
Huntington Historical Society – https://www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org/
Has a research library with historical maps, home surveys and biographies.
Contact: https://www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org/contact-form.html
Northport Historical Society – https://www.northporthistorical.org/
Has a reference library, historic photos.
Contact: Info@NorthportHistorical.org
Oysterponds Historical Society – Orient – www.oysterpondshistoricalsociety.org
This society has a research library that includes historic documents and photos.
Port Jefferson Historical Society – www.portjeffhistorical.org
Has historical photos and documents available to researchers by appointment.
Contact: info@portjeffhistorical.org
Rocky Point Historical Society – www.rockypointhistoricalsociety.org
Can purchase a book from the society about the Noah Hallock Cemetery of Rocky Point which includes a map and inscriptions of the tombstones.
Contact: info@rockypointhistoricalsociety.org
Sag Harbor Historical Society – http://sagharborhistorical.org
Has books, letters, documents, diaries, bibles and post cards as well as an historic photo collection. Has booklet for purchase on the Old Burying Ground of Sag Harbor.
Shelter Island Historical Society – www.shelterislandhistorical.org
Has photos, post cards and maps as well as a collection of over 700 letters by Gen. Sylvester Dering. Telephone directories.
Contact: https://www.shelterislandhistorical.org/contact.html
Southampton History Museum – https://www.southamptonhistory.org/
The Rogers Museum has a research library and archives that contains over 800 books and a wide range of subjects including family memorabilia.
Southold History Museum – https://www.southoldhistorical.org/
The archives center has a collection of diaries, letters, documents, daybooks, genealogies, photographs and ledgers.
Contact: info@southoldhistorical.org
Suffolk County Historical Society – Riverhead – https://suffolkcountyhistoricalsociety.org/library.html
Has genealogies, biographies, diaries, photographs, maps, cemetery transcriptions, ancestor charts, Bible records and newspapers. The archives also has the Ackerly Collection which is a set of notebooks that mention many 17th-,18th- and 19th-century Suffolk residents.
Contact: librarian@schs-museum.org
Three Village Historical Society – East Setauket – https://www.tvhs.org/
Has an archives that can be used with three weeks notice. Must fill out a research request form.
Contact: https://www.tvhs.org/copy-of-research-policy
Yaphank Historical Society – https://yaphankhistorical.org/
Has an archive and library open by appointment. Includes books, maps, early newspapers, magazines and commercial business files.
Contact: info@yaphankhistorical.org
