Written by Andrew DauphineePublished on June 11, 2025 Thank you all for attending our webinar on Researching Your Pre-May 1848 New Jersey Relatives. I hope you found the information useful! Don’t forget… Continue reading “Blog Recap: Researching Your Pre-May 1848 NJ Ancestors”
Written by Andrew DauphineePublished on October 8, 2020 The NJ Center for Non-Profits is the umbrella organization for all New Jersey 501(c)(3)s. Their mission is “to build the power of New… Continue reading “Non-Profit Dos and Don’ts Webinar Recap”
Published on December 17, 2019 History is a study of the past. This includes the action of people and the occurrence of events. What sources do researchers use when writing history? The… Continue reading “Research Sources – Primary, Secondary and Tertiary”
Research strategies for finding New Jersey government documents online
Written by Regina FitzpatrickPublished on August 2, 2019 Thank you all for coming to Basse with me earlier this week! (The verb to Basse, of course, meaning to immerse oneself… Continue reading “Genealogical Research Stories: The Basse Class”
Published on August 2, 2019 The Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 was first detected on September 8th when a pressure fall and erratic winds were noted around the Windward Islands.… Continue reading “Great Atlantic Hurricane 1944”
Published on October 30, 2019 The NJ State Library (NJSL) is proud to partner with Rutgers University and the New Jersey State Archives in the New Jersey Digital Newspaper Project,… Continue reading “The New Jersey Digital Newspaper Guide Helps Researchers Find Local History Resources”
Caitlyn Cook, New Jersey Reference and Digital Librarian in the NJ State Research Library, recently digitized the Bulletins of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) (1933-Current). Like other digitized… Continue reading “Alcoholic Beverage Control Bulletins reveal social history of New Jersey”
Written by H. HustedPublished on October 3, 2018, Revised November 4, 2024 What are ratables? Ratables are lists of heads of household compiled in order to levy a tax. Heads… Continue reading “Using Ratables for New Jersey Genealogy”
The New Jersey Industrial and Manual Training School for Colored Youth, also known simply as the “Bordentown School,” was an African-American boarding school operated by the State of New Jersey.… Continue reading “Digitized Collection of Historic African American Bordentown School Newspaper”
