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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
'''E-mail:'''<ref name=" | '''E-mail:'''<ref name="Ask">[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/help_email Ask a Librarian] in ''Rutgers University Libraries'' (accessed 15 September 2015).</ref> [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/help_email Ask a Librarian] form <br> | ||
'''Address:'''<ref name=" | '''Address:'''<ref name="LC">[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/libraries_centers Libraries and Centers] in ''Rutgers University Libraries'' (accessed 15 September 2014).</ref> | ||
: | :169 College Ave<br> | ||
: | :New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1163 <br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name=" | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="LC" /> 848-932-7851, or Sp. Coll. 848-932-7006<br>'''Fax:''' 732-932-1101<br> | ||
'''Hours and holidays:''' | '''Hours and holidays:''' [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/hours Hours and Holidays] | ||
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:''' | '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:''' {''Optional''} <br> | ||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <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> | ||
=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
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}}; {{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" /> | |||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
*[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/services_visitors Information for Visitors] access, borrowing, government documents, hours and directions, library catalog and other databases, libraries and collections at Rutgers, other services, and users with disabilities. | |||
=== 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 FamilySearch Library. | |||
=== Alternate Repositories === | === Alternate Repositories === | ||
If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. | If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. | ||
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'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | '''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | ||
* | *[[National Archives at New York City]], censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passenger indexes, New York port and shipping, naturalizations, inventions. Federal court and agency records of New Jersey, and New York. | ||
*< | *[[National Archives at Philadelphia]] records of federal agencies and courts for Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, censuses, ships lists, naturalizations, and military records.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/public/family-history.html Family History at the National Archives in Philadelphia] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 20 December 2013).</ref> | ||
*[[New York Public Library]] Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New Jersey and New York censuses, directories, and vital records. | |||
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'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*< | *[[Princeton University Firestone Library]] a huge manuscript collection with histories and biographies.<ref name="DB77" /><br> | ||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
*County Vital Records Office | *County Vital Records Office | ||
*City Vital Records Office | *City Vital Records Office | ||
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*Public Libraries | *Public Libraries | ||
*Museums and heritage societies | *Museums and heritage societies | ||
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [ | *Repositories in '''''surrounding New Jersey counties:''''' [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer]], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth]], [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset]], [[Union County, New Jersey|Union]], and in a nearby '''''New York county''''': [[Richmond County, New York|Richmond]]. | ||
*State Vital Records Office | *State Vital Records Office | ||
*State Historical Society | *[[New Jersey State Archives]], Trenton, wills 1670-1900, births 1848-1923, marriages and deaths 1848-1940, deeds 1660s-1880s, court records 1680-1850, and NJ state censuses 1855-1915.<ref name="DB77" /> | ||
*[[New Jersey State Library]], Trenton, published sources such as genealogies, guides, how-to books, indexes, maps and atlases, church records, local histories, city directories, and periodicals.<ref name="DB77" /> | |||
*[[New Jersey Historical Society Library]], Newark, NJ books, censuses, maps, city directories, local histories, vital records, church records, family folders, and indexes to New Jersey family history sources.<ref>[http://www.jerseyhistory.org/librarymain.html The New Jersey Historical Society Library] in ''New Jersey Historical Society'' (accessed 15 September 2015).</ref> | |||
*State Genealogical Society | *State Genealogical Society | ||
*University | *[[Rowan University Campbell Library]] Delaware Valley history, and nearly all early Quaker lines in NJ.<ref name="DB77" /> | ||
*Church archives | *Church archives | ||
*Repositories in '''''surrounding states | *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>Dollarhide and Bremer, 95.</ref> | |||
=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:39, 17 February 2023
 Contact InformationE-mail:[1] Ask a Librarian form Address:[2]
Telephone:[2] 848-932-7851, or Sp. Coll. 848-932-7006 Hours and holidays: Hours and Holidays Directions, maps, and public transportation: {Optional} Internet sites and databases:
Collection DescriptionConsider this your best, first-stop for New Jersey research.[3] Special Collections include manuscripts, letters, rare books, New Jersey town records, diaries since 1746, historical maps, newspapers, and the University archives.[3] The regular collection includes material from the 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.[3] Tips
Guides
Alternate RepositoriesIf you cannot visit or find a source at the Rutgers University Alexander Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
Similar Collections
Neighboring Collections
Sources
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