Bergen County, New Jersey

Biography Project

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New Jersey Biography Project

And

The US Biographies Project

History of Bergen County, New Jersey

Van Valen, James M.

New York New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Co.,  1900 

There are biographies in the Chapters on Townships and Boroughs, they are not indexed. I have split out the Township pages to fully searchable pdf files. The files are in batches of 50 pages each and can be found Here: They are identified by 'Bergen-1900'. If you are interested in the History Chapters, send me a note and I will send them to you.

History of Bergen County, 1900
Table of  Contents
Chapter I. Indian history; pages: 9-10
Chapter II. Discovery and occupation of New Netherlands ; pages: 11-13
Chapter III. Early settlements and land patents ; pages: 14-16
Chapter IV. Land patents in Bergen County ; pages: 17-23
Chapter V. Old Bergen Town and Township ; pages: 24-26
Chapter VI. The old township of Hackensack ; pages: 27-31
Chapter VII. "In ye olden time" ; pages: 32-37
Chapter VIII. Civil organization of the county of Bergen ; pages: 38-40
Chapter IX. Civil list of Bergen County ; pages: 41-47
Chapter X. The court and court houses ; pages: 48-55
Chapter XI. Bergen County in time of war ; pages: 56-75
Chapter XII. Societies and incorporated companies of Bergen County ; pages: 76-82
Chapter XIII. Internal improvements ; pages: 83-88
Chapter XIV. Schools ; pages: 89-91
Chapter XV. New Barbadoes ; pages: 92-161
Chapter XVII. Saddle River ; pages: 162-177
Chapter XVIII. Franklin ; pages: 178-196
Chapter XIX. Hohokus ; pages: 197-210
Chapter XX. Orvil Township ; pages: 211-220
Chapter XXI. Boroughs ; pages: 221-237
Chapter XXII. Ridgewood ; pages: 238-288
Chapter XXIII. Washington ; pages: 289-309
Chapter XXIV. Midland ; pages: 310-353
Chapter XXV. Lodi ; pages: 354-412
Chapter XXVI. Union Township ; pages: 413-428
Chapter XXVII. Rutherford boroughs ; pages: 429-489
Chapter XXVII. Ridgefield Township ; pages: 490-531
Chapter XXVIII. Boroughs of old Ridgefield Township ; pages: 532-584
Chapter XXIX. The township of Englewood ; pages: 585-638
Chapter XXX. Teaneck Township ; pages: 639-650
Chapter XXXI. Palisades Township ; pages: 651-679
Chapter XXXII. Harrington Township ; pages: 680-691



History of Bergen & Passaic Counties,

New Jersey

With Biographical Sketches

Compiled Under the Supervision Of

W Woodford Clayton,

Assisted By

William Nelson, A M

Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1882

Press of J B Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia

The Index can be found here, it is faint, but decipherable.

The whole book is available in pdf format 

The pages are identified by: "BP.1882xxx"

History of Bergen County, New Jersey
1630-1923
Supervising Editor
Mrs Frances A Westervelt
Curator of the Bergen County Historical Society
Historical - Biographical ~ Volume II

Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc
New York and Chicago
~ 1923

The Index for the above book can be found Here: I am happy to send scans - Please include Full Name, Page # and State that it is from "Bergen Co., NJ - 1923"

Genealogical History
of
Hudson and Bergen Counties
New Jersey
Cornelius Burnham Harvey
Editor
The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company
114 Fifth Avenue, New York
1900
The Index and WebSite for the above book can be found Here:

This Book is available on Google Books

Bergen County, New Jersey
Marriage Records
Copied from the Entries as Originally
Made at the Court House by the Ministers
and Justices of the Peace of the County
Compiled by
Mrs Frances A Westervelt
Curator of the Bergen Co. Historical Society
Publishers
Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc
New York, 1929

The Files have been uploaded in pdf format:

Pages: 5-40, 41-80, 81-117

This collection is composed of abstracts from old Deeds and as such they are not 'word for word', they contain items of interest to a Genealogist. The files in the Lists below are pdf and fully searchable as is the Index. The Alpha Letters indicate the Book and Chapter

 Bergen-Deeds-Index ~ Bergen-Deeds-A-C Bergen-Deeds-D-F  ~ Bergen-Deeds-G-K Bergen-Deeds-L-N  

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Site Updated: 22 January 2010

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