Queens Borough, New York Genealogy

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History
Officially Borough of Queens, one of five boroughs of greater New York City since 1898. The county is coterminous with the Borough of Queens (meaning the identical borders.)

Parent County
Was one of the original counties.

Neighboring Counties
Bronx | Kings (Brooklyn) | Nassau | New York (Manhattan)

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Cemeteries

 * The Mount Carmel Cemetery (Jewish Cemetery) has placed an Interment Seachfor their cemetery on-line. The first interment took place on December 28, 1906. To date they have more than 85,000 interments in Sections 1 through 4 of the cemetery. The Index provides, the First and Last Name, date of death, The Society, and the location of the grave.


 * Mount Hebron Cemetery a Jewish cemetery.

The Mount Hebron Cemetery (Jewish Cemetery) has placed an Interment Searchfor their cemetery on-line. The first interment took place on April 14, 1909. Since then, over 217,000 burials have taken place. The Index provides, the First and Last Name, date of death, The Society, and the location of the grave.


 * Mount Lebanon Cemetery


 * Glendale

Neighborhoods
Arverne · Astoria · Astoria Heights · Auburndale · Bay Terrace · Bayside · Bayswater · Beechhurst · Bellaire · Belle Harbor · Bellerose · Blissville · Breezy Point · Briarwood · Broad Channel · Cambria Heights · College Point · Corona · Ditmars · Douglaston · Dutch Kills · East Elmhurst · Edgemere · Electchester · Elmhurst · Far Rockaway · Floral Park · Flushing · Forest Hills · Forest Hills Gardens · Fresh Meadows · Glendale · Glen Oaks · Hamilton Beach · Hammels · Hillcrest · Hollis · Hollis Hills · Holliswood · Howard Beach · Howard Park · Hunters Point · Jackson Heights · Jamaica · Jamaica Estates · Jamaica Hills · Kew Gardens · Kew Gardens Hills · Laurelton · LeFrak City · Lindenwood · Little Neck · Locust Manor · Long Island City · Malba · Maspeth · Meadowmere · Middle Village · Murray Hill · Neponsit · North Corona · Oakland Gardens · Old Howard Beach · Ozone Park · Pomonok · Queensbridge · Queens Village · Ramblersville · Ravenswood · Rego Park · Richmond Hill · Ridgewood · Rochdale · Rockaway · Rockaway Beach · Rockaway Park · Rockwood Park · Rosedale · Roxbury · Seaside · St. Albans · South Jamaica · South Ozone Park · Springfield Gardens · Sunnyside · Sunnyside Gardens · Tudor Village · Utopia · Whitestone · Willets Point · Woodhaven · Woodside

Web Sites

 * FamilySearch.org catalog for Queens County
 * The Queens County NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.