The first place I would go to for Somerset County births, death and marriages would be the Somerset Messenger-Gazette, published weekly in Somerville. A predecessor newspaper, the Messenger, was publishing as early as 1830, so this paper has a long history. The Courier-News (formerly in Plainfield, now in Bridgewater) is the local daily newspaper for the area. The Daily Home News is a New Brunswick paper with a Middlesex County focus. Some papers of the area in the 19th century in addition to the Somerset Messenger were: Somerset Whig Hunterdon Gazette Plainfield Union Weekly Comet --Wendy Freborg