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All access into the Local History Room and Collection will be BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.  Schedule appointments through the Reference Department - 973-321-1223 ext. 2295.

Selected Local History Resources

Paterson Free Public Library
250 Broadway
Paterson, NJ 07501
Mr. Bruce Bardarik, Local History Department
Tel. (973) 321-1223 ext. 2298
Call for hours
 

Resources available in the Local History Department

Informative Links about Paterson

Paterson Mayors

Famous Patersonians

The Paterson Silk Strike

Passaic County Historical Society Genealogical Club

Miscellaneous Paterson Links

 

Selected Genealogical Resources on the Internet
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HeritageQuest Online --For genealogical tracing this can't be beat, has access to US Census records through the complete 1930's census.  This is available only from the computers in our library.

NJ Department of Vital Statistics     How to obtain birth, death and marriage certificates

Salt Lake City, Family History Library Information       Links to the FamilySearch site - this site has an incredible amount of information as well as information about their family search centers located all over the country

Ancestry Home Town     Search their free databases, among them the Social Security Death Index

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites    The largest collection of links on the Internet

Ellis Island    History and information about Ellis Island - search the Wall of Honor

The Genealogy Home Page    Links to a variety of genealogical subjects

Librarians Serving Genealogists    For genealogy librarians and other interested people 

National Archives and Records Administration   An extensive overview of methodology and resources for genealogical research

The National Genealogical Society    Information about the organization - sponsors an online course "Introduction to Genealogy"

U.S. Census Bureau

 

 

 

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