A Guide to the Genealogy and Local History
COLLECTIONS
of the
PASSAIC COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
by Jessica E. Peters and Carol Thompson ~ March, 1986
~ INTRODUCTION ~
The Passaic County Historical Society operates a museum and research library within the stately confines of Lambert Castle. This imposing work of architectural splendor is located on the steep slope of Garret Mountain overlooking the cityscape of historic Paterson. This Victorian era mansion was built in 1892 by silk magnate, Catholina Lambert.
The Society has managed to put together a tremendous collection of materials related to the local history of cities and towns within Passaic County as well as an extensive body of genealogical information on thousands of families who lived within the county.
This publication is intended as a guide to items in our collections that will prove useful and time saving to researchers in genealogy and local history.
~ GENEALOGY ~
GENERAL GENEALOGICAL REFERENCES
A small collection consisting of:
Historical and Genealogical Miscellany by John E. Stilwell, Volumes I-IV;
The Passaic Valley by John Whitehead, Volumes I-III;
Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey by Francis Bazley Lee, Volumes I-LV;
State of New Jersey, Index to Wills, Inventories, Etc. in the Office of the Secretary of State Prior to 1901, Volumes I-III;
Guide to Vital Statistics Records in New Jersey, Volume 2;
Church Archives by the Historic Records Survey; Church Records in New Jersey
by William Nelson;
Who's Who in America, (1901-1955)
The Magazine of American Genealogy, Volumes 1-19, Ac-Barl.
HEREDITARY/PATRIOTIC SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
DAR Lineage Books, 1902-1939
SAR Yearbooks, 1899-1925
Yearbook of the Holland Society, 1887-1937
The Society of Colonial Wars Yearbook, 1894-1933
MARRIAGE RECORDS OF THE COUNTY CLERKS' OFFICES
Passaic County, N.J. Records: 1837-1901 as copied from those on file.
Bergen County, N.J. Records: 1795-1837 as compiled by Westervelt.
Essex County, N.J. Records: 1795-1837 as published in the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey.
SPECIAL CENSUS RECORDS
Reverend Samuel Fisher's Census Paterson, N.J. 1824-1832 by D. Stanton Hammond. Information includes names of head of family, number of males, number of females, number of children under 16, number of slaves and religious affiliation of household.
Deaths in Paterson, N.J., July 4, 1832 to December 1833 - a photostatic copy of the original manuscript prepared by the Reverend Samuel Fisher as an addendum to his census of Paterson. Detailed descriptions of the causes of death (primarily from the Cholera epidemic); street address; name of father if a child; age; religious affiliation of individual. Index prepared by Thomas A. Peters.
1845 New Jersey State Census of West Milford - published in the Passaic County Historical Society Bulletin, Volume VI #4, December 1971. It contains a hand drawn map of the township and a listing of surnames in the various sections of West Milford.
RESEARCHERS CARD FILE
This file consists of names of persons researching Passaic, Bergen and other northern New Jersey families. It is indexed by surname being searched. Everyone using our library services is encouraged to add their names to our file.
VERTICAL FILES
A miscellaneous file of newspaper clippings, letters and researchers notes all of which relate to Passaic County families.
NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS
PRIMARILY DEATH & MARRIAGE INFO
(Note: Indexed by year)
Sentinel of Freedom - 1796-1820
New York Evening Post - 1829-1849
Falls City Register and Paterson and Bergen Advertiser - 1855-1859
Paterson Courier - 1833-1854
Paterson Daily Guardian - 1856-1863
Paterson Intelligencer - 1825-1856
Paterson Daily Press - 1870 and 1885
Index to Paterson Area Newspapers, 1822 - 1888. Compiled by Gerard R. Case, 1985. Death Notices only.
D. STANTON HAMMOND CARD FILE
Approximately 11,400 index cards arranged by surname. Information extracted from the Fisher Census; Paterson and Bergen County Newspapers; Church; and Cemetery Records covering the time period 1812-1880.
PASSAIC COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY CARD FILE
Newspaper Clipping File primarily from Paterson newspapers, covering the time period 1926-1969.
CHURCH RECORDS
PASSAIC COUNTY CHURCHES
Acquackanonk see Passaic
Clifton Stone House Plains Reformed (Clifton/Bloomfield)
Long Pond see West Milford
Passaic First Reformed (Acquackanonk Reformed)
Paterson Cross Street Methodist Episcopal
Prospect Street Methodist Episcopal
Market Street Methodist Episcopal
St. Paul's Episcopal
First Presbyterian
Eastside Presbyterian
Grace Methodist Episcopal
Old Totowa (First Reformed)
Second Reformed
Preakness see Wayne
Pompton Pompton Lakes Reformed
Wayne Preakness Reformed
West Milford Records from St. Joseph's R.C. Church, Philadelphia for residents of Long Pond, Charlottenburg, Ringwood and Pompton.
BERGEN COUNTY CHURCHES
Bergen Bergen Dutch Reformed (now Jersey City)
Dumont First Reformed (Schraalenburgh Reformed)
Hackensack First Reformed
Mahwah Ramapo Lutheran
Ramapo Dutch Reformed
Pascack Reformed Dutch
Paramus Reformed Dutch
True Reformed Church at Paramus
Ramapo see Mahwah
Saddle River Saddle River Reformed
Schraalenburgh see Dumont
Waldwick Waldwick Methodist (New Prospect)
Wyckoff Wyckoff Reformed
MORRIS COUNTY CHURCHES
Morristown First Presbyterian of Morristown
Pequannock Pompton Plains Reformed
CEMETERY RECORDS
PASSAIC COUNTY CEMETERIES
Acquackanonk see Passaic
Boardsville see Ringwood
Clifton Vreeland Cemetery
Echo Lake see West Milford
Hawthorne DeGray/Ryerson Cemetery
First Holland Cemetery (just off Goffle Road)
Midvale Erskine/Midvale Cemetery
Midvale Cemetery
Morsetown see West Milford
Newfoundland Baptist Church Cemetery
Methodist Church Cemetery
Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Passaic First Reformed Church Cemetery (Acquackanonk)
Paterson Doremus/Ryerson Cemetery (Weasel Section)
Kinsey Cemetery
Ryerson Cemetery
Sandy Hill Cemeteries (list of plot owners)
Totowa Reformed Church Cemetery
Van Houten Cemetery
Preakness see Wayne
Pompton Colfax Cemetery
Miller Cemetery (Miller's Falls)
Rogers Farm Cemetery
Schuyler Cemetery (Graham Farm)
Smith Mills - Vreeland Cemetery (Pequannock River)
Ringwood Board Cemetery (Boardsville)
Brown Cemetery (Boardsville)
Erskine-Midvale Cemetery
Monks Cemetery (Monks Station)
Ringwood Manor Cemetery
Wanaque Ryerson Cemetery
Wanaque Reformed Cemetery
Wayne Corwin Cemetery (Lower Preakness)
Dey Cemetery (Lower Preakness)
Doremus Cemetery (Lower Preakness)
Graham Farm Cemetery (Preakness)
Hinchman Cemetery (Preakness)
Jacobus-Jones Cemetery
Kip Cemetery (Lower Preakness)
Mountain View Cemetery
Preakness Reformed Church Cemetery (Old & New)
West Milford Echo Lake Baptist Church Cemetery (Upper Macopin)
Mabee Cemetery (Upper Macopin)
Morse Cemetery (Morsetown)
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cemetery (Echo Lake)
West Milford Cemetery (east of road to Butler)
BERGEN COUNTY CEMETERIES
Allendale Vanderbeek Farm Cemetery
Bergenfield South Schraalenburgh Churchyard
Carlstadt Berry Family Burial Ground, north of Carlstadt Cemetery.
Closter Auryansen Graveyard, east of Closter Station
Demarest Sautje Tave's Burial Ground
Darlington Hopper Farm Burial Ground, Ramapo Valley Road
Dumont Old North Reformed Church of Schraalenburgh
Woodside Cemetery
Elmwood Park Dundee Lake Cemetery
Weasel Bridge Cemetery
Edgewater Old Burial Ground, River Road
Fair Lawn Dietch's Farm Cemetery, Saddle River Road
Hopper Burial Ground
Franklin Lakes Crooked Pond Cemetery
Sturr Family Cemetery
Alyea Cemetery, Ackerman Farm
Pulis Cemetery
Glen Rock Hopper Burial Ground on Hillman Farm
Hillsdale Hillsdale Cemetery
Hackensack New York Cemetery (between Hackensack & Little Ferry)
First Reformed Church on the Village Green
True Reformed Churchyard on Hudson Street
Ackerman Farm Cemetery off Route 17
Ho-Ho-Kus Ho-Ho-Kus Cemetery, south of Erie R.R. Station
Old Cemetery, First Street
Leonia Burial Ground of the Christian Reformed Church
Little Ferry New York Cemetery (see Hackensack)
Lodi List of 3 internment’s
Mahwah Mahwah Cemetery
Ramapo Lutheran Church Cemetery
Ramapo Reformed Church Cemetery
Mahwah Redeemer Chapel Cemetery
Midland Park Methodist Episcopal Churchyard
Terhune-Hopper Plot, adjacent to Methodist Church
Zabriskie-Hopper Burial Ground, Blauvelt Mills
New Bridge French Burial Ground
Oakland John W. Ackerman Farm Burial Ground
Burial Ground Old Sagamac Road
Demarest Farm Cemetery
Ponds Reformed Church Cemetery
Van Blarcom Farm Cemetery
Van Houten Farm Cemetery
Paramus True Reformed Church of Paramus Cemetery
Zabriskie Cemetery
Garrison Burial Ground, Arcola
Pascack/Park Ridge Pascack Cemetery
Hall Family Burial Ground
Old Burial Ground
Ramsey True Dutch Reformed Congregation of Ramapo Cemetery
Union Cemetery
Ridgefield English Neighborhood Reformed Church Cemetery
DeGroat Mansion Tombstones
Zabriskie-Hopper Cemetery, Paramus Road
Ridgewood Paramus Reformed Church Cemetery
True Reformed Church of Paramus Cemetery
Valleau Cemetery
Saddle River Saddle River Methodist Churchyard
Saddle River Dutch Reformed Churchyard
Lutheran Churchyard
Burial Ground in West Portion Saddle River Township
Schraalenburgh Old North Dutch Reformed Churchyard
Sicomac see Waldwick
Upper Saddle River Curtin Farm Burial Ground
First Reformed Church Tombstones
Upper Saddle River Churchyard
Waldwick Union Cemetery, New Prospect
Van Houten Burial Ground
Westwood Old Hook Burial Ground
Wyckoff Reformed Church Cemetery
Union Cemetery-Van Blarcom Cemetery, Wyckoff Avenue
Wyckoff Cemetery
INDEX TO SURNAMES IN BIBLE RECORDS
A
ckerman (also see Zabriskie), AshmanB
aker, Banta (also see Zabriskie), Benjamin, Blauvelt, Board (also see Zabriskie), Bogert, Bowman, Brinkerhoff (also see Van Houten), Britten, BurhansC
admus (also see Van Houten), Cambell (see Sisco), Campbell, Chandler, Chivvis, Clark, Clouson, Colt, CoventryD
ater, Davidson, Decker, Demarest, Derrom, Drew, Dunbar, Duryea,E
akin,F
elter, Ferdun (also see Benjamin), Forshee (also see Yeoman), FreeseG
arrison (also see Van Blarcom), Getsinger (also see Garrison), Gould (also see Van Houten)H
aines, Hammond, Haring, Hathorn, Hay (also see King), Heusser, Hinchman, Hopper (also see Yeoman), Hulick, HyattJ
ohnsonK
ershaw, King, KoughL
aw, LottM
acFarlen, Mapes, Marshall, McCall (also see Wilson), McCormick (also see Sisco), McKelvey, MillsN
orthoverO
diorne (also see Ackerman)P
ope, Post (also see Vreeland; Van Blarcom), Pulis (Powles)Q
uackenbush (also see Sisco)R
eid, Rhodes, Romaine, Rose, Roswell, Ryer, Ryers, RyersonS
choonmaker, Schultz, Sisco, Slingland, Smith, Stanley, Storms, Stults, SturrT
allman, Tasney, Terhune (also see Blauvelt), TuttleV
an Allen, Van Blarcom (also see Post), Van Buskert (also see Van Winkle), Van DaLinda (Van Delynde), Van Houten, Van Saun, Van Schaick (also see Schultz), Van Winkle (also see Van Houten), Vreeland (also see Decker; Post)W
agler (also see Reid), Willis, WilsonY
eomanZ
abriskie (also see Board)JACK QUACKENBUSH COLLECTION
OF DUTCH FAMILY SHEETS
A
ckerman, Ackerson, Alyea, Anderson, AstorB
anta, Benson, Berdan, Berry, Berthole, Blacklidge, Blauvelt, Board, Bogart, Boyd, Brevoort, Brinkerhoff, Brower, Burhans, BushC
admus, Campbell, Carlough, Christie, Colfax, Conklin, Cooper, CourterD
ater, DeBaun, DeGray, Demarest, DeMott, Dey, Doremus, DuryeaF
orshayG
arrison, Godwin, GoetschiusH
aring, Hennion, Hopper, JacobusK
ierstead, KipL
ivingston, Lozier, LydeckerM
anderville, Maybe, Mead, Mercelius, Moore, MyersN
augle, NeafieO
ldis, Osborn, OutwaterP
aulison, PostQ
uackenbushR
omaine, Rutan, RyersonS
choonmaker, Schuyler, Sip, Sloat, Snyder, Speer, Stag, Storms, Strau, SuffernT
allman, TerhuneV
an Allen, Van Blarcom, Van Buren, Van Buskirk, Van Da Linda, Van Der Beer, Van Dien, Van Dusen, Van Emburgh, Van Giesen, Van Horn, Van Houten, Van Ness, Van Orden, Van Riper, Van Saun, Van Wagoner, Van Winkle, Verbryck, Voorhis, VreelandW
anamaker, Westervelt, Winter, WortendykeZ
abriskieCOMPILED FAMILY HISTORIES
A
ckerman, Allen, Allison, Ambrose, ArndtsB
aker, Barbour, Beakman, Beams, Belcher, Bell, Blauvelt, Boardman, Bogart, Boyers, Bradford, Brenner, Brinkerhoff, Brooks, Brower, Budd, BurhansC
ampbell, Canfield, CookeD
ale, Davenport (also see Allison), Dewitt, Dey, Dickerson, Doremus, Dufford, DunningF
ayerweather (also see Cooke)G
ildersleeve, Green, Griggs, GwynH
adley, Haines, Hampton, Harwood, Hatch, Healy, Houseman, HuntJ
ay, JohnsonK
ing, KipL
aGall, Lambert, Lamonts, Lincoln, Lockwood, LumM
akepeace, Mandeville, Marshall, Mayers, Mead, Meeker, Miller, Mitchell, Montgomery, Morris, Morrison, MunsonN
elson, Newhall, NorrisO
borski, OpdyckP
arliament, Peltz, Phelps, Post, PrimeQ
uackenbushR
andall, Rapalje, Rogers, Rohrbach, Romine/Romaine, Rutherford, Ryers, RyersonS
anford, Schenck, Schuremans, Serven, Shattuck, Shawger (also see Allison), Simpson (also see Houseman), Speer, Sterrett, Stickney, Stiles, Struble, Stults, Sutton, Swinburne (also see Cooke)T
alsman, Terhune (also see Talsman), Tintle, TurnerV
an Blarcom, Van Der Veer, Van Dyck, Van Ness, Van Riper, Van Sauns, Van Sciver, Varick, Veader, VreelandW
allace, Ware, Warne, Willard, Winans, Witter (also see Allen), Woodruffs, WurtsZ
abriskieTHE MATTIE BOWMAN COLLECTION
This manuscript collection consists of copies of church records, original correspondence, research notebooks, and worksheets related to 375 individual Passaic County families.
PASSAIC COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
FAMILY GROUP SHEETS
This collection of 660 folders contains information on family groups that resided in Passaic and Bergen Counties. These sheets were prepared by Jack D. Quackenbush using the Society's collection of church, cemetery and Bible records as well as city directories, county histories, newspaper abstracts and the Mattie Bowman manuscript collection.
LOCAL HISTORY
THE PASSAIC COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION
The local history collection contains 2,000+ volumes dating from the mid 1770's to the present. Geographically, the collection focuses on Passaic County, New Jersey, with special attention to the cities of Paterson and Passaic. Coverage also includes other areas of New Jersey, as well as parts of New York and Pennsylvania. As described below, the collection spans a wide range of subjects.
CITY DIRECTORIES
Paterson - 1859 to 1962. The earliest (pre 1890) are too fragile to xerox. We recommend using the microfiche collection of Paterson city directories housed at the Paterson Public Library.
Passaic - 1897/98, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1909, 1910-1913, 1921-1923, 1925-1927.
Passaic/Clifton - 1937, 1946-1960.
Newark - 1836/37 to 1862.
Rutherford - 1911 to 1927 (includes East Rutherford, Carlstadt, Wallington
Woodridge and Lyndhurst).
Ridgewood - 1926, 1927-1941, 1948, 1950, 1956 (includes Glen Rock, Midland Park, Fair Lawn).
INDUSTRIAL DIRECTORIES OF NEW JERSEY
1901, 1906, 1909, 1912, 1915, 1918, 1927, 1931, 1940-1941, 1943-1944, 1946, 1952-1953, 1956-1957.
HISTORICAL WORKS PERTAINING TO INDIVIDUAL CITIES, COUNTIES, AND STATES
There are several sets of volumes and single works detailing the history of New Jersey from its pre-colonial period to the modern age. The library also contains a few books on the Indians of New Jersey. A few of the works in this category include:
STATE
Kull, Irving Stoddard ed., New Jersey, A History, New York, American Historical Society, 1930-1932. 5 volume set.
Lee, Francis Bazley, New Jersey as a Colony and as a State: one of the original thirteen, New York Publishing Society of New Jersey, 1902. 4 volume set.
Paterson, William, The laws of the state of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Abraham Blauvelt, 1800.
J. J. Scannell, Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide, Paterson, New Jersey, 1917. Six volume set.
Snyder, John P., Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries 1606-1968, 1st edition, Trenton, Bureau of Geology & Topography, 1969.
COUNTY
Included are histories for:
New Jersey:
Bergen, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Ocean, Passaic,
Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren
New York:
Orange and Rockland.
Pennsylvania:
Northampton, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Carbon.
CITY
New Jersey:
Bayonne, Beavertown & Lincoln Park, Bloomfield, Butler, Clifton, Chatham, Dover, East Paterson, Englewood, Elizabeth, Fair Lawn, Fairfield, Hawthorne, Ho-Ho-Kus, Jersey City, Livingston, Madison, Montclair, New Brunswick, Newark, Oakland, Paramus, Passaic, Paterson, and Ridgewood.
Nelson, William, History of the City of Paterson & the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Paterson, Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1901.
Shriner, Charles A., Paterson, New Jersey: its advantages for manufacturing and residence: its industries, prominent men, banks, schools, churches, Paterson, Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1890.
INDUSTRY IN NEW JERSEY
Several industries are covered. Many of the works deal with the silk and textile industry; others with steel, railroads (Erie and Lackawanna) and canals (Morris Canal). There are also a few technical manuals and company directories.
GENERAL
Bishop, Edmund and James Best Fothergill, The History of American Manufactures, Philadelphia, Edward Young & Co., 1866. Volumes 1-3.
Trumbull, Levi R., A History of Industrial Paterson...together with outlines of state, county, and local history, Paterson, C.M. Herrick, 1882.
TEXTILES
B.L. Brockett, The Silk Industry in America, A History. Prepared for the Centennial Exposition, 1876.
Knecht, Edmund and James Best, The Principles of Textile Printing, London, Charles Green & Co., 1924. Describes methods/styles of printing, preparing cloth, colors for printing, finishing. Contains several swatches of material.
General Dyestuff Corporation, Celliton, Celliton Fast, Cellit, Cellit Fast Dye-Stuffs, and Cellitazolas on Acetate Silk Dyeing Process, New York,
Contains samples of dyed silk.
Bird, F.J., The American Dyer's Companion, Philadelphia, Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1882. Manual containing samples of thread and material - silk, cotton and wool.
Davison’s Silk Trade, New York, Davison Publishing Co.,
1898, 1923, 1929, 1942, 1947, 1949.
TRANSPORTATION
Mott, Edward Harold, Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of the Erie, New York, Tilcker Publishing Co., 1908.
MILITARY RECORDS AND HISTORIES OF BATTLES / WARS
Includes material on Revolutionary, Civil, Spanish-American, World Wars I & II.
Stryker, William, Records of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War 1861-1865, Trenton, John L. Murphy, 1916. Two Volumes.
Sparks, Jared, The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Boston, Nathan Hale & Gray & Bowen, 1829-1830. 12 volume set.
BIOGRAPHY
The library owns biographical works on Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, William McKinley, Abraham Lincoln, Garret A. Hobart, John Adams and Nathan Barnert among others.
COLLECTIVE WORKS
Nelson, William ed., Nelson's Biographical Cyclopedia of New Jersey, New York, Easton Publishing Society, 1913.
Lee, Francis B., Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910.
Cyclopedia of New Jersey Biography, New York, American Historical Society, 1923.
INDIVIDUALS
The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, edited by Harold C. Syrett, New York, Columbia University Press, 1961. 26 volume set.
White, George S., Memoir of Samuel Slater; History of the Rise and Progress of the Cotton Manufacture in England and America, Philadelphia, Published by the author, 1923.
LITERATURE
Included are school textbooks (readers and arithmetic). There is also a handwritten arithmetic workbook - Benjamin Crane's School Book 1819. The library has a substantial collection of the works of Marion Harland, including her cookbooks and housekeeping manuals. Also, there are books by Albert Payson Terhune and Joyce Kilmer, among others.
ART / HOBBIES
Items include books on historic houses, furniture and furniture collecting, pottery, porcelain, pewter, glass, bobbin lace, American clocks, antique repair and collecting, housekeeping, American paintings, prints, and engravings.
Royal Chemical Society, Captive Secrets - A Collection of Formulas for General Use, Chicago, Star Publishing Co., 1894. Contains recipes for candy, medicines, ink, soap, plaster, varnish, freckle removers, wine, shoe polish and a great many other things.
Illustrated Catalog of Valuable pPaintings and Sculptures of the Famous Catholina Lambert Collection, New York, American Art Galleries, 1916. Limited edition item #104. Prepared for the public auction of the collection.
Bryant, William Cullen ed., Picturesque America - On the Land We Live In, New York, D. Appleton Co., 1872. Lithographs, pen and ink drawings.
SCRAPBOOKS
There are a number of scrapbooks in the library collection; some kept by individuals and others by organizations. Examples include:
Volumes of newspaper clippings dealing with the life and death of Garret A. Hobart.
Chop tickets and running reports of silk skeins - Japanese and Chinese raw silk. Donated by Joseph C. Bamford.
"A Selection of Masterpieces from the Collection of Catholina Lambert, Belle Vista Castle, Paterson, New Jersey." The masterpieces are reproduced in silk.
Scrapbook of clippings dealing with the "Fire and Flood, 1902, Paterson, New Jersey."
MAGAZINES
Century Illustrated Magazine - 1 bound volume, May 1899-October 1899.
Graham's Magazine - 1 bound volume, January 1852-June 1852.
Godey's Lady Book - 1 bound volume, February-May 1851.
Harper's Magazine - loose issues:
1/1883; 6-7/1885; 5/1886; 9/1889; 1/1890; 6/1891; 7/1899; 10/1904.
ATLASES
Atlas of Passaic County, New Jersey: topographical, geographical, historical...surveys of each township and village (published 1877, New York, E.B. Hyde and Co.).
Atlases of Paterson, 1884, 1899, 1915
Atlas of Bergen County, 1776-1876
State Atlas of New Jersey, 1872
PASSAIC COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
These publications date from 1926 to 1971 and consist of Society Annual Reports; articles relating to the history of Passaic County; and a variety of historic photographs.
PAMPHLET COLLECTION
Over 1400 pamphlets relating to the history of Passaic County; including items such as town and church histories, annual reports of civic organizations, speeches; lectures, dissertations, and biographies of county citizens.
MISCELLANEA
In addition to the above material, there are books providing histories of various institutions, e.g. Rutgers University and William Paterson College. Also, copies of association’s manuals, e.g. A manual of Odd-Fellowship teaching, by the Reverend A.B. Groth, New York, Clark & Maynard, 1882; and transactions of meetings, e.g. Medical Society of New Jersey - 1893-1898; 1901-1902.
GENEALOGY CLUB OF THE PASSAIC COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Open to all members of the Passaic County Historical Society. Regularly scheduled meetings are held during the months of September through May on the second Saturday at 10 a.m. in Society headquarters. Lectures, workshops, and field trips are offered. The public is invited to attend.
The Passaic County Historical Society,
Lambert Castle,
3 Valley Road,
Paterson, NJ 07503
(973) 247-0085
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