Helpful Genealogy Links
Heritage CATalog
The Bolger Heritage Center’s own digital database, which covers resources relevant to genealogy, NJ history, Bergen County, and the Village of Ridgewood.
Cyndi’s List
A comprehensive, categorized list of genealogical research websites.
Genealogy Research Guides, Tips and Online Records
The basics of online genealogy research for beginners and beyond.
Directory of Online Searchable Death Records and Indexes
Elephind.com
Search historic digitized newspaper archives from around the globe.
Online Historical Newspapers Website
Find a partial list of digitized newspapers for your area and where to find them.
Where to Write for Vital Records
One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse
Important tools for searching free and paid sites. See especially Immigration and Census Tools. Morse has done a lot of the work for you!
National Archives Online Public Access Catalog
Many digitized records.
David Rumsey Map Collection
For other views see www.davidrumsey.com.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Digital Collections at the Library of Congress
See especially American Memory and Historic Newspapers.
Geographic Names Information System
Search “Domestic Names” to find present and past U.S. towns and features.
A Guide to Interpreting Passenger List Annotations
Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses from 1790-2000
Inside look at how the Census was taken in each decade.
Published Census Statistics, 1790-2000
Statistics that describe the places where our ancestors lived.