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Genealogical & Historical Societies In New Jersey - Return to the Research Page

UPDATED DECEMBER 2020

Contact a historical society for a township/city/borough or county in New Jersey or ask one of the county historical societies below who the local contacts are. Town or city historical societies may be found on a NJGenWeb COUNTY web site.
To contact an individual township/city/borough historian in New Jersey (not all townships designate them) - contact the city government of the location
Contact a regional or state wide historical society in New Jersey (see below).
COUNTY Historical/Genealogical Societies
- Atlantic County Historical Society, 907 Shore Road, PO Box 301, Somers Point, New Jersey 08244, (609) 927-5218
- Bergen County Historical Society, P.O. Box 55, 1209 Main St., Rivers Edge, New Jersey 07661, (201) 343-9492
- Burlington County Historical Society, 451 High Street, City of Burlington, NJ 08016, (609) 386-4773
- Camden County Historical Society, 1900 Park Blvd., Camden, NJ 08103, 856-964-3333
- Cape May County Historical Society, 504 Route 9 North, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210, (609) 465-3535
- Cumberland County Historical Society PO Box 16, Greenwich, NJ 08323, 856-455-4055
- Essex County Historical Society, 22 Fairview Ave., Cedar Grove, NJ 07009, (201) 857-5290
- Gloucester County Historical Society, (Museum) 58 N. Broad St., Woodbury, NJ (856) 848-8531; (Library) 17 Hunter St., Woodbury, NJ 08096-4605, (856) 845-4771
- Hudson County Genealogical & Historical Society, 799 Constitution Drive, Brick, NJ 08724, (732) 674.2141
- Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission, 114 Main St., Flemington, NJ 08822, (908) 782-1091
- Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission, 640 S. Broad St., Trenton, NJ 08650, (609) 989-6701
- Mercer County - Trenton County Historical Society, P.O. Box 1112, Trenton, NJ 08606, (609) 396-4478
- Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission, 703 Jersey Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (732) 745-4489
- Monmouth County Historical Association, 70 Court St., Freehold, NJ 07728, (732) 462-1466
- Morris County Historical Society, Acorn Hall, 68 Morris Ave., PO Box 170M, Morristown, NJ 07960, (973) 267-3465
- Morris County Heritage Commission, P.O. Box 900, Morristown, NJ 07963-0900; Office at Morris County Cultural Center, 300 Mendham Road, Morris Township; Tel (973) 829-8117, (973) 631-5455; Fax (973) 631-5137; E-mail heritage@co.morris.nj.us
- Ocean County Historical Society, 26 Hadley Ave., PO Box 2191, Toms River, NJ 08753, (732) 341-1880
- Passaic County Historical Society, Lambert Castle, Garret Mountain Reservation, 3 Valley Rd., Paterson, NJ 07503, (973) 881-2761 or (973) 247-0085
- Passaic County Historical Society, Genealogy Club
- Salem County Historical Society, 83 Market St., Salem, NJ 08079, (856) 935-5004
- Somerset County Historical Society, 9 Van Veghten Drive, Bridgewater, NJ 08807, (908) 218-1281
- Sussex County Historical Society, 82 Main St., P.O. Box 913, Newton, NJ 07860, (973) 383-6010
- Union County Historical Society, Dr. Carl Hanson House, 38 Springfield Avenue, Cranford, NJ 07016, (908) 276-0082
- Warren County Historical and Genealogical Society, 313 Mansfield St., PO Box 313, Belvidere, NJ 07823, (908) 475-4246
  
  STATE-WIDE Historical/Genealogical Societies
New Jersey (State) Historical Society, 52 Park Place - Newark, NJ 07102, (973) 596-8500 - Fax: (973) 596-6957
Genealogical Society of New Jersey, PO Box 1476, Trenton, NJ 08607-1476
New Jersey Historical Commission, NJ Department of State, PO Box 305, Trenton, NJ 08625, T. (609) 292-6062, FAX:: 609-633-8168
Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society - New Jersey, P. O. Box 166, Summit, NJ 07902-0166; Email: aahgs.njchapter@gmail.com
Bunker Family Association, 9 Somerset Rd, Turnersville, NJ 08012-2122, 856-589-6140
Cornish Heritage Society, East 197 Wykertown Rd, Branchville, NJ 07826-4431, 973-627-6894, email: varker@optonline.net
DANE (Danish Archive Northeast) 855 New Durham Road, Edison, NJ 08817, (732) 287-6445; email: danenj@aol.com
The Delaware and Lehigh Valley Genealogy Club (DLVGC), P.O. Box 221, Easton, PA 18044; DLVGC@yahoo.com
Jewish Genealogical Society of North Jersey, 25 Charles & Bessie Goldman Library, 1 Pike Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470; (973) 595-0100 x36
Jewish Historial Society of Central Jersey (Family Search), 222 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswich, NJ 08901; (732) 249-4894; email: info.jhscj@gmail.com
New Jersey - Jewish Genealogical Society, 401 Grand St. Paterson, NJ 07505. Phone: 973-881-4788.
POINTers In Person, (Italian Genealogy) Chapter 15 Northern New Jersey P.O. Box 636 Totowa, New Jersey [may no longer be in existece - I am awaiting a respose to an email]