New Jersey
Statehood: 18 Dec 1787
3rd state of the United States
Bordering states:
North: New York
East: New York
West: Pennsylvania, Delaware (SW)
Capital: Trenton
Largest city: Newark
Map: New Jersey, 1795
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Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Counties: Counties in 1787: Bergen, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Salem, Somerset, and Sussex.
New Jersey County Creation Dates and Parent Counties.
Counties in 2020: 21.
Resources
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
Genealogical Society of New Jersey
New Jersey County Formation, New Jersey Postal History Society
New Jersey State Library, Genealogy: New Jersey State Archives Resources
New Jersey State Publications Digital Library
Newark Public Library Digital Collections
Princeton University Digital Collections
Reclaim the Records, New Jersey State Archives
Rutgers University Digital Collections
State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s
State of New Jersey, Department of State, New Jersey Writers’ Project Photograph Collection, ca. 1935 – 1942
State of New Jersey, Department of State, New Jersey State Archives Searchable Catalog
State of New Jersey, Department of State, Searchable Databases and Records Request Forms
William Paterson University Archives
Bergen County
Genealogical Society of Bergen County
Maps
New Jersey Maps, Library of Congress
New Jersey Landowner Maps, Library of Congress
Interactive Map of New Jersey County Formation History, Maps of U.S.
Historical Maps Works: New Jersey
Manuscripts
New Jersey Manuscripts, Archive Grid
New Jersey Manuscripts, Library of Congress
Virtual Libraries
State of New Jersey
Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, vol. 1, Francis Bazley Lee, 1910.
Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey: Past and Present, John W. Brber, 1868.
The History of New Jersey, Thomas Francis Gordon, 1834.
New Jersey Historical Society Publications
Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, vol. 7, William Nelson, editor, 1895.
Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, vol. 13, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. 1, 1670–1730, William Nelson, editor, 1901.
Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, First Series, vol. 3, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, etc., Vol. 2, 1730–1750, A. Van Doren Honeyman, editor, 1913.
Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, First Series, vol. 35, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, etc., Vol. 6, 1781–1785, Elmer T. Hutchinson editor, 1939.
Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, vol. 7, 1922.
Newspapers
Newspapers Archive: New Jersey
Chronicling America, digitized: New Jersey
Community History Archive Newspapers: New Jersey
Small Town Newspapers
(No New Jersey listings)
Digitized Newspaper Collections, Atlantic County Library System