Looking to Research Your Family History in the Somerset Hills?
Genealogy is one of THSSH’s most requested interest areas. 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 Research 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.
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Genealogy Requests
Please make sure you add any relevant historical information to your request. 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.
Genealogy Files at the Society
Surnamed folders on hand in the THSSH archives: 219 as of May 2024
A
Alexander, William (Lord Stirling)
Allen
Allen, Wm
Alward
Anderson
Annin
Ayres, John
B
Backoven
Badgley
Baldwin
Barclay
Barkalow
Barker
Barre
Bateman
Bedell
Beers
Bergen
Bird
Blazier (Blazure)
Boak
Bonham
Booth
Boudinout
Boylan
Boyle
Brady
Brownlee
Breese-Riggs
Bruno
Buck
Bunn
C
Caldwell
Carswell
Chapin
Childs
Comption
Condict
Conkling
Connolly
Coon
Cooper, Daniel
Cooper, Peter
Coriell
Cormier
Cory
Craft, Warren
Crampton
Cross
D
Daggett
Day
Dayton
DeCoster
Dillion
Doty & Southard
Douglas
Dreesen
Dryden
Durham
E
Eberhardt
Ellis
Englehard
Erving
English
F
Fenske, Hellen
Fenwick
Fitzrandolph
Flint
Forbes
Ford
Frelinghuysen
French
Fuller
G
Garrabrant
Grant
Greene
Greulock
Guerin
Gutleber
H
Haas
Hall
Hancock, Rev
Hand
Hankinson
Hannigan
Happe
Harrison, John
Hart, John
Headley
Heath
Hodges
Helmke
Hilmer (Helmer)
Henry, Dr. Claire
Hine
Holmes
Honeyman
Hasmer
Howlett
Hunter
J
Jansen, Wm
Johnson
Jones, FC (MD)
K
Kampmier
Kearns
Kemble
Kennedy, June
Kennedy, Rev. Samuel
King
Kinnan, Mary Lewis
Kirkpatrick
Koechlein
Kramer
Kuser
L
Ladd
Lafayette
Lathrop
Lewis
Lindabury
Lindsly, Philip
Line, Joseph
Linn
Looker
Lyon
M
Malone
Matheny
McCain
McCall
McCollum
McDowell
McMurtrie
Meeker, David
Meeker, Halsey
Moffett
Moore
Morse, Samuel
Morton
Mundy
N
Naegele
Nishwitz
O
Osborne
P
Palmer
Pearson, Gerald
Pelaccio, Giovanni
Pennington, Dr. William
Peppard, Rev Francis
Pitney
Philhower
Pope
Post
Potts
Pyne
Q
Quincy
R
Rankin
Reeve
Reid
Reynolds
Richardt
Rickey
Riggs
Robison
Roberts
Roebling (Brooklyn Bridge)
Rolfe
Ross
Rozewski
Rush
S
Schenck (Scherck)
Schley
Schiff
Scheuerman
Schmidt
Schumacher
Seney, George
Sidar, Jean Wilson
Sloan
Smalley
Smith
Snable
Southard (see also Doty)
Southard, Henry
Speer (Spear)
Spencer, Lt. Austin
Spinning, Edwin S.
Starin
Stelle
Stockton
Sutphen
Sutro
Sutton, Jeremiah
Swody
T
Terrell
Thompson
Tiger
Todd
Trump (Golf course)
Tunis
Turner
Turpin
V
Vail
Vance
Vanderveer
Van Doren
Van Dorn
Voorhees, Dr. Amadee
W
Waltz, Josephine
Whitaker
Whitenack
Whitnall/Whitnaull
Wilcox
Williams
Wilson
Windes-Cory Family
Winn
Wood
Woodward
Wright
Z
Zander
Additional Genealogy Research Sources
Local Information
Bernards Township Vital Records
1850-present
Health Dept. (908) 204-2520
262 S. Finley Ave.
Basking Ridge, 07920
Local Churches
Basking Ridge Presbyterian
Historical Documents:
https://brpc.org/helpful-resources/historical-documents/
Liberty Corner Presbyterian
History: https://libertycorner.org/history
Historical Societies
Somerset Co. Historical Society
9 Van Veghten Dr., Bridgewater, NJ 08807
(908) 218-1281
info@somersethistorynj.org
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)
Available Online from NJ State Library:
https://dspace.njstatelib.org/items/8df13224-0e80-4502-a473-37e2295795fa
“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.
“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 Historical Society of the Somerset Hills
The Somerset Co. Historical Soc.
The Bernardsville Public Library
Libraries
Bernards Township Library – (908) 204-3031
32 South Maple Avenue, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Local History Collection: https://www.bernardslibrary.org/bt-local-history
Provides In-Library Only access to Bernardsville News Online Archive.
Bernardsville Public Library – (908) 766-0118
1 Anderson Hill Rd., Bernardsville, NJ 07924
Local History: https://bernardsvillelibrary.org/local/
Local History Room Tues. & Thus. 1 – 4 pm
Provides In-Library Only access to Bernardsville News Online Archive. Hard copy editions available in Local History Room.
Clarence Dillon Public Library – (908) 234-2325
2336 Lamington Rd., Bedminster, NJ 07921
Local History: https://www.dillonlibrary.org/local-historiana/
Morristown & Morris Township Library – (973) 538-6161
1 Miller Rd., Morristown, NJ 07960
NJ History and Genealogy – (973) 538-3473, email: njhgc@mmt.mainlib.org
NJ History page: https://mmtlibrary.org/nj-history-genealogy/
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
Somerset County, NJ Genealogy Forum
Mail List: Send a message with “subscribe” in the Subject, to:
njsomers-l-request@rootsweb.com
The Political Graveyard (Somerset Co.) – (politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SO.html)
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
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
Department 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.
List of New Jersey Historical Societies
New Jersey Church & Cemetery Records
(www.negenealogy.com/nj/nj_records/church.htm) at NorthEastern Genealogy Online
