Hello ECRs, This past Monday I paid a visit to the Essex County Hall of Records. The building is easy to get to with parking next to the building ($). I visited the vault on the second floor which houses incorporation papers. The staff there is very helpful. I was able to find the incorporation papers for the German Evangelical Protestant Church on Mulberry Street. Unfortunately they were of no help other than to solidify my thoughts on the separation of the various stages of the church. (German Reformed, German E. P., and Lutheran) I then went to the vault on the first floor where all the deeds and mortgages are kept. They have them (in this room) from 1666 to 1929. The problem there for first time users is to find your way around. The staff was not to be found but there were at least 50 title searchers there so I was able to get a quick understanding of the room. This search was fruitful for my personal research, having found at least 10 deeds from my ancestors. Copy machines are available but sometimes the deeds are larger than the machine and hand written. Next, I searched for voter registration cards and was pointed to the building at 33 Washington Street. After inquiring about these cards at their "archives", I was told that they destroy them after 5 years. Another lead shot. : ( While I was in the area and paying the parking fee, I decided to have a quick look into the Newark Public Library. It is a beautifully kept building with the New Jersey Room on the third floor. Since time was running out I was only able to view a very detailed 1872 map of Newark and record some "new" cemeteries. Burial Ground 89-93 Plane Street (now University) Third Presbyterian Graveyard 905-917 Broad Street Burial Grounds of the Franklin St. M.E. Church This was located on a triangle boarded by Ticheners' Lane, Parkhurst Street and NJ RR Ave. (now route 21, McCarter Hwy) Colored Graveyard 20-26 Wall Street (between Paterson & Ferry) Good Luck in your research, Glenn G. Geisheimer, Iselin, New Jersey: glenng@castle.net NJEssex Mailing List Administrator Essex County, NJ Genealogy: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njessex/ Virtual Newark, NJ: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geishome/ Essex County Query Forum: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Essex