Selected Books in the CFCNJIC for New Jersey Genealogical Research
Public Records
Vital Records
Land Records / Personal Property Records
Census Records
Directories
Military Records
Private Records
Family Records
State, County and Local Histories
Newspapers
Guides & Misc.
Journal of the Governor and Council 1631-1776.
(New Jersey Archives 1st Series)
NJ REF 974.9 N461
Privy Council. Minutes, 1772-1789.
NJ REF 974.9 N46a
Laws of the Royal Colony of New Jersey 1703-1775.
(New Jersey Archives 3rd Series)
NJ REF 974.9 N46a
Essex County. Miscellaneous Records:
Incorporations, dockets, lunacy papers, marriage, power of attorney, lease/release, names change, adoption, manumission, right of way, fireman’s exemption, judgments, agreements, military discharge, etc., 1785-1979. Microfilm.
Essex County. Road Records. Volume A 1698-1804.
NJ REF 388.10974931 Es7
Records of the Town of Newark 1666-1836.
NJ REF 974.9 N4612
Tax Ratables 1778-1822. Microfilm.
Slave Records of Morris County, New Jersey: 1756-1841. Second edition, Revised and Expanded.
NJ REF 306.362 SL1 2002
Pension Roll of 1835. 4 Volumes.
NJ REF 929.373 Un32
The majority of vital records can be found at the Department of Health or New Jersey State Archives.
Marriage Records 1665-1800.
(New Jersey Archives 1st Series)
NJ REF 974.9 N461
Burlington County, New Jersey Marriages.
NJ REF 929.3 C8411
Rockaway Township Cemeteries.
NJ REF 929.374974 IL6ro
Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, Register of Births 1849-1878.
NJ REF 929.37944 W25
Bible Records from the Monmouth County Historical Association Library.
NJ REF 929.374946 B47
Union County. Marriages 1857-1881. Microfilm.
Guide to Vital Statistic Records in New Jersey, V. I: Public Archives; V. II: Church Records.
NJ REF 016.3 Un3
Some Burials in St. John’s Church, Newark, NJ 1840-1900.
(New Jersey Manuscripts & Archives: Newark Miscellaneous Cemeteries).
Headstones of the Old Burying Ground Transferred to Fairmount Cemetery Crypt 1889.
(New Jersey Manuscripts & Archives: Newark. Miscellaneous Cemeteries).
The Records of Trinity Church (Old Swedes) 1785-1975.
NJ REF 929.374981 M66
Old Burying Grounds Newark, see New Jersey Historical Society, Proceedings, N.S Volume 10 (1925).
Negroes Named in the Presbyterian Church of Morristown, NJ.
(New Jersey Manuscripts & Archives: New Jersey Genealogy Miscellaneous).
NJ REF 974.9 N46124
Partial List of Those that Died from Cholera, 1854.
(New Jersey Manuscripts & Archives: Newark Public Health).
Slave Records of Morris County: 1756-1841
NJ REF 306.362 SL1 2002
Transcriptions of early county records of New Jersey. Gloucester County series. ]. Slave documents / prepared by Gloucester County Historical Project ; edited and published by the New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Work Projects Administration ; sponsored by New Jersey State Planning Board.
NJ REF LH 1687
Collection of official slave records from the Essex County Hall of Records, Newark, New Jersey
Online and on microfilm in the NJ Room
South Jersey church records : baptisms, marriages, deaths, 1750-1900 / compiled and indexed by Jeanne M. Hammell.
NJ REF 929.37498 H18
Tombstone inscriptions, Essex County, New Jersey [microform]
NJ REF LH 1544
History of the Land Titles in Hudson County, NJ 1609-1871.
NJ REF 929.1 W722
Abstracts of the Partitions and Divisions of Morris County Filed at Morristown, New Jersey 1785-1900.
NJ REF 929.374974 B81
Patents and Deeds and other Early Records of New Jersey, 1664-1703.
NJ REF 929.3 N331
Abstracts of Wills 1670-1813. (New Jersey 1st Series).
NJ REF 974.9 N461 Volumes 23, 30, 36, 37, 39 and 42.
Index to New Jersey Wills 1689-1890. 3 Volumes.
NJ REF 929.3749 N 4203
Deeds of Essex County, NJ 1761-1887.
(New Jersey Manuscripts & Archives: New Jersey Land Conveyances).
Property holders in the Meadowlands, Index 1728-1918.
(card index).
Real estate owners of Newark NJ Ref 333.30974932 M31 1902 and 333.30974932 M311 (1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1930)
Revolutionary Census of New Jersey.
NJ REF 929.3749 St8
The 1693 Census of Swedes on the Delaware.
NJ REF 929.3089397 C84
New Jersey in 1793.
NJ REF 929.3749 N82
New Jersey Census Index.
1830 NJ REF 929.3749 N46
1840 NJ REF 929.3749 N464
1850 NJ REF 929.3749 N46
1860 NJ REF 929.3749 N46 2 Volumes.
1870 NJ REF 929.3749 N46 2 Volumes.
Soundex for the censuses of 1880, 1900, 1920. Microfilm.
The Soundex Reference Guide.
NJ REF 016.9293 So8
New Jersey State Censuses, 1855-1915. Microfilm.
U.S. Censuses, 1830-1920. Microfilm.
Essex County Census 1875.
Guide to New Jersey City Directories.
NJ REF 016.9293749 B81
New Jersey Telephone Directories, 1908-
The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution.
NJ REF 973.3 N32
Orderly Books of the 4th New York and 2nd New York Regiments 1778-1783.
NJ REF 973. 3 T14
The New Loyalist Index.
NJ REF 973.314025 B88
New Jersey Loyalist Papers. Microfilm.
Official Register of the Officers and Men of the New Jersey in the Revolutionary War.
NJ REF 973.3 St8142
Record of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War 1861-1865.
NJ REF 929.3749 R245
History of the 11th New Jersey Volunteers.
NJ REF 973.7 M32
World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing. State of New Jersey. 1946.
NJ REF 940.5467 W89
Official List of the Names of Residents of the City of Newark, NJ Who Served With the Military Forces of the United States of America…, April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918.
NJ REF 974.932 G39
Soldiers and Sailors of New Jersey in the Spanish-American War…1898.
NJ REF 973.8 M23
Newark Evening News Index to New Jersey Servicemen 1941-1945 (partial); 1950-1953.
West Jersey Proprietors Records 1681-1952. Microfilm.
Minutes of the Board of the Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey 1685-1794. 4 Volumes.
NJ REF 974.9 B631
Ships Passenger Lists New York and New Jersey 1600-1825.
NJ REF 929.3 Sh62
The Papers of William Livingston 1774-1790. 5 Volumes.
NJ REF 973.3 L76
Dr. Harings’ account book ca. 1874.
(New Jersey Manuscripts & Archives: Newark Public Health).
Dr. J.H. Love’s medical diaries 1862-1897.
(New Jersey Manuscripts & Archives: New Jersey. Physicians).
The Story of an Old Farm: or Life in New Jersey in the 18th Century.
NJ REF 917.49 M48
Our Hudson Family.
NJ REF 929.20973 H86Eb3
Lt. William Barton of Morris County NJ and His Descendants.
(New Jersey Manuscripts & Archives: New Jersey Biography).
The Demarest Family.
NJ REF 929.20944 D39
History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey.
NJ REF 974.976 Sn27
Jewish Community Blue Book of Newark.
NJ REF 974.932004924 J55
Americans of Italian Descent in New Jersey.
NJ REF 920 C19
First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge Olde East New Jersey.
NJ REF 929.2 M752
Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey.
NJ REF 929.3749 G2861
Biographical and Genealogical History of the City of Newark and Essex County New Jersey.
NJ REF 929.1 R42
Early Germans of New Jersey, Their History, Churches and Genealogies.
NJ REF 929.1 C351
Inventory of New Jersey Newspapers on Microfilm
A Glance Back in Time: Life in Colonial New Jersey 1704-1770 as Depicted in News Accounts of the Day.
NJ REF 974.902 G45
A Directory of New Jersey Newspapers 1765-1970.
NJ REF 016.05 W93
The Newark Evening News Indexes, 1914-1972.
Handwritten print indexes produced by the paper. Divided into three components for each year: biographical, general and New Jersey towns and cities.
The Newark Evening News Morgue, c. 1914-1972
Microfilmed files which include prominent Newark / New Jersey figures.
Newspaper Abstracts 1704-1782.
(New Jersey Archives 1st Series).
NJ REF 974.9 N461
Star Ledger Death Notice Indexes, 1971-1993
Cummings Index to the Star Ledger, 1971-1989 (the Cummings index to the Star Ledger 1971-1982 is online)
Star Ledger Online Index, 1989-2016 (only searchable in room)
A New Jersey Biographical Index.
NJ REF 920.0749 Si 6new
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.
NJ REF 929.3 H59
Periodical Source Index.
NJ REF 016.9291 P41
Index to the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey.
NJ REF 929.3 G282
The Library of Congress: A Guide to Collections in the State.
NJ REF 016.973 N24
New Jersey Historical Manuscripts: A Guide to Collections in the State.
NJ REF 016.9749 M96
Guide to Documentary Collection of the Bergen County Historical Society.
NJ REF 016.974921 B455gu
A Bibliography of American County Histories.
NJ REF 016.973 F47
Calendar of New Jersey State Library Manuscripts Collection.
NJ REF 016.09Un32
Who’s Who in New Jersey 1939.
NJ REF 920 W6225
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