Genealogy Research

Looking to Research Your Family History?

Genealogy is one of THSSH's most requested areas of interest. While THSSH has limited space to store family historical information, we do have the ability to help you get started on your search and do have a number of family files in our Researh Library.

However, at this time we do not have a research assistant volunteer to support email requests.

However,in partnership with the Bernards Township Library, there is a dedicated group there that might be able to assist with your research requests. There is also a tremendous amount of information at the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church records in Basking Ridge.

Genealogy Requests

Please make sure you add any relevant historical information to your reqeust. e.g. dates of birth, relatives, marriage dates etc. If you have any relevant stories, please feel free to add those as well. You will also need to submit your email address so someone can contact you if they find anything. If no email is provided, we'll just post the inquiry in the user forum and you can look there.

Post your request yourself for the genealogy review group.
A quick registration is required.

Somerset Hills Genealogy Forum

Genealogy Files at THSSH

Surnamed files on hand in THSSH archives: 206 as of Jan 2010

Alexander, Lord Stirling	Kinnan, Mary
Allen, Quilts	Kirkpatrick
Allen	Koechlein
Alward	Kramer
Anderson	Kuser
Annin	Ladd
Badgley	Lafayette
Baldwin	Lathrop
Barclay	Lewis
Barkalow	Lindabury
Barker	Lindsley, Philip
Barre	Line, Joseph (Ling)?
Bateman	Linn
Bedell	Looker
Beers	Lyon
Bergen	McCain
Bird	McCall
Blair	McCollum
Blazier (Blazure)	McDowell
Boak	McMurtrie
Backoven	Matheny
Bonham	Malone
Booth	Meeker, Davis
Boudinout	Meeker, Halsey
Boylan	Moffett
Boyle	Moore
Brady	Morse, Samuel
Brownlee	Marton
Breese	Mundy
Bruno	Naegele
Buck	Nishwitz
Bunn	Osborne
Carswell	Palmer
Chapin	Pelaccio, Giovanni
Chapen	Penn
Childs	Pennington, Dr. William
Comption
Condict	Peppard, Rev Francis
Conkling	Philhower
Connolly	Pitney
Coon	Patts
Cooper, Daniel	Pyne
Cooper, Peter	Quincy
Coriell	Rankin
Cormier	Reeve
Cory	Reid
Craft, Warren	Reynolds
Craig	Richardt
Crampton	Rickey
Cross	Robison
Daggett	Rozewski
Day	Riggs
Dayton	Roberts
DeCoster	Roebling (Brooklyn Bridge)
Dillion	Rolfe
Dorsey	Ross
Doty Southard	Rozewski
Douglas	Rush
Dreesen	Schenck (Scherck)?
Dryden	Schley
Durham	Schiff
Eberhardt	Scheuerman
Ellis	Schmidt
Erving	Schumacher
English	Seney
Fenwick	Sidar, Jean Wilson
Finley	Sloan
Fitzrandolph	Smalley
Flint	Smith
Forbes	Snable
Ford	Southard
Garrabrant	Speer (Spear)
Grant	Spencer, Lt. Austin
Greene	Spinning, E.S
Guerin	Stanin
Gutleber	Stelle
Haas	Stockton
Hall	Sutphen
Hancock, Rev	Sutro
Hand	Sutton, Jeremiah
Hankinson	Swody
Hannigan	Terrell
Happe	Thompson
Harrison	Tiger
Hart, John	Tunis
	Turner
Headley	Turpin
Heath	Vail
Hodges	Vance
Helmke	Vanderveer
Hilmer (Helmer)	Van Daren
Henry, Dr. Claire	Van Dorn
Hine	Van Nest, Abraham
Holmes	Voorhees, Dr. Amadee
Honeyman	Whitaker
Hasmer	Whitenack
Howlett	Wilcox
Hunter	Williams
Johnson, William	Wilson
Jones, FC	Windes- Cory Family
Kampmier (Kamprnier) ?	Winn
Kearns, Anthony	Wood
kemble	Woodward
Kennedy, Rev. Samuel	Wright
King	Zander

Additional Genealogy Research is available from:

Local Information

Bernards Township Vital Records 1850-present
Health Dept. (908) 204-2520
262 S. Finley Ave.
Basking Ridge, 07920

Family History Interest Group (FHIG) (www.bernards.org/library/btlap.htm)
meets in the Bernards Township Library
32 South Maple Avenue, Basking Ridge
4th Tuesday of each month at 7 pm. Coffee is served at 6:30 pm.
Call the Ref. Dept. (Ruth Lufkin) at (908) 204-3031 extension 4 for more information.

Local Churches

Basking Ridge Presbyterian (www.brpc.org)
Cemetary Burial Records
  Tombstone Inscriptions at Jones Genes (www.jonesgenes.com/cemetaries/brpc/BRPHOME.htm)

Liberty Corner Presbyterian (www.libertycorner.org)

Morristown Presbyterian Church
  Who's Who in the Graveyard (www.pcmorristown.org/cogwhoswho/index.html)

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Historical Societies

Somerset Co. Historical Society (home.att.net/~somersetcountyhistoricalsociety/)
9 Van Veghten Dr., Bridgewater
Jim Kurtzenberger, Pres.
Dorothy Stratford VP (908) 218-1281 - Open Tue. noon-3 & 2nd Sat. Dec Apr. 1 - Dec. 15

Morris Area Genealogy Society (www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/mags.htm)- Lynn Forester
PO Box 105
Convent Station, NJ 07961-0105

See State Historical Societies below.

Somerset County, NJ Genealogy Forum at genforum.genealogy.com/nj/somerset/

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Documents

"Somerset County Historical Quarterly", 8 volumes 1912-1919
Includes: Inscriptions of the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Churchyard (Vol. 1),
Somerset County Marriages 1795-1879 (Vol. 1, 2,7)

Allan Duncan (ADuncan282@aol.com)
Has put the cemetery records from this in a binder titled
"Somerset Burial Grounds" at the Somerset Co. Historical Soc.

"The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey"
Published by (The Genealogical Society of New Jersey (GSNJ))
has periodical articles on "Somerset County Gravestones".
Vol. 39:3, 1964 has the "Liberty Corner Presbyterian Churchyard" gravestones, copied by members of the Genealogical Society in 1922 and checked again in 1940.
(Note: The author of this page is working on an update to that document.)

"Notices from New Jersey Newspapers 1791-1795",
published 2002, Thomas Wilson and Dorothy Stratford

"Cemetery Records of Warren Township", Alan A. Siegel
avail. at: The Somerset Co. Historical Soc.
The Bernardsville Public Library
The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills

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Libraries

Bernards Township Library - (908) 204-3031 (www.bernards.org/library/)
32 South Maple Avenue, Basking Ridge

Bernardsville Public Library - (908) 766-0118 (www.bernardsville.org/)
1 Anderson Hill Rd., Bernardsville
    Local History Room (www.bernardsville.org/local.htm) Tue. & Thu. 1 - 5 PM
    Email: localhistory@hublib.lib.nj.us

Clarence Dillon Public Library - Bedminster (908) 234-2325 (www.clarencedillonpl.org/)
2336 Lamington Rd., Bedminster

Joint Free Public Library of Morristown - (973) 538-6161
Local History and Genealogy Dept. - (973) 538-3473 (www.jfpl.org/gene.htm)
1 Miller Rd. and South St. (next to the church above), Morristown NJ

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Online Resources

Somerset County GenWeb Project (www.rootsweb.com/~njsomers/)

Somerset County Resource List at:
Cindi's List (www.CyndisList.com/nj-local.htm#S)
RootsWeb (resources.rootsweb.com/USA/NJ/Somerset/)

Somerset County, NJ Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com/nj/somerset/)

Mail List: Send a message with "subscribe" in the Subject, to:
njsomers-l-request@rootsweb.com

County Cemetery Locations at GNIS (geonames.usgs.gov/)

The Political Graveyard (Somerset Co.) - (politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SO.html)

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State Information

New Jersey State Archives May 1848-May 1878
Division of Archives and Records Management (NJDARM)
M-F 8:30 - 4:30 - (609) 292-6260, 6265
(www.state.nj.us/state/darm)
State Library Building
225 West State St., Trenton, NJ 08608-1101

New Jersey Bureau of Vital Statistics 1878-1940
M-F 8:30 - 5:00 (609) 292-4087
(www.state.nj.us/health/vital/vital.htm)
Departmenet of Health and Senior Services
Trenton, NJ

The Genealogical Society of New Jersey (GSNJ) (www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/main.htm)
"The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey", the GSNJ Newsletter,
New Jersey History Room
Alexander Library Rutgers U (732) 932-7851
169 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ

New Jersey Historical Society (www.jerseyhistory.org/)
52 Park Place
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-596-8500
Tu-Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

New Jersey GenWeb Project (www.rootsweb.com/~njgenweb/subindex.htm)

List of New Jersey Historical Societies
(www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com/gfaol/resource/NJ/HS.htm)

New Jersey Church & Cemetery Records (www.negenealogy.com/nj/nj_records/church.htm) at NorthEastern Genealogy Online

Presbyterian Historical Society Web Site (www.history.pcusa.org)