New Jersey Genealogy

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• New Jersey African American Genealogy

• New Jersey Cemetery Records

  • Ocean County

    • Presbyterian Cemetery Records, Lakehurst

• New Jersey Census Records

• New Jersey Census Edition Map

• New Jersey County Map

  • Bordentown Manual Training School - 95 photographs of student activities, staff and school grounds.
• New Jersey Forts
  List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902.
• New Jersey Genealogy Lookups
• New Jersey History
  • Stories of New Jersey
    This volume of stories, composed of historical incidents, or material connected with the history of New Jersey, is not intended to be a record, even in a condensed form, of the rise and progress of the State. The stories are arranged chronologically, but there has been no attempt to give a complete and continuous account of events or epochs.
• Military Records
  • Revolutionary War
    • Official Register Of The Officers And Men Of New Jersey In The Revolutionary War
      A searchable online version of William Stryker's compilation of records of officers and men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. The data are largely composed of lists indicating individuals who served with specific military units - although there is a body of descriptive text as well.
    • 1840 Pensioners Database
  • Spanish American War
    • Spanish-American War Naval Officers
      26 portraits of officers in the Battalions of the East and West.
    • Spanish-American War Infantry
      Officers - 40 portraits collected in 1904 to honor those who had served.
  • Civil War Records
    • Record of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865
      A searchable online version of William Stryker's compilation of records of officers and men of New Jersey in the Civil War.   The data are largely composed of tables indicating dates of service and comments about individuals who served with specific military units - although there is a body of descriptive text as well.
    • Civil War Cartes de Visite - Over 400 portraits of New Jersey Civil War soldiers, mostly officers.
    • Civil War Pensions Index Cards
      Each card gives the soldier's name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier's rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
  • World War I Records
  • World War II Records
    • New Jersey Army - Army Air Corps World War II Casualty List
    • New Jersey Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard World War II Casualty List
  • Korean War Casualty List
  • Vietnam War Casualty List
• New Jersey Native American Records
  • Personal Names of Indians of New Jersey
  • 1910 Sioux Census in New Jersey
  • New Jersey State Tribes
  • New Jersey Federally Non-Recognized Tribes
• New Jersey Vital Records
• Discover New Jersey Genealogy WebRing

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• Alumni Lists
  • Bergen Co: 1966 Yearbook, Cresskill High School, Cresskill, NJ
  • Bergen Co: 1967 Yearbook, Cresskill High School, Cresskill, NJ
  • Bergen Co: Hackensack High School Class of 1958, Hackensack, NJ
  •  Bergen Co: Roosevelt Junior High School, 9th Grade Class of 1955, River Edge, NJ
  • Bergen Co: Tenafly High School Class of 1929, Tenafly, New Jersey
  • Bergen Co: Tenafly High School Class of 1930, Tenafly, New Jersey
  • Bergen Co: Tenafly High School Class of 1931, Tenafly, New Jersey
  • Burlington Co: Burlington City High School Seniors 1916
  • Burlington Co: Burlington Sr. High School Alumni, Burlington, NJ, 1961
  • Burlington Co: Florence Township Memorial High School Alumni, Florence, NJ, 1958
  • Burlington Co: Student List (1837-1841), St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, NJ
  •  Cumberland Co: Millville High School Class 1935
  • Cumberland Co: Vineland High School Class 1936
  •  Essex Co: Caldwell Grammar School Graduation List 1925
  • Essex Co: Caldwell High School, Essex, NJ Class of 1927
  • Essex Co: NJ Essex Caldwell HS class 1929
  • Essex Co: NJ Essex Caldwell HS class of 1941
  • Essex Co: NJ, Essex, Caldwell HS Class 1928
  • Essex Co: South 8th Street School Class of 1941, Newark, New Jersey
  • Hudson Co: Alumni Class of Jan 1952, Dickinson High School, Jersey City, NJ
  •  Hudson Co: Graduates Grammar School #28, Jersey City, NJ - 1/31/1908
  •  Hudson Co: Holy Family High School, Union City (Hudson County), NJ, Class of 1955
  • Hudson Co: Memorial High School Graduates 1922-1924, West New York, New Jersey (formerly West New York High School)
  • Hudson Co: St. Anne Elementary School, Jersey City, NJ, Class of 1951
  • Hudson Co: William L. Dickinson High School Graduates 1932-1934, Jersey City, New Jersey
  • Hudson Co: William L. Dickinson High School, January 1926 Graduates, Jersey City, New Jersey
  • Hudson Co: William L. Dickinson High School, June 1926 Graduates, Jersey City, New Jersey
  •  Mercer Co: 1919 Princeton Yearbook
  • Middlesex Co: Alumni
  • Middlesex Co: Rutgers College 1853
  • Monmouth Co: 1930 Manasquan High School Alumni
  • Passaic Co: Class of 1913, Public School No. 10, Paterson, New Jersey
  • Passaic Co: Eastside High School Alumni, January 1929, Paterson, NJ
  • Passaic Co: Eastside High School Alumni, January 1936, Paterson, NJ
  • Passaic Co: Eastside High School Alumni, January 1959, Paterson, NJ
  • Passaic Co: Eastside High School Alumni, January 1960, Paterson, NJ
  • Passaic Co: Eastside High School Alumni, June 1933, Paterson, NJ
  • Passaic Co: Eastside High School Alumni, June 1946, Paterson, NJ
  • Passaic Co: Eastside High School Alumni, June 1952, Paterson, NJ
  • Passaic Co: Eastside High School Alumni, June 1960, Paterson, NJ
  • Passaic Co: Girls' High School Alumni, January 1923, Paterson, NJ
• Birth Records
  • Camden Co: births, 1865-1866
  • Gloucester Co: Thorofare: St. Paul's United Methodist Church
• Cemetery Records
  • Atlantic County: Pleasantville: Pleasantville Cemetery (Partial List)
  • Bergen Co: Mahwah Cemetery of the Ramapo Reformed Church
  • Hudson Co: Holy Cross Cemetery
  • Hudson Co: Burials in GAR Plot at Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ
  • Hudson Co: holy name cemetery listing for Kenny surname
  • Hunterdon Co: Musconetcong Valley Cemetery
  • Morris Co: Holland (Mountain) Cemetery
  • Morris Co: Holland Mountain Cemetery, Morris County, NJ
• Census Records
  • Ocean Co: Livezey/Livesey & Related Families in 1920 and 1880 NJ Soundex
  • Passaic Co: 1870 Census, New Jersey, Passaic County, Ward 2
  • Passaic Co: 1870 Census; Paterson, Ward 1
  • Union Co: Sweetman/Soeteman/Sweatman & related families in 1920 U.S./N.J. Soundex
• City Directories
  • Essex Co: 1933 Cedar Grove/Verona, New Jersey City Directory, Surnames Beginning with Z
  • Passaic Co: Sweetman names in Paterson, NJ City Directories 1919 & 1922-1924
  • Passaic Co: Sweetmans in Paterson NJ City Directories, 1919 and 1922-1924
  • Union Co: 1884 Union County city dir part 1
• Death Records
  • Passaic Co: Wills for surname Breen, Passaic Co. New Jersey, 1900s
• Military Records
  • War of 1812: Gloucester: 3rd Regiment, Gloucester Brigade
  • WWI: Jersey City: Armed Forces from Jersey City, NJ
• Obituaries
  • Passaic Co: Obituaries for surname Breen, Passaic County NJ 1900s
    

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Cemetery Records
Johnson Cemetery, Camden, New Jersey
Morris County, New Jersey Cemetery Inscriptions

Census - Other Federal Census
New Jersey Census, 1772-1890

Church Records
Essex County, New Jersey Quaker Records
New Jersey German Reformed Church Records, 1763-1802
Preakness and Preakness Reformed Church, Passaic County, New Jersey: Town History, 1695-1902
Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Bergen [Jersey City], New Jersey, 1666-1788
Sparta, New Jersey, Presbyterian Church Records
Totowa, New Jersey Old Dutch Church Records, 1755-1827

Directories - City Directories
Burlington, New Jersey Directory, 1889-90
Camden, New Jersey Directories, 1887-91
Elizabeth, New Jersey Directories, 1883-91
Essex, Union, Hudson Counties New Jersey 1859 Directory
Jersey City, New Jersey Directories, 1891-93
Jersey City, New Jersey Directory, 1889-90
Morristown, New Jersey Directories, 1887-88, 1890-91
Newark, New Jersey Directory, 1890-91
Orange, New Jersey Directories, 1887-90
Paterson, New Jersey Directories, 1890-93

Immigrant Records
Early Germans of New Jersey
New Jersey Early Germans

Military Records
New Jersey Pensioners, 1835

Miscellaneous
Hardwick and Mendham Monthly Meeting & Warren and Morris Counties, New Jersey: Quaker Records

Newspaper Records
Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, New Jersey)
Trenton Evening Times, The (Trenton, New Jersey)
Trenton Times (Trenton, New Jersey)
Trenton Times, The (Trenton, New Jersey)

Surnames - Biographies
New Jersey Biographical Sketches, 1665-1800
New Jersey Biographical Sketches, 1916
Sons of the Utah Pioneers: Biography Files (R-Z)

Surnames - Genealogies
Family Records or Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley, New Jersey
Salem County, New Jersey Genealogical Records

Vitals - Marriage Records
Atlantic County, New Jersey Marriages, 1837-1880
Camden County, New Jersey Marriages, 1837-1910
Cumberland County, New Jersey Marriages, 1740-1910
Hunterdon County, New Jersey Marriages, 1795-1875
New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1895
New Jersey Marriages, Colonial Era, 1665-1800

Wills
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760

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United States Genealogy

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United States GenWeb Project

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Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union, Warren

American History and Genealogy Project

• New Jersey AHGP Project

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