Early Brooklyn and Queens Deaths

This database contains records for the following towns and years:

Brooklyn:

Flatbush 1847-1851, 1880-1896, Flatlands 1880-1897, Gravesend 1870-1899, New Lots 1881-1896, New Utrecht 1870-1899, Other Towns 1881-1896

Queens:

Newtown 1881-1897, College Point 1890-1897, Long Island City 1871-1897, Town of Jamaica 1881-1897, Village of Jamaica 1890-1897, Rockaway Beach 1897-1898, Village of Far Rockaway 1890-1897, Town of Far Rockaway 1890-1897, Village of Flushing 1890-1897, Village of Whitestone 1890-1897, Town of Flushing 1881-1897, Richmond Hill 1896-1897

Please note that the Surname (e.g. Last Name) is a required entry field. But since exact spellings are not always known, to aid your search we offer three different ways to specify Surnames.

Exact Match (“is exactly”): This is the default surname search method.

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Wild Card: With this option you can replace part of the surname with a * to match any number of letters, or _ to match a single letter. So for example, Sch* will return all names starting with Sch. Similarly, Schl_tz might return results such as Schlitz or Schlotz.

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