BCHS Library Room is regularly open Wednesdays, 11:30 am - 5 pm, closed for month of August.
Membership application: http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/membership.html

		Research Requests In order to provide access to the Library collections to researchers who are unable to visit the Library, queries will be accepted by mail or email.  BCHS members may submit three free queries per year.  Nonmembers will be charged a $10 fee for each query. Queries should include relevant, concise information and a specific question to be answered, as well as the researcher’s complete contact information (name, address, phone, and email).  Library volunteers will provide 15 minutes of research for each query.  The researcher will be provided a list of sources consulted and an answer if one is found.  For queries which will require longer than 15 minutes of research or which cannot be answered from the Society’s collections, the researcher will be referred to another repository, given information about places to post queries, and/or referred to a paid researcher.  There is no charge for referral.  We regret that we are unable to spend more time, but our volunteer staff is working very hard to maintain, process, and index the collection to increase its usefulness to everyone.  The first 3 photocopies are free.  Additional copies are charged according to our fee schedule. The Society will provide a list of Society members who are willing to do research in the Library collections for a fee.  (list to come this Fall, 2009). The Society makes no representation regarding their capabilities and does not regulate their fees or practices.  Researchers are urged to check references and to understand the terms and conditions of the desired research.  The Society will also inform the researcher about lists of accredited researchers from such organizations as the Association of Professional Genealogists, whose members can be hired to do research. August 13, 2009 contactBCHS@bergencountyhistory.org BCHS, PO Box 55, River Edge, NJ 07661-9998 Attn: Research Request BCHS Membership application link provided above

Directions also appear at bottom of this page.

I. Published/Bound Books & Pamphlets
    A. Church Histories & Records
    B. Social, Industrial, History & Geography (House Histories)
    C. Vital Records, Deeds, Colonial Conveyances
    D. Census
    E. Colonial & Revolutionary War
    F. New Netherland, Dutch & New York
    G. New Jersey & NJ Military
    H. Counties
    I. Local
    J. Genealogies
    K. Biography & Fiction
    L. Oversized (tax: lists, New Harlem Register)

II. Special Collections
    A. New Jersey Archive Series
    B. Year Books of the Holland Society
    C. High School Year Books
    D. Bibles
    E. Harper's Weekly Magazine (in storage)
    F. Political/Military (G. W. Letters, Clinton Papers, Colonial Docs.)

III. Manuscripts
    A. Bertholf Family Genealogy ::
    B. Cornelius Board Genealogy .
    C. Westervelt Law Office Papers
    D. Peter Henderson Papers and Notes
    E. Claire K. Tholl Collection (in storage)
    F. BCHS Historic Markers Program
    G. Fred W. Bogert Papers
    H. Scrapbooks of the Colony Club of Hack en sack 1929-95
    I. William Walter Phelps Estate
        1. Deed Abstracts
        2. Property Records
        3. Maps (Rolled, Uncatalogued)
        J. Rare/Unique Documents (on microfilm @ Ridgewood & Johnson P.L.*)
    K. Diaries (Maria Ferdon)

IV. Vertical/Miscellaneous Files - Alphabetically Arranged by Subject
    A. Newspaper Clippings
    B. Deeds
    C. Paper Ephemera
    D. Card Files (Rev. War Vets, Cemeteries)

V. Visuals
    A. Postcards
    B. Photographs
        1. Albums by Town
        2. Envelopes by Town
        3. Unsorted Portraits
        4. Slides by Town
        5. Unsorted Slides    
        6. Framed
    C. Artwork (Broadsides, Posters)
    D. Video
    E. Included in Special Collections (Bertholf)

VI. Maps & Atlases (by format)
    A. Rolled Maps (Clinton, Erskine, 1834 Coastal)
    B. Flat (USGS, Fragments, Reprints)
    C. Wall
    D. Bound Atlases
        1. 1876 Walker
        2. 1893 Hudson River
        3. 1902 Robinson
        4. 1912-3 Bromley
        5. Sanborn Insurance Co. Atlases

VII. Periodicals
    A. Americana Magazine (ca. 1913-1946)
    B. Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society (aka "New Jersey History Magazine")
    C. Proceedings of the Bergen County Historical Society (1902-1922 & 1970-1977/88)
    D. "In Bergen's Attic"
    E. Magazine of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey
    F. Irregulars
        1. David A. Demarest Assoc.
        2. Rockland Co. Historical Society
        3. Upper Saddle River Historical Society
        4. American Archaeological Society
        5. "Relics" (Pascack Valley Historical Society)
        6. "Half Moon" (NY Holland Society)
        7. Staten Island Historian
    G. Newspapers
        1. "Merritt Dispatch"
        2. "Fair Lawn & Paramus Clarion" 1928-42 (in storage)
        3. Misc. Loose Papers (for Birth Year Info)
        4. "The Remembrancer" 1775-80 (on microfilm**)
        5. "The Landscape" 1882-1901 (on microfilm***)
        6. "Paterson Weekly Press" 1869-75 (on microfilm****)

VIII. Microforms
    A. Historic American Buildings Survey (B.A.B.S.)
    B. Clinton Papers
    C. B.C. Tax Records 1779-1822
    D. B.C. Deed Books - A,B,&C
    E. G.W. Papers
    F. Budke Collection - B.C. Road Returns Book A
    G. Wm. M. Johnson (State Sen.) Clippings, photos, misc.
    H. Howe Orderly Book - Nov. 1776
    I. Moderates in Crisis - The Track of Leadership in Rev. V A
    J. BCHS Manuscript Collection*
    K. "The Remembrancer" 1775-80 (on microfilm**)
    L. "The Landscape" 1882-1901 (on microfilm***)
    M. "Paterson Weekly Press" 1869-75 (on microfilm****)

IX. Bibles


DIRECTIONS
Bergen County Historical Society Library and Manuscript Collection
at the College Library — Building 5 - Upstairs
Felician College - 262 Main Street Lodi, NJ 07644.
Park in Section 3. From the parking lot, the library building is to the left of Albin Obal Hall at the top of hill (Albin Obal Hall is marked).
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VIA ROUTE 46 EAST:
Exit "Main Street, lodi." Turn left at third traffic light, and turn right at the next light onto
South Main Street. The College entrance is less than a mile on the right.

VIA ROUTE 46 WEST:
Exit "Main Street, lodi." Turn left at the end of the exit.
Proceed as in "46 East.

VIA GARDEN STATE PARKWAY NORTH:
Exit 157 to Route 46 East.
Proceed as in "46 East.VIA GARDEN STATE PARKWAY SOUTH:
Exit 157. look for U-Turn to Route 46 East. Proceed as in "46 East."

VIA ROUTE 17 NORTH:
Exit "Franklin Avenue" in Hasbrouck Heights. Turn left at stop sign and cross Route 17.
Stay on Franklin Avenue to the Boulevard. Turn left on Boulevard to the traffic circle.
Take the first right off the circle onto Passaic Avenue, which becomes
Terhune Avenue, and ends at the College entrance.

VIA ROUTE 17 SOUTH:
Take "Hasbrouck Heights" exit.
From the Boulevard proceed as in "17 North."

VIA NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE NORTH or SOUTH:
Exit at Route 3 West.
Take Route 3 West to Route 17 North. Proceed as in "17 North."

VIA ROUTE 3 EAST or WEST:
Exit at Route 17 North. Proceed as in "17 North."

VIA ROUTE 80 EAST:
Exit 61 "Garfield/Elmwood Park." Turn right at the end of the exit onto River Drive.
Follow River Drive approximately three miles to the end, and turn left onto South Main Street.
The College entrance is one block on the left.

VIA ROUTE 80 WEST:
Exit 63 "lodi/Rochelle Park." Turn right at the end of the exit, and left at the traffic light.
Turn left at the next light onto Rochelle Avenue, which becomes
North Main Street. Turn left at the fifth traffic light and make an immediate right onto
South Main Street. The College entrance is about a mile on the right.