Readers and genealogical researchers alike will be fascinated by two books authored by local area resident Clement M. Healy and published by Arcadia Publishing, under the Images of America imprint. This series features local history books filled with photos and drawings, supported by written information. Healy's subject is cemeteries in the Township of Riverhead and surrounding areas.
North Fork Cemeteries includes Riverhead area cemeteries with some of the photos provided by Riverhead Free Library and the nearby Suffolk County Historical Society. Published in 2005, this book covers everything from the founding the cemeteries to close ups of a tombstone of a Civil War soldier. The Library can assist researchers who wish to contact the various cemeteries, which are overseen primarily by cemetery associations. A year later, South Fork Cemeteries was published. Both books are available for check out at the Library.
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