Other Online Resources

Other Online Resources

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

Online Catalogs

• Rutgers University Libraries' Catalog
• NUCMC (National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, Library of Congress)
• ArchiveGrid [Rutgers access only]
• WorldCat (OCLC: Online Computer Library Center) [Rutgers access only]

New Jersey Resources

• List of NJ Local Names and Municipalities - Organized by town name, and including its municipality and county.
• New Jersey Digital Highway: Electronic New Jersey
• New Jersey Women's History
• New Jersey History's Mysteries
• Newark Archives Project

Genealogy

• Cyndi's List: New Jersey Page
• Genealogical Society of New Jersey - Information on membership, collections, publications, submitting inquiries, etc.
• New Jersey Society of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
• NJGenWeb
• Social Security Death Index (via 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 and other states.

Preservation / Conservation

• Preservation Home at the Library of Congress, including sections on emergency preparedness, caring for family treasures, and more.
• 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

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 School of Communication and Information (SC&I) 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.