Contact Us / Links
Please note: The library is open by appointment only Tuesdays (except the 2nd Tuesday of each month) and Thursdays, 12 noon to 4 pm.
Please email Pam Robinson, HCHS Librarian at hunterdonhistoryinfo@gmail.com to make an appointment. One week’s advance notice is requested.
STAFF:
David Harding, Administrator
hunterdonhistoryadm@gmail.com
Don Cornelius, Manuscript Curator
hunterdonhistory@gmail.com
Pamela Robinson, Librarian
HunterdonHistoryInfo@gmail.com
By Telephone: 908.782.1091
By Postal Mail: 114 Main Street, Flemington NJ 08822
Office hours for the Administrator are:
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- Tuesdays 12:30 to 5 p.m.,
- Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Emails are read and answered as quickly as possible. Frequently, queries need to be forwarded to other staff members to be answered; we appreciate your patience. If requesting a photocopy or have questions that involve research, please submit your query via email or mail. Thank you.
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Online Resources & Websites
BLOGS
The Legal Genealogist – Judy Russell, a genealogist with a law degree
https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/
New Jersey State Library Genealogy Blog
https://www.njstatelib.org/category/njsl-presents-blog/genealogy-blog/
CEMETERIES
Lebanon Township Cemetery Records
www.bowlbyfamily.org/cemetery/index.htm
Listings for Fountain Grove Cemetery, Hampton Cemetery, and Musconetcong Valley Cemetery. Original records held by Lebanon Township Museum.
Mount Amwell Project, Inc.
https://www.mtamwell.org
The Mount Amwell Project, formed in 2006, works to maintain and preserve historical cemeteries in Hunterdon County for future generations. The site includes a searchable database of cemetery records with a free account.
CHURCH ARCHIVES
Archives of the Reformed Church in America
Gardner A. Sage Library/New Brunswick Theological Seminary (NJ)
https://www.rca.org/rca-basics/archives
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Archives (Elk Grove Village, IL)
https://www.elca.org/archives
Friends Historical Society – Swarthmore College (PA)
https://www.swarthmore.edu/friends-historical-library/quaker-history-genealogy Quaker History and Genealogy
Presbyterian Historical Society (Philadelphia, PA)
https://www.history.pcusa.org/services
United Methodist Archives & History Center (Drew University – Madison, NJ)
http://www.gcah.org/research/genealogy-and-family-research
GENEALOGY RESOURCES
Association of Professional Genealogists
Association of Professional Genealogists (apgen.org)
Bucks County (PA) Genealogical Society (Doylestown, PA)
https://bucksgen.org/
Family Search (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
Free family history research website with access “to a collection of billions of records”.
Genealogical Society of New Jersey
https://www.gsnj.org/
Dedicated to the preservation of New Jersey Family History. Publishes the quarterly journal, “The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. Its collections are housed at the Alexander Library, New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University. Bible & family Records Collection currently held at the New Jersey State Achives.
Genealogical Society of New Jersey – New Jersey Professional Genealogists
https://www.gsnj.org/professional-genealogists/
Morris Area Genealogy Society (MAGS)
https://mags-public.weebly.com/
Forum for resource sharing, mutual assistance, and instruction for those interested in family history and research.
New Jersey Birth, Marriage, and Death Indices, 1901-1903 and 1901-1914
Reclaim the Records Project
https://www.reclaimtherecords.org/records-request/5/
New Jersey Chapter of the Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society
https://aahgsnj2018.weebly.com/
The New Jersey Death Index (Reclaim the Records Project)
https://www.newjerseydeathindex.com/
Free searchable database of 1,275,833 deaths in the state of New Jersey between 2001-2017, and over 500,000 free digitized images of the death index for the years 1901-1903, 1920-1929, and 1949-2000.
HUNTERDON COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Hunterdon County Clerk’s Office
https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/236/County-Clerk
Available records include deeds and other land conveyance records, mortgages, road records, marriage records, court records, naturalization, and other miscellaneous records. Please see the website for inclusive dates of records.
Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission
https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/2646/Cultural-Heritage-Commission
Hunterdon County Surrogate’s Office—Records of Genealogical Interest
https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/329/Surrogates-Court
Available records include probate, division of lands, dockets (microfilm), guardianships of minors and incompetents, Orphan Court minutes, and partitions of lands. Please see website for inclusive dates of records.
*The Surrogate Court does limited searching. Search requests must be in writing and cost $10.
IMAGED COLLECTIONS
New Jersey State Archives Imaged Collection – Hunterdon County Children of Slaves
https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/chncl004.html
Imaged collection of original birth certificates from the period 1804-1835. Additional birth certificates of children of Hunterdon County slaves are recorded in the Clerk’s birth and manumission book now in the custody of the Hunterdon County Historical Society in Flemington.
New Jersey State Archives Imaged Collection – Hunterdon County Slave Manumissions
https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/chncl003.html
Imaged collection of 56 original Hunterdon County Slave Manumissions. Over 500 acts of manumission during the period 1787-1856 are recorded in two Hunterdon County manumission books held by the Hunterdon County Historical Society in Flemington.
New Jersey General Assembly Tax Ratables, 1768-1846, Scanned Images (New Jersey State Archives)
https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/guides/sas00001Digital.pdf
Ratables are lists of heads of household compiled in order to levy a tax. Heads of household were typically males and in some cases widows. These taxes were levied periodically from 1773-1822.
Using Ratables for New Jersey Genealogy | New Jersey State Library
West Jersey History Project
http://www.westjerseyhistory.org/
Digitized images include Historic Images of Hunterdon County; New Jersey Archives, Volume 21 Calendar of Records, 1664-1703; New Jersey Colonial Conveyances, 1660-1780; maps & surveys.
Indexes to Hunterdon County NJ Record Collections at Family Search
Indexes created by Amy Gonzalez, Nancy L. Heath and Marshall Lake.
Create a free familysearch.org account to view images
Alexandria Township Meeting Minutes, 1765-1837
http://www.mlake.net/book-indexes/AlexandriaTwpMeetingMinutes.html
Images for the Alexandria Twp Meeting Minutes at FamilySearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008217332?cat=264509
Hunterdon County, New Jersey Early Deeds, 1716-1730
https://mlake.net/book-indexes/HunterdonCoDeeds.html
Images for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Early Deeds, 1716-1730 at FamilySearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007902167?cat=223298
Hunterdon County, New Jersey Miscellaneous Court Records (Partial Index)
http://www.mlake.net/book-indexes/HunterdonCoMiscRecs.html
Images for the Hunterdon County Miscellaneous Court Records at FamilySearch.org
Miscellaneous court records, loans, etc., 1713-1860 – Film # 008217342 (familysearch.org)
Hunterdon County, New Jersey Probate Records, Orphans’ Court
Minutes, 1785-1806
http://www.mlake.net/book-indexes/HunterdonCoProbateOrphanCourt.html
Images for the Hunterdon County Orphans’ Court Minutes at FamilySearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/005661195?cc=2018330
LIBRARIES & ARCHIVES
Easton (PA) Public Library – Henry F. Marx Local History Room
http://eastonpl.org/EAPLMarxRoomHome.html
“Largest collection of local history and genealogy in northeastern Pennsylvania”
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
https://hsp.org/plan-your-visit/researching-at-hsp-0
Hunterdon County Library – Genealogical Resources (Raritan, NJ)
https://hclibrary.us/genealogy
New Jersey State Archives (Trenton, NJ)
https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/search.html
New Jersey’s official research center for public records including vital records, land documents, probate records and military service papers of the Colony and State of New Jersey. Records date from the founding of New Jersey in 1664 up to the present. The State Archives is also the official repository for microfilm of county clerks’ and surrogates’ records and film of local newspapers.
New Jersey State Library – New Jersey Resources (Trenton, NJ) https://www.njstatelib.org/research_library/new_jersey_resources/
Extensive collection of official New Jersey publications and material about New Jersey from non-official sources.
North Jersey History & Genealogy Center – The Morristown & Morris Township Library
https://mmtlibrary.org/nj-history-genealogy/our-collections/
Research collection of books, newspapers and magazines, photographs, ephemera, posters, maps, and archives & manuscript collections, that document New Jersey and Morris County life and history.
Rutgers Special Collections & University Archives (Alexander Library – New Brunswick, NJ)
https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/scua
Primary sources of a rare, unique, or specialized nature to support advanced study and research in the humanities and social sciences. It also houses the collections of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey including a 6,000+ Bible & Family Record Collection.
LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETIES & MUSEUMS
Bucks County Historical Society – Mercer Museum Research Library
https://www.mercermuseum.org/collections/research-library/
Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park–History
https://www.dandrcanal.com/index.php/history
Delaware Township Historical Society
http://dthsnj.org/
East Amwell Historical Society
https://www.eastamwellhistory.org/
Flemington Speedway Historical Society
https://www.flemingtonspeedwayhistoricalsociety.com/
Preserves, protects, and documents the history of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway.
Holcombe Jimison Farmstead Museum (Lambertville, NJ)
http://www.holcombe-jimison.org/
Dedicated to the preservation of Hunterdon County’s agricultural heritage
The Hopewell Museum
https://thehopewellmuseum.org/
Preserve and display the artifacts that serve as an expression of village life in New Jersey and tell the story of Hopewell-area history from its pre-colonial beginnings to the present.
Hopewell Valley Historical Society
https://www.hopewellvalleyhistory.org/
Kingwood Township Historical Society
https://kingwoodtownship.com/boards/historic
Lambertville Historical Society
https://lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org/
League of Historical Societies of New Jersey
https://www.lhsnj.org/
Composed of over 300 organizations devoted to advancing the preservation and knowledge of the history of New Jersey.
Lebanon Township Museum
http://www.lebanontownship.net/services/museum.aspx
New Jersey Historical Society (Newark, NJ)
https://jerseyhistory.org/
Readington Township Museums
https://www.readingtontwpnj.gov/museums-home
Bouman-Stickney Farmstead and The Wade Wyckoff Barn; Eversole-Hall House; Cold Brook School and Taylor’s Mill.
Red Mill Museum Village (Clinton, NJ)
https://theredmill.org/
Somerset County (NJ) Historical Society
https://somersethistorynj.org/home
Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (Skillman, NJ)
https://www.ssaamuseum.org/
Sussex County (NJ) Historical Society
http://www.sussexhistory.org/
Tewksbury (NJ) Historical Society
http://tewksburyhistory.net/
West Portal Historic Society (Bethlehem Twp., NJ)
https://bethlehemnj.org/west-portal-historical-society/
MAPS
History Mapping Project – Delaware Township Historical Society
http://historymapping.org/
Princeton University Library – Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
https://library.princeton.edu/special-collections/topics/sanborn-maps-new-jersey
Detailed building maps of cities and towns in the United States, primarily for use by insurance companies. Out-of-copyright Sanborn Maps for New Jersey digitized by Princeton University Library. Digitized Hunterdon County municipalities run from 1885 to 1928.
Rutgers Special Collections & University Archives (Guide to Map Collection)
https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/scua/maps
About 8,000 maps in the repository’s collection depict all areas of the world through about 1920 and New Jersey throughout its history.
NEWSPAPERS
Chronicling America
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/
Directory of newspapers published in the United States since 1690 identifying what titles exist for a specific place and time.
Hunterdon County Democrat
https://www.njsuttonfamily.org/Hunterdon%20Democrat%201838-1888.pdf
Extracts of genealogical data from the Hunterdon County Democrat from Sep. 5, 1838 to Dec. 18, 1888.
Hunterdon Republican Abstracts
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~njhrna/index.html
Selected Items containing the names of people who had a relationship with Hunterdon County, NJ, USA. The newspaper was published: 1856 to 1953. Overall index file from 1856 to 1930 and Text file from 1856 to 1900 and 1928 to 1930 are accessible. Digital Images from 1901 to 1953 are not accessible.
Index to Hunterdon Gazette Weekly Newspaper, 1825-1866
www.usgenwebsites.org/NJHunterdon/HunterdonGazette/GazHead.htm
Index to digital images of the Gazette newspaper pages. DVD of digital images as well as typed and formatted text of newspaper items containing people’s names and events of Hunterdon County, with an overall name and key word index is available for purchase from the Hunterdon County Historical Society.
PRESERVATION
Clinton (NJ) Historic Preservation Commission
https://www.clintonnj.gov/historic-commission
Flemington (NJ) Historic Preservation Commission
https://www.flemingtonhpc.com/
Hunterdon County Historic Preservation
https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/843/Historic-Preservation
Hunterdon Land Trust – Historic Case-Dvoor Farmstead (Flemington, NJ)
“Protecting the Places You Love”
https://www.hunterdonlandtrust.org/
Lambertville Historic Preservation Commission
https://lambertvillenj.org/boards/historic
National Register of Historic Places Database (National Park Service)
NP Gallery Digital Asset Search
https://npgallery.nps.gov/nrhp/
Searchable database of National Register Historic Place applications and photographs
NJ DEP – Historic Preservation Office (Trenton, NJ)
Cultural Resources Geographic Information System (CRGIS)
https://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/gis.htm
Records the location and extent of cultural resources in NJ statewide inventory
NJ DEP – Historic Preservation Office
New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places by County
https://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists.htm
WALKING TOURS
Flemington Walking Tour
The Flemington Community Partnership and the Hunterdon County Historical Society have
produced a new, free self-guided walking tour of historic Flemington—one of New Jersey’s most
historic square miles—that is now available online in an eight-page brochure.
DOWNLOAD a Brochure HERE
CLICK HERE to Read an article at NJ.com