{"product_id":"619-48","title":"NGS Research In The States Series:  New Jersey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNGS Special Publication No. 94. An excellent beginning point for starting genealogical research in this state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrior to Europeans’ arrival in the New World, New Jersey was home to the Lenni-Lenape tribe. In the seventeenth century, a diverse population of Europeans began to settle in New Jersey. By 1800 its population included free African Americans, English, Finns, French, German, Irish, Scots, Scots-Irish, and Swedes along with smaller groups of Alsatians, Danes, Flemings, Walloons, and Welsh. Later, in the twentieth century, Italians and Hispanics migrated to the state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eResearch in New Jersey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eintroduces family historians and genealogists to the wealth of records held by local, county, and state governments on all those who once lived in New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecords include those dating back to New Sweden and New Netherland in the seventeenth century and continue on through the Vietnam War (1959-1975). The author provides an overview of the state’s major repositories, including the National Archives Regional Facilities, New Jersey State Archive, New Jersey State Library, and the Rutgers University: Alexander Library. The guidebook also discusses where researchers can find business, land, and vital records; naturalization, school, tax, and voter records; atlases, censuses, directories, gazetteers, and newspapers; and court records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom colonial times, New Jersey welcomed religious diversity. Dutch Reformed, Episcopalians, Jews, Methodists, Presbyterian, Roman Catholics, and Quakers have all settled in the state. One section of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eResearch in New Jersey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprovides extensive information about how to locate and explore religious records. In addition, ethnic research and military records are covered in depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaire Keenan Agthe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2009, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, 48 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN:  9780915156946\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e619-48\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Genealogical Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48982419079286,"sku":"619-48","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/heritagebooks.com\/products\/619-48","provider":"Heritage Books, Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}