Repository:New Jersey State Law Library

Information about the library's collections and services, access to the library's catalog, and online state resources.

The library has over 18,000 titles in the genealogy collection. The collection consists of commercially published books, microforms and CD-ROM's. None of our materials circulates outside the library. They offer onsite access to the commercial services HeritageQuest and AncestryPlus. The library subscribes to over 70 periodical titles specific to the genealogy field. The majority of the collection are guides, how-to books, census indexes, reference books for areas other-than-New Jersey, and is primarily organized by geography and ethnic group. In addition, they have the World War I Draft Registration for New Jersey. They have city directories for New Jersey locations, as well as other places in the United States. Sanborn maps of New Jersey are available on microfilm and online. The family histories make up about one-third of our collection. Many of them have been published privately and in limited numbers. In addition to AncestryPlus and Heritage, they have the microfilm for the New Jersey federal and state censuses, except for 1875...

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