The Madness of March isn’t just confined to what happens on the basketball court or filling out that very familiar team pedigree, oops, bracket chart. Over the course of my conversations with those interested in New Jersey genealogy, a common theme consistently is found. Why does learning about New Jersey genealogy have to be so difficult? It doesn’t have to be and you don’t have to learn the material on your own.
Last year, I heard the message loud and clear and this year, I am bringing back the popular four-session course—Researching Your Colonial New Jersey Ancestors—offers live 75-minute presentations on May 9, 16, 23 and 30.
The four sessions are:
- Introduction to the Provincial & Colonial History of New Jersey
- Estate Records in Colonial New Jersey
- New Jersey Land Records and Tax Ratables
- Faith in East & West Jersey: Finding the Records
After each presentation, students will be able to participate in a Q&A session. There will also be optional “Next Steps” activities to help students build a personal resource worksheet to understand and use New Jersey records efficiently in your research.
All recordings will be available for 14 days after the presentation date. These presentations include the nitty-gritty of research such as history of the colony and who were its settlers to records collections pertinent to colonial New Jersey. These areas are the core of successful research for your provincial and colonial New Jersey ancestors. Without this core knowledge, you may become part of the group of researchers who lament to me about the difficulties of “that genealogical quagmire—New Jersey.[1]
Have More Modern Roots in New Jersey?
And for those who are just beginning their journey into New Jersey research, I have created a one-day workshop—Introduction to New Jersey Genealogy. This workshop on Saturday, April 20th at 9:00am ET focuses on the basics for researching your ancestors who lived in New Jersey in the 19th and 20th centuries. We’ll talk about using census enumerations, vital registration (B/M/D), land records, estate files as well as a primer on the history of the Garden State. Get your basics covered by attending this workshop!
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[1] Kenn Stryker-Rodda, “That Genealogical Quagmire: New Jersey,” National Genealogical Quarterly Volume 48 (June 1960): 59-71.
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