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Other Online Resources

• Online Catalogs
• New Jersey Resources
• Genealogy
• Preservation / Conservation
• Other Major Repositories
• Archival Organizations
• Miscellaneous

Online Catalogs

• IRIS (Rutgers University Libraries’ Catalog)
• NUCMC (National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, Library of Congress)
• RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network) [Rutgers access only]
• ArchiveGrid [Rutgers access only]
• WorldCat (OCLC – Online Computer Library Center) [Rutgers access only]

New Jersey Resources

• Extensive List of Historical Societies in New Jersey - Maintained by the New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library. - [coming soon]
• List of NJ Local Names and Municipalities - Organized by town name, and including its municipality and county.
• Electronic New Jersey
• New Jersey Women’s History
• New Jersey History’s Mysteries

Genealogy

• Cyndi's List: New Jersey Page
• Genealogical Society of New Jersey - Information on membership, collections, publications, submitting inquiries, etc.
• Hudson County Genealogy Sources - Maintained by Bob Murgittroyd.
• New Jersey County Clerks’ Offices
• New Jersey Society of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
• NJGenWeb
• Social Security Death Index (at Ancestry.com)
• Vital Records: Where To Write (at the National Center for Health Statistics)
- Information on obtaining birth, death, marriage or divorce certificates in New Jersey.

Preservation / Conservation

• Frequently Asked Questions on Preservation (at Library of Congress)
• Caring For Your Treasures (at AIC – American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works) - Information on caring for books, paintings, ceramics and glass, furniture and more.
• Conservation / Preservation Information for the General Public (via CoOl – Conservation Online) - Large list of conservation/preservation resources.
• Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. "Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. conducts research on the stability and preservation of traditional and digital color photographs and motion pictures."

Other Major Repositories

Burlington County Historical Society
451 High Street
Burlington City, NJ
08016-4514
Phone: 609/386-4773
Fax: 609/386-4828
http://08016.com/bchs.html

Jersey City Public Library: New Jersey Room
Jersey City Public Library
472 Jersey Avenue
3rd Floor
Jersey City, N.J. 07302
Phone: 201/547-4503
http://www2.njstatelib.org/njlib/njlibs.htm

Monmouth County Library: Monmouth County Archives
125 Symmes Drive
Manalapan, NJ 07726
Phone: 732/308-3772
Fax: 732/409-4888
http://www.visitmonmouth.com/archives/index.asp

Newark Public Library: New Jersey Information Center
Newark Public Library
3rd Floor, Main Library
5 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973/733-7775
Fax: 973/733-7835
http://www.npl.org/Pages/Collections/njic.html

Newark: New Jersey Historical Society
52 Park Place
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973/596-8500
Fax: 973/596-6957
http://www.jerseyhistory.org/

Trenton: New Jersey State Archives
225 West State Street
Department of State Building
Level 2
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
General info.: 609/292-6260
Administrative Office: 609/633-8334
Fax: 609/396-2454
http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html

Trenton: New Jersey State Library
185 W. State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0520
Phone: 609/292-6274
http://www.njstatelib.org/

Comprehensive List of New Jersey Libraries (at the New Jersey State Library)
http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/Reference/index.php

New Jersey Historical Societies and Cultural Organizations.
Compiled by April Kane, formerly of the Newark Public Library's New Jersey Information Center.
http://www.npl.org/Pages/Collections/njiclist.htm

Archival Organizations

• Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)
• Society of American Archivists (SAA)
• Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)
• Society for Unique and Rare Collections Everywhere (SOURCE) - Student organization at the SCILS (School of Communication, Information and Library Science) at Rutgers.

Miscellaneous

• New Jersey History Listserv - Discussion forum for the hundreds of members of the New Jersey history community.
• Perpetual Calendar - See a calendar from any year: past, present or future.
• Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States - Useful chart for determining when works pass into the public domain. From the Cornell Copyright Information Center.
• Listing A Property in the National Register of Historic Places (National Park Service)
• Working In Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting - Interview excerpts and photographs from the Working in Paterson Folklife Project of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.