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New
Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of
the United
States. As of the United States 2010 Census,
its population was 8,791,894.[6] It is
bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on
the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean,
on the west by Pennsylvania
and on the southwest by Delaware.
New Jersey lies entirely within the sprawling metropolitan areas of New York City
and Philadelphia.
It is the most densely populated state
in the United States. It is also the second wealthiest. The area was inhabited by Native Americans
for more than 2,800 years, with historical tribes such as the Lenape
along the coast. In the early 17th century, the Dutch
and the Swedes
made the first European settlements. The British later seized control
of the region, naming it the Province
of New Jersey. It was granted as a colony to Sir George Carteret
and John
Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. At this time, it was
named after the largest of the British Channel Islands,
Jersey, where
Carteret had been born. New Jersey was the site of several decisive battles
during the American
Revolutionary War.
In the 19th century, factories in cities such as Elizabeth, Paterson, and Trenton helped to drive the Industrial
Revolution. New Jersey's position at the center of the Northeast
megalopolis, between Boston,
New York City,
Philadelphia,
Baltimore,
and Washington,
D.C., fueled its rapid growth through the suburban
boom of the 1950s and beyond. New Jersey consistently ranks as having one of
the highest median incomes
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The following are
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Abbott; Atkinson;
Blew; Bran;
Burroughs; Caine; Garrison;
Haines; McVicker;
Moreland; Peachee; Peiffer;
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Asay; Bishop; Bozorth; Brown; Council/Smith; Huff; Mason/Marson; Peiffer/Phifer; Platt; Quigley; Rainear; Rhubart; Sears; Shinn |
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Barstow; Bosher; Clement; Cousart; Fenn; Gamble; Gardiner; Gotta; Knauf; McChesney; McMorrow; Mildenberg; Pfeffer; Platt; Potts; Regars; Sharp; Shinn; Silar; Siler; Smith; Wittmeyer; Worrell; |
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Click on this link to find out more about each surname listed above
as well as other surnames found within our three family databases. |
This link
will also lead you to surname resources at Rootsweb,
and information about the world-wide distribution of a
surname. |
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that will
likely improve your results.
The different searches will give you many different ways of using Google and
the Internet to find ancestry information about this or any other Surname. |
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Our Ancestral Counties
The following named counties are associated with the history of our DIRECT ancestors. To select a
specific ancestral county, go to our Ancestral
Locations home page. Here you will
find additional links to our county pages where you can obtain information
about our family gen-sites, images of localities, and surnames of persons, in
our database, who have lived in the selected county. |
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Burlington; Camden;
Cumberland Gloucester; Mercer; Middlesex; Monmouth;
Ocean; Salem |
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The following Links will take you to
gazetteers that identify places within this U.S. State. These resources feature profiles of cities,
towns, neighborhoods and subdivisions.
In addition this site contains maps, data and directions for a wide
variety of physical, cultural and historic features. |
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US HomeTown
Locator presents 50 State Gazetteers, plus the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
and Washington, DC Gazetteers.
Profiles for 179,000 cities, towns, neighborhoods and subdivisions,
maps, data and directions for 1.8 million physical, cultural and historical
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* includes but not limited to Cemeteries, Churches, Locales, Military Installations; Populated
Places, Post Offices, Schools, Streams, and Trails |
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Jersey, United States
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Boundary changes
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Conducting genealogical research in the United States requires
an understanding of State and County boundaries. As the population grew more counties were
created to meet the public’s need for localized governments. This phenomena was
common in all states during the 17th, 18th and 19th
centuries. As such you may be looking
for records in the wrong county or state.
The web site
for the Atlas of Historical County
Boundary Project provides interactive maps for all
states. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries is meant to be a resource
for people seeking records of past events, as well as people trying to
analyze, interpret and display county-based historical data like Land Records, Probate Records, Court Records, Tax Records,
and Vital
Records that document birth, death, and marriage. The following link will take
you to a list of all the boundary changes to this State and each
county or equivalent within this U.S. State, as well as the date these
changes occurred. Each entry is
followed by a citation to the primary source(s) used to determine the change. |
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Clicking
on a Link
(below) will take you to the County’s website. Here you will find additional links to more
information specific to that location.
The USGenWeb Project also sponsors important Special Projects, at the national level, that
were created to collect and disseminate data that goes beyond county and
state lines. |
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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; |
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Wikipedia is a multilingual,
Web-based,
free-content
encyclopedia
project based mostly on anonymous contributions. Clicking on a Link (below) will take you to
the Wikipedia article about the county. Here you will find additional links to guide the user to related pages with additional information. |
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Resources which enhance our knowledge of the
places inhabited by our ancestors are almost as important as their names. The LINK |
to the right will take you to Maps, Gazetteers, and
other helpful resources that will assist you in discovering
Ancestral Locations. |
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Our “Gen-Tool Kit” has been primarily designed for those researchers who may be traveling to this location to perform on-site studies of their family history, or to just visit some of the interesting historical sites located therein. It can be very satisfying to mix research with sightseeing at historical and scenic spots. Such activity not only gives you an understanding of the land but a needed break from intense research sessions. When visiting an ancestral state for genealogical research we’ve found that the three most important places to visit are the State Archives; the State Library; and the State historical and/or genealogical societies. It is also good to plan ahead by contacting any site you intend visiting in order to ascertain where it is and when it will be open. This is especially true with regard to historical and genealogical societies. We hope that the following information will provide you with a better idea of what resources are available, within this county, to the family historian. |
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Cemeteries
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Nj-Indian-Cemeteries-L Mailing List Homepage
Nj-Indian-Cemeteries-L Searchable Mailing List Archives |
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HISTORIC PLACES (select a county) Atlantic Bergen Burlington Camden Cape May Cumberland Essex Gloucester Hudson Hunterdon Mercer Middlesex Monmouth Morris Ocean Passaic Salem Somerset Sussex Union Warren |
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Historical Information |
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· Administration of Governor William Franklin, 1767-1776 ·
Archives of the State of
New Jersey First Series,
General Index · The discovery and early history of New Jersey · Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey 1766-1767 · Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey 1751-1755 · Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey Volume X, Administration of Governor William Franklin, 1767-1776 · Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey Volume VII, Part of the Administration of Gov. Jonathan Belcher, 1746-1751 · General index to the Documents relating to the colonial history of the state of New Jersey First series, in ten volumes |
· Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey ·
The History of New
Jersey From Its Discovery
by Europeans, to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution ·
The History of New
Jersey from Its Earliest
Settlement to the Present Time · New Jersey Historical Markers · New Jersey Historical Time Line · New Jersey History's Mysteries · New Jersey Towns and Counties (History) · Good order established in Pennsylvania and New Jersey · A Guide to New Jersey History |
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Libraries, museums, arcxhives
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· Collections of the NJ Historical Society Vol. IX ·
Genealogy
and Local History Collection New
Jersey State Library · Historic House Museums & Historic Structures · Historic House Museums in New Jersey · Historical Museum Guide for New Jersey · Jerseyana Collection New Jersey State Library |
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Library of Files New Jersey Genealogy Data ·
Mining Museums and
Miners' Memorials for New Jersey ·
New Jersey
Digital Collections NJ
State Library |
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Maps and gazetteers
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· The Origin of New Jersey Place Names · Guide to the Ghost Towns of New Jersey · New Jersey (and Pennsylvania) Place Names · New Jersey County Maps 1683 - Present · New Jersey Historical Maps and Atlases |
· Historic USGS maps of New Jersey · New Jersey Historical Counties · New Jersey Historical County Boundaries · New Jersey Post Offices 1846 |
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A Chronology of New Jersey Maps |
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1736; 1776; 1794; 1795; 1796; 1796; 1811; 1812; 1814; 1815; 1822; 1823; 1823; 1825; 1826; 1828; 1830; 1831; 1831; 1831; 1832; 1832; 1833; 1835; 1836; 1838; 1839; 1839; 1840; 1841; 1845; 1846; 1854; 1856; 1857; 1860; 1860; 1870; 1872; 1872; 1872; 1874; 1875; 1877; 1879; 1880; 1883; 1888; 1888; 1889; 1892; 1895; 1897; 1897; 1922 |
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·
Pensioners for
Revolutionary or Military Service, NJ pg.108 ·
Encyclopedia
of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. II ·
Bench and bar of New
Jersey, 1942 ·
Index
to Supreme Court Case Files, 1704-1844 ·
Legal
Name Changes, 1847-1947 ·
Livingston's
Law Register, 1851 Statewide Lawyers ·
Supreme Court Index
1704-1844 ·
Guide
to the City Directories of New Jersey ·
New
Jersey City, County and Rural Directories ·
Calendar of New Jersey
wills Volume I, 1670-1730 ·
Index of wills,
inventories, etc. in the office of the Secretary of State Prior to 1901,
Vol. 2 ·
Index of wills,
inventories, etc. in the office of the Secretary of State Prior to 1901,
Vol. 3 ·
Index of wills,
inventories, etc. in the office of the Secretary of State prior to 1901
Vol.1 ·
New Jersey Will and Estate
Records ·
Colonial Naturalization
List 1713-1772 ·
New Jersey
Immigration & Naturalization Project ·
New Jersey
Naturalization & Citizenship Records and Substitutes ·
New Jersey Land Grant
Project ·
Extracts from
American newspapers relating to New Jersey Volume 2 |
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Extracts
from American newspapers, relating to New Jersey, Vol. I, 1704-1739 ·
Tenth volume of
extracts from American newspapers relating to New Jersey 1917 ·
New Jersey Newspaper
Extracts ·
Old New Jersey Genealogy,
History & News ·
Personal...But Polite Newspaper
Extracts of Personal Columns ·
Proprietary
Warrants and Surveys, 1670-1727 ·
Directory of New Jersey Funeral Homes ·
New Jersey Newspaper Obituaries ·
New Jersey Obituaries Search ·
Colonial
Marriages, 1665-1799 ·
Index to Colonial
Marriage Records 1666-1799 ·
Index to Marriage
Records 1848-1867 ·
Index
to Marriage Records, May 1848 - May 1878 ·
Index
to Death Records, June 1878 - June 1885 ·
New Jersey Death Records
(Coffin Plates, Funeral Cards, Obits, Cemeteries, and more) ·
New
Jersey Marriage Records 1665-1800 ·
Online New Jersey Death Records
& Indexes |
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Military Records |
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1813 Invalid Pensioners - New Jersey ·
New Jersey Medal of Honor Recipients ·
New
Jersey Wars, Battles and Conflicts ·
The Civil War Archive
Union
Regimental Index ·
Civil
War Genealogy Database ·
Civil
War Treasury Vouchers, 1861-1865 ·
New Jersey and the Rebellion ·
New Jersey
troops in the Gettysburg campaign from June 5 to July 31, 1863 ·
Record
of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865 ·
Roster of 39th New
Jersey (A, H and K Companies) Volunteers ·
United States
Colored Troops Service Files ·
William
S. Stryker's Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War,
1861-1865 ·
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New
Jersey in the American Revolution, 1763-1783 ·
Inventories
of Damages by the British and Americans in New Jersey, 1776-1782 ·
New
Jersey's Revolutionary Experience ·
Official Register of the
Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War ·
Official
Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War ·
Spanish-American War Infantry Officers ·
Spanish-American War Naval Officers ·
New Jersey Vietnam
Veterans' Memorial ·
Vietnam Conflict Casualty List New Jersey ·
Soldiers
of the Great War Volume II ·
Governor's War Cabinet 1942-1944 ·
World War II Casualty and POW Lists ·
World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties,
1941-1945 New Jersey |
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· Advocates for New Jersey History · The Archaeological Society of New Jersey · The Genealogical Society of New Jersey · The League of Historical Societies of New Jersey · Medical History Society of New Jersey · Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society · The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America New Jersey |
· New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association · New Jersey Historical Commission · The New Jersey Historical Society · New Jersey State Society D.A.R. · New Jersey State Society U.S. Daughters of 1812 ·
Society
Of The War Of 1812 New
Jersey |
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The Google search
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and following web sites may
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with additional information to assist with your research about this
U. S. State. |
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·
Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia ·
Free
Genealogy Search Help For Google ·
Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA ·
Data Base
Collections at Ancestry.com$ ·
Histopolis.com – Collaborative Genealogy and History ·
Birth & Marriage
Records Indexes for USA ·
Record
Search - Family Search.org |
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Cyndi's
List - United States Index ·
Family Search, USA IGI Batches, Localities ·
Libweb
- Libraries on the Web ·
50states.com -
States and Capitals ·
StateGenSites
- U.S. Genealogy Sites by State ·
DistantCousin.com - archive of
genealogy records ·
Searchable Death Indexes & Records ·
Census Finder –Free Census
and other Records |
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New Jersey - State Facts and Information ·
New Jersey Information (50
States.com) ·
New Jersey – Access
Genealogy |
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Genealogy
Links – New Jersey ·
New Jersey
Resources at RootsWeb |
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All of the records and databases
we’ve collected are FREE and can be accessed
and searched online without having to pay for a subscription. We have divided our collected into 14
record types as follows: Biographical; Birth; Cemetery; Census & City
Directories; Church; Court; Death; Immigration & Naturalization; Land;
Marriage; Military; Newspapers; Occupational; and Tax Records.
We try not to list any sites
that have only a few records for the purpose of getting you to a website that
will charge a fee to actually see the record beyond just a name.
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The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books that pertain to this U.S. State. Here you will find books about the history and records of this State, as well as its counties and other localities such as towns and churches. The collection also contains research works about State military units and personnel during America’s wars. In addition, there are resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who settled in this State. |
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