New Jersey is the Garden State and as the name implies, we have a rich history of agriculture that has helped define our state. An important group of people who… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – Speaking Yiddish to Chickens: Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms”
The important role that women have played in our history is still being uncovered, especially their selfless contributions to our war efforts in which they were prevented from serving in… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – New Jersey Women During World War II”
New Jersey was the “Crossroads of the American Revolution,” and as battles raged, colonial taverns formed the social network that held the state together. A haven for Patriots and Loyalists… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – Colonial Taverns of New Jersey: Libations, Liberty and Revolution”
New Jersey has a rich history of agriculture and is renowned for many types of crops, from peaches, to blueberries, to corn. Those who committed their efforts to the cultivation… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – Puerto Rican Farmworkers in the Garden State, 1950s-1970s”
Slavery and Emancipation Laws in 19th Century New Jersey is a class offered by Genealogy Librarian Regina Fitzpatrick. Originally presented to celebrate Juneteenth in 2018, the links and information have… Continue reading “Slavery and Emancipation Laws in 19th Century New Jersey”
Thank you to Douglas McVarish for his deeply informative talk surrounding his book “Researching the History of a New Jersey House”. New Jersey has such a rich history, especially at… Continue reading “Researching the History of a New Jersey House”
Did you know that New Jersey has 564 municipalities, ranging from cities, towns, townships, boroughs and villages? That’s a lot of locations for a small state! Here at the library,… Continue reading “Municipal Documents at the New Jersey State Library”
So much of the literature and remembrance of the American Revolution focuses on Washington’s rag-tag army that suffered in almost every conceivable way. Then there is the mythos around the… Continue reading “Strangely Contaminated: The Loyalists of New Jersey Program Recap”
The Fitzgerald’s Legislative Manual is a deceptively simple looking reference book. Its drab, unassuming cover does not draw a reader in and is frankly, quite easy to overlook. It is… Continue reading “Don’t judge a book by its cover: Celebrating the Fitzgerald’s Legislative Manual”
The colonial province of New Jersey never tried anyone for witchcraft. The only legal record concerning a “witch” is the lawsuit brought by Abigail Sharp of Woodbridge, New Jersey against… Continue reading “Abigail Sharp: New Jersey’s One Witch”
