One of the hidden genealogical treasures of the Jersey City Public Library is a collection of 111 scrapbooks compiled by the Jersey City Board of Education for the period July 1868 to 1948. The collection includes newspaper clippings and other items such as student and teacher lists. If you believe your ancestor was connected to the Jersey City Board of Education you may be able to find something of interest in these books. Unfortunately the books are not indexed and are difficult to research so the librarians can not do any look-ups in these works. The collection is in the New Jersey Room at the Main Library at the corner of Jersey Avenue and Montgomery Street.
Here are two items from the scrapbooks:
| Martha Atkinson | 241 Seventh Street |
| Jose Creede | Bramhall Avenue |
| Zella Dickson | 140 York Street |
| Louisa Dollfus | Monticello Avenue |
| Annie Gaddis | 244 Montgomery Street |
| Eva Houston | 206 Varick Street |
| Clara Lockwood | 397 Coles Street |
| Emma Mason | 220 Fifth Street |
| Mary Moody | Cottage Street |
| Ada Park | 2 Mercer Street |
| Carrie Palmer | Hoboken Avenue |
| Virgie Pingle | 242 Sixth Street |
| Martha Robinson | Boream & Webster Avenue |
| Nannie Rosbotham | 183 Jersey Avenue |
| Emily Riker | Summint & Newark Avenue |
| Josie Simpson | Beacon Avenue |
| Sarah Sutton | 120 East 78th Street, New York |
| Hattie Swan | Boream Avenue |
| Annie Stratford | Summit Avenue |
| Fannie Walter | 214 Varick Street |
| Cora Withers | 16 Bergen Avenue |
| Lottie Weber | Kearney Avenue |
March 12, 1877
| High School, Bay Street | ||
| Principal | Geo. H. Barton, 11 Madison Ave. | $3,000 |
| Vice- Principal | Vacant | $1,824 |
| Prof. German | Alfred C. Clement, 228 Second Street | $1,800 |
| Greek & Latin | W.R. Martin, 221 Washinton St. | $1,800 |
| French | Louis Conrchet, 250 Barrow St. | $1,200 |
| English | Annie Moore, 269 Eighth St. | $1,200 |
| English | Susie W. Frost, Clifton Pl. | $900 |
| English | Lizzie N. Hutchings, Orange, NJ | $900 |
| English | Jennie M. Southgate, 208 Fifth St. | $900 |
| Drawing | Margaritta Harrison, 224 Sixth St. | $500 |
| Normal School, Held in Pub. Sch. Bldg. No. 1, York St. | ||
| Principal | Geo. H. Linsley, Metuchen | $500 |
| Assistant | Geo. H. Barton, 11 Madison Ave. | $225 |
| Assistant | A.D. Joslyn, Bergen Square | $225 |
| Assistant | E.G. Ward, 84 Glenwood Ave. | $225 |
| Assistant | Annie Moore, 275 Eighth St. | $225 |
| Assistant | Jennie M. Southgate, 208 Fifth St. | $225 |
| Janitor | Henry McGrath, School Bldg. | $100 |