Research
Due to the high volume of research requests we have received, we are temporarily pausing acceptance of new requests until further notice.
We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time and will provide updates as soon as we are able to resume accepting new requests.
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Statement on Copyright and Fair Use
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
Publication and Use
Please note that all reference reproductions are for personal/study use only. The possession of a reproduction of HCHS collection materials and the payment of associated reproduction service fees, does not constitute or imply permission to publish or exhibit. It is necessary for researchers to obtain separate, written permission for the publication or exhibition of all material held in the HCHS collections. All licenses are for one use only and each additional instance of use must be separately requested in writing. Usage rights fees, above and beyond reproduction costs, may apply and vary depending on whether a reproduction is for an individual, non-profit, or commercial institution and how it will be used (personal research, publication, exhibition, etc.).
- All reproductions must credit the Hunterdon County Historical Society as the source of the image or document.
- Written permission is required to use photographic reproductions. Please download form to submit. Thank you! – Download Right to Publish Form –
Research Library Collections
- The Deats Notebooks: Representing the private genealogical work done by Hiram E. Deats during his lifetime
- Family Bible Records: Photocopies of genealogical data from over 400 bibles
- Family Folders: Files on over 1200 Hunterdon County families comprising the correspondence of the Society’s Genealogical Committee from circa 1890 to the present
- Genealogies: Over 300 published and unpublished genealogies
- Hunterdon County Histories: Approximately 300 published books, pamphlets, 1000+ photographs, scrapbooks and unpublished manuscripts read before the Society
- Manuscripts Collection: Manuscripts are unpublished handwritten documents, transcripts and photoduplicates and include such items as correspondence, legal documents, diaries, journals, account books, genealogical notes, non-current records of counties, town, institutions, and organizations
- Microfilm Collection: Federal Census records 1830-1910 for Hunterdon, Mercer and Somerset Counties; State Census records 1855-1885 for Hunterdon County;
Newspapers, various church records, municipal and county records including all Hunterdon County wills and administrations before 1807, some wills and administrations after 1807, deeds, tax maps and records, histories and genealogies - New Jersey Histories: Extensive collection of local community, township, county and state histories complemented by histories and archives of neighboring states as well as publications of national interest
- Newspapers: 50 different newspapers, some in bound volumes, others on microfilm
- Tombstone Inscriptions: Records of over 50 cemeteries
- Vertical File: Collection of published and unpublished clippings, brochures, pamphlets and other documents of state and local cultural, genealogical and/or historical interest filed by place and/or subject
To view the manuscript collections, click on ARCHIVES/MANUSCRIPT-COLLECTIONS tab.