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'''''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 [http://www.jerseyhistory.org/ New Jersey Historical Society].  
*An early work, ''The Gardner Collection'', (on 32 Family History Library films beginning with film&nbsp;[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]. <br>
 
*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].  
*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 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.  
'''''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 {{FHL|320343|item|disp=on 22 films beginning with 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.  
'''John P. Dornan. ''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 {{FHL|231499|item|disp=on 37 films beginning with 851703}}; and on 33 films beginning with {{FHL|180383|item|disp=FHL film 849558}}. There is a surname card index on Family History Library film {{FHL|35673|item|disp=854115}} (A-Kuhl; skips to Personette and continues to Taylor; film {{FHL|35673|item|disp=854116}}, Peter Taylor - Thacker; returns to Lacey and continues to Perry; Tharp-Zimmerman and topics file.


'''''The Gloucester County Historical Society's Historical and Genealogical Files, 1600s-1900s''.''' This collection of about 3,000 alphabetized family folders was microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1976 (FHL films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=436009&disp=Historical+and+genealogical+files%2C+160++ 1005031-64]) and has material about hundreds of South Jersey families. An earlier version of this collection was microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1971 (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=304680&disp=Genealogies+and+family+records+from+Glou++ 850326-29]). The earlier version is less comprehensive but has material not found in the more recent filming.  
'''''The Gloucester County Historical Society's Historical and Genealogical Files, 1600s-1900s''.''' This collection of about 3,000 alphabetized family folders was microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1976 (FHL films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=436009&disp=Historical+and+genealogical+files%2C+160++ 1005031-64]) and has material about hundreds of South Jersey families. An earlier version of this collection was microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1971 (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=304680&disp=Genealogies+and+family+records+from+Glou++ 850326-29]). The earlier version is less comprehensive but has material not found in the more recent filming.  
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