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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
{{Block indent|[mailto:refdesk@njstatelib.org refdesk@njstatelib.org] <br> }} | |||
'''Address:'''<br> | '''Address:'''<br> | ||
{{Block indent|mailing address: P.O. Box 520<br>}} | |||
{{Block indent|185 West State Street<br> }} | |||
{{Block indent|Trenton, New Jersey, 08625-0520<br>}} | |||
'''Telephone:'''<br> | '''Telephone:'''<br> | ||
{{Block indent|609-278-2640}} | |||
'''Fax:'''<br> | '''Fax:'''<br> | ||
{{Block indent|609-278-2647}} | |||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
{{Block indent|*[http://www.njstatelib.org/ New Jersey State Library]<br> }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[https://www.njstatelib.org/research_library/collections/genealogy_and_local_history/ Genealogy and Local History Collection]}} | |||
=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
{{Block indent|1=The state library collects published sources, including printed genealogies, guides, how-to books, indexes, maps and atlases, church records, local histories, city directories, legislative reports, legal digests, and periodicals.<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> It also has microfilm copies of federal censuses of the eastern states, New Jersey state censuses, and major New Jersey newspapers. The library staff will do limited checking of indexes and directories in response to telephone or written requests. They will make photocopies for a fee.<br><br>|2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|Collections Here are over 18,000 titles in the genealogy collection. The collection consists of commercially published books and microforms. ''None of the materials circulates outside the library''. Available is access to the commercial services such as HeritageQuest and Ancestry Library Edition. In addition over 70 periodical titles specific to the genealogy field. The majority of the collection are guides, how-to books, census indexes, reference books for areas other than New Jersey, and is primarily organized by geography and ethnic group. }} | |||
{{Block indent|In addition, the library has World War I Draft Registrations for New Jersey. Available are city directories for New Jersey locations, as well as other places in the United States. Sanborn maps of New Jersey are available on microfilm and online. }} | |||
{{Block indent|Family histories make up about one-third of the collection. Many of them have been published privately and in limited numbers. In addition to Ancestry and HeritageQuest, we have the microfilm for the New Jersey federal and state censuses, except for 1875. }} | |||
{{Block indent|The Library has microfilm copies of the major New Jersey newspapers and the New York Times. }} | |||
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