Free Online New Jersey Digital Archives

The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 20 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above.

It occurred to me, however, that there is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help us researchers as we discover who belongs in our family tree, and more importantly, what is their life story. But this genealogical and historical material doesn’t fit nicely into a specific genealogy record category.

As researchers, we should avail ourselves of the types of materials listed below. They definitely will help us in our genealogy and family history research  These online resources are available generally at state libraries and archives, larger public libraries, and college and university digital collections. Hence the creation of these lists of free online digital archives. I hope they prove useful to you in your pursuit

Types of Information Available in Digital Archives

• Scrapbooks
• Diaries
• Family Papers, Biographies, and Other Collections
• Letters
• Oral Histories
• Maps
• Bulletins and Newsletters
• Corporate Collections
• Local Community and County Histories
• Photographs and Postcards
• Rare Books and Manuscripts
• Government Publications and Documents
• and Yes, Genealogy Record Collections and Indexes

The Free Online Digital Archives for the state are listed below, preceded by Archives that are available for the region or the country:

Multistate Archives

• Digital Commons Collections
• Digital Public Library of America
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• National Archives Online Exhibits
• PastPerfectOnline Collections
• Smithsonian Digital Library

New Jersey

• Drew University Digital Collections
• Fairleigh Dickinson University Digital Collections
• Felician University Digital Collections
• Georgian Court University Digital Collections
• Kean University Digital Collections
• Monmouth University Digital Collections
• Montclair State University Digital Collections
• New Jersey Digital Highway
• New Jersey Institute of Technology Digital Collections
• New Jersey State Archives Collections
• New Jersey State Library Digital Collections
• Princeton University Digital Collections
• Ramapo College Digital Collections
• Rider University Digital Collections
• Rowan University Digital Collections
• Rutgers University – New Brunswick Digital Collections
• Seton Hall University Digital Collections
• Stevens Institute of Technology Digital Collections
• Stockton University Digital Collections
• The College of New Jersey Digital Collections
• The Rutgers Oral History Archives
• West Jersey History Project
• William Paterson University Digital Collections