>> From plains.NoDak.edu!green Fri Jul 17 00:08:30 1992 >> From: Brad Green This file is as complete and accurate as possible, however if you should find errors, have additions or deletions, send them to me and I will update the file. Bill Green ak385@cleveland.Freenet.Edu/green@plains.nodak.edu * Date of last update: July 16, 1992 ******************************************************************* GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF NEW JERSEY 4 March 1989 Robert McLaren 7810 Kincardine Ct. Alexandria, VA 22310-4025 The following file contains a listing of genealogical and historical societies in New Jersey. Included in the listing, where known, are telephone numbers and yearly dues. This listing is donated to the public domain and may be freely copied. Under no conditions can this listing be sold or used in any other commercial fashion. If you think this list has any value, then donate that value in helping your local genealogical society (or the National Genealogical Society). If you write to any of the societies on this list for information, remember to include a self addressed stamped envelop (SASE). Many of these societies work with a limited budget, supplemented by volunteers, and can not afford to respond unless a SASE is included in your letter. Genealogical Society of New Jersey P.O. Box 1291 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Dues: $10.00 per year New Jersey Historical Society 230 Broadway Newark, NJ 07104 Dues: Atlantic County Atlantic County Historical Society P.O. Box 301 Somers Point, NJ 08244 Dues: Bergen County Genealogical Society of Bergen County P.O. Box 103 Hillsdale, NJ 07642 Dues: Burlington County Burlington County Historical Society 457 High Street Burlington, NJ 08016 (609) 386-4773 Dues: Camden County Camden County Historical Society Euclid Avenue and Park Blvd. Camden, NJ 08103 Dues: Long-a-Coming Historical Society 59 South White Horse Pike Berlin, NJ 08009 609-767-6221 Dues: $10.00 per year (single); $15.00 per year (family) Gary Steiner STEINER@Muppet.dnet.GE.com Cape May County Cape May Historical and Genealogical Society Rt. 9 Cape May Courthouse, NJ 08210-3070 609-465-3535 Dues: $6.00 per year (single); $8.50 per year (family) Cumberland County Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society Box 35 Vineland, NJ 08360 Dues: Cumberland County Historical Society P.O. Box 16 Gibbon House Greenwich, NJ 08323 609-455-4055 Dues: $8.00 per year (single); $10.00 per year (family) Gloucester County Gloucester County Historical Society (library) P.O. Box 409 17 Hunter St. Woodbury, NJ 08096 609-845-4771 Dues: $8.00 per year (single); $12.00 per year (family) Gloucester County Historical Society (museum) 58 N. Broad St. Woodbury, NJ 08096 609-845-7881 Gary Steiner STEINER@Muppet.dnet.GE.com Hunterdon County Hunterdon County Historical Society Hiram E. Deats Memorial Library 114 Main Street Felmington, NJ 08822 Dues: Middlesex County Genealogy Club of the Metuchen-Edison Regional Historical Society P.O. Box 61 Metuchen, NJ 08840 Dues: Monmouth County Monmouth County Historical Association 70 Court Street Freehold, NJ 07728 Dues: Neptune Township Historical Society 25 Neptune Blvd. Neptune, NJ 07753 Dues: Morris County Historical Society of Boonton Township RD 2, Box 152 Boonton, NJ 07005 Dues: Ocean County Ocean County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 964 Toms River, NJ 08754-0964 Dues: Ocean County Historical Society 26 Hadley Avenue Toms River, NJ 08753 Dues: Passaic County Passaic County Historical Society Lambert Castle Garret Mt. Reservation Paterson, NJ 07509 Dues: Jewish Genealogical Society of North Jersey c/o Evan Stolbach 1 Bedford Road Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442 Dues: Salem County Salem County Historical Society 81-83 Market Street Salem, NJ 08079 Dues: Union County Genealogical Society of Westfield c/o Westfield Memorial Library 425 East Broad Street Westfield, NJ 07090 Dues: ************************************************************************* VITAL RECORDS Posted-By: xx180 (aa581 - Sandra Rozhon) New Jersey Dept. Of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics CN360 Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 (The Dept. of Health has birth, death and marriage records from June, 1878 to the present. However, due to budget cuts and short staffing, they will no longer process any requests for information for genealogical purposes. (They will handle requests for info needed for other reasons.) All genealogical services have been "suspended indefinitely.") Archives and History Bureau State Library Division State Dept. of Education 185 W. State St. Trenton, NJ 08625 (609) 292-6260 The NJ State Library Archives Div. has the original vital records for the period May 1848 to May 1878. (Birth, death, marriage.) They will process requests by mail for this information for a fee of $4.00 per record. They also have acquired, from the Dept of Health, the following records on microfilm: marriage records from June 1878 to 1940, death records from June 1878 to 1940, and birth records from June 1878 to 1923. These microfilmed records are open for "in-person" research at the Archives Mon-Fri, 8:30- 4:30. The Archives will not process requests by mail for searches of the microfilmed records. -- Bill (ai149) "Without art, the crudeness of reality ************************************************************************* STATE ARCHIVES New Jersey: Trenton, near the river. Printed family histories, county and town histories, genealogical periodicals, etc. The New Jersey Archives used to be right across the hall, with microfilm vital records. I've heard that this may have changed, though. From: tgl@ssd.kodak.com (Tom Lathrop 588-0677)) Mar 1 '92 at 12:45 pm est The NJ State Archives in Trenton NJ is open from 8:30 A.M. til 4:30 P.M. Tuesday thru Friday only. They are NOT open Saturday or Monday. The phone number is (609) 292-6260 and they are located downtown on the basement level of the State Library Building near the state capitol building. The address is 185 West State Street. You might also be interested in visiting the NJ State Library upstairs, which has an extensive genealogical collection, not limited to NJ. (To get to the right section, turn right at the front desk and go through the glass doors; the law collection is on the left and the genealogy on the right). The Library is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 til 5:00 (so you can go there for another half-hour after the Archives close!). There is free parking if you go around to the back of the building. If the libary is on your right, take the first street to the right after the library and look for the parking lot on your right. Stop at the guard house and tell them you are visiting the archives. They will let you park if the legislature is not in session. Otherwise you can park on the street at 2 hr meters in front of the library. Here is some more info you might find useful. When you enter the archives, you must sign in. You can get a key for one of the lockers out in the hall. You can store your briefcase and coat there, since you can't bring them into the Archives. I bring a clipboard and envelopes to keep the loose papers from getting scattered. Also you must use pencil only - no pens. There are 7 or 8 microfilm readers and 2 reader-printers, all of which you must sign up for. There is a time limit of 1 1/2 hours if people are waiting (as they usually are), but you can sometimes sign up for back-to-back slots. The time slots begin at 9:00, 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, and 3:00. You can sign up for a place 15 minutes before the time slot begins (no advance reservations). Make the best use of your microfilm reader time by orienting yourself and gathering together the films you are interested in BEFORE your session on the reader begins. (I usually plan on getting there 1/2 hour before the time slot I want to get.) To sign up for a reader, just go to one of the people at the desk. They are also very helpful with any questions you might have. The system there is a bit confusing when you visit for the first time, so just ask. Searches of Vital Records are done differently for different time periods; for some years, there are statewide indexes - some on microfilm and some in books. For some years, there are no statewide indexes: the records are arranged alphabetically for a given year. This is especially true of records after 1900, so it helps to have a really good guess for which year the event occurred. The Archives has microfilm copies of birth records up to 1923 and marriages and deaths up to 1940. There are also wills, naturalization records, censuses, and lots more. Another good place for doing NJ genealogy research is the Alexander Library on the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick (about an hour's drive NE of Trenton). They have US censuses for NJ and NJ state censuses in their microfilm area, along with old newspapers, Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, and city directories for many NJ cities. These things are in the main part of the library, which is open LATE at night (I can check the hours if you're interested). The special "NJ room", which has a big NJ genealogical collection, is only open til 5:00 however. NJ State Archives 185 West State St hours: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Tues - Fri CN 307 Trenton NJ 08625 phone: (609) 292-6260 NJ State Library Bureau of Law and References Services 185 West State St CN 520 hours: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Mon - Fri Trenton NJ 08625 phone: (609) 292-6220 From Geralyn W Barry ******************************************************************* NEWSPAPER GENEALOGICAL COLUMNS -- ***************************************************************************** * Bill Green, Minot, North Dakota * Forget the "Brad", it's really * * Internet green@plains.NoDak.Edu * Bill * * Cleveland Freenet ak385 * We put the wheat in your wheaties * ***************************************************************************** * Researching: BROWN (1579-1905 Eng/Ma/Ks) HOWLAND (1600?-1687 Eng/Ma) * * WILSON (1917-1978 Il) COOK ( 1875-1950 Ks) STANLEY (1870-1950 Ks) * * LAMB (1870-1950 Ks) SMITH (1855 Ia) WILMARTH ( 1730 Ma) * * KOTCHIAN, KOHOUTEK, MARSCHALL, ANHORN (All Eastern Europe-ND) * *****************************************************************************