Newark, Essex County, New Jersey Genealogy

Quick Facts

 * Newark was originally formed as a township on October 31, 1693, based on the Newark Tract, which was first purchased on July 11, 1667.


 * Newark was granted a Royal Charter on April 27, 1713, and was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. (Wikipedia)

Boundary Changes

 * During its time as a township, portions were taken to form Springfield Township (April 14, 1794), Caldwell Township (February 16, 1798, now known as Fairfield Township), Orange Township (November 27, 1806), Bloomfield Township (March 23, 1812) and Clinton Township (April 14, 1834, remainder reabsorbed by Newark on March 5, 1902).


 * Newark was reincorporated as a city on April 11, 1836, replacing Newark Township, based on the results of a referendum passed on March 18, 1836.


 * The previously independent Vailsburg borough was annexed by Newark on January 1, 1905.


 * Newark is divided into five wards; North Ward, South Ward, West Ward, East Ward, and Central Ward. (Wikipedia)

Cemeteries

 * Woodland Cemetery, 670 10th Street, Newark NJ,Woodland Cemetery facebook page

Directories

 * 1851-1852 Newark City Directory on HathiTrust
 * 1852-1853 Newark City Directory image on HathiTrust
 * 1859 Directory for Essex, Union and Hudson Counties (database, no image) on Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1860 Newark City Directory (Business and Citizens) on Archive.org
 * 1861-1957 Newark City Directories (some years missing) on Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1864-1865 Boyd's Business Directory of Essex and Union Counties on Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1879-1880 Boyd's Business Directory of Essex and Union Counties on Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1889 Business Directory of New York City, And Newark City, New Jersey (1889) at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
 * 1890-1891 Newark City Directory on Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1894 Business Directory for Newark, Paterson and Jersey City on Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1897 Business Directory for Essex County on Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1904 Newark Blue Book of Selected Names on Ancestry.com ($)

Military
Civil War


 * - 1st Regiment, New York Engineers, Company C
 * - 1st Regiment, New York Engineers, Company E
 * - 72nd Regiment, New York Infantry, Company F

Newspapers

 * 1776 New-York Gazette and Weekly Mercury at Genealogybank ($)
 * 1791-1797 Wood's Newark Gazette at Genealogybank ($)
 * 1796-1876 Centinel of Freedom at Genealogybank ($)
 * 1808-1809 New Jersey Telescope at Genealogybank ($)
 * 1832-1866 Newark Daily Advertiser at Genealogybank ($)
 * 1871 People's Paper / New Jersey Volksman at Genealogybank ($)
 * 1876 Irish Citizen at Genealogybank ($)
 * 1880-1898 New Jersey Deutsche Zeitung at Genealogybank ($)
 * 1907-1908 Evening Star and Newark Advertiser at Chronicling America
 * 1908-1912 The Star and Newark Advertiser at Chronicling America - some issues are digitized under slightly different titles
 * 1921-1943 Jewish Chronicle at Genealogybank ($)
 * 1945-1990 Newark Star-Ledger at Genealogybank ($)
 * 1992-Current: Obituaries from The Star Ledger at Genealogybank ($)
 * 2008-2019: Obituaries from NJ.com at Genealogybank ($)

Public Records

Websites

 * FamilySearch Catalog for Newark
 * Old Newark Web Group, an independent site (all about Newark and very rich in family information)
 * Newark Genealogy (New Jersey Genealogy)