Essex County Church Archives
Baptist Church Records - Essex County
First Baptist - Caldwell: Church Minutes beginning 1848. In possession of the Church Clerk.
First Baptist Church - Millburn: Church minutes 1848 plus. In possession of the Church Clerk.
Elizabeth Avenue Baptist Church - Newark: Church Register from about 1769. Records in possession of the Church Clerk.
Peddie Memorial Baptist Church - Newark: Church Registers from about 1801 - Records in possession of the Church Clerk.
South Baptist Church - Newark: Church Registers from about 1850. Records in possession of the Church Clerk.
Clinton Hill Baptist - Newark: Church Registers from about 1859. Records are in possession of the Church Clerk.
Fairmount Baptist Church - Newark: Church Registers from about 1859. Records are in possession of the Church Clerk.
Walnut Street Baptist Church - Newark: Church Minutes from about 1875 - Records are in the possession of the Church Clerk.
Roseville Baptist Church - Newark: Church Records form about 1871 - records in possession of Church Clerk.
Clinton Avenue Baptist Church - Newark: Church Records from about 1868 - Records in possession of Church Clerk.
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church - Newark: Church records from about 1867 - Records in possession of Church Clerk.
Northfield Baptist Church - Northfield: Church Minutes, etc from about 1798. Records in possession of the Church Clerk.
North Orange Baptist Church - Orange: Church Minutes, etc from about 1857. Records in possession of Church Clerk.
Washington Street Baptist Church - Orange: Church Minutes from about 1873 -Records in possession of Church Clerk.
Lyons Farm Baptist Church - Newark: Church Records from 1866-1867 - Records in possession of New Jersey Historical Society.
Dutch Reformed Churches - Essex County
Second River Dutch Reformed Church (now Belleville): Marriage records 1730-1774, 1794-1800. Baptismal Register 1727 - 1794 Marriage records published in the Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XXII, Marriage Records, 1665-1800 by William Nelson, published in 1900. Baptismal Register published in the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey - beginning October 1927 (Diane Sives)
Second River Dutch Reformed Church - Belleville: Church Records 1727 to 1916 - Records in possession of D.A.R.
Stonehouse Plains Dutch Reformed Church (now the Brookdale section): Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Membership ca 1801 to ca 1860 These records are from a transcription from the Passaic County Historical Society handwritten volume of undetermined origin (at least undetermined by me) I only have baptisms,births and marriages; even though the original records contained membership records. The record indicates that the membership records were skipped. (Diane Sives)
Stonehouse Plains Dutch Reformed Church - Brookdale section of Bloomfield: Church Records 1801-1902 - Records in the possession of the New Jersey Historical Society.
Dutch Reformed Church - Gansegat - now Fairfield: church Records 1741 - 1747. - records in New Jersey Mag, Vol 6
First Reformed Church - East Orange: Church Records 1875 - 1915. Records in possession of New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Episcopal Churches of Essex County
Trinity Cathedral Episcopal Church - Newark: Church Records 1696 - 1966 Records in possession of New Jersey Historical Society.
Additional reference HRS WPA - Inventory of the Church Archives of New Jersey - Protestant Episcopal, Diocese of New Jersey 1940 - 435 pages.
Lutheran Churches of Essex County
If you cannot find the Lutheran Church that you are looking for; then perhaps, they have either gone out of existence or have changed names. You can contact the following archives:
Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia
7301 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19119-1794
215-248-4616 ext 34
Presbyterian Churches of Essex County
Caldwell Presbyterian Church - Caldwell: Church Records 1784 - 1836. Records in possession of Rutgers Library.
Bethany Presbyterian Church - Newark: Church Registers 1874-1891. Records in possession of Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
First Presbyterian Church - Newark: Church Records 1824-1900. Records in possession of Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
First Presbyterian Church - Newark: Membership Records 1801 - 1833. Records in possession of The Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
First Presbyterian Church - Newark: - Session Minutes 1781-1886. Records in possession of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
High Street -6th Presbyterian Church - Newark: Misc. Church Records 1841-1901. Records in possession of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Wickliffe Presbyterian Church - Newark: Session Minutes 1865-1867 - Records in possession of The Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Catholic Churches of Essex County, New Jersey
c/o Monsignor William Field
Archdiocesen Archives
400 South Orange Avenue
South Orange, N.J. 07090
The parishes that have an ethnic designation after their name are national parishes, which must be distinguished from territorial parishes. Territorial parishes serve people in a given territory. National parishes serve people of a particular tongue, no matter where they live.
Where possible, I have indicated the name of the parish from which the given parish was formed from. I have also indicated which parishes have closed, and where the records of those parishes will be found. SHU indicates that the records are housed in the Archdiocesan archives at Seton Hall University.
The founding dates are not necessarily the dates when the records begin.
Some of the records were microfilmed by the LDS, and copies of the film are available through their branches and at Special Collections, Seton Hall University. I will provide a list of these soon.
BELLEVILLE
Saint Anthony (Italian) 1901
Saint Peter 1838; <Saint John, Newark
BLOOMFIELD
Sacred Heart 1878; <Immaculate Conception, Montclair
Saint Venantius (Polish) 1899
Saint Thomas the Apostle 1939
CALDWELL
Saint Aloysius 1892; <Montclair
CEDAR GROVE
Saint Catherine of Siena 1949
EAST ORANGE
Holy Name of Jesus 1910
Our Lady Help of Christians 1882 (now called Holy Spirit/Help of Christians)
Our Lady of All Souls 1914; closed: records at SHU
Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament 1916; closed: records at SHU
Sacred Heart 1892
Saint Joseph (Italian) 1916
FAIRFIELD
Saint Thomas More 1962
IRVINGTON
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Hungarian) 1907; closed: records at SHU
Sacred Heart of Jesus (Polish) 1925
Saint Leo 1878
Saint Paul the Apostle 1948
LIVINGSTON
Saint Philomena 1927; <Saint Aloysius, Caldwell
Saint Raphael 1961; <Saint Philomena, Livingston
MAPLEWOOD
Immaculate Heart of Mary 1955
Saint Joseph 1914
MONTCLAIR
Immaculate Conception 1855; <Saint Peter's, Belleville
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Italian) 1907
Saint Peter Claver (African-American)
NEWARK
Blessed Sacrament (Clinton Hill) 1892; <Saint Leo, Irvington
Epiphany (Portuguese) 1992; <Our Lady of Fatima (Portuguese), Newark
Holy Trinity (Lithuanian) 1901
Immaculate Conception 1925
Immaculate Heart of Mary (Spanish) 1924
Our Lady of Fatima (Portuguese) 1956
Our Lady of Good Counsel (North Newark) 1902; <Saint Peter, Belleville &
Saint Michael, Newark
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Italian) 1890
Our Lady of the Rosary (Italian) 1918; closed: records at SHU
Queen of Angels (African-American) 1930
Sacred Heart (Vailsburg) 1892
Sacred Heart Cathedral 1889
Saint Aloysius 1879; <Saint James, Newark
Saint Anne 1888
Saint Antoninus 1875
Saint Augustine (German), North Newark 1874;
Saint Benedict (German), "Down Neck" 1857; <Saint Mary's, Newark
Saint Bridgit 1887; merged with Saint Patrick, Newark, records at Saint Patrick
Saint Casimir (Polish) 1908
Saint Charles Borromeo 1910
Saint Columba 1871
Saint James 1854
Saint John's 1826; <Saint Peter's, Barclay Street, NYC
Saint Joseph's 1859; <Saint Patrick's, Newark
Baptismal and Marriage records I would prefer to do look-ups for a specific event with at least an approximate range of years - sometimes folks just want you to look for anyone with a last name in the whole record and that just simply is not feasible for me. (Barbara Smith)
Baptisms: microfilm #138023 baptisms end in 1918. May be obtained through your local Family History Center.
Saint Lucy (Italian) 1891
Saint Mary Magdalene 1893; <Saint Aloysius; closed: records at SHU
Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception (German) 1842; <Saint John, Newark
Saint Michael 1878
Saint Patrick 1848; <Saint John, Newark
Saint Peter (German) 1854; <Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Newark; closed: records at SHU
Saint Philip Neri 1887; closed: records at SHU
Saint Rocco (Italian) 1899
Saint Rose of Lima 1888
Saint Stanislaus (Polish) 1889; before the founding of Saint Stanislaus, many Poles attended Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception
Saint Stephen (Polish) 1902; closed: records at SHU
Saint Thomas Aquinas 1957
NUTLEY
Holy Family (Italian) 1909
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Polish) 1925
Saint Mary 1876
ORANGE
Holy Spirit 1931; merged with Help of Christians, East Orange. Records at Holy Spirit/Help of Christians, East Orange
Our Lady of the Valley 1873;<Saint John, Orange
Saint Andrew Kim (Korean) 1972
Saint John 1851
Saint Venantius 1887; <Saint John, Orange; records at Saint Andrew Kim, Orange
ROSELAND
Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament 1955
SHORT HILLS
Saint Rose 1852
SOUTH ORANGE
Our Lady of Sorrows 1887; <Saint John, Orange
UPPER MONTCLAIR
Saint Cassian 1896
VERONA
Our Lady of the Lake 1923
WEST ORANGE
Our Lady of Lourdes 1914
Saint Joseph 1932
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If you have questions concerning Catholic Church Records in Essex County, NJ you may contact:
Augustine J. Curley, O.S.B.
Newark Abbey, 528 Martin Luther King Boulevard Newark, New Jersey 07102-1314
Phone:973-643-4800 x731; Fax 973-643-6922
Librarian, Radel Library (Newark Abbey and Saint Benedict's Prep)
or you may contact him by clicking here
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