There are a variety of online resources available for research on Trenton and related topics.
- A History of Trenton, 1679-1929
- Trenton Illustrated
- Trenton Old and New (Harry J. Podmore)
Trenton History
- Battle of Trenton
- Broad Street Bank, 2004 (Rediscover Trenton)
- The Capital Century (100 stories of New Jersey history from The Trentonian)
- City Profile (2014, but covers previous years)
- Crowdsourcing Trenton – Harlan Joseph (Princeton University)
- Historic Sites of Trenton
- Pottery Industry in Trenton
- R.C. Maxwell Company Records (Duke University)
- Revolutionary War Sites in Trenton
- Street Names of Trenton
- Trenton History (Michael Smith YouTube)
- Trenton Makes Music Project (The College of New Jersey)
- Walking Tour of Downtown Trenton (TCNJ Honors Program)
- World Population Review – Trenton
Other History
- American Philosophical Society
- David Library of the American Revolution
- It Happened Here: New Jersey
- Joseph Bonaparte in America
- National Register of Historic Places – Wikipedia list (Mercer County)
- New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – NJHPO (Mercer County)
- New Jersey and the Great War (WW1 Centennial)
- Photographers of the United States of America
Helpful Links
- Genealogy Abbreviations
- Julian and Gregorian calendar conversion
- Julian and Gregorian calendar conversion (Wikipedia)
City of Trenton
- Office of the City Clerk
- Trenton Genealogy Resources (Trenton Historical Society)
Mercer County
- Office of the Mercer County Clerk
- Official Records Public Search
- Property Information Search
- Surrogates’ Office
New Jersey
New Jersey Department of State
- Birth records from May 1, 1848 to May 31, 1878. Note: more than half of all births during this time period were not recorded. For an indirect reference to these births, it is necessary to search the census records.
- Death records from May 1, 1848 to May 31, 1878
- Colonial Marriage Bonds from 1665 to 1799
- Marriage records from May 1, 1848 to May 31, 1878
Office of Vital Statistics – Department of Health
- Birth, marriage and death records starting at 1919
- Domestic partnership records starting at 2004
- Civil union records starting at 2007
- Adoptions – foreign and domestic
- Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth data starting at 1969
Office of Vital Statistics – Non-Genealogical Records
Genealogy Resources at the N.J. State Library
Genealogy in Quarantine: What you can do at home (N.J. State Library)
Census Records
The 1890 United States census was destroyed due to water damage caused by a fire in the federal building where it was being held. The only 1890 census left is the special Civil War veterans’ schedule.
Organizations
- Central Jersey Genealogical Club
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Descendants of Founders of New Jersey
- Ellis Island
- Federation of Genealogical Societies
- Genealogical Society of New Jersey
- League of Historical Societies of New Jersey
- Library of Congress
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
General Websites
Some of these websites require a paid subscription but may offer a free trial
- Access Genealogy
- Ancestry
- Archives.com
- Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites
- Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive
- Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
- Family Search
- Family Search – New Jersey Genealogy
- Family Tree Searcher
- Find a Grave
- Find My Past
- Fold3
- Genealogy Bank
- Genealogy Explained – 25 Free Genealogy Websites
- Genealogy Today
- HeritageQuest – available to library cardholders
- MyHeritage
- Newspapers.com
- NJGenWeb Project
- One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse
- Postmaster Finder – U.S. Postal Service
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness – New Jersey
- RootsWeb
- USGenWeb Project
- WorldGenWeb Project
- A Black & Puerto Rican Union? – Lauren O’Brien (New Jersey Studies)
- Community Documentary – Puerto Rican artists from Trenton
- English Program for Migrant Workers (Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1958)
- The History of Puerto Ricans in Trenton
- Latino Oral Histories (N.J. Hispanic Research & Information Center)
- Newark’s 1974 Puerto Rican Riots Through Oral Histories – Nicole Torres (New Jersey Studies)
- Puerto Rican Immigration to Hawaii (1900-1925) – Daniel Lopez
- The Puerto Rican in New Jersey (N.J. Dept of Education, 1955)
- The State & Puerto Rican Postwar Migration to the U.S. – Edgardo Melendez
- A Black & Puerto Rican Union? – Lauren O’Brien (New Jersey Studies)
- African Roots Podcast
- American Revolution History Resources – Sue Kozel (NJEA)
- Association for the Study of African American Life & History
- Black & Desegregationist Resistance to Systemic Discrimination in Private & Public Housing in Trenton – E. Rosie Driscoll (New Jersey Studies)
- Crowdsourcing Trenton – Harlan Joseph (Princeton University)
- Genealogy Blogs (Radiant Roots)
- New Jersey Chapter of the Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society
- Sankofa Collaborative
- Sons & Daughters of the U.S. Middle Passage
- Three Centuries of African-American History in Trenton
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870-1890
Book Reviews:
- Black New Jersey: 1664 to the Present Day – Graham Russell Gao Hodges
- Suburban Erasure: How the Suburbs Ended the Civil Rights Movement in N.J. – Walter David Greason
- College President Accepts Recommendation to Change Name of Paul Loser Hall
- Grasp of Trenton’s Past Brings Laurels for TCNJ Prof
- Heeley Scholar Creates Research Aid for Trenton Library
- Library Becomes Caretaker of Trenton Club’s History
- Survey of History Artist William E. Pedrick to Open at New Jersey’s Ellarslie Mansion
- Trenton Makes; the World Takes: The Pork Roll Cookbook
- Trenton’s Puerto Rican History Captured with a Collaborative Research Project
