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? Statehood: 1787
? Colony founded: 1664
? First available federal census: 1830 (Cumberland County only in 1800)
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? Available state censuses: 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915
? Statewide birth, marriage and deathrecords begin: 1848
? Counties: 21
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? State-land state
Web Sites
Resources
? Colonial New Jersey Source Records, 1600s-1800s CD (Genealogical Publishing Co.)
? Directory of Churches in New Jersey by the Works Progress Administration (New Jersey Historical Records Survey)
? Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey by Francis Balzey Lee (Lewis Historical Publishing)
? Genealogical Resources in Southern New Jersey by Edith Hoelle (Gloucester County Historical Society)
? Guide to Family History Sources in the New Jersey State Archives by Bette Marie Epstein (Division of Archives and Management)
? Guide to Local Church Records in the Archives of the Reformed Church in America and to Genealogical Records in the Gardner Sage Library by Russell L. Gasero (Historical Society of the Reformed Church in America)
? A Guide to Manuscript Diaries and Journals in the Special Collections Department, Rutgers University by Donald A. Sinclair (Rutgers University Library)
? Guide to Vital Statistics Records in New Jersey, 2 volumes, by the Works Progress Administration (New Jersey Historical Records Survey)
? A New Jersey Biographical Index CD by Donald A. Sinclair (Genealogical Publishing Co.)
Organizations and Archives
From the November 2008 Family Tree Magazine
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