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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[New Jersey|New Jersey]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New Jersey Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[{{PAGENAME}}]]'' <br>
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=== Contact Information  ===
=== Contact Information  ===


'''E-mail:'''<ref name="Ask">[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/help_email Ask a Librarian] in ''Rutgers University Libraries'' (accessed 15 September 2015).</ref> &nbsp;[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/help_email Ask a Librarian] form <br>  
'''Email:'''<ref name="Ask">[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/help_email Ask a Librarian] in ''Rutgers University Libraries'' (accessed 15 September 2015).</ref> &nbsp;[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/help_email Ask a Librarian] form <br>  


'''Address:'''<ref name="LC">[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/libraries_centers Libraries and Centers] in ''Rutgers University Libraries'' (accessed 15 September 2014).</ref>  
'''Address:'''<ref name="LC">[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/libraries_centers Libraries and Centers] in ''Rutgers University Libraries'' (accessed 15 September 2014).</ref>  
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*[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University Libraries] Find (articles, books and media), Services and Tools, Help, Places and Spaces, About, News and Events, and Chat.<br>  
*[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University Libraries] Find (articles, books and media), Services and Tools, Help, Places and Spaces, About, News and Events, and Chat.<br>  
*[https://sirsi.libraries.rutgers.edu/uhtbin/webcat Legacy Catalog] searchable by keywords, author, title, and subject among others. <br>


=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===
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Consider this your best, first-stop for New Jersey research.<ref name="DB77" />  
Consider this your best, first-stop for New Jersey research.<ref name="DB77" />  


'''Special Collections''' include manuscripts, letters, rare books, New Jersey town records, diaries since 1746, historical maps, newspapers, and the University archives.<ref name="DB77">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 77. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>  
'''Special Collections''' include manuscripts, letters, rare books, New Jersey town records, diaries since 1746, historical maps, newspapers, and the University archives.<ref name="DB77">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 77. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>  


The '''regular collection''' includes material from the [http://www.gsnj.org/ Genealogical Society of New Jersey], and the Daughters of the American Revolution. It also holds biographies, histories, genealogies, family folders, Bibles, census, special indexes, cemetery transcripts, and professional genealogists' notes on New Jersey families.<ref name="DB77" />  
The '''regular collection''' includes material from the [http://www.gsnj.org/ Genealogical Society of New Jersey], and the Daughters of the American Revolution. It also holds biographies, histories, genealogies, family folders, Bibles, census, special indexes, cemetery transcripts, and professional genealogists' notes on New Jersey families.<ref name="DB77" />  
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=== Guides  ===
=== Guides  ===


*Sinclair, Donald A., Compiler. ''A Guide to Manuscript Diaries and Journals in the Special Collections Department, Rutgers University''. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Library, 1980. {{WorldCat|7912561}}; Not available at the Family History Library.
*Sinclair, Donald A., Compiler. ''A Guide to Manuscript Diaries and Journals in the Special Collections Department, Rutgers University''. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Library, 1980. {{WorldCat|7912561}}; Not available at the FamilySearch Library.


=== Alternate Repositories  ===
=== Alternate Repositories  ===
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*Church archives  
*Church archives  
*Repositories in '''''surrounding states:''''' [[Delaware Archives and Libraries|Delaware]], [[New York Archives and Libraries|New York]], and [[Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries|Pennsylvania]].  
*Repositories in '''''surrounding states:''''' [[Delaware Archives and Libraries|Delaware]], [[New York Archives and Libraries|New York]], and [[Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries|Pennsylvania]].  
*[[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia, has early Quakers, Germans, Scots-Irish and other ethinc groups in PA, NJ, DE, and states east of the Mississippi River, Balch Institute passenger arrival lists, huge manuscript collection including many indexes, and Philadelphia neighborhood records.<ref name="DB95">Dollarhide and Bremer, 95.</ref>
*[[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia, has early Quakers, Germans, Scots-Irish and other ethinc groups in PA, NJ, DE, and states east of the Mississippi River, Balch Institute passenger arrival lists, huge manuscript collection including many indexes, and Philadelphia neighborhood records.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 95.</ref>


=== Sources  ===
=== Sources  ===
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