New Jersey Church Records: Difference between revisions

=== Baptist ===

=== Dutch Reformed ===

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of many of the Dutch Reformed church records at this archive. The records are described in:

Gasero, Russell L., Editor. ''Guide to Local Church Records in the Archives of the Reformed Church in America and to Genealogical Resources in the Gardner Sage Library, New Brunswick Theological Seminary''. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Historical Society of the Reformed Church in America, 1979. (FHL fiche 6046480; does not circulate to Family History Centers.)

''Year Book of The Holland Society of New York, 1912''. New York, New York: The Society, 1912. (FHL book 974.7 C4h; film 908988 item 2.): 1-51. Lists the transcripts of New Jersey Dutch Reformed and Lutheran records at the Holland Society Library. It also lists those that were published as of 1912. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of many of these transcripts.

=== Episcopal ===

=== Jewish ===

Lightman, Sidney, ed. ''The Jewish Travel Guide 1990'' London, England'''''<nowiki>:</nowiki>''''' ''Jewish Chronicle Publications, 1990''. (FHL book 910.202 J556 1990.) Synagogue and cemetery records for some congregations in Middlesex, Somerset, and Union counties are at:

=== Methodist ===

=== Presbyterian ===

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of most of the records at this archive.

The marriages of some New Jersey Catholics from 1758 to 1800 were published in:

Additional records for this time period are in:

Most Catholic records have not been gathered into central repositories. You must determine the town where your ancestors lived and the parish they most likely attended and then write to that parish. Addresses of parishes and diocesan chancery offices are listed in:

Flynn, Joseph Michael. ''The Catholic Church in New Jersey''. Morristown, New Jersey: 1904. (FHL book 974.9 K2f; film 1036051 item 1.) Has short histories of individual parishes. For more information about records, write to:

The archives has records for the Archdiocese of Newark, which includes Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union counties. All sacramental registers, 1832 through 1914, and cemetery records in the archdiocese have been microfilmed. They are available at the Family History Library and at the university archives. A small fee is charged for mail inquiries, and records can be searched by appointment. Christenings through 1885 and marriages through 1895 for most of these parishes are indexed in the International Genealogical Index.

=== Society of Friends ===

This library collects microfilm copies of all records of New Jersey meetings.

This library collects West Jersey Orthodox records.

This library collects records of East Jersey meetings that have been part of the New York Yearly Meeting.

The Family History Library also has microfilm copies of the John Pickens Dornan and Gilbert Cope collections (see the "[[New Jersey Genealogy|Genealogy]]" section of this outline) and abstracts from most New Jersey monthly meetings, compiled by William Wade Hinshaw, John Cox, and John P. Dornan.