Moravian Cemetery: A Who's Who in Staten Island History.

Genealogy Inquiries. Do you have ancestors resting at Moravian Cemetery? Our records go back to 1867. We might have information about your family. To see what information might be found, click on article entitled: "Researching Your Family? Here's a Good Place to Start."

We can provide records (our Interment Records date to 1867) and photographs of gravestones for those resting at Moravian Cemetery. We can also provide obituaries (providing one was placed in the local newspaper) and copies of Wills (providing one was filed in Staten Island).

Requests for information can only be accepted by sending an e-mail. Sorry, we can not accept walk-ins. Please send us an e-mail, type the name of the party you are inquiring about in the subject line. Give us as much information as possible. You will usually receive a reply within 24 hours.

Since I volunteer my time to help families with genealogy, I am at the cemetery office one afternoon each week, your genealogy request can take up to 3-4 weeks to complete.

Attention!! We are looking for information about people who are resting at Moravian Cemetery. This information might include: biographical information; photographs of people or houses/businesses they owned; stories, newspaper clippings, etc.

Contact us cemeteryguy@earthlink.net

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Thank you for visiting the official website of "Walking Tours of Moravian Cemetery: A Who's Who in Staten Island History."

Our tours are filled with biographical information and local history, sprinkled with architecture and nature. We can’t predict the future, but we can sure tell you about the past.

E-mail us for reservations. Contact us anytime at: cemeteryguy@earthlink.net

All tours take place at 2pm on Sundays and are about 90-minutes long. There is an entrance fee of $10. per person. Private tours for families, schools and organizations can be arranged for other times.   

Reservations are suggested as we limit the tour to 20 people.

** Please check our website after 12noon on day of tour if there are concerns about possible cancellation due to weather conditions. 

Here's a little information about our present tours. 

Atlantic Avenue Tour. Stroll around this beautiful Victorian section of the cemetery and visit the resting places of famed photographer Alice Austen, George Wm. Curtis (Curtis High School), Judge Erastus Brooks (the first person to make use of the telegraph for newspaper reports), Historian/ Philanthropist/Author Dorothy Valentine Smith, Elmer Dundy (owner of Coney Island’s Luna Park), cigar manufacturer Alvaro Garcia (Garcia & Vega), pencil manufacturer Eberhard Faber, Dr. Nathaniel Lord Britton (Founder-New York Botanical Gardens), and Historian/Author Charles W. Leng. We’ll also visit a mausoleum designed by the prominent architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings, and a memorial to Civil War Hero Col. Robert Gould Shaw (1989 movie - Glory).

Old Section Tour.   Visit the oldest sections of the cemetery where its gravestones date to 1740.  Some of the earliest Dutch, French and English settlers of Staten Island rest here, as well as the founders and early parishioners of the Moravian Church. This section aIso holds Civil War Hero General Stephen H. Weed and William T. Davis (historian, naturalist, and author). The first mausoleum to be built in the cemetery stands here: It's actually an underground vault built by one of America's wealthiest families. 

Central Avenue Tour. We feature such residents as first Borough President George Cromwell, historian J. Clute, noted architect John Merven Carrere (Carrere & Hastings), brewery founder August Horrmann (R & H Beer), Award winning playwrite Paul Zindel, American-Indian historian Alanson Skinner, Major Clarence Barrett (Barrett Park) and such families as Pouch, Dreyfus, Methfessel, Braisted, Outerbridge and many more families.

Those Who Served Our Country During War Time (Tour). This tour features men (and women) who served in the Civil War, Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and present day Mid-East Wars.

To learn about our tours and to read articles submitted by visitors, please click on the "articles" tab at the top of our homepage. 

While enjoying the beauty of Moravian Cemetery,  please keep in mind that all visitors are expected to act in a dignified manner and to comply with the rules and regulations of the Cemetery.

If you're taking photographs, please stop in the office and tell us what sections of the cemetery you'll be in.

See you at the cemetery...........Moravian Cemetery.