New Jersey Directories

Online Resources

 * New Jersey Online Historical Directories - listed by county

History
Directories listing the names, addresses, and occupations of adults have been published for at least 120 municipalities and for some New Jersey counties.

Libraries and Archives
The Newark Business Library, 34 Commerce Street, Newark, NJ 07102 has more than 2,000 New Jersey city directories. The New Jersey State Library, Library of Congress, and New York Public Library also have large collections.

For further directories in these and other cities, see:


 * Brown, Michael. Guide to New Jersey City Directories. Kendall Park, New Jersey, New Jersey: New Jersey Information Services, 1993. (Family History Library book ) (Shows city, year, and title, but not repository.

Also check the city directories for New York City and Philadelphia if your ancestor lived near these metropolitan areas. The New Jersey home addresses of people who worked in Philadelphia or New York are often listed.

Directories Online

 * Ancestry.com ($) has city directories available online for a large number of New Jersey cities in its U.S. City Directories collection.
 * Fold3.com ($) has Newark City Directories 1861-1923 (8 yrs. missing) available online.

Family History Library
The Family History Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of New Jersey including:

Hoboken

Jersey City

Newark

Trenton

To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:


 * NEW JERSEY, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
 * NEW JERSEY, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES

Websites

 * US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
 * U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - New Jersey (Library of Congress)