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Local History and Genealogy Information

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The Sussex County Main Library houses a local history and genealogy collection. The following list represents a selection of widely used sources.  The list also contains links to history and genealogy websites, including contact information for many of Sussex County’s history organizations. 

For additional information about these resources, please contact the Main Library Reference Desk at 973-948-3660.   The information on this page was compiled by Heather Schaefer, Reference Librarian.

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Table of Contents

 

Subject Index

(a) Court Records, Deeds & Wills
(b) Genealogies
(c) Genealogy Tools
(d) Immigration Sources
(e) Indexes
(f) Military Information
(g) New York & Pennsylvania
(h) Northern New Jersey History
(i) Sussex County History
(j) Vital, Church & Cemetery Records
(k) Census Data
(l) Newspapers
(m) Websites & Contacts
 

 Cemetery Records (j)
 Census (k)
 Church Records (j)
 Court Records (a)
 Deeds (a)
 Genealogies (b)
 Genealogy Tools (c)
 Historical Addresses (i)
 Immigration Sources (d)
 Indexes (e)
 
Maps (m)
 Microfilm (b) (k) (l)

Military Information (f)
New York & Pennsylvania (g) (j) (m)
Newspapers (l)
Northern New Jersey (h) (m)
Online Databases (k) (l)
Organizations (m)
Preservation (m)
“Snell’s” Hunterdon & Somerset - (h) Sussex - (i)
Sussex County History (i) (m)
Vital Records (j)
Websites (m)
Wills (a) 
 

 

Additional Library Resources for
Local History and Genealogy

Please Note:
All books with an RH call number are for reference only and must remain in the New Jersey Room.
Click on book titles for more information about the title and for links by subject to additional titles.


(a) Court Records, Deeds & Wills         

Abstracts of divisions of Warren and Sussex County Estates filed at Sussex County Courthouse, Newton, New Jersey, from 1789-1918

by Alleman, Frederick R.

Call #: RH 929.3749 ALLE

Publisher: 

Clearfield,

Pub Date: 1992, c1978.


Sussex County, New Jersey deed abstracts

by Downing, Clyde W.

Call #: RH 929.3749 DOW

C.W. Downing,

Pub Date: [1999]-


Maps of divisions of Warren and Sussex County estates filed at Newton, New Jersey between 1789-1918

by Brown, Virginia Alleman.

Call #: RH 911.749 BRO

Publisher: V.A. Brown,

Pub Date: 1978.


The minute book of Sussex County, New Jersey : court records, 1764-1766

by Stark, Brad.

Call #: RH 929.3749 STA

Publisher: Heritage Books,


New Jersey index of wills.

by New Jersey. Dept. of State.

Call #: RH 929.3749 NEW

Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,

 

Pub Date: 1969.

 

Warren County, New Jersey, abstracts of divisions and partitions filed at the courthouse, Belvidere, New Jersey, from 1825-1946

by Alleman, Helen Potter, 1895-1967.

Call #: RH 929.3749 ALL

Publisher: V.A. Brown,

Pub Date: 1978.

(b) Genealogies                                

Lineages (numbers 1 to 1065) from August 15, 1900, date chartered by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, to February 3, 1973,
by Kitchel, Walter Howard.
Call #: RH 929.3 KIT
Pub Date: 1973  

Miscellaneous genealogical data found in note books of George W. Roy.
by Roy, George Watson, b. 1858.
Call #: RH 974.976 ROY

Old Sussex County families of the Minisink Region
by Stickney, Charles E., 1841-1930.
Call #: RH 929.2 STI
Publisher: Genealogical Researchers,  
Pub Date: 1988  

The Crawn Collection (A collection of genealogies of local families, compiled by Francis S. Crawn)   On microfilm 
CLICK HERE for a list of family names found in the Crawn Collection

Miscellaneous data donated by local genealogists are filed in the New Jersey Room.   Vertical file

(c) Genealogy Tools         

Genealogical & local history books in print
Call #: RH 016.929 GEN
Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.
Pub Date: 1997-

Genealogies in the Library of Congress; a bibliography.
by Library of Congress.
Call #: RH 929.1 GEN
Publisher: Magna Carta Book Co.,  
Pub Date: 1972.

Guide to genealogical research in the National Archives.
by United States. National Archives and Records Service.
Call #: RH 929.1 UNI
Publisher: National Archives and Records Service
Pub Date: 1982

The Library : a guide to the LDS Family History Library
Call #: RH 027.67 LIB
Publisher: Ancestry Pub.,
Pub Date: c1988

(d) Immigration Sources     

Morton Allan directory of European passenger steamship arrivals for the years 1890 to 1930 at the Port of New York and for the years 1904 to 1926 at the ports of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Baltimore.
Call #: RH 387.5 MOR
Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,  
Pub Date: 1979  
 
Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries.
Call #: RH 929.373 PAS
Publisher: Gale Research Co.,  

(e) Indexes              

A New Jersey biographical index : covering some 100,000 biographies and associated portraits in 237 New Jersey cyclopedias, histories, yearbooks, periodicals, and other collective biographical sources published to about 1980 /
by Sinclair, Donald A.
Call #: RH 016.92 SIN
Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Pub Date: c1993

(f) Military Information      

Index of the Official register of the officers and men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War,
by New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project.
Call #: RH 974.9 NEW
Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.
Pub Date: [1941] 1965

Index to military men of New Jersey, 1775-1815
by Jackson, Ronald Vern.
Call #: RH 929.3 IND
Publisher: Accelerated Indexing Systems,
Pub Date: c1977.

New Jersey in the French and Indian Wars, 1755-1761: New Jersey in the Colonial Wars by the Hon. Richard Wayne Parker with a comprehensive bibliography of research and reference resources
by New Jersey Frontier Guard.
Call #: RH 973.26 NEW
Publisher: Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission,
1995

Record of officers and men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861- 1865
Call #: RH 929.3 REC
Publisher: [New Jersey Legislature?]
Pub Date: 1876.
 

Records of officers and men of New Jersey in wars, 1791-1815 /

by New Jersey. Adjutant-General's Office.

 

Call #:  RH 929.3 NEW  
Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,  
Pub Date: 1993.  

 
Sussex County residents who have died in the service of their country during wartime
Call #: RH 929.3749 SUS
Publisher: [s.n.],
Pub Date: [1982]

(g) New York & Pennsylvania    

Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe,
Call #: RH 974.83 COM
Publisher: J.H. Beers & Co.,
Pub Date: 1900.

A history of the Minisink Region : which includes the present towns of Minisink, Deerpark, Mount Hope, Greenville, and Wawayanda in Orange County, New York ...
by Stickney, Charles E., 1841-1930.
Call #: RH 974.73 STI
Publisher: C. Finch and I.F. Guiwits, Publishers,
Pub Date: 1867.

An outline history of Orange County, together with local tradition and short biographical sketches of early settlers, etc.
by Eager, Samuel W.
Call #: RH 974.731 EAG
Publisher: T. E. Henderson,  

(h) Northern New Jersey History          

Biographical and genealogical history of Morris and Sussex Counties, New Jersey.
Call #: RH 974.97 BIO
Publisher: Lewis Publishing Co.,  
Pub Date: 1899.  

History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey
by Shaw, William H.
Call #: RH 974.9 SHA
Publisher: Higginson Book Co.,  
Pub Date: 1884?]  

History of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, New Jersey,  SNELL's
by Snell, James P.
Call #: RH 974.9 SNE
Publisher: Everts & Peck,  
Pub Date: 1881.  

History of Morris County, New Jersey,
Call #: RH 974.974 HIS
Publisher: W.W. Munsell & co.,
Pub Date: 1882.

Northwestern New Jersey; a history of Somerset, Morris, Hunterdon, Warren and Sussex counties,
by Honeyman, A. Van Doren (Abraham Van Doren), 1849-1936.
Call #: RH 974.9 HON
Publisher: Lewis historical publishing company, inc.,  
1927.  

(i) Sussex County History           

That ancient trail Old Mine Road first road any length built in America,
by Decker, Amelia Stickney.
Call #:  RS 974.9 DEC
Publisher: Petty Printing Company,
Pub Date:1942]

“Snell’s” - this resource is available for the public online at FamilySearch and for library patrons in Heritage Quest.

History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers.
by Snell, James P.
Call #: RH 974.97 SNE
Publisher: Everts & Peck,  
Pub Date: 1881.  

Historical Addresses

The first Sussex centennary [sic] containing the addresses of Benj. B. Edsall, Esq., and Rev. J.F. Tuttle, with notes, appendix, &c.
by Edsall, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Bailey), 1811-1868.
Call #: RH 974.976 FIR
Publisher: Printed at the Daily advertiser office,  
Pub Date:1853.    
Sussex county sesqui-centennial, September 2, 1903.
by Bunnell, Jacob L.
Call #: RH 974.9 SUS
Publisher: pub. by the ed.   
Pub Date: 1903.  

Historical address, sesquicentennial, Sussex County, N.J.
by Swayze, Francis J.
Call #: RH 974.9 SWA
Publisher: The New Jersey Herald,  

Specific Towns

Many publications about the towns of Sussex County are shelved in the call number range: RH 974.976, and H 974.976

(j) Vital, Church & Cemetery Records              

Baptismal and marriage registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809
by Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston, New York.
Call #: RH 929.3 HOE
Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,  
Pub Date: 1980.  

Death notices, 1851-1865
by Gardner, George, 1900-
Call #: RH 929.3747 GAR
Publisher: Hartwell Associates,  
Pub Date: [1985?], c1978  

New Jersey Archives.  First, second and third series.  Shelved in NJ Room. Ask a reference librarian for assistance.
Call #: RH 974.9 NEW
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History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men
Call #: RH 974.7 RUT
Publisher: Heart of the Lakes Pub.,  
Pub Date: 1980.  

An index to marriage book "B", Sussex County, New Jersey, [1834-1878]
Call #: RH 929.3 IND
Publisher: Genealogy Society of Sussex County, NJ,  
Pub Date: c1991  

Index to obituaries published in the Sussex Register 1814-1895.
Call #: RH 929.3749 IND
Publisher: s.n. ;
Pub Date: 1998]
 
Marriage notices, 1851-1865
by Gardner, Virginia H. (Virginia Hartwell), 1918-
Call #: RH 929.3747 GAR
Publisher: Orange County Genealogical Society,  

Pioneer families of Orange County, New York
by Reamy, Martha.
Call #: RH 929.3747 REA
Publisher: Pipe Creek Publications,  
Pub Date: c1993.  

Miscellaneous data donated by local genealogists are filed in the New Jersey Room.  Vertical file

(k) Census Data (Contact the reference desk for details.)      

1860 Census of Sparta Township : including an interpretation based on summary of heads of households, also included are indexes of names of heads of households & owners of property in Sparta Township in 1860 as shown on the maps of Sparta and downtown Sparta on the G. M. Hopkins' "1860 Map of Sussex County, New Jersey"
Call #: RH 929.3 EIG
Publisher: Mary Elinor Eppler,  
Pub Date: n.d.  

Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. Pennsylvania.
by United States. Bureau of the Census.
Call #: RH 929.3 UNI
Publisher: G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs.,  
Pub Date: 1908.  

New Jersey 1830 census
Call #: RH 929.3 NEW
Publisher: Accelerated Indexing Systems,  
Pub Date: c1974, 1975 printing  

Revolutionary census of New Jersey : an index, based on rateables, of the inhabitants of New Jersey during the period of the American Revolution
by Stryker-Rodda, Kenn.
Call #: H 974.903 STR
Publisher: Hunterdon House,  

On microfilm (Contact the reference desk for details.)

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