Rahway Genealogy (in Union County, NJ)

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Rahway Birth Records

New Jersey Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 Ancestry online

New Jersey, Birth Records, 1848-1920 New Jersey State Archives

New Jersey, Birth Records, 1921-present New Jersey Department of Health

Rahway, Union, New Jersey computer printout; births or christenings, 1857-1867 FamilySearch Library

Register of marriages, births, and deaths taken from the records of Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends : formerly held at Amboy and Woodbridge, N.J. FamilySearch Library

Rahway Cemetery Records

Christ Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Inscriptions from the cemetery of the Presbyterian Church at Westfield in New Jersey from the year 1740 to the year 1899 : with illustrations from the Rahway Cemetery FamilySearch Library

New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 Ancestry online

Rahway Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rahway Cemetery Billion Graves online

Rahway Public Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Tombstone inscriptions, Rahway Public cemetery : including Old Presbyterian Church cemetery, Rahway, Union County, New Jersey FamilySearch Library

Rahway Census Records

1855 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1865 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1875 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1885 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1895 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1905 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1915 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Rahway Church Records

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200 Years of Christian Ministry of the First Presbyterian Church, Rahway, N.J., 1741-1941 Ancestry online

200 years of Christian ministry of the First Presbyterian Church, Rahway. N.J., 1741-1941 FamilySearch Library

Church manual for the members of the First Presbyterian Church, Rahway, N.J., April, 1854 FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1806-1890 (Society of Friends. Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting (New Jersey : Orthodox)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1875-1885 (Christ Reformed Episcopal Church (Rahway, New Jersey)) FamilySearch Library

Historical Sermon : Commemorating the One Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Church Ancestry online

Historical Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of Rahway, NJ Ancestry online

Historical sermon commemorating the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the church, November twelfth, ninteen hundred and sixteen : 1741-1916, delivered at the First Presbyterian Church, Rahway, N.J. FamilySearch Library

Historical sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of Rahway, N.J. FamilySearch Library

History of the First Baptist Church of Rahway, New Jersey Ancestry online

History of the First Baptist Church of Rahway, New Jersey FamilySearch Library

History of the Second Presbyterian Church of Rahway, N.J Ancestry online

History of the Second Presbyterian Church of Rahway, N.J. FamilySearch Library

Holy Comforter, 1937-1969, Parish Register, Book 4 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

Jubilee Souvenir of the First Presbyterian Church of Rahway, NJ Ancestry online

Jubilee souvenir of the First Presbyterian Church of Rahway, N.J., FamilySearch Library

Jubilee souvenir of the First Presbyterian Church of Rahway, New Jersey LDS Genealogy online

Jubilee souvenir of the First Presbyterian Church of Rahway, New Jersey Internet Archive online

Marriages in the Rahway Presbyterian Church 1797 to 1848 : together with five additional ones, 1851-1867 WorldCat

Marriages recorded at Plainfield and Rahway, Shrewsbury, and Hardwick and Randolph, New Jersey Monthly Meetings, 1674-1902 FamilySearch Library

Monthly meeting records, 1686-1894 (Society of Friends. Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting (New Jersey : Hicksite)) FamilySearch Library

New Jersey Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 Ancestry online

Parish registers, 1862-1960 (Catholic Church. St. Mary (Rahway, New Jersey)) FamilySearch Library

Parish registers, 1871-1960 (Catholic Church. St. Mark (Rahway, New Jersey)) FamilySearch Library

Rahway, Union, New Jersey computer printout; births or christenings, 1857-1867 FamilySearch Library

Rathway, Union Co., NJ, Second Presbyterian Church Membership, 1849-1888 Jane Devlin online

Register of marriages, births, and deaths taken from the records of Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends : formerly held at Amboy and Woodbridge, N.J. FamilySearch Library

St. Paul's, 1 January 1968-1970, Parish Register (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. Paul's, 1843-1900, Parish Register (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. Paul's, 1900-1943, Parish Register, Vol. 2 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. Paul's, 1943-1955, Parish Register, Vol. 3 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. Paul's, April 1955-December 1967, Parish Register, Vol. 4 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

Rahway City Directories

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Holbrook's directory of the city of Rahway, Union County, New Jersey : containing names, occupations, business addresses, home addresses, business, street, church, society and school directory, and city officers of the year 1898 : also city map FamilySearch Library

Rahway City Directory 1904 MyHeritage online

Rahway City Directory 1916 MyHeritage online

Rahway City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Rahway City Directory 1933 MyHeritage online

Rahway City Directory 1937 MyHeritage online

Rahway City Directory 1940 MyHeritage online

Rahway City Directory 1946 MyHeritage online

Rahway City Directory 1947 MyHeritage online

Rahway City Directory 1952 MyHeritage online

Rahway City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Rahway City Directory 1956 MyHeritage online

Rahway City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Rahway, NJ 1859 Bus. Direc. City Directories Allen County Public Library

Rahway, NJ 1904-1934 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1918 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1920 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1933 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1946 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1947 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rahway, New Jersey, city directory : also a buyer's guide and a complete classified business directory FamilySearch Library

Rahway Death Records

1901-1903, 1920-1929, 1949-2000 New Jersey Death Index Ancestry online

1920-1929, 1949-2017 New Jersey Death Index MyHeritage online

New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 Ancestry online

New Jersey, Death Records, 1848-1930 New Jersey State Archives

New Jersey, Death Records, 1931-present New Jersey Department of Health

Register of marriages, births, and deaths taken from the records of Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends : formerly held at Amboy and Woodbridge, N.J. FamilySearch Library

Rahway Histories and Genealogies

Descriptive Sketch of the Rahway Cemetery : Its History, Location and General Features : By-Laws and Rules and Regulations Ancestry online

Rahway Immigration Records

Declarations of intention, 1857-1928 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization certificate stubs : 1914-1930 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization petitions, 1857-1906 FamilySearch Library

Rahway Land Records

Deeds, 1857-1935 FamilySearch Library

Rahway Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, 1923 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, December 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, February 1896 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, November 1891 Library of Congress online

Rahway Marriage Records

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1670-1965 New Jersey Marriage Records (selections) Ancestry online

1901-1914 New Jersey Marriage License Index MyHeritage online

1901-2016 New Jersey Marriage Index Ancestry online

1915-2016 New Jersey Marriage License Index MyHeritage online

Marriages in the Rahway Presbyterian Church 1797 to 1848 : together with five additional ones, 1851-1867 WorldCat

Marriages recorded at Plainfield and Rahway, Shrewsbury, and Hardwick and Randolph, New Jersey Monthly Meetings, 1674-1902 FamilySearch Library

New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1895 Ancestry online

New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1848-1930 New Jersey State Archives

New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1931-present New Jersey Department of Health

Register of marriages, births, and deaths taken from the records of Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends : formerly held at Amboy and Woodbridge, N.J. FamilySearch Library

Rahway Newspapers and Obituaries

Offline Newspapers for Rahway

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Advocate Tribune. (New Philadelphia) 1911-1930

Advocate and Register. (Rahway, N.J.) 1850-1859

Advocate and Times. (Rahway, N.J.) 1863-1866

Censor. (Rahway, N.J.) 1884-1889

Clark Patriot. (Rahway, N.J.) 1965-Current

National Democrat. (Rahway, N.J.) 1864-1891

New Jersey Advocate. (Rahway, N.J.) 1887-1912

New-Jersey Advocate, and Middlesex and Essex Advertiser. (Rahway, N.J.) 1823-1840

New-Jersey Advocate. (Rahway, N.J.) 1840-1850

Rahway Advocate. (Rahway, N.J.) 1882-1887

Rahway Daily Record, and New Jersey Advocate. (Rahway, N.J.) 1912-1931

Rahway Daily Record. (Rahway, N.J.) 1911-1912

Rahway Herald, and New Jersey General Advertiser. (Rahway, N.J.) 1837-1840s

Rahway News-Herald. (Rahway, N.J.) 1909-1912

Rahway News-Record. (Rahway, N.J.) 1946-Current

Rahway Record. (Rahway, N.J.) 1931-1946

Rahway Republican, and Union and Middlesex National Democrat. (Rahway [N.J.]) 1840s-1862

Rahway Republican. (Rahway, N.J.) 1845-1840s

Register & Times. (Rahway, N.J.) 1862-1863

Union Democrat. (Rahway, N.J.) 1891-1909

Union National Democrat and Rahway Republican. (Rahway and Elizabeth [N.J.]) 1862-1864

Weekly Advocate and Times. (Rahway, N.J.) 1866-1882

Rahway Probate Records

1785-1924 New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Rahway School Records

Rahway High School - Allegarooter Yearbook (Rahway, NJ), 1930, 1935, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1983 E Yearbook online

Rahway High School yearbook, 1930, 1935, 1937, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rahway High School yearbook, 1930, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Rahway High School yearbook, 1930, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 Classmates online



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