Mercer County References &
Lookup Volunteers Mercer County References &
Lookup VolunteersFollowing are listed many of the Mercer County, New Jersey, genealogy and history books, articles, and other records, sources and references that are available, although certainly not all. Feel free to request a lookup from the following books if a volunteer is listed.
If you own or have access to any Mercer County books or other references, whether listed or not, and will volunteer to do lookups, please let me know. As you can see, volunteers are needed.
| Cemetery Records | Census | Church Records | City & County Directories | City & County Histories | Family Genealogies & Histories | Miscellaneous Records | Naturalization & CitizenshipRecords | Periodicals | Vital Statistics: Births, Deaths, Marriages | Wills, Deeds, Tax Lists |
| Reference Book | Lookup Volunteer & E-mail |
|---|---|
| Abstracts of the Deaths and Marriages in The Hightstown Gazette: April 18, 1861 through Dec. 28, 1871 | no volunteer! |
| Abstracts of the Deaths and Marriages in The Hightstown Gazette: 4 Jan. 1872 through 29 December 1881 | Richard S.
Hutchinson - RHutch295@aol.com |
| American Marriage Records Before 1699 by William Montgomery Clemens | Irene Smith - Lilchubbet@aol.com |
| Deaths and Marriages from The Village Record and The Hightstown Gazette, 1849-1862 | Richard S. Hutchinson - RHutch295@aol.com |
| Gloucester County, New Jersey, Marriage Records | Gale M.
LaRochelle - rlor@epix.net |
| Marriage Records of Hunterdon Co., NJ - 1795-1875; by Hiram E. Deats; 1918 | Gale M.
LaRochelle - rlor@epix.net Ken Phillips - KPhil2470@aol.com |
| Marriages at Mercer County Courthouse, 1839-1846; by Lucy A. Farnum; 1972 | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County Marriage Certificates, 1860-1909 | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County Marriages, 1838-1848; by Lewis D. Cook; GMNJ; 1973 | Faith - FMY51@optonline.net |
| Mercer County obituaries - at least the year and month of death must be known and included in the request | Robert Shaw - shawrh@optonline.net |
| NJ Marriage Records, 1665-1800; Wm. Nelson, ed.; 1900 (Archives of the State of NJ, 1st Series, Vol XXII) | Bill Malkin - snapper1@earthlink.net |
| New Jersey Marriage Index 1665-1800 by William Nelson | Irene Smith - Lilchubbet@aol.com |
| Obituaries in Trenton Times, 1890-1920 | no volunteer! |
| Vital Statistics Index from Trenton Newspapers, 1800-1900 | no volunteer! |
| Reference Book or Article | Lookup Volunteer & E-mail |
|---|---|
| Abstracts of Wills, NJ; 1670-1760, 5 vols.; State of NJ |
Bev - gabbieb1@gte.net. Irene Smith - Lilchubbet@aol.com. |
| Calendar of New Jersey Wills: Volume 1 1670-1730, Volume 2 1730-1750, Volume 3 1751-1760, Volume 4 1761-1770, Volume 5 1771-1780, Volume 11 1806-1809, and Volume 13 1814-1817. (All of these volumes are alpha indexed document abstracts) | Irene Smith - Lilchubbet@aol.com |
| "Hopewell Township" in: New Jersey in 1793; by James S. Norton; 1973 | no volunteer! |
| "Hopewell Township" in: New Jersey Rateables, 1778-1780; GMNJ; 1973 | no volunteer! |
| Hunterdon County, Index of Persons, Places and Subjects, Deed Book 1 to 1795; by Phyllis D'Autrechy | no volunteer! |
| "Maidenhead Township" in: New Jersey in 1793; by James S. Norton; 1973 | no volunteer! |
| "Maidenhead Township" in: New Jersey Rateables, 1778-1780; GMNJ; 1973 | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County Wills, 1838-1913 | no volunteer! |
| New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc in the Office of the Secretary of State prior to 1901- an alpha index of surnames by county of documents microfilmed and available from Trenton archives | Irene Smith - Lilchubbet@aol.com |
| New Jersey Patents and Deeds 1664-1703; edited by William Nelson. (Contains both East and West Jersey records) | Irene Smith - Lilchubbet@aol.com |
| "Nottingham Township" in: New Jersey in 1793; by James S. Norton; 1973 | no volunteer! |
| State of New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc. in the Office of the Secretary of State Prior to 1901. (this is an index only, giving name and document number) | Irene Smith - Lilchubbet@aol.com |
| "Trenton Township" in: New Jersey in 1793; by James S. Norton; 1973 | no volunteer! |
| "Trenton Township" in: New Jersey Rateables, 1778-1780; by Kenn Stryker-Rodda; GMNJ; 1974 | no volunteer! |
| "Windsor Township" in: New Jersey in 1793; by James S. Norton; 1973 | no volunteer! |
| "Windsor Township" in: New Jersey Rateables, 1778-1780; by Kenn Stryker-Rodda; GMNJ; 1976 | no volunteer! |
| Record Title | Lookup Volunteer & E-mail |
|---|---|
| Mercer County 1840 Federal Census | Jill Novak - jnovak4@comcast.net |
| Mercer County 1850 Federal Census | Jill Novak - jnovak4@comcast.net |
| Mercer County 1860 Federal Census | Gary M. Nodes -
NGS618@aol.com. Jill Novak - jnovak4@comcast.net |
| Mercer County 1870 Federal Census | Jill Novak - jnovak4@comcast.net |
| Mercer County 1880 Federal Census |
Jim Humphrey - humph19@aol.com (Limit requests to Trenton and
vicinity). Sherry Routhier - Briscoebch@metrocast.net. Jill Novak - jnovak4@comcast.net |
| Mercer County 1900 Federal Census | Sherry Routhier - Briscoebch@metrocast.net. Jill Novak - jnovak4@comcast.net |
| Mercer County 1910 Federal Census | Jill Novak - jnovak4@comcast.net |
| Mercer County 1920 Federal Census | Jill Novak - jnovak4@comcast.net |
| Mercer County 1930 Federal Census | Jill Novak - jnovak4@comcast.net |
| Mercer County 1890 Federal Census (destroyed) special census of Civil War veterans and their widows | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County 1855 State Census | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County 1865 State Census | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County 1875 State Census | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County 1885 State Census | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County 1895 State Census | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County 1905 State Census | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County 1915 State Census | no volunteer! |
| New Jersey in 1793- militia census males 18-45 | Irene Smith - Lilchubbet@aol.com |
| New Jersey 1910 Federal Census head of household index on CD-ROM (Heritage Quest) | Beth Klingensmith - bahorton@aol.com |
| Reference Book | Lookup Volunteer & E-mail |
|---|---|
| Farm and Business Directory of Mercer and Middlesex Counties, 1914 | no volunteer! |
| Fitzgerald Trenton City Directory 1936 | Charles Updike - NJCru@aol.com |
| Mercer Co. telephone directories for years 1950, 1953, and 1955. Specify the town to search. | Charles Updike - NJCru@aol.com |
| Princeton Business Directory, 1893-1894 | no
volunteer! |
| Princeton, New Jersey, Directory, 1931 | no
volunteer! |
| Trenton Directory (1857 - 1971) | no volunteer! |
| Reference Book or Article | Lookup Volunteer & E-mail |
|---|---|
| Bicentennial Celebration, 1772-1972, First Presbyterian Church, Hamilton Square, New Jersey; by Anniversary Committee; 1972 | - |
| Church of the Holy Cross, Trenton, New Jersey, 1943 Year Book | Susanne J. Walsh - susannejwalsh@yahoo.com |
| The Church Records of the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, NJ; by Lida C. Gedney; 1941 | Ashely - Ashely2@aol.com |
| Communicants of the Presbyterian Church of Pennington, NJ - 1700-1888; copied by W. Harrison Muirheid; n/d | no volunteer! |
| Early Church Records of Burlington County; by Charlotte Meldrum, 1995 | Beth Cranmer - ashely2@aol.com |
| The First Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville | no volunteer! |
| Historical and Genealogical Record of the First United Methodist Church of Pennington, 1774-1974; by Phyllis B. D'Autrechy; 1974 | no
volunteer! |
| History of the...First Presbyterian Church of Hopewell at Pennington; by George Hale; 1876 | no volunteer! |
| History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton; by John Hall; 1859 (1st ed.) [book has no index; be specific with the chronology/time frame of the people in your request] |
Candy Bennett - cbservices@monmouth.com |
| History of the Titusville Methodist Church; by Claire A. Vliet; 1959 | Dee Snook - lookups4u@yahoo.com |
| Hopewell Baptist Church Records, 1748-1811 | no volunteer! |
| Marriage Records From the German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church, Trenton, 1851-1870; GMNJ; 1995 | no volunteer! |
| The Old School Baptist Church of Hopewell N.J. From the book Town Records of Hopewell, New Jersey | Michael Cook - mac18074@comcsat.net |
| Princeton First Presbyterian Church Records, 1792-1970 |
no volunteer! |
| Princeton Second Presbyterian Church Records, 1805-1908 |
no volunteer! |
| Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, Part II | Irene Smith - Lilchubbet@aol.com |
| Sesquicentennial History, 1816-1966, the First Presbyterian Church, Dutch Neck; by Russel B. Post; 1966 | no volunteer! |
| Trenton First Baptist Church Records, 1805-1953 | Alan Wildblood - alan_wildblood@yahoo.com |
| Reference Book or Article | Lookup Volunteer & E-mail |
|---|---|
| Cedar Hill Cemetery inscriptions | Richard S. Hutchinson -
RHutch295@aol.com |
| Cornell Family Burying Ground, Hopewell Township; GMNJ; 1951 | - |
| Drake's Corner Road Burial Ground, Princeton Township; GMNJ; 1982 | Paula
Radwanski - ronrad@epix.net |
| East Windsor Cemetery (up to 1998) | Vicki Kohanek - Vicki.kohanek@gmail.com |
| Gravestone Inscriptions from Presbyterian Churchyards in Ewing and Pennington, and the "New Side" Presbyterian Churchyard in Pennington, 1775-1900; 1965 | no volunteer! |
| Groveville United Methodist Church Cemetery | Gary - Gary401@aol.com |
| Hamilton Square Baptist Church Yard | no volunteer! |
| Hamilton Square First Presbyterian Church Yard | no volunteer! |
| Harbourton Baptist Churchyard, Hopewell Township; GMNJ; 1987 | Paula Radwanski -
ronrad@epix.net |
| Highland Cemetery, Hopewell, gravestone inventory | Mildred Van Nortwick - MPATHFINDERS@aol.com |
| Hightstown Baptist Church Cemetery | Vicki Kohanek - Vicki.kohanek@gmail.com |
| Hunt Farm Burial Ground, Hopewell Township; GMNJ; 1994 | Paula Radwanski
- ronrad@epix.net |
| Johnson Family Burying Ground, Princeton Township; GMNJ; 1972 | Paula
Radwanski - ronrad@epix.net |
| Lawrenceville Presbyterian Churchyard; GMNJ; | Paula Radwanski - ronrad@epix.net |
| Mercer Cemetery burial book records | Judy L. Winkler -
judy@jwinkler.com |
| Mercer County Tombstone Inscriptions; Ewing Presbyterian Church Yard | Bill O'Neal - bill@williamgreenhouse.org |
| Old church yard on road to Titusville, Hopewell Township [Pennington Methodist Episcopal Church]; GMNJ; 1930 | Susan Lynch - smauer@ibm.net |
| Pearson Memorial Methodist Churchyard Cemetery; GMNJ; vol.33 | Paula Radwanski - ronrad@epix.net |
| Pennington Presbyterian Churchyard Cemetery; GMNJ; 1967 | Paula
Radwanski - ronrad@epix.net |
| Princessville Methodist Cemetery; GMNJ; | Paula Radwanski - ronrad@epix.net |
| Schenk-Covenhoven Burial Ground, West Windsor Township; GMNJ; 1982 |
Paula Radwanski - ronrad@epix.net |
| Sexton Family Burying Ground, Hopewell Township; GMNJ; | Paula Radwanski - ronrad@epix.net |
| Some Small Burial Grounds: Nixon Family, Hutchinson Family, Rogers Family, Phillips Family, Second Calvary Baptist Church, Golden Family, Parke-Larison Family; GMNJ; 1996 |
Paula Radwanski - ronrad@epix.net |
| Stout Burying Ground & Lane-Collings Burying Ground, Hopewell Township; GMNJ; 1933 | Paula Radwanski - ronrad@epix.net |
| Titusville Methodist Episcopal Cemetery; GMNJ; 1975 | Paula Radwanski -
ronrad@epix.net |
| Titusville Presbyterian Cemetery; GMNJ; | Paula Radwanski - ronrad@epix.net |
| WPA veterans burial survey | no volunteer! |
| Reference Book | Lookup Volunteer & E-mail |
|---|---|
| Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey: A History to the Year 1700; by Joseph J. Felcone; 1985 | Bill O' Neal - bill@williamgreenhouse.org |
| Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County; by Francis B. Lee; 1907 | Gale M. LaRochelle - rlor@epix.net Ken Phillips - KPhil2470@aol.com |
| Historic Trenton; by Louise Hewitt; 1916 | Tim R. Hewitt - thewitt55@hotmail.com |
| History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey,...; by Woodward & Hageman; 1883 | Roger Grabill -
duckbill@netwiz.net |
| History of Hamilton Township, Mercer County; by Helen A. West; 1954 | Bill Malkin - snapper1@earthlink.net |
| History of Hunterdon & Somerset Counties, NJ; by James P. Snell; 1881 | Bill Morrow - mchief@hal-pc.org Ken Phillips - KPhil2470@aol.com |
| A History of Land Ownership, Lawrence (Maidenhead) Township, NJ. | Wayne Hunt - wdhunt@cox.net |
| History of the City of Trenton; by John O. Raum; 1871 |
no volunteer! |
| History of the Village of Hamilton Square...; by Joseph H. West; 1876 | no volunteer! |
| History of Trenton; by Francis B. Lee; 1895 | no volunteer! |
| A History of Trenton - 1679-1929; Trenton Hist. Soc.; 1929. Also available full text online: Click here. | no
volunteer! |
| Hopewell Valley Heritage; by Alice B. Lewis; 1973 | Gail Faherty - gfaherty@sbcglobal.net |
| Land Along the Shabakunks; by Robert Reeder Green [includes Ewing Twp. families during the early 1900s] | Pamela Sackett - psackett@pwcgov.org |
| Minutes of Lawrence (Maidenhead) Township, Mercer Co., NJ; Lawrence Hist. & Aesthetic Comm.; Vol. 1, 1976 | Wayne Hunt - wdhunt@cox.net |
| Pioneers of Old Hopewell; by Ralph Ege, 1908 | David Hoffman - dvh592341@hotmail.com |
| The Town Records of Hopewell, NJ; by Lida C. Gedney; 1931 | Beth Cranmer - ashely2@aol.com |
| Trenton Index; by Joseph J. Felcone; 1976 | no volunteer! |
| Trenton Old and New; by Podmore, 1929; rev. by Messler, 1964 | no volunteer! |
| Book, Article, or Record Title | Lookup Volunteer & E-mail |
|---|---|
| Cyclopedia of New Jersey | Gale M. LaRochelle - rlor@epix.net |
| The Early Germans of New Jersey their History, Churches and Genealogies; by Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers; 1895 | no volunteer! |
| 50 Years of Princeton the Class of 1877 | Pam Hill - pamhill@yahoo.com |
| A Glance Back in Time: Life in Colonial NJ (1704-1770) as depicted in News Accounts of the Day; by Richard B. Marrin | Bev - gabbieb1@gte.net |
| Hopewell Township Map, 1875 | Ken Phillips
- KPhil2470@aol.com |
| The Huguenots or The Early French in New Jersey; by Albert F. Koehler | Bev -
gabbieb1@gte.net |
| Hunterdon County Records - 1701-1838; by Phyllis B. D'Autrechey; 1979 | no volunteer! |
| Index to Hunterdon Co. Taxpayers, 1778-1797 | no volunteer! |
| Index to Obituaries from THE VILLAGE and THE HIGHTSTOWN GAZETTE, 1849-1862 | no
volunteer! |
| Index, Vol. 1 of Mortgages of Hunterdon Co.; by D'Autrechy | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County Letters of Attorney, 1846-1870 |
no volunteer! |
| Mercer County Tavern Licenses, 1840-81; at New Jersey State Archives | no volunteer! |
| Minute Book of Nottingham Township from Its Formation in 1692...-1772; PNJHS; 1940 | no volunteer! |
| New Jersey First Citizens | Gale M. LaRochelle - rlor@epix.net |
| Notices From New Jersey Newspapers - 1781-1790; by Thomas B. Wilson; 1988 | Bev
- gabbieb1@gte.net |
| Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War; by William S. Stryker; 1872. A searchable version also available online: Click here. | Susanne Huff - Susanna039@aol.com |
| Settlers of the Forks of The Delaware, NJ an PA | Gale M. LaRochelle - rlor@epix.net |
| Some Records of Hunterdon County 1701-1838 Vol.I; and More Records of Hunterdon County Vol. II; by Phyllis D"Aurtrechy |
Ken Phillips - KPhil2470@aol.com |
| Sportsmans Fish and Game Protective Association, Membership Book, 1911 | Jim Humphrey - HUMPH19@aol.com |
| The Story of New Jersey | Gale M. LaRochelle - rlor@epix.net |
| Trenton High School yearbooks for 1926 and 1927 | no volunteer! |
| Record Title | Lookup Volunteer & E-mail |
|---|---|
| Mercer County Declarations of Intention, 1838-1906; and Index | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County Petitions for Naturalization, 1838-1906; and Index | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County Record of Depositions, 1919-1926 |
no volunteer! |
| Book or Article | Lookup Volunteer & E-mail |
|---|---|
| Bainbridge Family of NJ; by McCracken, TAG, Vol. 32 | no volunteer! |
| Banks of the Delaware - The Life and Times of Frederick Banks, 1898-1964; by Ivy Jackson Banks; 1967; [mentions several Chambersburg area families] | Holly Knott - HollyKnott@aol.com |
| Brearly and Biles of Maidenhead; by Lewis D. Cook; GMNJ; 1965 | no volunteer! |
| Edward Howell & Desc.; by Emma Howell Ross; 1968 | Brian Merges - SegremBP@aol.com |
| Emma Howell Ross: Desc. of Edward Howell, 2d Edition; rev. by David Faris; 1985 | no volunteer! |
| Family Genealogy of SUTTERLEY, ROBERTS, ECKHERT | Gale M. LaRochelle - rlor@epix.net |
| Genealogical and Biographical Memorials of the Reading, Howell, Yerkes, Watts, Latham, and Elkins Families; Josiah Leach; 1898 | Carol R. Morris - CarolM8606@AOL.com |
| Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County; by Francis B. Lee; 1907 | Gale M. LaRochelle - rlor@epix.net |
| Genealogical Record of the Strycker (Stryker) Family; compiled by William S. Stryker; 1887 | Eileen M. Disbrow - scc1710@tampabay.rr.com |
| Genealogies of New Jersey Families Vol 1 & 2 by Joseph Klett- compilation of articles from NJ Genealogical Magazine. | Irene Smith - Lilchubbet@aol.com |
| Genealogy of Early Settlers in Trenton and Ewing; by Eli F. Cooley; 1883 | Gale M. LaRochelle - rlor@epix.net - |
| History and Genealogy of the EGE Family in the United States 1738-1911; by Rev. Thompson P. Ege | Ken Phillips
- KPhil2470@aol.com |
| Jasper Smith & Descendants; by James A. Murray |
no volunteer! |
| John and Hannah (Mershon) Reeder, Hunterdon-Mercer County; by Lewis D. Cook; GMNJ; 1976 | no volunteer! |
| John Bainbridge of Maidenhead; by Lewis D. Cook; GMNJ; 1972 | no volunteer! |
| Minutes of family reunions dating from 1919 to 1974; surnames: Stryker, Disbrow, Perrine, Snook, Imlay, Maple, Markley, McGuire | Eileen M. Disbrow - scc1710@tampabay.rr.com |
| MOUNT; by Brent Mount, 1989. [New Jersey chapter only; book has no index; be specific with dates and location information in your request] | - |
| New Jersey Biographical and Genealogical Notes from the Volumes of the New Jersey Archives by William Nelson | Irene Smith - Lilchubbet@aol.com |
| Phillips Genealogies; by Albert M. Phillips, 1885 | Ken Phillips
- KPhil2470@aol.com |
| Quick Family Genealogy; by Arthur Quick | Ken Phillips
- KPhil2470@aol.com |
| Rev. John Moore of Newtown, L.I. & Some of his Desc.; by James W. Moore; 1903 |
no volunteer! |
| Smith Family of Bedford, NY, and Maidenhead, NJ; by Lewis D. Cook; GMNJ; 1971 |
Marsha Smith - msmith11511@charter.net |
| Smith Family of Lawrenceville and Trenton; by James A. Murray; 1963 | no volunteer! |
| "Stacy Family"; by G. Norwood Comly; 1939 | - |
| Stout & Allied Families; by Herald F. Stout, Third Edition, Volume I; 1986 |
Bill Morrow - mchief@hal-pc.org |
| Timothy Edwards and Rhoda Ogden Edwards and Their Decendants | Pam Hill - pamhill@yahoo.com |
| WRIGHT's 400 Years - Plus; by Larry C. Wright; 1984 | - |
| The Wyckoff Family in America: A Geneal.; Wyckoff Assoc. in America; 3rd edition, vol. 1, 1980 | Helen Kerr - HKerr23984@aol.com |
| Periodical Title | Lookup Volunteer & E-mail |
|---|---|
| Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey (GMNJ) | no volunteer! |
| Mercer County Genealogical Quarterly; vol.1 (1992) to vol.6 (1997), and indexes to vols. 1-6 | Beth Klingensmith - bklingen@comcast.net |
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Comments, suggestions, and additions welcome.
This page was last updated on: 18 November 2014
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