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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
'''E-mail:'''<ref name=" | '''E-mail:'''<ref name="AaL">[http://askus.lib.rowan.edu/campbell Ask a Librarian] in ''Rowan University Campbell Library'' (accessed 16 September 20150.</ref> [http://askus.lib.rowan.edu/campbell Ask a Librarian] form <br> | ||
'''Address:'''<ref name=" | '''Address:'''<ref name="Con">[http://www.lib.rowan.edu/help/contact Contact] in ''Rowan University Campbell Library'' (accessed 16 September 2015).</ref> | ||
: | :Archives and Special Collections<br> | ||
: | :201 Mullica Hill Rd.<br> | ||
:Glassboro, NJ 08028 <br><br> | |||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name=" | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="Con" /> 856-256-4967<br> '''Fax:''' 856-256-4924<br> | ||
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref | '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref>[http://www.lib.rowan.edu/about/hours Library Hours]in ''Rowan University Campbell Library'' (accessed 16 September 2015).</ref> [http://www.lib.rowan.edu/about/hours Campbell Library Hours] <br> | ||
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:''' | '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:''' [https://www.google.com/maps/dir/39.7090504,-75.1190956//@39.7091577,-75.1204474,16z Google map: Rowan University Campbell Library] <br> | ||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
* | *[http://www.lib.rowan.edu/ Rowan University Campbell Library] find, about us, services, places and spaces, help, ProfSearch, catalog, quick links, contact.<br> | ||
* | *[http://www.lib.rowan.edu/about/archives-special-collections Archives and Special Collections] collections list including the very large ''Stewart Collection '' of pamphlets, photographs, genealogical materials, and books. | ||
* | *[http://library.rowan.edu/vwebv/search RU Campbell Library Catalog] {{WC}}searchable by keyword, subject, author, and title, among others. Also available in [[WorldCat Online Catalog|WorldCat]].<br> | ||
=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
Their genealogical strength is in Delaware River Valley history, including nearly every Quaker line in New Jersey. This is a crucial resource if you have early Quaker ancestors in New Jersey.<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> Before 1992 it was known as the Glassboro State University Savitz Library. | |||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
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=== 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> | ||
*<br> | *[[Princeton University Firestone Library]] a huge manuscript collection with histories and biographies.<ref name="DB77" /><br> | ||
*< | *[[Seton Hall University Libraries]] Sp. Coll. holdings include Roman Catholic parish registers and cemetery records in the Archdiocese of Newark comprising Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union counties.<ref name="SHU">[http://library.shu.edu/archives/genealogy-resources Genealogy Resources] in ''Seton Hall University Libraries'' (accessed 16 September 2015).</ref> | ||
'''''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:''''' [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic]], [[Camden County, New Jersey|Camden]], [[Cumberland County, New Jersey|Cumberland]], [[Salem County, New Jersey|Salem]], in a nearby '''''Delaware county''''': [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle]], and in nearby '''''Pennsylvania counties''''': [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware]], and [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]. | ||
*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 | ||
*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 Information[edit | edit source]E-mail:[1] Ask a Librarian form Address:[2]
Telephone:[2] 856-256-4967 Hours and holidays:[3] Campbell Library Hours Directions, maps, and public transportation: Google map: Rowan University Campbell Library Internet sites and databases:
Collection Description[edit | edit source]Their genealogical strength is in Delaware River Valley history, including nearly every Quaker line in New Jersey. This is a crucial resource if you have early Quaker ancestors in New Jersey.[4] Before 1992 it was known as the Glassboro State University Savitz Library. Tips[edit | edit source]{Optional} Guides[edit | edit source]{Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. } Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]If you cannot visit or find a source at the Rowan University Campbell Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
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