Links

Links

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Local History Sites

NJ Historical Society Library & Museum: Many local history resources, and just a short $1.25 trip, direct from Bloomfield's Grove Street, on the Newark Light Rail system.

Canal Society of New Jersey: Information on the Morris and other canals.

Morris Canal Greenway: More on the Morris Canal.

Government and non-profit agencies

Watsessing Heights Neighborhood Association

Bloomfield Public Library

Township of Bloomfield

Essex County Clerk (for land records)

New Jersey Historical Society

State of New Jersey Archives

National Archives

Library of Congress

Family History Links Relevant to Bloomfield

Birth, Marriage & Death Records from Brookdale (Stone House Plains) Reformed Dutch Church

Second River (Belleville) Reformed Dutch Church Baptism Records, 1727-1749

Essex County Church Archives

LDS Family Search

Rootsweb Essex County Message Board

List of Various Resources

Many early Bloomfield families migrated through the through Dutch New Amsterdam (now New York City); then through Bergen (now Jersey City); and then to Acquackanonk (now Passaic County), from which their community spread into Greater Bloomfield:

Early New Netherlands Settlers

New Amsterdam Baptisms, 1639-1730

New Amsterdam Marriages, 1639-1801

Bergen Baptisms, 1639-1789

Passaic County Historical Society

Other useful NJ Dutch Sources

Bloomfield History: Township Story and Archives

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