Essex County, New Jersey:
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Projects

• Essex County Genealogy and History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Essex County New Jersey      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Essex County NJGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Essex County, New Jersey      (Source: American Local History Network)
• The Essex Mountain Sanatorium  Verona
• The Horseneck Founders of New Jersey      (Source: The Gene Pool)
• Newarkology 

Adjacent counties

• Bergen County, NJ  to the northeast
• Hudson County, NJ  to the east
• Morris County, NJ  to the west
• Passaic County, NJ  to the north
• Union County, NJ  to the south

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (13)

Cemeteries (18)

Census Records and Indexes (46)

Church Records

• Essex County, New Jersey Quaker Records      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Membership List, 1853-1904  South Park Presbyterian Church, Newark     (Source: DUNHAM-WILCOX-TROTT-KIRK)
• Names of the Members, 1851  Extracted from a semi-Centennial Sermon, First Baptist Church, Newark     (Source: DUNHAM-WILCOX-TROTT-KIRK)
• Register of Dutch Reformed Church  at Second River, New Jersey, 1794 - 1848     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Searchable Database containing Baptism Records performed at St. Peter's RC Church, Belleville, New Jersey  In part 1839-1858     (Source: New York City Genealogy)
• Second Presbyterian Church, Newark      (Source: DUNHAM-WILCOX-TROTT-KIRK)
• Stone House Plains Dutch Reformed Church  Bloomfield

Court and Legal Records

• Essex County Jail Prisoner Index 1880      (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Essex County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories (16)

Estate Records

• Essex County, New Jersey Probate Records      (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• New Jersey Heirs to Estates from Partitions and Divisions  Essex County 1793-1881     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc.  includes Essex County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• New Jersey Probate Records  1678-1980     (Source: Family History Library)
• New Jersey, Probate Records, 1678-1980      (Source: Family History Library)

History (131)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Miscellaneous Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1893-1945  Newark, New Jersey     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• New Jersey County Naturalization Records  1749-1986     (Source: Family History Library)

Introduction and Guides (14)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (17)

Lookups

• Essex County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Essex County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Essex County, NJ Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• GHNYCI  Genealogy and History of the NYC Irish     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• LGWKgenealogy  Leather/Gray/Wilson/Kane Genealogy     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NJ-NEWARK-L City of Newark genealogy

  • NJ-NEWARK-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NJ-NEWARK-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NJ-NEWARK-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NJESSEX-L Essex County genealogy

  • NJESSEX-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NJESSEX-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NJESSEX-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (100)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Essex County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 188  Essex County, New Jersey     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Verona Heroes 

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Essex County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • War Record of the First Baptist Church, Newark, New Jersey      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  East Orange City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Essex County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Newark City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Orange City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Essex County, New Jersey  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Essex County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Essex County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• The first county park system  A complete history of the inception and development of the Essex County parks of New Jersey     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Migrations through Essex County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Belleville Times Index  1951-2002
• Chronicling America  Essex County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Essex County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Newark Sunday Call  Jun 19, 1881 - Nov 17, 1946     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Search Newark Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The Sunday Call  May 19, 1872 - May 8, 1881     (Source: Google News Archive)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (26)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (22)

School Records and Histories (25)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Burial Database, St. Peter's RC Church-yard, Belleville, New Jersey  1847-1856, more coming     (Source: New York City Genealogy)
• Searchable Database containing Baptism Records performed at St. Peter's RC Church, Belleville, New Jersey  In part 1839-1858     (Source: New York City Genealogy)
• Searchable Database containing Marriage Records performed at St. Peter's RC Church, Belleville, New Jersey  Complete for 1840-1865     (Source: New York City Genealogy)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Census      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Essex County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Slavery in Essex County, New Jersey      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Societies (10)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (618)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry (12)

Vital Records

• Essex County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Essex County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Essex County, NJ Marriage Newspaper Notices      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Essex, New Jersey  South Carolina Death Records, including Undertaker's Certificates for Interstate Shipping, etc.     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Marriages St. John's Church, Elizabethtown, N.J.      (Source: Olive Tree Genealogy)
• Newark Vital Statistics 
• Searchable Database containing Marriage Records performed at St. Peter's RC Church, Belleville, New Jersey  Complete for 1840-1865     (Source: New York City Genealogy)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Essex County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Essex County     (Source: Family History Library)

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