The Long Island Forum, from 1938 to 2004, is now available on SEVEN searchable CDs.

The "Long Island Forum," on CD The Long Island Forum, from 1938 to 2004, is now available on SEVEN searchable CDs. The Long Island Forum was, until 2004, the oldest continuously published journal of Long Island history. It was dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the knowledge of the Island's past. The Forum endeavored to present its readers with accurate, informative, educational and readable articles illuminating the Island's history, natural history, peoples, genealogy, society and culture. In 2004 it was forced to cease publication due to financial considerations. To all Long Island researchers it is sorely missed.
These CDs are made up of searchable pdf files of the actual issues as noted in the heading. The Forum remained a monthly publication until August 1987 when it began phasing into a quarterly publication schedule with the release of an August/September issue. The November 1987 issue (also called the Fall 1987) marked their first committed quarterly publication. The Spring 2004 issue was the last to be published.

Each magazine is Scanned in Grey-Scale reproducing the original images at the highest possible quality and bookmarked for easy navigation to Month, Volume and year. Due to the age and relative scarcity of some of these issues we have reproduced the best copies available to us.

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ALL Long Island Forum CDs (PLUS Index CD) covering 1938 to 2004 - $74.50 Containing OVER 650 Issues

The Forum is also available as Approximately 10 Year groups (as listed below)
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Introductory statement from the January, 1938 issue (1st Issue):

In presenting itself to a suburban rural territory whose identity is threatened by the expansion of the world's largest city, Long Island Forum hopes to serve a definite purpose.

Long Island is rich in traditions. The easterly two thirds of its 1500 square miles, comprising Suffolk County, still retain farms, woodlands and boundless meadows between communities which, though modernized in many respects, reflect the simplicity of past decades. In other words, Suffolk County remains, in the face of an ever spreading metropolitan area the ideal homeland for the city weary family. Long Island Forum hopes to contribute its bit toward keeping it that way.
This first issue, we think, contains some excellent articles descriptive of Suffolk County. There are historical sketches and other contributions all dedicated to the county.
We are indeed proud of our list of contributors. They include Morton Pennypacker and Jesse Merritt, local historians respectively of Suffolk and Nassau counties. Mrs. Irving S. S. Sammis and C. L. C. Ditmars who hold similar honorary posts in the towns of Huntington and Babylon. Henry Talmage, Master Farmer by gubernatorial appointment, Paul O. Mercer, prominent in the oyster industry, Etta R. DeMott, journalist, and others. With this array of representative contributors, Long Island Forum's introductory issue will, we hope, meet with public approval.
The Long Island Forum had a varied publication schedule. Beginning in January of 1938 as a bi-monthly publication it quickly switched to a monthly publication in May of that year.

"With this issue, the Long Island Forum becomes a monthly. Its founder has approached this decision not without realizing the increased labor and responsibility which such a step entails. Previous issues of the Forum, appearing every other month, seem to have created a demand for the magazine which we hope warrants its, more frequent appearance. The assistant publisher of a great New York City daily, who is himself a Long Islander, advised us, following the first number, that our chief concern would be to continue to find the sort of material which a magazine, dedicated as is the Forum to Long Island, must contain. We are convinced this edition, as well as future editions will excel the first." May, 1938

About Our CDs
No books or documents are destroyed in the process of making CDs. In fact many have been restored and donated after scanning.

Many of our CDs are truly reference BONANZAS to the home researcher. The age of most of these text make them inaccessible to the average person. Naturally their scarcity and fragility makes them very expensive to acquire hence often kept under lock and key in an effort to preserve them. Unfortunately this also makes them unavailable for public view. Our CDs are produced by scanning the actual pages of the original text making them not only excellent resources but archival copies available for future generations. If you could find a hard copy of any of these books it would cost hundreds of dollars - individually worth many times the cost of a CD. The average cost of a single CD, containing our "theme or regional" based collections has been kept affordable in an effort to make this information obtainable to as many home researchers as possible.
Our CDs have become the ultimate research tool. Having a copy on hand allows research at your leisure and your schedule while in the comfort of your home. Additionally you can still print individual or groups of pages as you need directly from your CDs. Giving you the best of both old and new research techniques. Unless otherwise noted most pdf Files are now searchable. Searchable pdf files allow single or multiple file searches with one search request.
Our CDs are designed to be easily used even for those new to computers. The opening menu, which opens much like a web page (utilizing your browser and a link like navigation system), is easily navigated and extremely user friendly.
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