We offer the following tools and links for your use and help in researching. These are for personal reference and are not intended as an endorsement of any particular Web site or group, nor do we guarantee that all links will remain active.
Tools
1940 Census Blank Sheets
Download a blank copy of the 1940 census to see what information was asked by enumerators:
Download Front - Obverse (PDF)
Download Back - Reverse (PDF)
Ask Granny
The Hudson County Genealogical & Historical Society regularly presents sessions of "Ask Granny", the free educational outreach program funded by local Genealogical Societies, donations, and grants. These "Ask Granny" sessions serve a dual purpose: as a way for attendees create an organized and accurate family tree and as a way to ensure genealogical information is easily accessible for a family's future generations. Research itself is left up to each individual.
Ask Granny Family Group Sheet 8.5x11 (PDF)
Ask Granny Pedigree Chart 11x17 (PDF)
For more information about "Ask Granny" visit: askgranny.us
If you are part of a group that would be interested in having The Hudson County Genealogical & Historical Society present an Ask Granny session to you and you are local to the Hudson County, New Jersey area, please contact us at info@hudsoncountynjgenealogy.org
Hudson County Links of Interest
Civil War Soldiers Buried in Hudson County Cemeteries (NJ Civil War Gravestones Project)
History of Jersey City, New Jersey
Hudson County New Jersey GenWeb Archives
Hudson County Historical Maps courtesy of Rutgers Special Collections and Archives
Hudson County Division of Tourism
Jersey City's Roll of Honor: It's Sons who are serving in the Army and Navy during WW I
Jersey City/Harsimus Cemetery Web Site
Jersey City Links from RootsWeb
Pennsylvania Railroad Rubber Tired Switchers. A series of Buckwalter electric tractor photos used on the Jersey City docks.
Sanborn Maps of Hudson County Municipalities from the Princeton University Library - Founded in 1866, the Sanborn Map Company created detailed building maps of cities and towns all across the country, primarily for use by insurance companies. This is the index to digitized maps of Hudson County towns.
Hudson County Historical Societies & Museums
Jersey City Afro-American Historical Society Museum
Other Genealogical Clubs and Societies
Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society (NJ Chapter)
The Genealogical Society of New Jersey
The Federation of Genealogical Societiess
The Italian Genealogical Group
The Lincoln Association of Jersey City
The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
Research Sites
Ancestry.com. (Paid site)
Arlington National Cemetery - Find a Gravesite. iOS, Android, Blackberry mobile apps as well as web search enables veterans, family members and the public to locate gravesites; generate photos of a headstone or monument; and receive directions.
Bergen County (and other areas) Maps - Heritage Center at the Ridgewood Public Library
Unified Census Finder Locate US Census Enumeration Districts, courtesty of Stephen Morse
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
DeathIndexes.com Directory of links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county.
Eastmans Online Genealogy Newsletter
Family Search The research site of the LDS.
Fold3 Military records.
FindaGrave.com Search volunteer contributed grave photos and information and post your own "virtual memorials"
GenealogyBank. Historical newspaper archive (paid site).
Genealogy Bargains run by Thomas MacEntee
Gen Gathering. A gathering of researchers and genealogists that "give and take". The spiritual successor to the now defunct Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) site.
Hudson County Message Board Ancestry/RootsWeb message board for Hudson County, New Jersey
Irish Lives Remembered Digital Magazine.
The Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center at Seton Hall University - Sacramental Records & Genealogy Resources
New Jersey Cemetery Association
The New Jersey Room of the Jersey City Free Public Library The staff of The New Jersey Room can assist you with obituaries, directories and general Hudson County information
New Jersey State Archives Some searchable databases
New Jersey State Census for 1885 A free searchable index on FamilySearch.org
NewspaperArchive.com. Subscription-based access to historical newspapers from around the USA.
Railroad Retirement Board. Researching family who worked for a railroad after 1936? Try the RRB.
Old Fulton Post Cards Site - Search Over 20,670,000 Old New York State Historical Newspaper Pages.
Old Weather. "Old Weather: Our Weather’s Past, the Climate’s Future". Digitized Navy, Coast Guard and ship deck logs.
St. Peter's Prep High School Yearbooks - The Petrean. Since 1922, the Petrean has chronicled life at Grand & Warren through the eyes of the students, and especially the senior class. The collection of this Jersey City High School yearbooks spans 1920s - 2010s.
The Photo Detective - Maureen Taylor