History and Genealogy - Newark

Essex County New Jersey Map

http://www.rootsweb.com/~njessex/towns/county/map.htm 

Locations of Essex County towns, with links to libraries, churches, cemeteries, and municipal buildings. Created for genealogy researchers but with advantages to others.

History of the City of Newark, New Jersey

http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/newark.htm 

Colonial history excerpted from the 1913 History of the City of Newark NJ and from "Historic Newark: A Collection of Facts and Traditions."

Horseneck Founders of New Jersey

http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/nj.htm 

Material about the founders of Newark. Also presents data on early Newark censuses.

Lost in Essex Co., New Jersey?

http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/njlost.htm 

"The names of places in this areas have changed and continue to change...." For example, the site once known as Newark Mountain exists in what is now Orange. A good guide especially for sections of cities.

New Jersey Historical Society

http://www.jerseyhistory.org 

Information on current exhibitions, programs and hours of operation.

Newark Experience

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~natalieb/newark.htm

Maintained by Rutgers University this guide provides valuable information and finding aids (online and print resources) about Newark's history, demographics, neighborhoods, the city government, and its culture.

Newark Riots - 1967

http://www.67riots.rutgers.edu/n_index.htm 

Hear and see eye witness accounts to the 1967 Newark riots, check out the bibliography and tell them your memories of those tumultuous days.

Once and Future Newark

http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/newark

A documentary narrated by Professor Clement Price about Newark's Past, Present and Future.

http://www.youtube.com/user/RutgersInNewark

View this documentary in segments on Youtube.

Oldnewark.com

http://www.virtualnewarknj.com 

Associations, biographies, cemeteries, changing boundaries, churches, several histories, maps, pictures, statistics, streets, and wards in Newark's past. With guides to census information and featuring "Your Ancestor's Neighbors" and "Your Newark Memories."

Pre-1790 Records for Selected CT 7 NJ Counties

http://www.altlaw.com/edball/census.htm 

Electronic versions of pre-1790 colonial tax rolls, quit rent, oath of allegiance & census indices for Essex and Morris Counties.

Think Big

http://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/featurecontent/world/world.asp

Brief information about all the Newarks in the world, from Britain to Texas.

A Walk Through Newark

http://www.thirteen.org/newark/history.html 

Companion Web site to the recent PBS production A Walk Through Newark.  History, links, bibliography, and more! 

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