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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6248 Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: New York and New Jersey, Vols. I-V ], index | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6248 Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: New York and New Jersey, Vols. I-V ], index | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/earlygermansofne00cham The early Germans of New Jersey | *[https://archive.org/details/earlygermansofne00cham The early Germans of New Jersey : their history, churches, and genealogies], e-book | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61157 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000], index & images ($). | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61157 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000], index & images ($). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/genealogies/submission/8/MMXD-DP8 '''Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies - Community Trees'''] at FamilySearch [https://www.familysearch.org/search/genealogies Genealogies] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/genealogies/submission/8/MMXD-DP8 '''Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies - Community Trees'''] at FamilySearch [https://www.familysearch.org/search/genealogies Genealogies] | ||
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'''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 [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/scua.shtml Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University]. It is also available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library {{FSC|231499|item|disp=on 37 films beginning with 851703}}; and on 33 films beginning with {{FSC|180383|item|disp=FS Library film 849558}}. There is a surname card index on FS Library film {{FSC|35673|item|disp=854115}} (A-Kuhl; skips to Personette and continues to Taylor; film {{FSC|35673|item|disp=854116}}, Peter Taylor - Thacker; returns to Lacey and continues to Perry; Tharp-Zimmerman and topics file. | '''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 [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/scua.shtml Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University]. It is also available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library {{FSC|231499|item|disp=on 37 films beginning with 851703}}; and on 33 films beginning with {{FSC|180383|item|disp=FS Library film 849558}}. There is a surname card index on FS Library film {{FSC|35673|item|disp=854115}} (A-Kuhl; skips to Personette and continues to Taylor; film {{FSC|35673|item|disp=854116}}, Peter Taylor - Thacker; returns to Lacey and continues to Perry; Tharp-Zimmerman and topics file. | ||
'''''The [https://www.gchsnj.org/resources/database-search/ Gloucester County Historical Society]'s Historical and Genealogical Files, 1600s-1900s''.''' This collection of about 3,000 alphabetized family folders | '''''The [https://www.gchsnj.org/resources/database-search/ Gloucester County Historical Society]'s Historical and Genealogical Files, 1600s-1900s''.''' This collection of about 3,000 alphabetized family folders has material about hundreds of South Jersey families. It is on FS Library films {{FSC|436009|item|disp=1005031-64}}. An earlier version of this collection (FS Library films {{FSC|304680|item|disp=850326-29}}). The earlier version is less comprehensive but has material not found in the more recent version. | ||
'''''Elias Boudinot Stockton's Collection.''''' The ''Stockton Collection'' is alphabetical and has about 75,000 cards and 1,500 file folders for New Jersey and some New York families. It is at the [http://www.jerseyhistory.org/librarymain.html New Jersey Historical Society Library] and at the FamilySearch Library (on 44 FS Library films beginning with {{FSC|217927|item|disp=940610}}). Films 941111-12 have three-by-five-inch cards for individuals in several series for different states. | '''''Elias Boudinot Stockton's Collection.''''' The ''Stockton Collection'' is alphabetical and has about 75,000 cards and 1,500 file folders for New Jersey and some New York families. It is at the [http://www.jerseyhistory.org/librarymain.html New Jersey Historical Society Library] and at the FamilySearch Library (on 44 FS Library films beginning with {{FSC|217927|item|disp=940610}}). Films 941111-12 have three-by-five-inch cards for individuals in several series for different states. | ||
'''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. | '''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. (FS Library films {{FSC|517003|item|disp=517003-78}}). | ||
'''''Genealogical Society of New Jersey's Genealogical Collection'''.'' This is an alphabetical collection of newspaper clippings and family histories in [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/scua.shtml Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University]. {{FSC|330882|item|disp=FS Library films 854126-30 items 1-3}}. | '''''Genealogical Society of New Jersey's Genealogical Collection'''.'' This is an alphabetical collection of newspaper clippings and family histories in [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/scua.shtml Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University]. {{FSC|330882|item|disp=FS Library films 854126-30 items 1-3}}. | ||
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'''General Society of Colonial Wars. Lineage Records . . . Supplemental Records'''. In searching for Colonial period ancestors from the 1600s to 1783 you may wish to search the lineage papers of the General Society of Colonial Wars. These are available on FS Library films. They are a valuable resource.<br>The lineage papers are well-researched, and well-documented with information on births, marriages, and deaths in family lines from a Colonial period ancestor to someone who applied for membership in the society in the last 100 years.<br>First locate FS Library film 1,425,262 item 27 from the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog]. The film can be viewed at the FamilySearch Library and at some FamilySearch Centers. Call ahead to see if your local center has the microfilm. If not, it may need to be obtained through an inter-library loan. This has the book ''Master Index of Indexes of Ancestors of The Society of Colonial Wars'', by Ronald L. Olsen, published in 1992. This is an index to many men of the Colonial period who were in the military or in government leadership positions. Hopefully in the future this book will be available in digital form on familysearch.org.<br>When you locate the film, look for the names of your Colonial-period male ancestor, their father, brothers, uncles, etc. When you find a name, then the next step is to determine the lineage papers' number. For this you will need to view a film for that surname from these films:<br>528,690 surnames Abbey to Baylor<br>528,691 surnames Beach to Cruttenden<br>528,692 surnames Cudworth to Hampton<br>533,971 surnames Hance to Loper<br>533,972 surnames Lord to Reynor<br>533,973 surnames Rhett to Travis<br>533,974 surnames Treat to Zimmerman<br>In these alphabetical cards, look up the card for your relative. You will then see the number of the lineage papers or supplemental lineage papers of that ancestor. There will be a lineage papers' number between 1 and 14,199, or a volume number between 1 and 61, with supplemental papers’ number.<br>Your next step is to view the microfilm of the lineage papers. The films are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog in familysearch.org. In the Catalog film number box you can type in the film number for the first film in this collection, film number 528,677. You will then see the list of films with the lineage papers’ numbers, and, supplemental papers’ volumes and papers, with their film numbers.<br>Review the film for the correct number of the lineage papers or supplemental papers’ volume, and you will receive the film at the center in a few weeks. The lineage records will hopefully give you important information to complete a particular family tree. If you wish to contact the society, see the''Encyclopedia of Associations'', available at major libraries. | '''General Society of Colonial Wars. Lineage Records . . . Supplemental Records'''. In searching for Colonial period ancestors from the 1600s to 1783 you may wish to search the lineage papers of the General Society of Colonial Wars. These are available on FS Library films. They are a valuable resource.<br>The lineage papers are well-researched, and well-documented with information on births, marriages, and deaths in family lines from a Colonial period ancestor to someone who applied for membership in the society in the last 100 years.<br>First locate FS Library film 1,425,262 item 27 from the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog]. The film can be viewed at the FamilySearch Library and at some FamilySearch Centers. Call ahead to see if your local center has the microfilm. If not, it may need to be obtained through an inter-library loan. This has the book ''Master Index of Indexes of Ancestors of The Society of Colonial Wars'', by Ronald L. Olsen, published in 1992. This is an index to many men of the Colonial period who were in the military or in government leadership positions. Hopefully in the future this book will be available in digital form on familysearch.org.<br>When you locate the film, look for the names of your Colonial-period male ancestor, their father, brothers, uncles, etc. When you find a name, then the next step is to determine the lineage papers' number. For this you will need to view a film for that surname from these films:<br>528,690 surnames Abbey to Baylor<br>528,691 surnames Beach to Cruttenden<br>528,692 surnames Cudworth to Hampton<br>533,971 surnames Hance to Loper<br>533,972 surnames Lord to Reynor<br>533,973 surnames Rhett to Travis<br>533,974 surnames Treat to Zimmerman<br>In these alphabetical cards, look up the card for your relative. You will then see the number of the lineage papers or supplemental lineage papers of that ancestor. There will be a lineage papers' number between 1 and 14,199, or a volume number between 1 and 61, with supplemental papers’ number.<br>Your next step is to view the microfilm of the lineage papers. The films are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog in familysearch.org. In the Catalog film number box you can type in the film number for the first film in this collection, film number 528,677. You will then see the list of films with the lineage papers’ numbers, and, supplemental papers’ volumes and papers, with their film numbers.<br>Review the film for the correct number of the lineage papers or supplemental papers’ volume, and you will receive the film at the center in a few weeks. The lineage records will hopefully give you important information to complete a particular family tree. If you wish to contact the society, see the''Encyclopedia of Associations'', available at major libraries. | ||
=== Additional Manuscript Collections | === Additional Manuscript Collections === | ||
Most libraries and historical societies in New Jersey have valuable genealogical collections. Some of the major ones include: | Most libraries and historical societies in New Jersey have valuable genealogical collections. Some of the major ones include: | ||
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'''''Emigrant Register File''.''' This is a collection of about 30 binders compiled by the Genealogical Society of New Jersey and housed in [http://www.libraries.edu/rul/libs/scua/scua.shtml Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University]. It pertains to New Jersey families who migrated to other parts of the country. | '''''Emigrant Register File''.''' This is a collection of about 30 binders compiled by the Genealogical Society of New Jersey and housed in [http://www.libraries.edu/rul/libs/scua/scua.shtml Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University]. It pertains to New Jersey families who migrated to other parts of the country. | ||
'''''Surname Index to Genealogy Manuscript Collections''.''' | '''''Surname Index to Genealogy Manuscript Collections''.''' The [http://www.jerseyhistory.org/archives_browse.html Finding Guides] link at the [http://www.jerseyhistory.org/librarymain.html New Jersey Historical Society] website indexes numerous manuscript collections as well as other records of genealogical value. | ||
'''''Genealogical Vertical Files, Family Files, and Genealogical Charts'''''. The [http://www.jerseyhistory.org/librarymain.html New Jersey Historical Society] has over 10,000 folders of Bible records, tombstone inscriptions, and family data; 1,200 family folders; and over 60 genealogical charts. | '''''Genealogical Vertical Files, Family Files, and Genealogical Charts'''''. The [http://www.jerseyhistory.org/librarymain.html New Jersey Historical Society] has over 10,000 folders of Bible records, tombstone inscriptions, and family data; 1,200 family folders; and over 60 genealogical charts. | ||
Irwin, Barbara S., and Elizabeth B. Turner, ''Guide to the | Irwin, Barbara S., and Elizabeth B. Turner, ''Guide to the Chart Collection in the New Jersey Historical Society 1983'', revised edition, Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Historical Society, 1985. (FS Library book {{FSC|436225|item|disp=974.9 A1 no. 92}}.) This pamphlet indexes the above-mentioned genealogical charts. | ||
=== Published Collections === | === Published Collections === | ||
Genealogy – | Genealogy – A valuable help for locating ancestors is the book ''Statewide Indexes and Collections: For United States Research''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 2001 (FS Library book 973 D23, film 1,425,402 item 9). For New Jersey and other states, there is an excellent list of sources which have many, many, ancestors’ names. The list is arranged chronologically. First there are sources containing information back to the early settlement of the state, then sources for the middle period, and finally, for more recent years. When you find an ancestor’s name in these sources, you can find the book or collection and see what type of family history information is given.<br> | ||
*Armstrong, William Clinton. ''Pioneer Families of Northwestern New Jersey.'' Lambertville, New Jersey: Hunterdon House, 1979. (FS Library book {{FSC|60645|item|disp=FS Library book 974.97 D2a}}. <br> | *Armstrong, William Clinton. ''Pioneer Families of Northwestern New Jersey.'' Lambertville, New Jersey: Hunterdon House, 1979. (FS Library book {{FSC|60645|item|disp=FS Library book 974.97 D2a}}. <br> | ||
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*[http://www.dar.org/ Daughters of the American Revolution] has many genealogies and histories in its library for all states. <br> | *[http://www.dar.org/ Daughters of the American Revolution] has many genealogies and histories in its library for all states. <br> | ||
*[http://www.jerseyhistory.org/librarymain.html The New Jersey Historical Society Library] | *[http://www.jerseyhistory.org/librarymain.html The New Jersey Historical Society Library] has many New Jersey genealogies and histories in its library. | ||
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