Townsend Society of America Information

The TSA offers members and scholars an opportunity to study primary documents pertaining to the Townsends and historically related families, as well as the history of the communities in which they lived. The TSA archives contains valuable resources on:The Townsend familyOyster Bay town historyGenealogyTownsend family historiesIndividual member files, with their family historiesMany other aspects of American historyThe Underhill Family (through the Underhill Society of America located across the street). Many of our archives, including Family Histories, Member Family Histories and Books, have been catagloged and are available for search in Archive Catalog section. All archives are available at the Research Center for viewing, study and photographing. If you are interested in our archives and cannot come to the Research Center, we can assist you. Please see our Research and Copies policy. Please send an e-mail to director@townsendsociety.org with as much detailed information as possible about what you would like researched or copied. If you have searched our Archive Catalog, attach a copy of your search results. We will send a return e-mail with an estimate of time needed and cost before beginning on your project.