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=== Manuscript Collections  ===
=== Manuscript Collections  ===


'''Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Genealogical Collection'''. This collection includes volumes of Bible transcriptions, as well as cemetery, church, marriage, death, obituary, and will records. The collection is at the [http://slic.njstatelib.org/slic_home/library_collections/genealogy_and_local_history New Jersey State Library] and at the [http://www.dar.org/library/ DAR Library] in Washington, D.C. Most of the volumes were microfilmed at the DAR Library and are listed in the Family History Library Catalog [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog&catSearchType=author Author Search] under Daughters of the American Revolution (New Jersey).  
'''''Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Genealogical Collection'''''. This collection includes volumes of Bible transcriptions, as well as cemetery, church, marriage, death, obituary, and will records. The collection is at the [http://slic.njstatelib.org/slic_home/library_collections/genealogy_and_local_history New Jersey State Library] and at the [http://www.dar.org/library/ DAR Library] in Washington, D.C. Most of the volumes were microfilmed at the DAR Library and are listed in the Family History Library Catalog [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog&catSearchType=author Author Search] under Daughters of the American Revolution (New Jersey).  


The volumes are generally arranged by county, and many have individual indexes. Most of these microfilmed volumes are listed in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=333508&subject_disp=New+Jersey+%2D+Genealogy&columns=*,0,0 NEW JERSEY - GENEALOGY ]as part of a 106-reel microfilm collection, but a few are listed separately under place and topic such as:  
The volumes are generally arranged by county, and many have individual indexes. Most of these microfilmed volumes are part of a {{FHL|548030
item|disp=106-reel microfilm collection starting with FHL reel 860342}}, but a few are listed separately in the Family History Library Catalog [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Place Search] under place and topic such as:  


:NEW JERSEY - BIBLE RECORDS  
:NEW JERSEY - BIBLE RECORDS


:NEW JERSEY - CEMETERIES  
:NEW JERSEY - CEMETERIES


:NEW JERSEY - VITAL RECORDS  
:NEW JERSEY - VITAL RECORDS


'''Charles Carroll Gardner's Collections'''. Charles Gardner was recognized as the most accomplished New Jersey genealogist of the first half of this century. His compilations focus on northeastern New Jersey families, particularly those of Essex County.  
'''''Charles Carroll Gardner's Collections'''''. Charles Gardner was recognized as the most accomplished New Jersey genealogist of the first half of this century. His compilations focus on northeastern New Jersey families, particularly those of Essex County.  


*An early work, ''The Gardner Collection'', (on 32 Family History Library films beginning with film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=217934&disp=Gardner+collection++ 941113]) was completed before 1911. This includes 180 folders on pre-Revolutionary War families. A separate section includes about 30,000 cards that index individuals listed in New Jersey records. The original papers are at the New Jersey Historical Society.  
*An early work, ''The Gardner Collection'', (on 32 Family History Library films beginning with film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=217934&disp=Gardner+collection++ 941113]) was completed before 1911. This includes 180 folders on pre-Revolutionary War families. A separate section includes about 30,000 cards that index individuals listed in New Jersey records. The original papers are at the [http://www.jerseyhistory.org/ New Jersey Historical Society].  
*Gardner's material, collected from 1911 to 1960, is cataloged as ''Collection of New Jersey Families, 1600-1900; Family Records taken from Civil, Court, Land and Probate Records, etc.''(on 25 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=78012&disp=Collection+of+New+Jersey+families%2C+160++ 848919]). The material was microfilmed in 1970 and contains alphabetically arranged records copied from civil, court, land, probate, and other sources. The original records are in Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University.  
*Gardner's material, collected from 1911 to 1960, is cataloged as ''Collection of New Jersey Families, 1600-1900; Family Records taken from Civil, Court, Land and Probate Records, etc.''(on 25 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=78012&disp=Collection+of+New+Jersey+families%2C+160++ 848919]). The material contains alphabetically arranged records copied from civil, court, land, probate, and other sources. The original records are in [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/scua.shtml Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University].  
*''Collection of Essex County, New Jersey Families, 1600-1900'' (on 70 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=849448 849448]). The records are alphabetical.
*''Collection of Essex County, New Jersey Families, 1600-1900'' (on 70 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=849448 849448]). The records are alphabetical.


'''''Nicholson Collection: ca 1690-1900''.''' This collection of documented family group records prepared by Anne Lea Nicholson was filmed in 1987 and is at the Gloucester County Historical Society and at the Family History Library (on 22 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=320343&disp=Nicholson+collection++ 1491818]). It is one of the first sources that should be checked for ancestors in Gloucester, Salem, Burlington, Camden, and Cumberland counties and Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.  
'''''Nicholson Collection: ca 1690-1900''.''' This collection of documented family group records prepared by Anne Lea Nicholson is at the [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njgchs/ Gloucester County Historical Society] and at the Family History Library (on 22 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=320343&disp=Nicholson+collection++ 1491818]). It is one of the first sources that should be checked for ancestors in Gloucester, Salem, Burlington, Camden, and Cumberland counties and Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.  


'''<span style="font-style: italic">John P. Dornan </span>''Collection.''''' This two-part collection includes alphabetically arranged family folders and handwritten family group records of Quakers and other families of South Jersey. It belongs to the Genealogical Society of New Jersey and can be found in Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University. It is also available on microfilm at the Family History Library (on 37 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=231499&disp=Collection%2C+family+file++ 851703]; and on 33 films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=180383&disp=John+P.+Dornan+collection%2C+1600-19++ 849558]). There is a surname card index on Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=35673&disp=Collection%2C+index++ 854115] (A-Kuhl; skips to Personette and continues to Taylor; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=35673&disp=Collection%2C+index++ 854116], Peter Taylor - Thacker; returns to Lacey and continues to Perry; Tharp-Zimmerman and topics file.) The collection was filmed in 1970-1971.  
'''<span style="font-style: italic">John P. Dornan </span>''Collection.''''' This two-part collection includes alphabetically arranged family folders and handwritten family group records of Quakers and other families of South Jersey. It belongs to the Genealogical Society of New Jersey and can be found in Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University. It is also available on microfilm at the Family History Library (on 37 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=231499&disp=Collection%2C+family+file++ 851703]; and on 33 films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=180383&disp=John+P.+Dornan+collection%2C+1600-19++ 849558]). There is a surname card index on Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=35673&disp=Collection%2C+index++ 854115] (A-Kuhl; skips to Personette and continues to Taylor; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=35673&disp=Collection%2C+index++ 854116], Peter Taylor - Thacker; returns to Lacey and continues to Perry; Tharp-Zimmerman and topics file.) The collection was filmed in 1970-1971.  
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'''Gilbert Cope's ''Collection of Family Data''.''' This collection, compiled by a prominent Quaker genealogist, is important for Quakers and others who lived in southeastern Pennsylvania and Burlington, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties in New Jersey. It was microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1966 (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=517003 517003-78]).  
'''Gilbert Cope's ''Collection of Family Data''.''' This collection, compiled by a prominent Quaker genealogist, is important for Quakers and others who lived in southeastern Pennsylvania and Burlington, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties in New Jersey. It was microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1966 (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=517003 517003-78]).  


'''''Genealogical Society of New Jersey's Genealogical Collection'''.'' This is an alphabetical collection of newspaper clippings and family histories in Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=330882&disp=Genealogical+collection++ 854126-30 items 1-3]). It was filmed in 1971.  
'''''Genealogical Society of New Jersey's Genealogical Collection'''.'' This is an alphabetical collection of newspaper clippings and family histories in Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=330882&disp=Genealogical+collection++ 854126-30 items 1-3]). It was filmed in 1971.


=== Manuscript Collections at Other Libraries  ===
=== Manuscript Collections at Other Libraries  ===
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