The Society’s Library and Archives collection includes items related to Bergen County, including: family genealogy, histories, diaries, manuscripts, church, cemetery, Bible records, books, clippings, postcards, maps, and photos. If you would like to make inquiries about the library or use its resources please contact us at theBCHSlibrary@gmail.com.

The BCHS Library and Archives is open regular weekly hours on Tuesday afternoons from 2:00 to 5:00 pm and by appointment, contact us by email.​ The BCHS Library is located in The Ciarco Learning Center, 355 Main St., (at Main and Passaic), Hackensack, Room 124. Parking is in the back, enter the lot on Passaic Ave.  The Library is hoping to expand its regular opening hours as we recruit additional volunteers.

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Published Books and Pamphlets: This collection has church histories and records; histories of Bergen County and its towns; and published records and genealogies of Bergen County families.
These guides describe a small part of the collection:
 

• Guide to Published Genealogies

• Guide to Cemetery Records 

• Guide to Telephone Directories

 

Manuscript Collection: letters, deeds, receipts, and other manuscripts. Part of the collection is indexed.

• Index to Manuscripts 1-200

• Index to Manuscripts 201-345 

• Index to Manuscripts 346-349 

  •  Includes George J. Ackerman Collection, New Jersey Brigade Collection,  Blackledge Papers, Ronk Collection

• Index to Manuscript Collection 350 

  • Ronk Collection

• Index to Manuscripts 351-357 

  • includes Holdrum Family Papers, Huyler Family Papers,Cornelius Zabriskie Collection, Etta Adelaide Waite Collection, Adrienne Outwater Jacobsen Collection, Bogert Papers

• Index to Manuscripts 358-367 

  • includes Veldran Family Papers, Elmer Christie Blauvelt Collection, Helen E. Waite Collection, Demarest Collection, Joseph Lyzance letters

Miscellaneous or Vertical File: ephemera of all sorts, filed by topic. 

• Subjects

Subject Guides

• African American Related Materials 

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The BCHS Library & Archives is located at the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center, 355 Main St, Room 124, Hackensack, NJ. 

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See Also BCHS Publications

 

Bergen County Historical Society Library location:
Room 124, Ciarco Learning Center, 355 Main St. Hackensack, NJ  
 

Mail:  BCHS, PO Box 55, River Edge, NJ 07661-0055

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Library eMail:  theBCHSLibrary@gmail.com

Bergen County Historical Society: Nonprofit, 501 (c)(3) • All-volunteer • All programming possible through your donations.

www.bergencountyhistory.org