There are several places you might check: The Genealogical Society of NJ at: http://www.gsnj.org/ The New Jersey State Archives at: http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html The New Jersey State Library at: http://www.njstatelib.org/ The Monmouth County Library at: http://www.monmouth.lib.nj.us/ Monmouth County Historical Association at: http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/ (click on History Resources) The Monmouth County Archives at: http://www.visitmonmouth.com/archives/index.asp In addition, there are Historical Societies for individual communities in Monmouth County. You can find a list, and links, here: http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/hsdir.html (scroll down to Local Hist. Soc) If you don't find what you need on their web sites, try calling or e-mailing them to ask specific questions. Good Luck, Helen

HELLEN: THANK YOU FOR THIS DYNAMIC LIST OF PLACES. Ken > There are several places you might check: > > The Genealogical Society of NJ at: > http://www.gsnj.org/ > > The New Jersey State Archives at: > http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html > > The New Jersey State Library at: > http://www.njstatelib.org/ > > The Monmouth County Library at: > http://www.monmouth.lib.nj.us/ > > Monmouth County Historical Association at: > http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/ (click on History Resources) > > The Monmouth County Archives at: > http://www.visitmonmouth.com/archives/index.asp > > In addition, there are Historical Societies for individual communities in > Monmouth County. You can find a list, and links, here: > http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/hsdir.html (scroll down to Local Hist. Soc) > > > If you don't find what you need on their web sites, try calling or > e-mailing > them to ask specific questions. > > Good Luck, > Helen > > > > > > > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! > GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

Many, many people have helped me in my own journey. I am happy to pass on the tradition. Helen

Thanks, Helen. You and so many others have assisted me as well. We are members of a highly valued countrywide family. I might also add an international family as well. Ken > Many, many people have helped me in my own journey. I am happy to pass on > the tradition. > > Helen > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Visit our Collections Guide: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/collectionguide.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Ken, To add to Helen's wonderful list of links... New Jersey Newspapers on Microfilm - Monmouth Co. http://www.njarchives.org/links/newspaper-2.html#monmouth Also, you might want to take a look at the book "A Guide to Original and Copied Records of Religious Organizations Largely New Jersey Churches in the Special Collections and University Archives of Rutgers University" compiled by Donald A. Sinclair. Rutgers University catalog: http://www.iris.rutgers.edu Monmouth County -- 23 entries Ocean County -- 6 entries Don Sinclair's book can be found in these libraries... Location Library CA CARLSBAD CITY LIBR CA LOS ANGELES PUB LIBR CA STANISLAUS CNTY FREE LIBR FL LARGO LIBR FL ORANGE CNTY LIBR SYST IN ALLEN CNTY PUB LIBR MA NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOC MO SAINT LOUIS CNTY LIBR NJ FREE PUB LIBR OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY NJ JOINT FREE PUB LIBR, MORRISTOWN/TOWNSHIP NJ NEW JERSEY STATE LIBR NJ RUTGERS UNIV NJ SOMERSET CNTY LIBR NM ALBUQUERQUE PUB LIBR NY NEW YORK PUB LIBR RES LIBR OH SEO AUTOMATION CONSORTIUM OH TOLEDO-LUCAS CNTY PUB LIBR PA EASTON AREA PUB LIBR TX HOUSTON PUB LIBR TX MIDLAND CNTY PUB LIBR VA NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOC WA SPOKANE PUB LIBR WI WISCONSIN HIST SOC Ken Everard wrote: > HELLEN: THANK YOU FOR THIS DYNAMIC LIST OF PLACES. > > Ken > >> There are several places you might check: >> >> The Genealogical Society of NJ at: >> http://www.gsnj.org/ >> >> The New Jersey State Archives at: >> http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html >> >> The New Jersey State Library at: >> http://www.njstatelib.org/ >> >> The Monmouth County Library at: >> http://www.monmouth.lib.nj.us/ >> >> Monmouth County Historical Association at: >> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/ (click on History Resources) >> >> The Monmouth County Archives at: >> http://www.visitmonmouth.com/archives/index.asp >> >> In addition, there are Historical Societies for individual communities in >> Monmouth County. You can find a list, and links, here: >> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/hsdir.html (scroll down to Local Hist. >> Soc) >> >> >> If you don't find what you need on their web sites, try calling or >> e-mailing them to ask specific questions. >> >> Good Luck, >> Helen >> >> ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== >> Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! >> GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd >> >> ============================== -- Michelle Tucker Chubenko

This is great information. I sent to Rutgers University for papers and received 187 copies of my ancestors from Somerset County, NJ. --- all the way back to a presumed copy of a will dated 1759, plus many more copies of wills and other papers. Great idea......Pauli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Chubenko" <michelle@chubenko.us> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [GSNJ] Old Newspaper & Church Resources > Ken, > > To add to Helen's wonderful list of links... > > New Jersey Newspapers on Microfilm - Monmouth Co. > http://www.njarchives.org/links/newspaper-2.html#monmouth > > Also, you might want to take a look at the book "A Guide to Original and > Copied Records of Religious Organizations Largely New Jersey Churches in > the Special Collections and University Archives of Rutgers University" > compiled by Donald A. Sinclair. > Rutgers University catalog: http://www.iris.rutgers.edu > > Monmouth County -- 23 entries > Ocean County -- 6 entries > > Don Sinclair's book can be found in these libraries... > > Location Library > CA CARLSBAD CITY LIBR > CA LOS ANGELES PUB LIBR > CA STANISLAUS CNTY FREE LIBR > FL LARGO LIBR > FL ORANGE CNTY LIBR SYST > IN ALLEN CNTY PUB LIBR > MA NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOC > MO SAINT LOUIS CNTY LIBR > NJ FREE PUB LIBR OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY > NJ JOINT FREE PUB LIBR, MORRISTOWN/TOWNSHIP > NJ NEW JERSEY STATE LIBR > NJ RUTGERS UNIV > NJ SOMERSET CNTY LIBR > NM ALBUQUERQUE PUB LIBR > NY NEW YORK PUB LIBR RES LIBR > OH SEO AUTOMATION CONSORTIUM > OH TOLEDO-LUCAS CNTY PUB LIBR > PA EASTON AREA PUB LIBR > TX HOUSTON PUB LIBR > TX MIDLAND CNTY PUB LIBR > VA NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOC > WA SPOKANE PUB LIBR > WI WISCONSIN HIST SOC > > > Ken Everard wrote: > >> HELLEN: THANK YOU FOR THIS DYNAMIC LIST OF PLACES. >> >> Ken >> >>> There are several places you might check: >>> >>> The Genealogical Society of NJ at: >>> http://www.gsnj.org/ >>> >>> The New Jersey State Archives at: >>> http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html >>> >>> The New Jersey State Library at: >>> http://www.njstatelib.org/ >>> >>> The Monmouth County Library at: >>> http://www.monmouth.lib.nj.us/ >>> >>> Monmouth County Historical Association at: >>> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/ (click on History Resources) >>> >>> The Monmouth County Archives at: >>> http://www.visitmonmouth.com/archives/index.asp >>> >>> In addition, there are Historical Societies for individual communities >>> in >>> Monmouth County. You can find a list, and links, here: >>> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/hsdir.html (scroll down to Local Hist. >>> Soc) >>> >>> >>> If you don't find what you need on their web sites, try calling or >>> e-mailing them to ask specific questions. >>> >>> Good Luck, >>> Helen >>> >>> ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== >>> Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! >>> GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd >>> >>> ============================== > > > -- > Michelle Tucker Chubenko > > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Hi Pauline- Could you go into greater detail on getting papers directly from Rutgers? I have ancestors with wills in Rutgers, and they would be invaluable to me if I could obtain copies of them. Thanks! Matt -----Original Message----- From: Pauline Sears [mailto:dpsears@artelco.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:58 PM To: NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GSNJ] Old Newspaper & Church Resources This is great information. I sent to Rutgers University for papers and received 187 copies of my ancestors from Somerset County, NJ. --- all the way back to a presumed copy of a will dated 1759, plus many more copies of wills and other papers. Great idea......Pauli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Chubenko" <michelle@chubenko.us> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [GSNJ] Old Newspaper & Church Resources > Ken, > > To add to Helen's wonderful list of links... > > New Jersey Newspapers on Microfilm - Monmouth Co. > http://www.njarchives.org/links/newspaper-2.html#monmouth > > Also, you might want to take a look at the book "A Guide to Original > and > Copied Records of Religious Organizations Largely New Jersey Churches in > the Special Collections and University Archives of Rutgers University" > compiled by Donald A. Sinclair. > Rutgers University catalog: http://www.iris.rutgers.edu > > Monmouth County -- 23 entries > Ocean County -- 6 entries > > Don Sinclair's book can be found in these libraries... > > Location Library > CA CARLSBAD CITY LIBR > CA LOS ANGELES PUB LIBR > CA STANISLAUS CNTY FREE LIBR > FL LARGO LIBR > FL ORANGE CNTY LIBR SYST > IN ALLEN CNTY PUB LIBR > MA NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOC > MO SAINT LOUIS CNTY LIBR > NJ FREE PUB LIBR OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY > NJ JOINT FREE PUB LIBR, MORRISTOWN/TOWNSHIP > NJ NEW JERSEY STATE LIBR > NJ RUTGERS UNIV > NJ SOMERSET CNTY LIBR > NM ALBUQUERQUE PUB LIBR > NY NEW YORK PUB LIBR RES LIBR > OH SEO AUTOMATION CONSORTIUM > OH TOLEDO-LUCAS CNTY PUB LIBR > PA EASTON AREA PUB LIBR > TX HOUSTON PUB LIBR > TX MIDLAND CNTY PUB LIBR > VA NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOC > WA SPOKANE PUB LIBR > WI WISCONSIN HIST SOC > > > Ken Everard wrote: > >> HELLEN: THANK YOU FOR THIS DYNAMIC LIST OF PLACES. >> >> Ken >> >>> There are several places you might check: >>> >>> The Genealogical Society of NJ at: >>> http://www.gsnj.org/ >>> >>> The New Jersey State Archives at: >>> http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html >>> >>> The New Jersey State Library at: >>> http://www.njstatelib.org/ >>> >>> The Monmouth County Library at: http://www.monmouth.lib.nj.us/ >>> >>> Monmouth County Historical Association at: >>> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/ (click on History Resources) >>> >>> The Monmouth County Archives at: >>> http://www.visitmonmouth.com/archives/index.asp >>> >>> In addition, there are Historical Societies for individual >>> communities >>> in >>> Monmouth County. You can find a list, and links, here: >>> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/hsdir.html (scroll down to Local Hist. >>> Soc) >>> >>> >>> If you don't find what you need on their web sites, try calling or >>> e-mailing them to ask specific questions. >>> >>> Good Luck, >>> Helen >>> >>> ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== >>> Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! >>> GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd >>> >>> ============================== > > > -- > Michelle Tucker Chubenko > > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Michelle: Would you mind describing the procedure you used to get those records you have described. Here are a few questions: Did you send a letter or e-mail your requests? If e-mail, do you have the address, the same for doing it by mail? Was the cost based on an hourly basis? How long did it take to get a response? Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pauline Sears" <dpsears@artelco.com> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [GSNJ] Old Newspaper & Church Resources > This is great information. I sent to Rutgers University for papers and > received 187 copies of my ancestors from Somerset County, NJ. --- all the > way back to a presumed copy of a will dated 1759, plus many more copies of > wills and other papers. Great idea......Pauli > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michelle Chubenko" <michelle@chubenko.us> > To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:04 PM > Subject: Re: [GSNJ] Old Newspaper & Church Resources > > >> Ken, >> >> To add to Helen's wonderful list of links... >> >> New Jersey Newspapers on Microfilm - Monmouth Co. >> http://www.njarchives.org/links/newspaper-2.html#monmouth >> >> Also, you might want to take a look at the book "A Guide to Original and >> Copied Records of Religious Organizations Largely New Jersey Churches in >> the Special Collections and University Archives of Rutgers University" >> compiled by Donald A. Sinclair. >> Rutgers University catalog: http://www.iris.rutgers.edu >> >> Monmouth County -- 23 entries >> Ocean County -- 6 entries >> >> Don Sinclair's book can be found in these libraries... >> >> Location Library >> CA CARLSBAD CITY LIBR >> CA LOS ANGELES PUB LIBR >> CA STANISLAUS CNTY FREE LIBR >> FL LARGO LIBR >> FL ORANGE CNTY LIBR SYST >> IN ALLEN CNTY PUB LIBR >> MA NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOC >> MO SAINT LOUIS CNTY LIBR >> NJ FREE PUB LIBR OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY >> NJ JOINT FREE PUB LIBR, MORRISTOWN/TOWNSHIP >> NJ NEW JERSEY STATE LIBR >> NJ RUTGERS UNIV >> NJ SOMERSET CNTY LIBR >> NM ALBUQUERQUE PUB LIBR >> NY NEW YORK PUB LIBR RES LIBR >> OH SEO AUTOMATION CONSORTIUM >> OH TOLEDO-LUCAS CNTY PUB LIBR >> PA EASTON AREA PUB LIBR >> TX HOUSTON PUB LIBR >> TX MIDLAND CNTY PUB LIBR >> VA NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOC >> WA SPOKANE PUB LIBR >> WI WISCONSIN HIST SOC >> >> >> Ken Everard wrote: >> >>> HELLEN: THANK YOU FOR THIS DYNAMIC LIST OF PLACES. >>> >>> Ken >>> >>>> There are several places you might check: >>>> >>>> The Genealogical Society of NJ at: >>>> http://www.gsnj.org/ >>>> >>>> The New Jersey State Archives at: >>>> http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html >>>> >>>> The New Jersey State Library at: >>>> http://www.njstatelib.org/ >>>> >>>> The Monmouth County Library at: >>>> http://www.monmouth.lib.nj.us/ >>>> >>>> Monmouth County Historical Association at: >>>> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/ (click on History Resources) >>>> >>>> The Monmouth County Archives at: >>>> http://www.visitmonmouth.com/archives/index.asp >>>> >>>> In addition, there are Historical Societies for individual communities >>>> in >>>> Monmouth County. You can find a list, and links, here: >>>> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/hsdir.html (scroll down to Local Hist. >>>> Soc) >>>> >>>> >>>> If you don't find what you need on their web sites, try calling or >>>> e-mailing them to ask specific questions. >>>> >>>> Good Luck, >>>> Helen >>>> >>>> ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== >>>> Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! >>>> GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd >>>> >>>> ============================== >> >> >> -- >> Michelle Tucker Chubenko >> >> >> >> ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== >> Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> >> > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! > GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Thanks Michelle. I only live about a fifteen minute ride from the Trenton state library but only after checking out the Monmouth county site you have provided. Getting the data on microfilm is ideal. Ken > Ken, > > To add to Helen's wonderful list of links... > > New Jersey Newspapers on Microfilm - Monmouth Co. > http://www.njarchives.org/links/newspaper-2.html#monmouth > > Also, you might want to take a look at the book "A Guide to Original and > Copied Records of Religious Organizations Largely New Jersey Churches in > the Special Collections and University Archives of Rutgers University" > compiled by Donald A. Sinclair. > Rutgers University catalog: http://www.iris.rutgers.edu > > Monmouth County -- 23 entries > Ocean County -- 6 entries > > Don Sinclair's book can be found in these libraries... > > Location Library > CA CARLSBAD CITY LIBR > CA LOS ANGELES PUB LIBR > CA STANISLAUS CNTY FREE LIBR > FL LARGO LIBR > FL ORANGE CNTY LIBR SYST > IN ALLEN CNTY PUB LIBR > MA NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOC > MO SAINT LOUIS CNTY LIBR > NJ FREE PUB LIBR OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY > NJ JOINT FREE PUB LIBR, MORRISTOWN/TOWNSHIP > NJ NEW JERSEY STATE LIBR > NJ RUTGERS UNIV > NJ SOMERSET CNTY LIBR > NM ALBUQUERQUE PUB LIBR > NY NEW YORK PUB LIBR RES LIBR > OH SEO AUTOMATION CONSORTIUM > OH TOLEDO-LUCAS CNTY PUB LIBR > PA EASTON AREA PUB LIBR > TX HOUSTON PUB LIBR > TX MIDLAND CNTY PUB LIBR > VA NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOC > WA SPOKANE PUB LIBR > WI WISCONSIN HIST SOC > > > Ken Everard wrote: > >> HELLEN: THANK YOU FOR THIS DYNAMIC LIST OF PLACES. >> >> Ken >> >>> There are several places you might check: >>> >>> The Genealogical Society of NJ at: >>> http://www.gsnj.org/ >>> >>> The New Jersey State Archives at: >>> http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html >>> >>> The New Jersey State Library at: >>> http://www.njstatelib.org/ >>> >>> The Monmouth County Library at: >>> http://www.monmouth.lib.nj.us/ >>> >>> Monmouth County Historical Association at: >>> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/ (click on History Resources) >>> >>> The Monmouth County Archives at: >>> http://www.visitmonmouth.com/archives/index.asp >>> >>> In addition, there are Historical Societies for individual communities >>> in >>> Monmouth County. You can find a list, and links, here: >>> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/hsdir.html (scroll down to Local Hist. >>> Soc) >>> >>> >>> If you don't find what you need on their web sites, try calling or >>> e-mailing them to ask specific questions. >>> >>> Good Luck, >>> Helen >>> >>> ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== >>> Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! >>> GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd >>> >>> ============================== > > > -- > Michelle Tucker Chubenko > > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Ken, I don't think the following pieces of information were mentioned earlier - I am reading this thread after it is all over. When I went to the Rutgers Special collections and asked about copies of old newspapers they gave me two sources to check. I just checked their online catalog and I think this is what they gave me. (If not, if you ask them they will help you.) 1. New Jersey newspapers and newspaper journalism : a bibliography Sinclair, Donald A. 1996 2. Newspaper holdings in selected New Jersey libraries / compiled by Elizabeth Griesbach. Publication info: [Bridgewater, N.J.? : Somerset County Library?], 1987. (I think this was just a typewritten list - the Somerset County Library doesn't have a copy in their catalog- so this may be the only copy extant.) The information was a little dated - some libraries had gotten rid of their collection and I had to track them down, but it was a great start. From my personal experience in tracking these things down: Monmouth County: The Red Bank Register is available at the Rutgers Library in New Brunswick (Alexander, in the microfilm section), right down the hall from Special Collections. Their copy starts with first publication, 1878. The Red Bank library also has a copy but I haven't used it there. I remember seeing in the above resources that the Asbury Park Press and the Asbury Library had back issues of the Asbury Park Press. I haven't been there but a web search tells me that the Asbury Park Library has the Asbury Park Press from 1876 and will do a look up for a fee of $5. http://www.asburyparklibrary.org/APPL-Special.htm I also remember seeing that Monmouth University has copies of some old papers - but their collection is closed right now. http://library.monmouth.edu/spcol/spcol.php The Matawan Library does have the index of births, deaths and marriages in hard copy and the Matawan Journal is available on microfilm. This index starts in 1869. (The NJ State Library also has a copy of the index in their collection.) I have called the Matawan Library and they have kindly looked up names in the index for me. Then I went there and looked up the article myself. http://www.lmxac.org/mata/ Somerset County The Bound Brook Library had microfilm of the Bound Brook Chronicle from the late 1800s. Unfortunately, they are closed right now for construction, so I can't check the dates. They are joining the Somerset County Library system. I hope they don't get rid of the microfilm. Somerset County Historical Society also has the Bound Brook Chronicle. They are open April to November in limited hours. I have heard that they have done look ups for people. I have found that the Somerset Messenger Gazette office has the best and oldest collection of microfilmed newspapers for Somerset County. As I remember, unlike many collections, theirs starts in the late 1770's or early 1800's but has many gaps. And obits were not published as routinely in the earlier years, so it may not be helpful. They are in Somerville NJ, and you need to visit during normal business hours. Their microfilm reader is very old, and they don't have a printer. (It would be great if someone would fund getting copies of their microfilms made so they would be more accessible or give them a new reader with a printer.) Middlesex County An index to the births and deaths in the New Brunswick Times has been published by the Somerset County Historical Society and is available for purchase in several volumes. http://home.earthlink.net/~schs/libraryPublications.htm Rutgers also has old issues of the New Brunswick papers - The Home News and The New Brunswick Times. But their collection of early papers has gaps - the New Brunswick Library has a more complete collection from the late 1800s with fewer gaps. (I can't check the dates since it is not in their catalog but I think they have most of what is indexed in the above mentioned publications.) http://www.gnb.ca/0003/index-e.asp Union County Plainfield has a great collection of the Courier News and also of Central Jersey Times, from as early as 1868. They will do look ups of obits - I have heard they charge $10. http://www.plainfieldlibrary.info/document.asp?doc_id=1008 More: The NJ Historical Society also has old newspapers, but theirs are hard copy and extremely difficult to use. They need to be ordered ahead of time. I remember that they had the Matawan Journal and a paper from Princeton. http://www.jerseyhistory.org/ The Newark Public Library has a New Jersey Collection with many old newspapers from Northern NJ, especially Newark. http://www.npl.org/Pages/Collections/njicnews1.html Princeton University also has papers from Princeton area. http://libweb.princeton.edu/ Other observations: Unfortunately, it seems that many papers in Central New Jersey did not start publishing (and/or being routinely saved) until after the Civil War. Pre-Civil war has many fewer resources available. For example, there supposedly was an early paper published near Matawan (earlier than the Matawan Journal), of which all copies have disappeared. Keep in mind that news coverage didn't follow county lines. The Union County Courier News often had obits from Somerset County and sometimes had obits from Hunterdon County. It depends on where their circulation was. And they would reprint stuff from each other. Formats were very different from today. There was no obit section - the death notices were sometimes sprinkled throughout the paper, and would be in different places every day. If you are searching, you need to keep a sharp eye. On the other hand, they often had gossip columns that can be useful. They may have said someone was visiting or ill or had left on a trip. They sometimes give names and places of relatives who are visiting. So, if you are searching, leave time for serendipitous discovery. Hope this helps. Karen Tibbals -----Original Message----- From: Michelle Chubenko [mailto:michelle@chubenko.us] Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:04 PM To: NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GSNJ] Old Newspaper & Church Resources Ken, To add to Helen's wonderful list of links... New Jersey Newspapers on Microfilm - Monmouth Co. http://www.njarchives.org/links/newspaper-2.html#monmouth Also, you might want to take a look at the book "A Guide to Original and Copied Records of Religious Organizations Largely New Jersey Churches in the Special Collections and University Archives of Rutgers University" compiled by Donald A. Sinclair. Rutgers University catalog: http://www.iris.rutgers.edu Monmouth County -- 23 entries Ocean County -- 6 entries Don Sinclair's book can be found in these libraries... Location Library CA CARLSBAD CITY LIBR CA LOS ANGELES PUB LIBR CA STANISLAUS CNTY FREE LIBR FL LARGO LIBR FL ORANGE CNTY LIBR SYST IN ALLEN CNTY PUB LIBR MA NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOC MO SAINT LOUIS CNTY LIBR NJ FREE PUB LIBR OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY NJ JOINT FREE PUB LIBR, MORRISTOWN/TOWNSHIP NJ NEW JERSEY STATE LIBR NJ RUTGERS UNIV NJ SOMERSET CNTY LIBR NM ALBUQUERQUE PUB LIBR NY NEW YORK PUB LIBR RES LIBR OH SEO AUTOMATION CONSORTIUM OH TOLEDO-LUCAS CNTY PUB LIBR PA EASTON AREA PUB LIBR TX HOUSTON PUB LIBR TX MIDLAND CNTY PUB LIBR VA NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOC WA SPOKANE PUB LIBR WI WISCONSIN HIST SOC Ken Everard wrote: > HELLEN: THANK YOU FOR THIS DYNAMIC LIST OF PLACES. > > Ken > >> There are several places you might check: >> >> The Genealogical Society of NJ at: >> http://www.gsnj.org/ >> >> The New Jersey State Archives at: >> http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html >> >> The New Jersey State Library at: >> http://www.njstatelib.org/ >> >> The Monmouth County Library at: >> http://www.monmouth.lib.nj.us/ >> >> Monmouth County Historical Association at: >> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/ (click on History Resources) >> >> The Monmouth County Archives at: >> http://www.visitmonmouth.com/archives/index.asp >> >> In addition, there are Historical Societies for individual communities in >> Monmouth County. You can find a list, and links, here: >> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/hsdir.html (scroll down to Local Hist. >> Soc) >> >> >> If you don't find what you need on their web sites, try calling or >> e-mailing them to ask specific questions. >> >> Good Luck, >> Helen >> >> ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== >> Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! >> GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd >> >> ============================== -- Michelle Tucker Chubenko ______________________________