nj resources
This is just the tip of the iceberg! Add links to any locations that you find useful!
general sources
- NJ350 2014 is New Jersey's 350th anniversary!
- NJ History Bibliography
- Newberry Library Source Bibliography
- H-NJ discussion list
state resources
- New Jersey State Archives Collections (Trenton)
- New Jersey State Library Genealogy and Local History Collections Includes city directories, family histories, Jerseyana collection, and newspapers collection. (Trenton)
- New Jersey State and National Register of Historic Places PDF lists by county.
- Place Name Search
university special collections and local history resources
* Stewart Collection of NJ history at Rowan University
- Sinclair New Jersey Collection and Oral History Archives at Rutgers University
- Newark Archives Project
- Historical New Jersey Maps at Rutgers University
- Bergen County maps at Ridgewood Public Library.
- New Jersey Special Collection on History of Medicine and University Archives at University of Medicine and Dentistry
- North Jersey Heritage Center at Fairleigh Dickinson University
local history collections at public libraries and historical societies
- Garden State Legacy's list of links.
- Atlantic County Historical Society
- Bergen County Historical Society
- Burlington County Historical Society
- Camden Country Historical Society
- Cape May County Genealogical and Historical Society
- Cumberland County Historical Society
- Gloucester County Historical Society
- Hoboken Historical Collection at Hoboken Public Library.
- Hudson Country Genealogical and Historical Society
- Hunterdon County Historical Society
- New Jersey Room at Jersey City Free Public Library
- Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission
- Monmouth County Historical Society
- Morris County Historical Society
- Newark Public Library Charles F. Cummings NJ History Information Center, New Jersey Hispanic Research and Information Center, James Brown African-American Room and Special Collections Department.
- Ocean County Historical Society
- Passaic County Historical Society
- Paterson Free Public Library Local History Collection
- Ridgewood Public Library Bolger Heritage Center for Local History and Genealogy
- Links to local histories on the web from Roots Web
- Salem County Historical Society
- Somerset County Historical Society
- Sussex County Historical Society
- Trenton Historical Society
- Warren County Historical Society
- Wayne Public Library NJ History Room
museums and special focus sites
*Afro American Historical Society Museum
- Atlantic City Museum
- Batsto Village
- Battleship New Jersey Museum
- Black River Railroad
- Historic Cold Spring Village
- Historic Village at Allaire
- Jersey City Museum
- Long Beach Island Historical Museum
- Mahwah Museum
- Monmouth Museum
- Morristown Museum Blog
- New Jersey Museum of Transportation
- Newark Museum Library and Archives
- Paterson Museum
- Red Mill Museum Village
- Rockingham State Historical Site
- Township of Ocean Historical Museum
- Trenton City Museum
- Trenton Police Museum
- West Jersey Historical Project
- Weston Museum at New Jersey Institute of Technology
- NJ Women's History
digital history sources (watch your credits!)
- Digital Archive of Newark Buildings at NJIT Barbara and Leonard Littman Architecture Library
- Drew University Special Collections
- Flickr Commons
- Genealogical Resources on New Jersey from NJ Digital Highway.
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
- Monmouth University Library New Jersey Collection
- New Jersey Digital Highway
- New Jersey State Archives Imaged Collections
- New York Public Library Digital Collections.
- Princeton University photograph database
- Rutgers University Special Collections and University Archives Photographs and Prints Collection and Modern School Images
- Wikimedia Commons- New Jersey History search
- AP Images
- ArtStor
New Jersey newspapers
- Atlantic County Digitized Newspapers, Digitized newspapers published in Atlantic County from 1860-1923. Includes South Jersey Republican (Hammonton, NJ, 1863-1923) and other shorter runs.
- Basto Citizen's Gazette (1966-87) Open air museum newsletter.
- Bayonne Times Death Notices (1915-45)
- Bordentown Register (1845-2002).
- Burlington County Newspaper Notices (1810-1980) - This is an index to birth, death, marriage notices.
- Central Record (1980- )
- Historical Cranbury Press The Cranbury Press (Cranbury New Jersey) from 1880-1926.
- Daily Princetonian (1876-2002) Princeton University student paper.
- Franklin Township Newspapers (1948-78). Includes the Record, the News, and the News-Record
- Montclairion (1948-2002), Montclair University student paper, better coverage 1962-
- New Jersey Mirror (1818-1947)
- New Brunswick Daily Times 1871 to 1916.
- New Brunswick Newspaper Archive (1871-1916, 2001- )
- Ocean City Newspapers Online (1893-2006)
- Paterson Newspapers via NJ Digital Highway (1935-66) Assorted issues.
- The Red Bank Register (1878-1947)
- Rockaway Newspapers (1872-1936) incomplete runs.
- Scotch Plains - Fanwood Times (1963-present)
- Silent Worker Newspaper of the NJ School for the Deaf (1888-1929)
- South Amboy Citizen (only 1910, 1911, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924 and 1925 have been filmed).
- Westfield Historic Newspapers (1891-2008)
- Woodbridge Township Historic Newspapers Ten titles in the digital collection, including Carteret Press and The Woodbridge Leader.
other digitized newspapers/resources
- Proquest Historical Newspapers (database of digitized newspapers, including New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Christian Science Monitor - available on campus at Ramapo College Library, Chicago Defender at Rutgers Library, Black Newspapers at Montclair State University Library, more to come.
- Ancestry.com 14-day free trial. Has newspapers, searchable census and genealogical materials. You can also use this at the Wyckoff Public Library).
- International Coalition on Newspapers Provides a state by state (and international) listing of newspapers available—some required payment to use)
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This Library of Congress site has no New Jersey papers, but you may find coverage in metropolitan area papers.
- Google News Archive Search You can narrow your search by year and free/paid access.
- Newspapers.com Variety of locations, dates. Has a 7-day free trial
- Ellis Island Passenger Ship Database - free upon registration.
- Family Search - Mormon Church site.
paid access sites
- Genealogy Bank has 133 New Jersey newspapers, can pay for a one month access $9.99. (NJ Papers list)
- NJ State Archives Microfilmed Newspapers PDF listing of available microfilms, $35.00 per reel.
New Jersey discussion lists and online journals
- Roots.web NJ genealogical discussions Possible source of information on variety of NJ topics.
- H-New Jersey discussion list
- Garden State Legacy e-journal