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.
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: 206 as of Jan 2014
A
Alexander, Lord Sterling Allen, Quilts Allen Alward Anderson Annin
Daggett Day Dayton DeCoster Dillion Dorsey Doty Southard Douglas Dreesen Dryden Durham
E
Eberhardt Ellis Erving English Fenwick Finley
F
Fitzrandolph Flint Forbes Ford
G
Garrabrant Grant Greene Guerin Gutleber
H
Haas Hall Hancock, Rev Hand Hankinson Hannigan Happe Harrison Hart, John Headley Heath Hodges Helmke Hilmer (Helmer) Henry, Dr. Claire Hine Holmes Honeyman Hasmer Howlett Hunter
J
Johnson, William Jones, FC
K
Kampmier (Kamprnier) ? Kearns, Anthony Kemble Kennedy, Rev. Samuel King Kinnan, Mary Kirkpatrick Koechlein Kramer Kuser
L
Ladd Lafayette Lathrop Lewis Lindabury Lindsley, Philip Line, Joseph (Ling)? Linn Looker Lyon
M
McCain McCall McCollum McDowell McMurtrie Matheny Malone Meeker, Davis Meeker, Halsey Moffett Moore Morse, Samuel Marton Mundy
N
Naegele Nishwitz
O
Osborne
P
Palmer Pelaccio, Giovanni Penn Pennington, Dr. William Peppard, Rev Francis Philhower Pitney Patts Pyne
Q
Quincy
R
Rankin Reeve Reid Reynolds Richardt Rickey Robison Rozewski Riggs Roberts Roebling (Brooklyn Bridge) Rolfe Ross Rozewski Rush
S
Schenck (Scherck)? Schley Schiff Scheuerman Schmidt Schumacher Seney Sidar, Jean Wilson Sloan Smalley Smith Snable Southard Speer (Spear) Spencer, Lt. Austin Spinning, E.S Stanin Stelle Stockton Sutphen Sutro Sutton, Jeremiah Swody
T
Terrell Thompson Tiger Tunis Turner Turpin
V
Vail Vance Vanderveer Van Daren Van Dorn Van Nest, Abraham Voorhees, Dr. Amadee
W
Whitaker Whitenack 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
Family History Interest Group (FHIG)
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 Cemetery Burial Records Tombstone Inscriptions at Jones Genes
9 Van Veghten Dr., Bridgewater Jim Kurtzenberger, Pres. Dorothy Stratford VP (908) 218-1281 – Open Tues. noon-3 & 2nd Sat. Dec Apr. 1 – Dec. 15
Morris Area Genealogy Society
Lynn Forester PO Box 105 Convent Station, NJ 07961-0105
Somerset County, NJ Genealogy Forum
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
Libraries
Bernards Township Library – (908) 204-3031 32 South Maple Avenue, Basking Ridge
Joint Free Public Library of Morristown – (973) 538-6161 Local History and Genealogy Dept. – (973) 538-3473 1 Miller Rd. and South St. (next to the church above), Morristown NJ
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.