Source Texts for Long Island, New York.



Here are my essential source texts for Reeve(s) genealogy research on Long Island, New York.



1. Study of the Reeve family of Southold, Long Island, N.Y. : and Southold descendants of the Southampton, L.I. Reeves family and genealogy of said families up to 1800 Douglaston, N.Y.: Baker, Wesley Logan, 459 pgs.



2. Early History of Southampton, New York - With Genealogies, By George Rogers Howell, M.A.; Member of the Albany institute, corresponding member of the Troy Ass., NY Historical Society etc., Second Edition, Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1887, 473 pp.



3.The book of records of the town of Southampton : BOOKS 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 - 1st book, 1639-1660 -- 2nd book, 1660-1717 -- 3rd book, 1717-1807 -- 4th book, 1809-1870 -- 5th book comprising Ancient Loose Documents as well as Abstracts of the Red Book of Deeds, AUTHORS: Southampton, Henry PHedges, William S. Pelletreau, Edward H. Foster, including all the writings in the town clerk's office from 1639 to 1660: with other ancient documents of historic value, Sag Harbor, N.Y.: J.H. Hunt, book and job printer, 1740 pages.



4. The Salmon records : a private register of marriages and deaths of the residents of the town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y., and of persons more or less closely associated with that place : 1696-1811 Authors: William Salmon, William A. Robbins, City of Publication: New York Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Date: 1918, 115 pgs.



5. Records of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York - Two Volumes in pdf format - town records of Southold from about 1650 to the beginning of 1780. Most of the information is reproduced verbatim from Libers A, B, and C of the town records. The documents consist primarily of land grants by the town and deeds showing subsequent land transactions, but there is also a wide variety of other documents including a few wills, inventories and appraisals of estates, land divisions associated with estate settlements, depositions, petitions, and a few vital records. J. Wickham Case, 1884, 1055 pgs.



6. A History of Mattituck, Long Island, N.Y. Author: unknown Originally published in 1906 400 pages



7. Refugees of 1776 From Long Island to Connecticut Author: Frederic G. Mather Originally published in Albany, New York, 1913.



All of these titles and more are available from the Long Island Genealogy website http://longislandgenealogy.com/



Some of these reference books are on Google Books in their entirety and completely searchable. In order to search Google Books, go to the Google website. There is a line of options on the top left hand side begining with "web" and ending with "more", next to which is an arrow pointing down. Click the arrow and you will see more options, select the one that says "books". The pages will now change, at the top you will have a text box, with a button on the end of it that says "Search Books". Type into the text box the name you wish to search for, if you get too many matches and partial matches you can put quotations around the name so that the search engine will look for that exact name. I will often run Reeve with and without an "s", for expample "Bethuel Reeve" and "Bethuel Reeves". I usually do use quotations so that the returns I get are managable in number especially with more common names. Try searching different ways and see what works best.