Manufacturer: The Gloucester County Historical Society
Written By: Bennett S. Pancoast

In this sweeping tour of New Jersey's burial sites from the seventeenth century through the dawn of the twenty-first, readers will discover how headstones are much more than place markers for the deceased. From the earliest memorials that were once used by Native Americans, to some of the elaborate structures of the present day, historians Richard F. Veit and Mark Nonestied use grave markers to ...

Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
Written By: Richard Francis Veit, Mark Nonestied

Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
Written By: Randall Gabrielan

Births, deaths, marriages, breaches of discipline, & removals, abstracted from the records of the Monthly Meetings of Little Egg Harbor, Evesham and Chesterfield.

Manufacturer: Heritage Books
Written By: Charlotte D. Meldrum

Harry C. Dorer roamed New Jersey for four decades from 1920 until 1954 with his boxy Speed Graphic camera, capturing for a weekly newspaper the images of what is now a vanished landscape. From the state's cities and villages to its rural areas to the then-mysterious Pine Barrens and the fishing fleets at the Jersey Shore, Dorer amassed hundreds of images that revealed the region's ...

Manufacturer: Rivergate Books

As one of the original colonies, New Jersey is considered the ancestral home of millions of Americans living today. This present work, a joint project of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey and the Genealogical Publishing Company, acknowledges the pressing need for comprehensive, scholarly works on New Jersey families, and it therefore brings together all of the compiled material ...

Manufacturer: Genealogical Pub Co

Take a pictorial tour of Princeton, New Jersey, and experience the charm and uniqueness of its history and diverse architecture. Princeton represents the quintessential small-town America that has all the features for success: history, architecture, premier education, shopping, and ideal neighborhoods. The town has lured scholars, scientists, statesmen, and writers from around the world. Many of ...

Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
Written By: Marilyn Menago

The first definitive documentary of this tragic event along one of the country's most beautiful rivers. August 18-20, 1955: Three terrifying days and nights still remembered with awe in the Delaware River valley. Record-breaking rainfall from hurricanes Connie and Diane abruptly ended a withering drought, but the relief was short-lived. It was soon overshadowed by terror and ...

Manufacturer: Word Forge Books
Written By: Mary A. Shafer

An estimated 40 percent of Americans descended from an Ellis Island immigrant - as many as 100 million people - but until now there was no comprehensive guide for researching these early ancestors. This book offers family historians: • Tips and strategies for using the popular Ellis Island online database, which 60,000 users visit every day • Advice on overcoming searches that come ...

Manufacturer: Family Tree Books
Written By: Sharon Carmack

The record of the New Jersey Council of Safety is a little known but important source for New Jersey history during the American Revolution. The function of the Council of Safety was to protect the state from the enemy while providing the militia with whatever they needed in order to fight. This work is an "abstraction" of the important proceedings found in the five volumes of the records of the ...

Manufacturer: Heritage Books, Inc.
Written By: Richard S. Hutchinson