A Guide to the Passaic County Historical Society Library and Archives
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A Guide to the Passaic County Historical Society Library and Archives 3 Valley Road, Paterson, NJ 07503-2932 Phone: (973) 247-0085 • FAX: (973) 881-9434 Website: www.lambertcastle.org • E-mail: [email protected] The Passaic County Historical Society operates a museum and research library within the stately confines of Lambert Castle, a Victorian era mansion built in 1892 by silk magnate, Catholina Lambert. This imposing work of architectural splendor is located on the slope of Garret Mountain overlooking the cityscape of historic Paterson. The Society has a unique collection of materials related to the local history of cities and towns within Passaic County as well as an extensive body of genealogical information on thousands of families who lived within the county. This publication is intended as a guide to items in our collections that will prove useful and time saving to researchers in genealogy and local history. GENEALOGY • Labor News Digest – 2 rolls – Sep. 8, 1949 to Dec. 1967 • Hawthorne Press – 31 rolls – Jan. 1930 to Dec. 1982 GENERAL GENEALOGICAL REFERENCES: • The Messenger – 1 roll – Mar. 13, 1936 – May 25, 1939 A small collection consisting of: • North Jersey Times/North Jersey News – 1 rolls – Jul. 26, 1934 to • Church Archives by the Historic Records Survey; Church Records Sep. 2, 1937 in New Jersey by William Nelson • North Jersey Times and Wayne Township Herald – 3 rolls – • Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey by Aug. 19, 1937 to Dec. 27, 1951 Francis Bazley Lee, Volumes I-LV • Pack-A-News - 1 roll - Jan. 1959 to Dec. 1962 • Guide to Vital Statistics Records in New Jersey , Volume 2 • Passaic Citizen – 2 rolls – Jan. 3, 1957 to Feb. 20, 1964 • Historical and Genealogical Miscellany by John E. Stilwell, Vol. I-IV • Passaic Sunday Eagle – 13 rolls – Jun. 2, 1940 to Mar. 17, 1957 • The Magazine of American Genealogy , Volumes 1-19, Ac-Barl. • Passaic Valley Examiner, et al – 4 rolls – Oct. 11, 1945 to • The Passaic Valley by John Whitehead, Volumes I-III Dec. 29, 1951 • State of New Jersey, Index to Wills, Inventories, Etc. in the Office • Paterson Morning Call – 44 rolls – Apr. 30, 1889 to Dec. 31, 1901 of the Secretary of State Prior to 1901 , Volumes I-III • Paterson Sunday Eagle – 23 rolls – Mar. 15, 1936 to Dec. 30, 1956 • Who's Who in America , (1901-1955) • Paterson Volks Freund – 32 rolls – Jun. 1, 1898 to Sep. 30, 1909 • The Pompton Lakes Ledger/Independent – 1 roll – Mar. 14, 1935 HEREDITARY/PATRIOTIC SOCIETY to Oct. 6, 1938 PUBLICATIONS: • The Printers Voice – 1 roll – May 26, 1934 to Dec. 1935 • DAR Lineage Books , 1902-1939 • The Prospector – 8 rolls – Dec. 13, 1935 to Dec. 2, 1965 • SAR Yearbooks , 1899-1925 • Prospect Park Herald – 1 roll – Jan. 9, 1959 to Dec. 11, 1958 • The Society of Colonial Wars Yearbook , 1894-1933 • Star Bulletin – 1 roll – Jan. 1, 1970 to Dec. 31, 1970 • Yearbook of the Holland Society , 1887-1937 • Totowa Union – 1 roll – Dec. 27, 1934 to Dec. 8, 1938 • Tri-Boro Times, et al –4 rolls – Apr. 11, 1957 to Dec. 27, 1962 MARRIAGE RECORDS OF THE COUNTY CLERKS’ OFFICES: COUNTY RECORDS: • Passaic County, N.J. Records: 1837-1901 as copied from those on file. • V162-76 Records of Officers and Men New Jersey in Wars, 1791-1815 • Bergen County, N.J. Records: 1795-1837 as compiled by Westervelt. • Essex County, N.J. Records: 1795-1837 as published in the FEDERAL CENSUS: Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey . • M123-41 : New Jersey 1890 Veterans & Widows of Veterans Census Schedules: Bergen, Essex, Morris - Warren Counties MICROFILM COLLECTION • M19-79 : New Jersey 1830 Census: Bergen & Essex Counties M704-258 : New Jersey 1840 Census: Passaic County NEWSPAPERS: • M432-461 : New Jersey 1850 Census Free: Passaic County • American Jewish Life – 1 roll - Oct. 1943 • M653-706 : New Jersey 1860 Census: Passaic County • Bergen Eagle – 4 rolls - Jan. 5, 1856 to Nov. 26, 1959 • M593-884 : New Jersey 1870 Census: Passaic County (part), • The Bulletin (Pompton Lakes) – 18 rolls – May 13, 1927 to • excluding City of Paterson Dec. 28, 1972 M593-885 : New Jersey 1870 Census: Passaic County, • The Censor (Paterson) – 1 roll – Jul. 16, 1884 to Apr. 11, 1887 • City of Paterson • The Clifton Journal – 13 rolls – Jan. 2, 1936 to Dec. 31, 1959 M593-886 : New Jersey 1870 Census: Passaic County (part), • Clifton Leader/Morning Leader – 21 rolls – May 7, 1942 to • excluding City of Paterson Dec. 25, 1969 T9-794 : New Jersey 1880 Census: Ocean & Passaic (part) Counties • Clifton Times – 9 rolls – Jan. 30, 1936 to Oct. 21, 1948 • T9-795: New Jersey 1880 Census: Passaic (part) • El Observador – 1 roll – Jan. 6 1962 to Dec. 24, 1966 • T9-796 : New Jersey 1880 Census: Ocean & Passaic (part) • Garfield News – 2 rolls – Jan 2, 1957 to Dec. 31, 1958 • T623-989 : New Jersey 1900 Census: Ocean & Passaic (part) • Haledon Record – 1 roll – Aug. 25, 1855 to Dec. 4, 1958 • Counties (part: EDs 84-87, and ED 88, sheets 1-6) • Jewish Post – 4 rolls – Nov. 1934 to Jul. 1941 T623-990 : New Jersey 1900 Census: Passaic County (part) & • The Jewish Tribune – 1 roll – Nov. 15, 1934 to Oct. 15, 1936 – • Passaic County, City of Paterson (part: ED 88, sheets 7-end, and (3 titles: J ewish Tribune , Jewish Post , and American Jewish Life ) EDs 89-109) • La Voce Italiana – 8 rolls – Nov. 13, 1952 to Feb. 5, 1976 1 2005 A Guide to the Passaic County Historical Society Library and Archives • T624-904 : New Jersey 1910 Census: Passaic County • V227-133 New Jersey State Census, 1905: Passaic County (EDs 58-69, 75-78, 159-161, 191, 192) (Acquackanonck - West Milford) • T624-905 : New Jersey 1910 Census: Passaic County • V227-134 New Jersey State Census, 1905: Passaic County (EDs 70-74, 79-92, 104-110, 193, 194) (Paterson, wards 1 - 4)* • T624-906 : New Jersey 1910 Census: Passaic County • V227-135 New Jersey State Census, 1905: Passaic County (EDs 93-103, 111-140, 153-158) (Paterson, wards 5 - 11) • T624-907 : New Jersey 1910 Census: Passaic (part) & Somerset • V227-142 New Jersey State Census, 1850 Agricultural Census: (part) Counties (Passaic EDs 141-152, 162-167) Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, • T625-1062 : New Jersey 1920 Census: Passaic County Somerset, Sussex, and Warren Counties (EDs 2-6, 162, 7, 8-11, 164, 1, 12-18, 33-35, 165, 36-38) • V227-143 New Jersey State Census, 1850 and 1860: Item 1. 1850 • T625-1063 : New Jersey 1920 Census: Passaic County Social Statistics: Morris (part), Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, (EDs 19-32, 39-58) Sussex, and Warren Counties; Item 2. Atlantic, Bergen, • T625-1064 : New Jersey 1920 Census: Passaic County, City of Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Paterson (EDs 59-71, 105-109, 72-75, 163, 76-81, 113-119) Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, • T625-1065 : New Jersey 1920 Census: Passaic County, City of and Morris (part) Counties; Item 3. 1860 Social Statistics: Paterson (EDs 82-91, 120-126, 92-104, 110-112) Atlantic - Warren Counties • T625-1066 : New Jersey 1920 Census: Passaic County, City of Paterson (EDs 127-161) • T626-1375 : New Jersey 1930 Federal Census: Ocean and Passaic SPECIAL CENSUS RECORDS: (part) Counties Passaic (part) (EDs 16-89 to 16-94) • Reverend Samuel Fisher's Census Paterson, N.J. 1824-1832 by • T626-1375 : 1930 Federal Census: Ocean and Passaic Counties D. Stanton Hammond. Information includes names of head of family, Passaic (part) (EDs 16-89 to 16-94) number of males, number of females, number of children under 16, • T626-1376 : New Jersey 1930 Federal Census: Passaic County number of slaves and religious affiliation of household. Passaic (part) (EDs 16-95 to 16-115, 16-188, 16-124 to 16-125) • Deaths in Paterson, N.J., July 4, 1832 to December 1833 - a photo • T626-1377 : New Jersey 1930 Federal Census: Passaic County copy of the original manuscript prepared by the Reverend Samuel Passaic (part) Fisher as an addendum to his census of Paterson. Detailed descrip- • (EDs 16-116 to 16-123, 16-126 to 16-152) tions of the causes of death (primarily from the Cholera epidemic); • T626-1378 : New Jersey 1930 Federal Census: Passaic County street address; name of father if a child; age; religious affiliation of (part) and Passaic County, Paterson City (part) Passaic (part) individual. Index prepared by Thomas A. Peters. (EDs 16-153 to 16-169) Passaic County, Paterson City (part) • 1845 New Jersey State Census of West Milford - published in the (EDs 16-1 to 16-15) Passaic County Historical Society Bulletin , Volume VI #4, • T626-1379 : New Jersey 1930 Federal Census: Passaic County, December 1971. It contains a hand drawn map of the township and Paterson City Passaic County, Paterson City (part) a listing of surnames in the various sections of West Milford. (EDs 16-16 to 16-39) • T626-1380 : New Jersey 1930 Federal Census: Passaic County, RESEARCHERS CARD FILE: Paterson City Passaic County, Paterson City (part) This file consists of names of persons researching Passaic, Bergen and (EDs 16-40 to 16-67) other northern New Jersey families. It is indexed by surname being • T626-1381 : New Jersey 1930 Federal Census: Passaic County, searched. Everyone using our library services is encouraged to add Paterson City Passaic County, Paterson City (part)* their names to our file. (EDs 16-68 to 16-88) • T626-1382 : New Jersey 1930 Federal Census: Passaic (part) and SURNAME CLIPPINGS FILES: Salem (part) Counties Passaic (part) This collection contains hundreds of newspaper clippings from (EDs 16-170, 16-189, 16-171 to 16-187 genealogy columns filed by surname. NEW JERSEY STATE CENSUS: JAMES F.