Genealogy

GENEALOGICAL LINKS

American Family History Center At Ellis Island

Ancestry Library Edition (Accessible in Library Only)

  • This is a genealogy research tool that gives researchers a wide range of unique resources for genealogical and historical research. It includes US, UK, and Ireland census collections, Birth, Marriage, & Death Records, Immigration Collection, Military Records, Biography and History Collections.

Cyndi’s List

  • Free genealogy research site for more than 25 years meant to be the starting point when researching online. 

FamilySearch

  • Genealogy site of the Church of the Latter Day Saints (the Mormons).

Find a Grave

  • Find A Grave is a free resource for finding the final resting places of famous folks, friends and family members.

Find my Past

  • UK-based online genealogy service, hosting billions of searchable records of census, directory and historical record information.

HeritageQuest

  • HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more. … City Directories with over 1.5 million records from various US city and county directories during 1821-1989.

Legacy Tree

  • Worldwide provider of professional genealogy research services. 

MyHeritage

  • Israeli company that offers an online genealogy platform where users can obtain their family trees, upload and browse through photos, and search through over 19.9 billion historical records, among other features.

    • The New Jersey Public Library created an index of all known digitized newspapers published in New Jersey. 

Newspapers.com

    • Newspapers.com is a powerful tool that lets you explore a newspaper page in detail, clip a page or article, and print, save, or share what you find. Contains over 23 thousand papers to explore at your leisure.

The National Archives

  • From the Research Room on their homepage to Quick Links to Genealogy.

NEWSPAPERS AT THE LIBRARY

  • THE INDEPENDENT DIGITAL ARCHIVES (1972-2000)
  • MIDDLETOWN INDEPENDENT (Jan. 2002 to present)
  • ASBURY PARK PRESS is available at MTPL in microfilm dating back to the 1990s. A full text database of articles from the Asbury Park Press, dating back to 1999, is also available here.