THE SUSSEX COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM

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

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.

Revolutionary census of New Jersey 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.)

            New Jersey

            New York

            Pennsylvania

            Federal

Online Databases (for use by Sussex County Library System patrons only)

            Ancestry.com

            Heritage Quest

Online Census Records Resources

Calculating Birth Year Based on Census Information  Charts that convert ages in the federal censuses, 1790-1920, into birth years.

U. S. Bureau of the Census. Age Search Service  Instructions for obtaining information from closed census records (1930 to the present).

U. S. National Archives. Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930  Description of some of the clues that can be found in census records that will help you find other records about the same individual.

U. S. National Archives. How to Use NARA’s Census Microfilm Catalogs  Instructions for using National Archives catalogs of microfilmed census records and Soundex indexes.

U. S. National Archives. National Archives Microfilm Rental Program  Instructions for borrowing census microfilm directly or through a library.

U. S. National Archives. The Soundex Indexing System  Instructions for using the Soundex indexing system.

Soundex Code Generator  National Archives site that converts surnames to Soundex codes.

Online Military Records Resources

U. S. National Archives. E-mail request for NATF Form 80  E-mail address from which you can order copies of NATF Form 85, “Order for Copies of Federal Pensions or Bounty Land Warrant Applications" and NATF Form 86, "Order for Military Service Files More than 75 Years Old."

(l) Newspapers       

On microfilm   

New Jersey Herald: Jan 1849 –

New York Times: Sept 1851 – Dec 2003 

Stanhope Eagle: 30 Jun 1885 – 20 Apr 1950       

Sussex County Independent: 12 May 1871 – 24 Jul 1952

Sussex Register: 14 Jul 1814 – 19 Aug 1943

Wantage Recorder: 12 Jan 1894 – 17 Dec 1937

Online

            Historical New York Times (1851-) (Access limited to use in the 6 SCLS libraries.)

            New York Times 1999 –  (for use by Sussex County Library System patrons only)

(m) Websites & Contacts            

Cemetery Research

The Association for Gravestone Studies

Cyndi's List Cemeteries & Funeral Homes

Mailing Lists About Cemeteries, Monuments & Obituaries

History & Genealogy Organizations

New Jersey

Sussex County Historical Society

** Individual Historical Societies within Sussex County **

Sussex County Clerk

Sussex County Research Links at MyGenealogist.com

Warren County Cultural & Heritage Commission

Hunterdon County Historical Society

Essex County History and Genealogy links

Passaic County Historical Society and Genealogy Club

Newark Public Library – New Jersey Historical Societies and Cultural Organizations 

New Jersey Division of Archives and Records Management

New York & Pennsylvania

Historical Society of Middletown & Wallkill Precinct

Minisink Valley Historical Society

Pike County Historical Society

Orange County Genealogical Society

Huguenot Historical Society, Ulster County 

Local Town Histories

Branchville Borough

Franklin Boro

Fredon Township

Hardyston Township

Lafayette

Montague Township

Newton

Libraries

New Jersey

Warren County Library

Hunterdon County Library

Morris County Library

Morristown & Morris Township Library

Essex County Library

Newark Public Library – New Jersey Information Center

New Jersey State Library

New York & Pennsylvania

Thrall Public Library, District of Middletown and Wallkill  Orange County, NY    

Pike County Public Library  Pike County, PA    

Maps

Rutgers University Library – Historical Maps of New Jersey for Sussex County 

More New Jersey History

New Jersey History Discussion Group

New Jersey Place Names With Former Names and County

Museums, Organizations & Resources

Fun NJ History Facts for Kids

Preservation

Sussex County in the National Register of Historic Places

Preservation New Jersey

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office