New York, Staten Island, Moravian Cemetery, Interment Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
These records are for the Moravian Cemetery on Staten Island, New York City. Some obituaries are included.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
These records may contain:
 * Name of interment lot owner
 * Residence
 * Grave location
 * Name of deceased
 * Date of death
 * Name of funeral home

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the death information to find a copy of the death certificate
 * If there was an obituary, use that information to identify other family members

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Check for variant spellings of the surnames
 * They may have been buried in a different cemetery.
 * Consult the New York Record Finder to find other records

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of New York.
 * Sexton Records
 * Cemeteries
 * New York Guided Research
 * New York Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step New York Research, 1880-Present

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, Your Guide to Cemetery Research. Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, 2002 FS Library 973 V37c
 * Association of Municipal Historians of New York State, comp. New York State cemeteries name/location inventory, 1995-1997 3 volumes. Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books, Inc., c1999 FS Library 974.7 V33a Part 1. Albany County-Livingston County -- Part 2. Madison County-Schuyler County -- Part 3. Seneca County-Yates County.
 * Moravian Cemetery. Interment records, 1866-1967; interment index, 1874-1963
 * Cemetery and church records, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, 1742-1892
 * Tombstone inscriptions of the old burying ground at St. Andrews Church, Richmond, Staten Island, N. Y.
 * Patricia M. Salmon, Realms of history : the cemeteries of Staten Island Staten Island, New York : Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences, c2006 FS Library 974.726/S1 V3s
 * Charles W. Leng and William T. Davis, Staten Island and its people, a history, 1609-1929 5 volumes. New York : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1930.
 * Staten Island, Moravian Church records, 1749-1965

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952
 * New York Probate Records, 1629-1971

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * John Jacob Clute, Annals of Staten Island : from its discovery to the present time New York, New York : C. Vogt, 1877

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