Bergen County - New Jersey Genealogy - Ancestry Research & Family History

African American Genealogy

New Jersey Counties

African Art Museum of the SMA

Fort Lee Patch - Slavery in Bergen County

Interment.net - Hopper Slave Cemetery, Mahwah, NJ

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Minority Records

NJTV News - Freed Slaves Created Skunk Hollow Community

The Palisades Newsletter - Skunk Hollow: History of a 19th Century Community of Free African-Americans

Society of African Missions

Teaneck Patch - Untold Stories: The Early History of African-Americans in Bergen County

Wikipedia.org - History of Slavery in New Jersey

Archives and Libraries

Bergen Community College - Sidney Silverman Library

Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS)

Bergen County Historical Society - Library and Manuscript Collection

Bergen County Historical Society - Museum Collections

Bergenfield Museum - Bergenfield, NJ

Bergenfield Public Library - Bergenfield NJ

Blackledge-Kearney House - Alpine, NJ

Bogota Public Library

Cliffside Park Free Public Library – Cliffside Park, NJ

Closter Public Library – Closter, NJ

Cresskill Public Library

Demarest Free Public Library – Demarest, NJ

Demarest Free Public Library - Digital Collections

Dixon Homestead Library - Dumont, NJ

East Rutherford Memorial Library - East Rutherford, NJ

Eastwick College - Library Services

Edgewater Free Public Library – Edgewater, NJ

Elmwood Park Free Public Library - Elmwood Park, NJ

Emerson Public Library - Emerson, NJ

Englewood Public Library - Physical Archives

Everylibrary.com - Bergen County Public Libraries

Fairview Free Public Library - Fairview, NJ

Family History Center - Emerson, NJ

Fort Lee Free Public Library - Fort Lee, NJ

Franklin Lakes Free Public Library - Franklin Lakes, NJ

Garfield Free Public Library - Garfield, NJ

Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey - GSBC Library Collections

Glen Rock Public Library - Glen Rock, NJ

Harrington Park Public Library - Harrington Park, NJ

Hasbrouck Heights Free Public Library - Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

Haworth Municipal Library - Haworth, NJ

The Hermitage - Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ

Hillsdale Free Public Library - Hillsdale, NJ

John F. Kennedy Memorial Library

Johnson Free Public Library - Hackensack, NJ

Johnson Free Public Library - Local History

Lee Memorial Library - Allendale, NJ

Lee Memorial Library - Local History

Lee Memorial Library - Local History Collection

Leonia Public Library

Lodi Memorial Library - Lodi, NJ

Little Ferry Public Library - Little Ferry, NJ

Lyndhurst Free Public Library - Lyndhurst, NJ

Mahwah Free Public Library - Mahwah, NJ

Maurice M. Pine Free Public Library - Fair Lawn, NJ

Maywood Public Library - Maywood, NJ

Midland Park Memorial Library - Midland Park, NJ

Montvale Free Public Library - Montvale, NJ

New Jersey State Archives - Genealogical Holdings

New Jersey State Library - Databases

New Jersey State Library - Genealogy and Local History

New Milford Public Library - New Milford, NJ

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County, NJ

North Arlington Public Library - Historic Photograph Archive

North Arlington Public Library - North Arlington, NJ

Northvale Public Library - Northvale, NJ

Norwood Public Library - Norwood, NJ

Oakland Public Library - Oakland, NJ

Old Tappan Free Public Library - Westwood, NJ

Oradell Free Public Library - Archive Collection

Oradell Free Public Library - Bull Collection

Oradell Free Public Library - Local History

Oradell Free Public Library - Oradell, NJ

Palisades Park Free Public Library - Palisades Park, NJ

Park Ridge Free Public Library - Park Ridge, NJ

Paramus Public Library - Paramus, NJ

Ramapo College of New Jersey - George T. Potter Library

Ramsey Free Public Library - Ramsey, NJ

Ridgefield Free Public Library - Ridgefield, NJ

Ridgefield Park Public Library - Ridgefield Park, NJ

River Edge Free Public Library - River Edge Historic Preservation Project

River Edge Free Public Library - River Edge, NJ

River Vale Free Public Library - River Vale, NJ

Rochelle Park Public Library - New Rochelle, NJ

Rutherford Free Public Library - Rutherford, NJ

Saddle Brook Free Public Library - Saddle Brook, NJ

Teaneck Public Library

Tenafly Free Public Library

Township of Washington Public Library - Township of Washington, NJ

Upper Saddle River Public Library - Upper Saddle River, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Bergen County, NJ

Waldwick Public Library - Waldwick, NJ

Westwood Free Public Library - Westwood, NJ

William E. Dermody Public Library

Wood-Ridge Memorial Library - Wood-Ridge, NJ

Worth-Pinkham Memorial Library - Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ

Wyckoff Free Public Library - Local History

Wyckoff Free Public Library - Wyckoff Historical Database

Wyckoff Free Public Library - Wyckoff, NJ

Bible Records

Bergen County Historical Society - Preserving and Copying Bible Records

Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey - Bible Records

Biographies

Biographies - Bergen County New Jersey

Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey - Early Bergen County Families

Genealogy Trails - Bergen County Biographies

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County Biographies

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County, NJ Online Family Trees & Biographies

NJGenWeb Project - Landowners & Settlers

Olive Tree Genealogy - Early Settlers of Hackensack, N.J. before 1700

USGenWeb Archives - Bergen County, New Jersey Biographies

Wikipedia.org - List of people from New Jersey

Cemeteries

Billion Graves - Bergen County Cemeteries

Catholic Cemeteries - Maryrest Cemetery & Mausoleum

Cedar Park Beth El Cemeteries - Paramus, NJ

Epodunk - Bergen County, NJ Cemeteries

Find a Grave - Bergen County, NJ Cemeteries

Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey - Cemetery Indexes

Interment.net - Bergen County, NJ Cemeteries

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Cemetery Records

New Jersey Civil War Gravestones - Bergen County, NJ

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County Cemeteries

The Political Graveyard - Bergen County, NJ

Riverside Cemetery - Saddle Brook, NJ

Tombstone Transcription Project - Bergen County, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Bergen County Cemeteries

Census Records

Ancestry.com - 1830 Census of Bergen County, NJ

Ancestry.com - 1840 Census of Bergen County, NJ

Ancestry.com - 1850 Census of Bergen County, NJ

Ancestry.com - 1860 Census of Bergen County, NJ

Ancestry.com - 1870 Census of Bergen County, NJ

Ancestry.com - 1880 Census of Bergen County, NJ

Ancestry.com - 1900 Census of Bergen County, NJ

Ancestry.com - 1910 Census of Bergen County, NJ

Ancestry.com - 1920 Census of Bergen County, NJ

Ancestry.com - 1930 Census of Bergen County, NJ

Ancestry.com - 1940 Census of Bergen County, NJ

Ancestry.com - New Jersey State Census, 1895

FamilySearch.org - New Jersey State Census, 1855

FamilySearch.org - New Jersey State Census, 1865

FamilySearch.org - New Jersey State Census, 1875

FamilySearch.org - New Jersey State Census, 1885

FamilySearch.org - New Jersey State Census, 1905

FamilySearch.org - New Jersey State Census, 1915

Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey - NJ Census for Bergen County

Genealogy Trails - Bergen County Census Records

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Census Records

New Jersey State Archives - Federal Census Records

New Jersey State Archives - State Census Records

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County Census Records

Rutgers University Libraries - New Jersey Census Records

Church Records

Archdiocese of Newark - History and Archives

Archdiocese of Newark - Sacramental Records

FamilySearch.org - New Jersey Church Records, 1675-1970

FamilySearch.org - Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802

Hathi Trust - Schraalenburgh (South Church), Bergenfield, New Jersey, Reformed Dutch Church Records, 1724-1800

JSTOR - Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society: Church Records in New Jersey

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Church Records

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County Church Records

Olive Tree Genealogy - Bergen County Church Records

USGenWeb Archives - Bergen County Church Records

City Directories

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County City Directories

Court Records

Bergen County Clerk's Office - Hackensack, NJ

Bergen County Courthouse - Hackensack, NJ

Bergen County Surrogate's Court - Hackensack, NJ

Court Records - Bergen County New Jersey

Livingston's Law Register 1851 - Bergen County, NJ

Estate Records

Ancestry.com - Calendar of New Jersey Wills 1670-1760

Ancestry.com - New Jersey Abstract of Wills 1670-1817

Ancestry.com - New Jersey Wills and Probate Records 1656-1999

Bergen County Surrogate's Court - Bergen County Probate Records

FamilySearch.org - New Jersey Probate Records 1678-1980

Genealogy Trails - Bergen County Wills and Legal Records

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Probate Records

New Jersey State Archives - Bergen County Clerk's Office, Court, and Miscellaneous Records

New Jersey State Archives - Prerogative Court of New Jersey

New Jersey State Archives - Wills (1901-1952)

New Jersey State Archives - Wills and Inventories (1670-1900)

SAMPUBCO - Bergen County, New Jersey Will Book Testators Indexes

USGenWeb Archives - Bergen County Wills and Estate Records

Wills - Bergen County New Jersey

Family Trees

Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey - GSBC Family Files

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Histories and Genealogies

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County, NJ Online Family Trees & Biographies

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen Family Sites

History

Bergen County from Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey

Bergen County Historical Society Addresses, Membership Roll, Semi-Annual Meeting 1910

Englewood Public Library - City of Englewood & Schools Historical Documents

Englewood Public Library - Englewood on Parade in 1949

Englewood Public Library - Englewood on Parade in 1959

Englewood Public Library - Gary L. Priess Photo Collection

Englewood Public Library - Photos of Early Englewood

Englewood Public Library - Postcard Collection

Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties New Jersey

Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey - Postmasters in Bergen County

The Historical Marker Database - Bergen County, NJ

History of Bergen County, New Jersey 1900 - Internet Archive

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Histories and Genealogies

National Register of Historic Places - Bergen County, NJ

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County, New Jersey History

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County Photographs

USGenWeb Archives - Bergen County Area History

Wikipedia.org - Bergen County, NJ

Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey

Immigration Records

Ancestry.com - New Jersey, County Naturalization Records, 1749-1986

Ancestry.com - New Jersey, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1956-1964

Ancestry.com - Ship Passenger Lists from Holland to New Netherland: Miscellaneous Ships

Ancestry.com - New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957

Bergen County Clerk's Office - Naturalization Records

Castle Garden - America's First Immigration Center

FamilySearch.org - New Jersey County Naturalization Records

FamilySearch.org - New Jersey Naturalization and Citizenship Records

FamilySearch.org - New York Emigration and Immigration Records

FamilySearch.org - New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956

Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey - Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists Research Guide

Italian Genealogical Group - Naturalization index for New York and New Jersey

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Immigration Records

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) - Immigration Records, Port of New York, New York, 1820-1957

New Jersey State Archives - Citizenship Records

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County Immigration Records

Rutgers University Libraries - Immigration and Naturalization Resources

Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation - Database of 51 Million+ Passenger Records

Land Records

Bergen County Clerk - Bergen County Land Records

BLM Land Records

Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey - Index to Ancient Deeds

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Land Records

Mailing Lists

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County Mailing Lists

Map Records

Historic Map Works - Bergen County, New Jersey

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Map Records

Military Records

Fair Lawn's Honor Roll of War Dead

Fort Lee Historic Park

Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey - Revolutionary War Pension Index

Genealogy Trails - Bergen County, New Jersey Military Data

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Military Records

Military Records - Bergen County New Jersey

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Bergen County, New Jersey

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Bergen County, New Jersey (cont'd)

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Bergen County, New Jersey (cont'd)

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Bergen County, New Jersey (cont'd)

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Bergen County, New Jersey (cont'd)

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Bergen County, New Jersey (cont'd)

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County, New Jersey Soliders

Revolutionary War New Jersey - The Ultimate Field Guide

USGenWeb Archives - Bergen County, New Jersey Military Records

World War II Casualties Army and Air Force - Bergen County, NJ

Miscellaneous Records

Bergen County, New Jersey Government

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Miscellaneous Records

Municipalities

Borough of Allendale, New Jersey

Borough of Alpine, New Jersey

Borough of Bergenfield, New Jersey

Borough of Bogota, New Jersey

Borough of Carlstadt, New Jersey

Borough of Cliffside Park, New Jersey

Borough of Closter, New Jersey

Borough of Cresskill, New Jersey

Borough of Demarest, New Jersey

Borough of Dumont, New Jersey

Borough of East Rutherford, New Jersey

Borough of Edgewater, New Jersey

Borough of Elmwood Park, New Jersey

Borough of Emerson, New Jersey

Borough of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Borough of Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Borough of Fairview, New Jersey

Borough of Fort Lee, New Jersey

Borough of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey

Borough of Glen Rock, New Jersey

Borough of Harrington Park, New Jersey

Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey

Borough of Haworth, New Jersey

Borough of Hillsdale, New Jersey

Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey

Borough of Leonia, New Jersey

Borough of Little Ferry, New Jersey

Borough of Lodi, New Jersey

Borough of Maywood, New Jersey

Borough of Midland Park, New Jersey

Borough of Montvale, New Jersey

Borough of Moonachie, New Jersey

Borough of New Milford, New Jersey

Borough of North Arlington, New Jersey

Borough of Northvale, New Jersey

Borough of Norwood, New Jersey

Borough of Oakland, New Jersey

Borough of Old Tappan, New Jersey

Borough of Oradell, New Jersey

Borough of Palisades Park, New Jersey

Borough of Paramus, New Jersey

Borough of Park Ridge, New Jersey

Borough of Ramsey, New Jersey

Borough of Ridgefield, New Jersey

Borough of River Edge, New Jersey

Borough of Rockleigh, New Jersey

Borough of Rutherford, New Jersey

Borough of Saddle River, New Jersey

Borough of Tenafly, New Jersey

Borough of Teterboro, New Jersey

Borough of Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

Borough of Waldwick, New Jersey

Borough of Wallington, New Jersey

Borough of Westwood, New Jersey

Borough of Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey

Borough of Wood-Ridge, New Jersey

City of Englewood, New Jersey

City of Garfield, New Jersey

City of Hackensack, New Jersey

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Records by City/Town

Township of Lyndhurst, New Jersey

Township of Mahwah, New Jersey

Township of River Vale, New Jersey

Township of Rochelle Park, New Jersey

Township of Saddle Brook, New Jersey

Township of South Hackensack, New Jersey

Township of Teaneck, New Jersey

Township of Washington, New Jersey

Township of Wyckoff, New Jersey

Village of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey

Village of Ridgewood, New Jersey

Wikipedia.org - Bergen County, NJ Municipalities

Museums

African Art Museum of the SMA

Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey

Belskie Museum

Campbell-Christie House

Carlstadt Historical Society Museum

Fort Lee Museum

Hendrick Van Allen House

The Hermitage

Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum

Historic New Bridge Landing

Mahwah Museum

Maywood Station Museum

Meadowlands Museum

Paramus Fritz Behnke Historical Museum

Ridgewood Historical & Preservation

Steuben House

Native American Genealogy

Bergen County Historical Society - The Indigenous Population of Bergen County

Lenape Lifeways - About the Lenapes

Lenape Lifeways - Searching Your Lenape Heritage

Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe - Our Tribal History

Native Languages of the Americas - Lenape (Unami, Delaware Tribe)

Native Languages of the Americas - Native American Tribes of New Jersey

Penn Treaty Museum - Introduction to the Lenni Lenape, or Delaware Indians

USGenNet - The Lenni-Lenape

Wikipedia.org - Hackensack Tribe

Wikipedia.org - The Lenape

Wikipedia.org - Ramapough Mountain Indians

Newspapers

Bergen Community College - Newspapers

Bergen County Genealogical Society - Newspaper Indexes

Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey - Newspaper Collections

Genealogy Trails - Bergen County Newspaper Stories

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Newspapers and Obituaries

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County Newspapers

USGenWeb Archives - Bergen County Newspaper Articles

Obituaries

Bergenfield High School Memorials

Central Funeral Home - Obituaries

Genealogy Trails - Bergen County Obituaries

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Newspapers and Obituaries

Macagna-Diffily-Onorato Funeral Home - Obituaries

NorthJersey.com - Obituaries

Obituaries - Bergen County New Jersey

Obituary Index - Bergen County, NJ

Patrick J. Conte Funeral Home - Obituaries

The Record and Herald News - Obituaries

Santangelo Funeral Home - Obituaries

USGenWeb Archives - Bergen County Obituaries

Photography

National Archives - Bergen County, New Jersey

School Records

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County School Records

USGenWeb Archives - Bergen County School Records

Societies

American History and Genealogy Project - Bergen County, NJ

Bergen County Historical Society - River Edge, NJ

Carlstadt Historical Society Museum

Genealogical Society of Bergen County, NJ - Midland Park, NJ

Genealogical Society of New Jersey - Trenton, NJ

Jewish Genealogical Society of Bergen County, New Jersey - Bergenfield, NJ

New Jersey Historical Society - Newark, NJ Oakland Historical Society - Oakland, NJ

Oakland Historical Society, Inc.

Palisades Amusement Park Historical Society

Pascack Historical Society

Society of African Missions

Upper Saddle River Historical Society

Wallington Historical Society

Wyckoff Historical Society

Tax Records

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Tax Records

Vital Records

Bergen Baptisms at the Dutch Reformed Church of Bergen, NJ 1666-1789

Bergen County Clerk

Bergen Dutch Reformed Church Marriages 1666-1789

Birth, Marriage, and Death Records - New Jersey Department of Health

Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates - VitalRec.com

GEDCOM Index - Bergen County, New Jersey

Genealogy Trails - Bergen County Marriage Records

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Death Records

LDS Genealogy - Bergen County Marriage Records

Marriage Records - Bergen County New Jersey

New Jersey Genealogy Trails - 1850 Bergen County Mortality Schedule

New Jersey Genealogy Trails - 1860 Mortality Schedule

NJGenWeb Project - Bergen County Vital Records

USGenWeb Archives - Bergen County, New Jersey Vital Records

New Jersey County Records

Many New Jersey family records can be found online and at various archives and libraries located throughout the state of New Jersey . Many millions of records aren't yet available online, though, and many of these are awaiting your discovery at the local level at county courthouses, historical societies, churches, town clerks' offices, cemeteries, and elsewhere in New Jersey. To find these and other records, click on the links below to find more information about the specific counties where your ancestors lived in New Jersey. You'll find information on these pages that will lead you to the specific documentation you're searching for.

It is important to keep in mind when doing research that the names and boundaries of certain counties in New Jersey have changed over the past few hundred years. Your ancestors may have lived on a certain farm in one county and when borders were redrawn records relating to your family history might have been located in another area entirely. When searching for land, court, tax, and other records it is also a good idea to search for these records in adjacent counties. Following is a complete list of New Jersey's 21 counties along with their formation dates, county seats, and names of parent counties.

Formation Date

1837

1675

1681

1844

1685

1748

1675

1686

1840

1714

1838

1675

1675

1739

1850

1837

1681

1688

1753

1857

1824

County Seat

Mays Landing

Hackensack

Mount Holly Township

Camden

Cape May Courthouse

Bridgeton

Newark

Woodbury

Jersey City

Flemington

Trenton

New Brunswick

Freehold Borough

Morristown

Toms River

Paterson

Salem

Somerville

Newton

Elizabeth

Belvidere

Parent County

Gloucester County

Original county

Original county

Gloucester County

Burlington County

Salem County

Original county

Burlington County

Bergen County

Burlington County

Various counties

Original county

Original county

Hunterdon County

Monmouth County

Bergen & Essex Counties

Original county

Middlesex County

Morris County

Essex County

Sussex County