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      I have access to the following Sussex county repositories and resources. There is a wealth of information not listed yet. As I find the time I will add to this and other lists on the site.
 
Sussex County Courthouse, Sussex County Law Library
Sussex County Historical Society
Sussex County Clerk’s Office, Hall of Records, Record Room and Vault
               
                Deeds and Mortgages from 1785
                Births and manumission of slaves
                Court Records from 1760
                Naturalization Records from 1808 - 1987
                                Naturalization Proceedings and Petitions
                                Declarations of Intent
                                Court Naturalization Records
                                Court Declinations
                Marriages from 1795 – 1850
                Freeholder Meeting Records
                Corporate Records of Schools, Churches, and Libraries
                Grantor & Grantee Books
 
Sussex County Libraries
               
                Main Library
                                Frankford Township
                Dennis Memorial Branch 
                                Newton
                Dorothy E. Henry Branch
                                Vernon
                E. Louise Childs Branch
                                Hopatcong
                Eastern District Branch
                                Franklin
                Sussex-Wantage Branch
                                Sussex
                Sparta Public Library
                                Sparta
               
Green Township Historical Society
Montague Association for the Restoration of Community History (MARCH)
Ogdensburg Historical Society
Historical Society of Stillwater
Walpack Historical Society
 
Other Sussex county resources
 
NEWSPAPERS:
  • New Jersey Herald newspapers from 1829 to present
  • Sussex Independent from 1885 - 1950
  • Sussex Register from 1871 - 1952
  • Stanhope Eagle from 1885 - 1950
  • Wantage Recorder from 1894 - 1937
 
GENEALOGICAL PERIODICALS
 
  • Genealogical Helper 1981 - present
  • Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Vol. 1 - present
  • Genealogical Society of New Jersey Newsletter Oct. 1976
  • The Magazine Sussex 24 June 1949 - June 1952
  • Morris Area Genealogical Society Newsletter March 1989 - present
  • New Jersey Genesis Oct 1966 - April 1973
  • North Jersey Highlander 1967 - present
 
UNIQUE SOURCES
 
  • Francis Crawn Collection: A large collection of private research papers on Sussex County families, donated by Mr. Francis Crawn, a local genealogist.
  • Family histories, municipal histories, church and cemetery records, surname index drawer.
 
REFERENCE MATERIALS
 
  • Brown, V. A., ed. Maps of Divisions of Warren & Sussex County Estates Filed at Newton, NJ Between 1789 - 1918. n.p., 1978.
  • Case, Howard E. An Index to Marriages Book "B", Sussex County, New Jersey. (1834 - 1878). Sussex, NJ: Genealogical Society of Sussex County, 1991.
  • Case, Howard E. Sussex County, New Jersey Marriages. Bowie, MD: Heritage. 1992.
  • Decker, A. S. That Ancient Trail. Trenton, NJ: 1942 repr. Washington, NJ: 1952.
  • Marriages and Deaths - Sussex Register (1814 - 1818).
  • Muti, Jeffrey S. Sussex County Residents Who Have Died During Wartime. Sparta, NJ: 1982.
  • Newton City Directories.
  • Squire Stickney's 1985 History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey. PA: Everts & Peck, 1881.
  • Stark, Brad & Carol. The Minute Book of Sussex County, NJ Court Records 1764 - 1766. Bowie, MD: Heritage, 1993.
  • Stickney, Charles E. Old Sussex County Families of the Minisink Region. V. A. Brown Associates, repr. 1988.
  • Sussex County Marriages 1795 - 1853.
  • Biographical & Genealogical History of Morris and Sussex Counties, NJ. NY: 1899
  • Honeyman, A. V. D. Northwestern New Jersey, A History. NY: Lewis Historical, 1927.
  • Hoes, R. R. Baptismal & Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Reformed Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 1660 - 1806. NY: 1891repr. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1980.
  • Snell, James P. A History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, NJ. PA: Everts & Peck, 1881 repr. 1992 with Index.
  • Stickney, C. E. A History of the Minisink Region. Middletown, NY: Coe Finch & I. F. Guwits, 1867.
  • Eager. S. W. An Outline of the History of Orange County, NY. NY: S. T. Callahan, 1846-7.
  • Gumaer, P. A History of Deerpark in Orange County NY. NY: Port Jervis, 1890.
  • Jackson, R. V., Et al. Index to Military Men of New Jersey 1775 - 1815. Bountiful, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1977.
  • Kitchel, W. H. Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New Jersey: lineages August 15, 1900 - Feb 3, 1973. NJ: Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1973.
  • Stryker, William S. New Jersey Adjutant Generals Office. Records of Officers and Men of New Jersey in Wars 1791 - 1815. MD: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1970.
  • Norton, J. S. New Jersey in 1793. UT: 1973
  • Sinclair, Donald Arleigh. A New Jersey Biographical Index Covering Some 100,000 Biographies. MD: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1993
  • Stillwell, J. E. Historical & Genealogical Miscellany. NY: 1903
  • Stryker, W. S. Official Register of the Officers & Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. NJ: 1972, With Index.
  • Case, Howard E. Sussex County, New Jersey Marriages. MD: Heritage, 1992 (Includes Book "B")
  • Stickney, Charles Edgar. Old Sussex County Families of the Minisink Region. NJ: Harmony, 1988
  • Eppler, Mary Elinor, transcriber & compiler. 1830 Census, Hardyston Township (Including Sparta Township, incorporated 1845. NJ
  • Eppler, Mary Elinor, transcriber & compiler. 1850 Census, Hardyston Township (Including Sparta Township, incorporated 1845. NJ
  • Eppler, Mary Elinor, transcriber & compiler. 1860 Census, Hardyston Township (Including Sparta Township, incorporated 1845. NJ
  • Nelson, William. New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665 - 1800. rep. NJ: 1900, NJ Press. MD: Genealogical, 1997
  • Records of Officers & Men of New Jersey in Wars, 1791 - 1815. MD: Clearfield, 1993
  • Accelerated Indexing Systems. Index to the Military Men of New Jersey. UT: AIS, 1977
  • Wilson, Thomas. Notices from New Jersey Newspapers, 1781 - 1790. NJ: Hunterdon House, 1988. 2 vols.
  • Stanaback, R. John & Phyllis M. The Sussex County Alms House. NJ: Self published, 1990
  • Meeker, Sharon. Sussex County Marriages from Justice-of-the-Peace Dockets, 1773 - 1828. NJ: 1999
  • A Collection of Thity-Thousand Names - German, Swiss, Dutch & French Immigrants in PA, 1727 - 1776. MD: Genealogical, 1965
  • New York Genealogical & Biographical Society. Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records, 1716 - 1830. MD: Hertiage, 1992
  • Hinshaw, William Wade.  Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. II. MD: Genealogical, 1994
  • Noes, Roswell Randall. ed. Baptismal & Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, NY, 1660 - 1809. MD: Genealogical
  • Hotten, John Camden. Our Early Emigrant Ancestors; The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, 1600 - 1700, Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels Serving Men Sold for a Time of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations. MD: Genealogical
  • Kitchel, Walter. Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New Jersey; Lineages from 1 - 1065, August 15, 1900 - February 3, 1973
  • Stryker, W. S. Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861 - 1965. 2 vol., NJ: John L. Murphy, 1876.
  • General Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division. The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, from 1685-1764. 3 vols. NJ: General Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, 1949-1985.
  • New Jersey Historical Commission. The West Jersey Concessions and Agreements of 1676-1677: A Roundtable of Historians. Occasional Papers, no 1 NJ: New Jersey Historical Commission, 1979
  • Pomfret, John Edwin. The Province of East New Jersey, 1609-1702, the Rebellious Proprietary. NJ: Princeton, 1962.
  • Pomfret, John Edwin. The Province of West New Jersey, 1609-1702. NJ: Princeton, 1956
  • Pomfret, John Edwin. The New Jersey Proprietors and Their Lands, 1664-1776. NJ: Van Nostrand, 1964.
  • Colonial Conveyances of East and West New Jersey, 1664-1794. NJ: Crestview Lawyers Service, 1974.
  • Nelson, WIlliam. Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey, 1664-1703. MD: Genealogical, 1976.
  • Murrin, Mary R, comp. New Jersey Historical Manuscripts: A Guide to Collections in the State. NJ: New Jersey Historical Commission, 1987.
  • Sussex County Register. One Hundred Years of the Sussex Register and County of Sussex, 1813 - 1913. NJ: The Sussex Register, 1913.
  • Schaffer, Rev. Caspar, M.D. Memoirs and Reminiscences and Sketches of Early History of Sussex County. NJ: Privately Published, 1907.
  • Danaridge, Danske. American Prisoners of the Revolution. MD: Genealogical, 1994
  • New Jersey Archives. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of New Jersey, 1880 - 1949. MD: Genealogical, 51 vols.
  • Nelson, William, New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665 - 1800. MD: Genealogical, 1967
  • New Jersey Archives. Index to Wills, Inventories, etc. in the Office of the Secretary of State, Prior to 1901. MD: Genealogical, 1969
  • Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. Genealogies of New Jersey Families, MD: Genealogical, 1996
  • Reamy, Martha and Bill. Pioneer Settlers of Oragne County, New York. MD: Pipe Creek, 1993
  • Scott, Dr. Kenneth. New Jersey Marriage Bonds - 1753 - 1783. NY: Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York. 1972
  • Snell, James P. History of Morris County, New Jersey with Illustrations of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers. NY: Munsell, 1882
  • Biographical and Genealogical History of Morris and Sussex Counties, New Jersey. 2vols. NY: Lewis, 1899
  • Kaminkow, Marion J. ed. Genealogies in the Library of Congress: A Bibliography. w 2 Supplements. MD: Magna Carta, 1987 Supplements 1 & 2, 1976-1986.
  • Nunn, J. Harris. The People of Hackettstown, New Jersey. NJ: Nunn, 1956
  • Clayton, W. Woodford and William Harrison. History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Prominent Men. PA: Everts and Peck, 1882
  • Board of Proprietors. The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, 1685 - 1705. NJ: Board of Proprietors, 1949. vol. 1
  • Board of Proprietors. The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, 1725 - 1744. NJ: Board of Proprietors, 1949. vol. 2
  • Board of Proprietors. The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, 1745 - 1764. NJ: Board of Proprietors, 1949. vol. 3
  • Johnson, Amandus. The Swedish Settlements of the Delaware, Their History and Relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638 - 1644. NY: Appleton, 1911
  • Chambers, Theodore Frelinghuysen. Early Germans of New Jersey: Their History Ancestors and Genealogy. MD: Genealogical, 1969
  • Whittemore, Henry. Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America: A Brief History of the First Immigration. MD: Genealogical, 1967
  • Kellog, Lucy Mary, ed. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations.Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth Mass, Dec. 1620. 21 vols. Genealogical SWociety of the Mayflower Descendants, 1975
  • Yerlee, Alfred. American Revolution Patriots Buried in Sussex County, New Jersey. NJ: Self Published.
 
IMMIGRATION SOURCES
 
  • Morton Allen Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals. NY: 1931 repr. MD: Genealogical 1980.
  • Passenger and Immigration Lists Index. MI: 1981 3 vol. supplements 1982 - 1994, and 1996 - 2000.
  • Rupp, I. D. Thirty-Thousand Names of Immigrants. MD: Genealogical, 1978.
  • Tepper, M., ed. Immigrants to the Middle Colonies. Genealogical, 1978.
 
 RECORDS
 
  • Naturalization Records, 1808 - 1906
  • Petitions & Records of Naturalizations (After Naturalization was taken over by Federal Bureau of Immigration    and Naturalization) 1906 - 1930
  • Petitions & Records, 1930 - 1988
  • Court Orders, Grants or Denials of Petitions, and Name Changes of Candidates, 1930 - 1988
  • Declarations of Intentions, 10 vols. 1907 - 1975
  • Naturalization personal papers, Declarations of Intentions 1888 - 1918

 

   
 

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