Pathfinders are guides that are intended to help you get started doing research on a particular topic. These subject guides are annotated lists of library resources and research tools that relate to Morris County and New Jersey history.
These are just some of the items from our collection that may assist you. Please ask a History Center Librarian for advice on further research.
Books from our Collection:
Genealogy and Family History:
A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering your Irish ancestors: How to find and Record your Unique Heritage. Radford, Dwight A.
Tracing your Irish ancestors: The Complete Guide.
The Book of Irish families, Great and Small. O’Laughlin, Michael C. With volumes for Counties Kerry, Clare, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Dublin.
Irish Records: Sources For Family and Local History. Ryan, James G.
Irish church records: Their History, Availability and Use in Family and Local History Research.
Master book of Irish placenames: Master Atlas and Placename Locator. O’Laughlin, Michael C.
Irish emigrants in North America. Dobson, David
Ships from Ireland to early America, 1623-1850. Dobson, David
Irish passenger lists 1803-1806: Lists of Passengers Sailing from Ireland to America.
Passengers from Ireland: Lists of Passengers arriving at American ports between 1811 and 1817.Schlegel, Donald M.
Ireland and Irish immigration to the New World from 1815 to the famine.Adams, William Forbes
The Famine Immigrants: Lists of Irish immigrants Arriving at the Port of New York, 1846-1851. 7 volumes.
The Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in the Boston Pilot. 7 volumes.
Voices of the Irish immigrant: Information ads in the Truth Teller, New York City, 1825-1844.
Local, State and Region:
Greeting the Past: A Walking tour of the Dublin neighborhood in Morristown, N.J. Turkington, Cheryl C.
Published in 2006 and available for sale in the History Center for $5 plus tax.
The Irish in New Jersey: Four Centuries of American life. Quinn, Dermot
The New Jersey Ethnic Experience. Cunningham, Barbara (editor)
The Story of a Parish: The First Catholic Church in Morristown, N.J.: its Foundation and Development, 1847-1892. Flynn, Joseph M.
Living stones: A History of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Paterson. Kupke, Raymond J.
Guide to Northern New Jersey Catholic Parish and Institutional Records. Wosh, Peter J.
Browsing certain subject listings will be helpful in your Irish research. Be sure to check both the online catalog, as well as our card catalog as some older items are not on the electronic catalog. Some subject headings to look at are:
Be sure to also use the indexes to The Jerseyman and search for Irish names, streets and activities to find 19th and early 20th century information relating to Morris County. The Jerseyman is now available as PDF images (in the History Center) or microfilm.
The History Center also holds the Boston Transcript genealogy columns (1896-1941) on microfiche. This source contains information on many Irish names. Microfiche GE0005
Newspaper clippings and other information on topical subjects. There are also files on specific family names.
On the Web:
DirectGov (will have Irish information)
Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest have an abundance of resources including census records, the Social Security Death Index, newspaper & periodical collections, deeds & court records and city directories. Additionally, Ancestry contains several unique databases documenting Irish-American history: