New York in 1698: A Comprehensive List of Residents, Based on Census, Tax, and Other Lists - Paperbackby Kory L. Meyerink (Compiled by) This compilation is a reconstruction of the 1698 census of New York. The author was aided by the surviving portions of the 1698 census and also by the statistical summaries of the census that have survived the passage of time. The author was able to locate more or less contemporary substitute sources (eg., militia lists, tax lists, church records, town minutes, etc.) and reconstruct the populations of the missing