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  2. New York City Municipal Archives - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Municipal Archives preserves and makes available more than 10 million historical vital records (birth, marriage and death certificates) for all five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island). Researchers have open access to the indexes, and both microfilmed and digital copies of vital records on-site ...

  3. Center for Brooklyn History - Wikipedia

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    The Center for Brooklyn History was founded in 1863 by Henry Pierrepont (1808–1888) [6] as the Long Island Historical Society, with a charter from the New England Historical Society in Boston. [7] In 1985, the society changed its name to the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS).

  4. Brooklyn directories - Wikipedia

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    The Brooklyn City Register, Or, Guide for 1848: Containing General Information, Respecting the City of Brooklyn and County of Kings, With a Complete List of City and County Officers, Also, the Most Practical Method of Keeping a Diary or Journal – An Almanac for 1848, the New Constitution of the State, Abstract of City Charter, List of ...

  5. Anthony Janszoon van Salee - Wikipedia

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    Eva Antonis, married Ferdinandus van Sycklin, an early immigrant to New Netherland and the namesake for Van Siclen Avenue in Brooklyn. [27] She is an ancestor of Robert Bayles, the last descendant to own Van Salee's Qur'an. According to Van Dyck Roberts, she was baptized. [28] Cornelia, who married William Johnson [29] Annica, married Thomas ...

  6. Brooklyn’s remarkable and unknown Black history revealed ...

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    Brooklyn was a slaveholding capital,” writes Kanakamedala. “And it was within this context that a free Black community at the town’s most northwestern tip would begin to contour the ...

  7. Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven - Wikipedia

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    Wolfert Gerritse Van Couwenhoven (1 May 1579 – 1662), [1] also known as Wolphert Gerretse van Kouwenhoven and Wolphert Gerretsen, was an original patentee, director of bouweries (farms), and founder of the New Netherland colony.

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