The New Jersey State Library is proud to present the second installment of the “Get to Know Your Local Historical Society” Project! The purpose of this project is to create a central…
Genealogy Blog
Slavery and Emancipation Laws in 19th Century New Jersey
Slavery and Emancipation Laws in 19th Century New Jersey is a class offered by Genealogy Librarian Regina Fitzpatrick. Originally presented to celebrate Juneteenth in 2018, the links and information have been updated…
Recap of Genealogy Research Stories: Benjamin Flinn and Oliver Cromwell
Thank you for attending the recent Genealogy Research Stories Class on Benjamin Flinn and Oliver Cromwell. For information about researching NJ Revolutionary War Soldiers (including information on accessing the digitized Rev War…
Get to Know Your Local Historical Society: Historical Society of Princeton
The New Jersey State Library is proud to launch the “Get to Know Your Local Historical Society” Project! The purpose of this project is to create a central repository of informational…
Recap: Researching Revolutionary and Civil War Service Records for NJ Residents
Thank you to those who attended today’s webinar on Researching New Jersey Revolutionary and Civil War Records. Here’s what we discussed: Revolutionary War Records at the New Jersey State Archives: Check William…
Blog Recap: Introduction to Italian Citizenship via Descent (Jure Sanguinis)
We were thrilled to welcome former New Jersey State Library Reference Librarian Benjamin Saracco to talk about his experience getting Italian Citizenship through his great grandfather. What is Jure Sanguinis? Jure Sanguinis…
Research Library Spotlight: Genealogy Charts and Family Trees
For years, researchers have kindly donated their family history compilations to the State Library. Most of these items are published family histories or research notes, which are included in our Genealogy Collection. …
Family Photos and Ancestor Authors
This guest blog post was contributed by Ed Davenport, Associate Director for MIS at Thomas Edison State University. Many years ago, I was helping my dad clean out his uncle’s attic, and…
Blog recap of Webinar: Death Records: The Linchpin of Genealogy Research
Thanks everyone for joining us for yesterday’s class on death records. As I mentioned in class, when most of you write to me, you’re looking for information that can be found on…
Webinar: Introduction to New Jersey Genealogy (Naturalizations) Program Recap
Thanks so much to everyone who attended yesterday’s updated Introduction to New Jersey Genealogy class. I hope that even if you’ve attended this class before, you enjoyed learning something new! Please see…
Proprietary and Colonial New Jersey Research Program Recap
Thank you to Melissa Johnson, CG, for her deep dive into proprietary and colonial records relating to New Jersey. It can be very difficult to navigate records during these time periods as…
Genealogy From Home Class Recap
Thanks to everyone who attended the Genealogy from Home class on January 19th. I hope the general overview was helpful! As a reminder, the Genealogy in Quarantine document is full of all…
