When:
November 25, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm America/New York Timezone
2019-11-25T19:00:00-05:00
2019-11-25T21:00:00-05:00
Where:
Ridgewood Public Library
125 N Maple Avenue
Ridgewood
NJ 07450
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Sarah Kiefer
‭(201) 670-5600 x135‬


GSBC General Meeting
Monday, 25 November 2019, 7pm
Ridgewood Public Library Auditorium

Melissa A. Johnson, CG

New Jersey Probate Records

In this lecture, attendees will learn about the probate and administration processes in New Jersey and the abundance of records they can create. The lecture will cover estate records from the proprietary period to the present, uses for establishing kinship, research strategies, key locations of records, and more.


Melissa A. Johnson, CG, is a Certified Genealogist® specializing in genealogical research, lecturing, writing, editing and publishing. She has expertise in researching families with origins in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, England and Poland. Melissa has extensively researched the families of many of New Jersey’s first settlers, including those from Newark and Elizabeth(town). She is an expert in New Jersey genealogy research, and frequently teaches on NJ genealogy topics through the New Jersey Family History Institute. She is also proficient in using DNA test results to break through ancestral brick walls and assist adoptees and others with unknown parentage.


Free and open to the public—all are welcome!