Dickenson Census Indices: Occupations of Afro-American Families on Staten Island, 1840 - 1875

Dickenson Census Indices: Occupations of Afro-American Families on Staten Island, 1840 - 1875

In 1981, genealogist and historian Richard B. Dickenson published Census Occupations of Afro-American Families on Staten Island, 1840-1875. During his research, Dickenson compiled indices using data from the 1855, 1860, 1865, and 1870 State and Federal Censuses. One index is organized...

Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Ledger Books

Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Ledger Books

Frederick Douglass Memorial Park is an African American Cemetery in Staten Island, NY. It was founded in 1935 in response to the practice of racial segregation in cemeteries and is still an active cemetery today. Frederick Douglass Memorial Park's ledger books provide a day-to-day accounting...

Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Permanent Record Books

Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Permanent Record Books

Frederick Douglass Memorial Park is an African American Cemetery in Staten Island, NY. It was founded in 1935 in response to the practice of racial segregation in cemeteries and is still an active cemetery today. The cemetery's permanent record books are a chronological listing of burials. They...