Genealogical
Resources
The Library subscribes to AncestryPlus, a premier genealogy database providing access to census records, passenger lists, military records, the Social Security death index, and much, much more. To use this database, see the reference desk at any one of our branches.
At the Lawrence Headquarters, we have a Jerseyana and a local history collection, including the Trenton Times from 1883, Trenton city directories from 1845, historical County atlases, and other helpful resources.
If you are from out of the area and would like a copy of an obituary, it is best to write us
(address: Lawrence Headquarters Branch, Reference Department, 2751 Brunswick Pike
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648) and include an S.A.S.E. If you do not know when the obituary appeared, we will search three days of the paper. For other inquiries you can use our
Ask a Librarian Form.
General Resources
American
Family Immigration History Center
Allows visitors to explore the extraordinary collection of immigrant arrival records stored in the Ellis Island
Archives.
Ancestry.com
More than 1500 searchable databases. Guides to searching genealogical records. Message board for queries.
Cindi's List of Genealogy Sites
on the Internet
Over 42,000 links, categorized and cross-indexed in over 100 categories.
Everton's Guide to Genealogy on the
Internet
Commercial site with limited access for non-members with links to other genealogical
sites.
Family Search
Provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ancestor search, other genealogy resources.
Gendex
Provides access to genealogical data for over twenty million individuals, giving
you the ability to locate and view data of interest to you on any of these databases, without having to go and visit each of the databases separately.
Genealogy
Gateway
Portal to genealogy information on the web.
Genealogy
Research at the National Archives
Location and hours of facilities. Catalogs of NARA microfilm. Information on ordering information from documents as well as
microfilms.
Genealogy
Resources on the Internet
Site index organized in categories. Links to other genealogical sites.
Genealogy.com
Provided by The Learning Company. Genealogy links, searchable name
database,
news, suggestions and how-to lists. Good site for beginners.
Helm's
Genealogy Toolbox
Includes not only the largest categorized list of genealogical links, but also has genealogical software profiles, search engines, digitized images, how-to articles, queries, and genealogical news stories.
Heritage Map Museum
Over 700 sites of interest to historians, organized by geographic regions. Useful for general geographic background.
Roots-L
Links to many sites and files, some with descriptions. Links to many USGenWeb sites. Surname
and US county resources indexes.
US Gazetteer
Features maps from different time periods in US History.
USGenWeb
Home page for USGenWeb Project. State pages. State Archive pages. Links to transcribed census materials.
Cemetery transcriptions
and volunteer look-ups for cemeteries.
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