Flushing, Queens Borough, New York Genealogy

''United States' 'New York' 'Queens CountyTown of Flushing

Flushing was first settled in 1645.

Resources
Early records of Flushing do not survive.

Episcopal
Kenneth Scott published abstracts of the registers of St. George's Episcopal Church in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (for earlier records, see Grace Episcopal Church in Jamaica):

Baptisms


 * 1788-1880 - Scott, Kenneth. "Records of St. George's (Episcopal) Church, Flushing, Long Island, Baptisms," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1788-1812: Vol. 112, No. 1 (Jan. 1981):41-45; 1813-1831: Vol. 112, No. 2 (Apr. 1981):106-109; 1832-1841: Vol. 112, No. 3 (Jul. 1981):140-144; 1842-1874: Vol. 112, No. 4 (Oct. 1981):234-238; 1851-1863: Vol. 113, No. 1 (Jan. 1982):16-20; 1863-1880: Vol. 113, No. 2 (Apr. 1982):85-92. Digital version at New York Family History ($); . Scott did not publish later records, because 1880 is the year civil registration of births began in New York.

Marriages


 * 1782-1880s - Scott, Kenneth. "Marriages in St. George's (Episcopal) Church, Flushing, Long Island," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1782-1830: Vol. 110, No. 1 (Jan. 1979):1-6; 1831-1856: Vol. 110, No. 2 (Apr. 1979):67-74; 1856-1880: Vol. 110, No. 3 (Jul. 1979):154-163; 1860s-1880s: Vol. 110, No. 4 (Oct. 1979):223-226. Digital version at New York Family History ($); . For marriages from 1885 to 1896, there is a manuscript file among the collections of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Burials


 * 1790-1896 - Scott, Kenneth. "Records of St. George's (Episcopal) Church, Flushing, Long Island Burials," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1790-1848: Vol. 111, No. 1 (Jan. 1980):39-50; 1849-1874: Vol. 111, No. 2 (Apr. 1980):105-110; 1874-1896: Vol. 111, No. 3 (Jul. 1980):164-170. Digital version at New York Family History ($);.

Additional church records include:


 * 1780-1810 - Baptisms Miscellaneous Churches in Jamaica, Flushing, Newtown, New York 1780-1810, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1790-1802 - Baptisms in Churches of Jamaica, New Town and Flushing, New York 1790-1802, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.


 * 1791-1794 - Communicants in Churches of Jamaica, New Town and Flushing, New York 1791-1794, courtesy: Olive Tree Genealogy - free.

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Museums

The Vander Ende-Onderdonk House Greater Ridgewood Historical Society 1820 Flushing Avenue Ridgewood, NY 11385 Phone: (718) 456-1776 E-mail: info@onderdonkhouse.org

The Bowne House The Bowne House Historical Society 37-01 Bowne Street Flushing, NY 11354 Phone: (718) 359-0528 E-mail: office@bownehouse.org

Societies
The Bowne House Historical Society 37-01 Bowne Street Flushing, NY 11354 Phone: (718) 359-0528 E-mail: office@bownehouse.org

Greater Ridgewood Historical Society 1820 Flushing Avenue Ridgewood, NY 11385 Phone: (718) 456-1776 E-mail: info@onderdonkhouse.org