Rutgers University Alexander Library

United States New Jersey Middlesex Archives and Libraries Rutgers University Alexander Library

Rutgers University Alexander Library Contact Information E-mail:  Ask a Librarian form Address: 169 College Ave New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1163 Telephone:  848-932-7851, or Sp. Coll. 848-932-7006 Fax:  732-932-1101 Hours and holidays:  Hours and Holidays Directions, maps, and public transportation:  {Optional} Internet sites and databases: Rutgers University Libraries Find (articles, books and media), Services and Tools, Help, Places and Spaces, About, News and Events, and Chat. Legacy Catalog searchable by keywords, author, title, and subject among others. Collection Description Consider this your best, first-stop for New Jersey research. Special Collections include manuscripts, letters, rare books, New Jersey town records, diaries since 1746, historical maps, newspapers, and the University archives. The regular collection includes material from the Genealogical Society of New Jersey, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. It also holds biographies, histories, genealogies, family folders, Bibles, census, special indexes, cemetery transcripts, and professional genealogists' notes on New Jersey families. Tips Information for Visitors access, borrowing, government documents, hours and directions, library catalog and other databases, libraries and collections at Rutgers, other services, and users with disabilities. Guides Sinclair, Donald A., Compiler. A Guide to Manuscript Diaries and Journals in the Special Collections Department, Rutgers University. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Library, 1980. WorldCat 7912561; Not available at the Family History Library. Alternate Repositories { List (link to a Wiki article for) at least one or more other repositories that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.} If you cannot visit or find a source at the Rutgers University Alexander Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections Alternate Repository {create link for each, and give line or two describing collection} such as: NARA I NARA II National Archives at _____ State Archives State Library Similar Collections National Personnel Records Center LC FHL Neighboring Collections County Vital Records Office City Vital Records Office County Archives County Orphan's Court County Probate Court County Recorder County Coroner U.S. District Court County and local historical societies County and local genealogical societies Public Libraries Museums and heritage societies Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin] State Vital Records Office State Historical Society State Genealogical Society University Libraries Church archives Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA] Sources