Helpful Research Links

Some helpful links for navigating State and National resources and records:

• New Jersey State Archives (NJSA)—Ever-expanding online databases and indexes to the collections. Also see an overview article on the NJSA published in The Archivist.
• National Archives Digitization Partners—Online Indexes from NARA's official Digitization Partners. Note that some indexes may require subscription. AncestryLE is available for use at many public libraries, including the Ridgewood Public Library and Bolger Heritage Center. The Family History Center in Emerson, NJ, has Ancestry and Fold3 for public use. All National Archive locations also have Ancestry and Fold3 for public use.
  http://www.archives.gov/digitization/digitized-by-partners.html
• Genealogical Society of New Jersey
• Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Article Index—Articles are listed chronologically. Use Control-F to find a place or author.
• Genealogical Society of New Jersey  > New Jersey Societies, Libraries, and Archives—Links fo county-by-county resources and societies.
• New Jersey State Library
• New Jersey State Library > Genealogy Guide
• New Jersey GenWeb
• New Jersey Historical Society—Links to their library collection.
• The Story of New Jersey’s Civil Boundaries 1606-1968—This book, by John F. Snyder and published by the State of NJ, is indispensable for understanding the evolution of New Jersey's state boundaries, county boundaries, and development and evolution of villages, boroughs, towns, and cities. Free PDF download.

See also the Genealogical Society of New Jersey  > New Jersey Societies, Libraries, and Archives for links to county-by-county resources and societies.

• Passaic County Historical Society—Genealogy Club
• Hudson County Genealogical Society
• Jewish Genealogical Society of North Jersey
• The Fort Lee Family History Society
• Genealogy Club of Little Egg Harbor
• Monmouth County Genealogical Society
• Morris Area Genealogical Society
• Central Jersey Genealogical Club
• North Jersey Highlands Historical Society
• Orange County (NY) Genealogical Society
• Genealogical Society of Rockland County (NY)
• German Genealogy Group
• The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
• Westchester County (NY) Genealogical Society
• Clan Currie Society, Summit, New Jersey

Past GSBC President, Arnold Lang, authored an award-winning immigration guide a number of years ago. After a major update by Barbara Ellman, the guide is again available, and can be accessed here.

Links to other sites with information about cemeteries and transcriptions in Bergen County and environs.

• GSBC's Cemetery Indexes
• Bergen County Cemeteries on Find-A-Grave
• Wikipedia—List of Bergen County Cemeteries in New Jersey
• Interment.net—List of Bergen County Cemeteries
• GenWeb—List of Bergen County Cemeteries
• E-Podunk—List of Bergen County Cemeteries
• Interment.net—List of Bergen County Cemeteries
  Contains a large number of cemetery transcriptions, and can be search by name within a state
• Cemetery Junction—List of Bergen County Cemeteries
  Great link to find cemeteries and their addresses. Arranged alphabetically by state, can be searched for cemetery name.
• Riverside Cemetery (Jewish), Saddle Brook, New Jersey
  Riverside Cemetery is located in Saddle Brook. It is a garden cemetery, established in the early part of the twentieth century. The first burial took place in 1910 and by the 1930s more than 70,000 gravesites in the cemetery had been sold. Click on the Genealogy Search button in the contents list to open the search page. The database can be searched by first name and last name and can be limited by approximate year of death. The data fields in the search results are name and date of death. There is a Record Locator link through which you can email the cemetery administration for additional information.
• Mount Moriah Cemetery (Jewish), Fairview, New Jersey
  Mount Moriah Cemetery is located in the city of Fairview. The cemetery website contains a searchable burial database. Click on the Grave Locator link in the contents to access it. The database can be searched by individual (last name, first name) or by organization. The data fields in the search results for individuals are last name & first name, date buried, organization, and section. There is also a “Map It” link. Click on that link to open a new page with a cemetery map.

Sites include family trees, where to find information in Bergen County, Passenger Lists & Naturalization Records, tips and procedures for researching in Bergen County and elsewhere, and other useful information.
If you have a webpage with Bergen County information, send us the URL

• Ree's Family Trees—Roots and Branches
  Ree Hopper's home page includes:
  – The HOPPER-PRATT Family (4000+ surnames)
  – The HOPPER Family Genealogy: Descendants of Andries Willemszen Hoppe(n) of New Amsterdam 1651
  – Sources for Researching in Bergen County, NJ—including many references on where to find vital, legal, bible, newspapers, diaries, church, cemetery, census and genealogy records
  – Bibliography and Church and Cemetery Records
• The Konvalinka Home Page
  John Konvalinka's page includes:
  KONVALINKA's in America and Other Countries, John's Family Genealogy, and a large number of links
• Bruce Hamilton Home Page
  The Ancestry of Bruce Alexander HAMILTON (Family Tree) with major surnames HAMILTON, DOREMUS, SCHROTT, BIES, PHILLIPS, FORTIER, DUNHAM & other Bergen County names
• Obituaries of Dutch Immigrants in Bergen and Passaic Counties
  Part of Afina Broekman's homepage
• History of Radburn
  Part of Afina Broekman's homepage