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Title Dates MG
Albertson Family (Warren County, NJ) 1815-1866 691
Allen/Alling-Campfield Family (Newark, NJ) 1720-1898 482
Alling Brothers & Company, Newark, NJ 1853-1878 435
Alphabetical Series ca. 1664-1920 1
American Insurance Company, Newark, NJ 1846-1893 434
Baldwin, Noah (ca. 1782-1832) Family 1807-1891 976
Baldwin-Brown-Coe Family (Newark, NJ) 1776-1893 291
Baldwin-Reeve Family (Millburn Township, NJ) 1787-1957 915
Bamberger, Louis (1855-1944), Autograph Collection 1683-1929 11
Beach Family 1787-1962 1219
Bell, Andrew (1757-1843), Collector of Perth Amboy and Land surveyor 1745-1866 45
Boggs Family 1737-1942 27
Bradley, Joseph P. (1813-1892), U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1813-1936 26
Brown, Allen H. (1820-1907), Presbyterian missionary 1838-1907 805
Brown, William B. (fl. 1850-1878), Congregational minister 1850-1878 880
Burnet, John Robertson, Genealogy Collection 1752-1901 61
Burns, George E., Diary 1863 1565
Canfield, Augustus C. (1842-1891), Autograph Album 1861 353
Canfield, Louisa Halsey (1839-1863) 1861-1862 883
Canfield-Dickerson Family (Morris County, NJ) 1738-1928 249
Chamberlain, Jacob (1835-1908), Theology student 1856-1919 1228
Cheney, Albert O. (fl. 1861-1865), Civil War officer 1861-1865 1534
Church at Danville, Danville, NJ 1831-1867 269
Clinton Avenue Baptist Church, Newark, NJ 1860-1948 271
Coe, Sayers (1772-1851), Farmer 1783-1911 89
Colhoun Family (Rutherford, NJ) 1805-1978 1224
Congar, Horace N. (1817-1893), Editor, diplomat, and politican 1863-1905 408
Congar Family (Newark, NJ) 1787-1876 12
Cooper Family 1865-1922 1265
Cortelyou Family (Ten Mile Run, NJ) 1732-1940 594
Crane-Pierson Family 1707-1942 422
Deeds 1749-1876 1523
DeGray Family (Bergen County, NJ) 1795-1908 1167
Denville, New Jersey Organizations 1845-1888 96
Denton, Richard S. (1790-1864), Merchant and postmaster 1807-1863 314
De Zeng Family (Geneva, NY) 1729-1925 800
Dickerson, Mahlon (1770-1853) and Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862) 1774-1922 13
Dormitzer, Walter, Autograph Collection 1777-1961 32
Doughten, Isaac (fl. 1867), Merchant 1867 823
Downer Family 1824-1886 1252
Dutch Reformed Church, Stone House Plains, NJ 1747-1901 447
Eastburn, Walter N., Manuscript Collection 1743-1956 294
Edsall Family (English Neighborhood, NJ) 1792-1882 944
Elmer, William (fl. 1791-1889), Physician 1791-189 648
Ely, Edwin A. (1836-1927), Autograph Collection ca. 1663-1890 14
Essex County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders, Committee on Buildings 1852-1916 834
FewSmith, Joseph Jr. (fl. 1837-1895), Presbyterian minister 1837-1895 765
First Presbyterian Church, Woodbridge, NJ 1853-1875 1119
First United Methodist Church, Newark, NJ 1839-1960 812
Fish, Henry Clay (fl. 1841-1873), Baptist minister 1841-1873 255
Frelinghuysen Family (Newark, NJ) 1799-1924 380
Gildersleeve Family 1741-1895 607
Grace Church, Orange, NJ 1854-1981 1169
Grassmann, Edward J. (1887-1973), Manuscript Collection 1731-1935 1085
Green, Robert S. (1831-1895), Governor of New Jersey and U.S. Congressman 1863-1866, 1887-1888 30
Halsted, N. Norris (1816-1884) and Nancy Marsh Halsted (1817-1891) 1817-1891 248
Hartshorne Family (Newark, NJ) 1845-1956 1312
Hazlett, John W. (fl. 1846-1865), Laborer 1846-1865 638
High Street Presbyterian Church, Newark, NJ 1841-1944 8
Highland Avenue Congregational Church, Orange, NJ 1855-1982 1190
Holmes Family (Middletown, NJ) 1680-1905 282
Hornblower Family 1760-1900 10
House of Prayer Episcopal Church, Newark, NJ 1849-1976 1073
Hunt, Sanford B. (1825-1884), Physician and Newark Daily Advertiser editor 1835-1891 21
Hunt, William Southworth (1879-1940), Autograph Collection 1736-1944 22
Hyatt, John, Collection 1837-1887 1537
Ives, Milton J. (1840-1924), Civil War soldier 1862-1863 1162
Ivins Family (Burlington and Monmouth Counties, NJ) 1787-1897 978
Jackson, John P. (1805-1861), Lawyer, legislator, and Vice President of The New Jersey Railroad & Transportation Company 1821-1887 47
Jersey Church, Turkey Foot, PA 1775-1867 1220
Johnson Family 1823-1879 1166
Jones, Franklin (d. 1865), Civil War soldier 1843-1868 373
Jouet Family 1711-1905 1019
Kearny, Philip (1814-1862), Civil War general 1847-1863 15
Kingsland Family (Bergen and Hudson Counties, NJ) 1829-1891 907
Kinney Family (Newark, NJ) 1783-1900 785
Knowles, Jesse (fl. 1805-1925) and John F. Knowles (fl. 1830-1873), Merchants 1805-1873 598
Larned, Daniel (fl. 1861-1863), Civil War soldier 1861-1863 319
Larter, John A., Civil War soldier 1862-1899 1686
Leddel Family (Mendham, NJ) 1785-1878 119
Livingston, Robert R. (1746-1813), Chancellor of New York 1658-1888 1194
Lloyd Family (Belleville, NJ) 1824-1930 682
Lynch-Ginter Family (Newark, NJ) ca. 1850-1997 1512
McDowell Family 1792-1966 866
Mandeville Family Papers 1861-1863 1663
Manning Family (Woodbridge Township, NJ) 1713-1864 1009
Middleton, George (1800-1888), U.S. Congressman and Notary public 1739-1896 1032
Mintz, Hymen B. (1909-1986), Manuscript Collection 1802-1911 1287
Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection 1664-1956 25
Munn Family 1774-1910 416
Murphy, Franklin (1846-1920), Governor of New Jersey 1863-1921 686
Nelson, William (1847-1914), Lawyer, historian, and corresponding secretary of The New Jersey Historical Society 1693-1914 43
Nelson, William (1847-1914), Manuscript Collection 1690-1875 23
New Jersey People: Individuals, Families, and Group Photographs 18th-20th centuries 1363
Newark Academy, Livingston, NJ 1792-1978 1303
Nichols Family (Newark, NJ) 1765-1904 1012
O’Fake-Lynch Family (Newark and Jersey City, NJ) 1861-1941 1515
Ogden, John (1799-1877) and James Crawford Ogden (1831-1916) 1857-1883 1175
Ogden-Ford Family (Cumberland County, NJ) 1789-1887 292
Ogden Mine Railroad Company, Nolans Point, NJ 1856-1890 24
Our Lady of Grace Church Parochial School, Hoboken, NJ 1863-1873 342
Parker Family (Perth Amboy, NJ) 1676-1946 18
Paterson, William (1817-1899), Student and author 1833-1897 718
Pell, Charles H. (1853-1906), Lawyer 1853-1906 1041
Pennington, William (1796-1862), Lawyer, Governor of New Jersey, U.S. Congressman 1795-1915 331
Pennington-Satterthwaite Family 1797-1967 675
Photograph Album Collection 1860-1920s 1364
Pierson, Caleb (1738-1801) and Elijah Pierson (1780-1862) 1769-1876 533
Presbytery of Passaic, NJ 1865-1870 885
Price, David (fl. 1864-1872), Builder 1864-1872 544
Price, Matthias (1814-1902), Executor of the estate of Daniel Price (1799-1892) 1826-1938 624
Roome-Lamscha-Harrison Family 1850-1947 1102
Rutherfurd, John (1810-1872) 1842-1874 869
Rutherfurd-Ely Family 1777-1947 484
Saint Paul’s Parish, Newark, NJ 1853-1890 811
Savage Family 1758-1938 836
Schuyler Family (New Barbados Neck, NJ) 1724-1885 651
Scott Family (Elizabethtown, NJ) 1792-1865 1139
Scrapbook Collection 1832-1995 1494
Serven-Winters Family (Paterson, NJ) 1795-1917 670
Smith, Stuart C., Manuscript Collection 1741-1868 19
Smith Family 1667-1960 824
Somerset County Bible Society 1817-1915 167
Statesmen Autograph Collection ca. 1680-1993 31
Stevens Family (Hoboken, NJ) 1663-1959 409
Stockton Family (Princeton, NJ) 1795-1942 368
Swackhamer Family 1927-1954 1048
Swaim Family 1771-1903 1189
Terrill Family (Rahway, NJ) 1809-1892 1513
Thirteenth New Jersey Volunteers 1862-1863 819, 951
Tomkins, Elias (1791-1866), and Ambrose Tomkins (1802-1851) 1828-1898 350
Tomkins Family (Morristown, NJ) 1795-1868 678
Tuttle, Silas (fl. 1826-1867), Merchant 1826-1867 1243
Trinity Cathedral in Newark, Newark, NJ 1743-1973 882
Universalist Churches, Newark, NJ 1855-1875 889
Vail, Alfred (1807-1859), Inventor 1826-1918 50
Van Nest Papers 1862 1654
Vanderpool, Eugene (1844-1903), President of the Newark Gas Light Company 1817-1929 29
Vrana, Theodore (b. 1906), Historian 1797-1958 1305
Vroom, Peter D. (1792-1873), Governor of New Jersey and U.S. Congressman 1783-1890 20
W. P. A. Historical Records Survey, New Jersey 1795-1870 1079
Wagner, Charles K. (fl. 1855-1892), Grocer 1838-1914 1269
Waldron Family (Hunterdon County, NJ) 1764-1892 906
Ward, Marcus L. (1812-1884), Governor of New Jersey and U. S. Congressman 1683-1912 28
Westville Lyceum, West Caldwell, NJ 1863-1865 625
White, Anthony Walton (1750-1803), Cavalry Officer 1740-1858 674
Whitehead, William A. (1810-1884), Historian 1680-1885 177
Wilcox Family (New Providence, NJ) 1801-1870 569
Derek Winans Papers 1862-2004 1673
Woodbridge, New Jersey Records 1668-1875 68
Wright, Helen M., Historian 1726-1935 127

 

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