Somerville Genealogy (in Somerset County, NJ)

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Somerville 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

Records of the Reformed Protestand Dutch Church of Raritan (now Somerville), N.J. Archive Grid

Somerville Cemetery Records

Early Settlers Burial Ground Find a Grave online

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

Immaculate Conception Cemetery Find a Grave online

Immaculate Conception Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mountain Top Cemetery Find a Grave online

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

New Somerville Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Somerville Cemetery Find a Grave online

Somerville Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Somerville New Cemetery Billion Graves online

Somerville Old Cemetery Billion Graves online

Somerville 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

Somerville Church Records

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A Service in Celebration of the Two Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Founding of the First Reformed Church, Somerville Ancestry online

A service in celebration of the two hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the First Reformed Church, Somerville, New Jersey : Sunday, December 28, 1924 FamilySearch Library

Address at the Corner-Stone Laying of the First Reformed Church, Somerville, N.J., July 25, 1896 Ancestry online

Address at the corner-stone laying of the First Reformed Church, Somerville, N.J., July 25, 1896 FamilySearch Library

Historical Sermon On the Fortieth Anniversary of Second Reformed Church at Raritan, Somerville, New Jersey Ancestry online

Historical Sketch of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Raritan, Somerville, NJ Ancestry online

Historical sermon on the fortieth anniversary of Second Reformed Church at Raritan, Somerville, New Jersey : preached on Sunday, March 8th, 1874 FamilySearch Library

Historical sketch of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Raritan, Somerville, N.J. FamilySearch Library

History and manual of the Second Reformed Church of Somerville, N.J. FamilySearch Library

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

Records of the Reformed Protestand Dutch Church of Raritan (now Somerville), N.J. WorldCat

Records of the Reformed Protestand Dutch Church of Raritan (now Somerville), N.J. Archive Grid

Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Raritan (now Somerville), N.J., 1721-1851 FamilySearch Library

Sermon On the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Second Reformed Church, Somerville, New Jersey Ancestry online

St. John's, 1852-1886, Parish Register 2 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. John's, 1852-1915, Parish Register 1 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. John's, 1915-1970, Parish Register 3 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. John's, 1948, Marriage Register 2 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. John's, 1970, Parish Register 4 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. John's, May 1915-December 1947, Marriage Register 1 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. John's, October 1961, Burials 1 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

Somerville City Directories

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Boyd's Combined Directory of Plainfield, Somerville, Bound Brook, Raritan, Dunellen, Westfield, Fanwood for 1885-1886 Westfield Memorial Library online

Richmond's Directory of Somerville, Bound Brook, South Bound Brook, East Bound Brook, Raritan, Manville and Finderne (Somerset County, N.J.) 1919-1920 The NJ Historical Portal online

Somerville (New Jersey) city directories FamilySearch Library

Somerville City Directory 1949 MyHeritage online

Somerville City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Somerville City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Somerville, NJ 1917-1931 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Somerville, New Jersey, City Directory, 1917 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Somerville, New Jersey, City Directory, 1919 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Somerville, New Jersey, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

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

Somerville, New Jersey, City Directory, 1936 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Somerville, New Jersey, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Somerville, New Jersey, City Directory, 1944 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Somerville, New Jersey, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

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

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

Somerville, New Jersey, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Somerville, New Jersey, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Somerville 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

St. John's, October 1961, Burials 1 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

Somerville Histories and Genealogies

Early Somerville : from the Writings of Henry P. Mason Ancestry online

Early Somerville : from the writings of Henry P. Mason FamilySearch Library

First Annual Reunion of Somerset Classical Institute, Somerville, NJ Ancestry online

Somerville Water Power, New Jersey : Officers of the Company Ancestry online

The Towns of Somerville and Raritan, New Jersey : Showing Their Leading Characteristics, Attractions As Places of Residence Ancestry online

Somerville Immigration Records

Naturalization petitions, 1830-1906 FamilySearch Library

Somerville Land Records

Deeds, 1779-1901; index to deeds, 1785-1916 FamilySearch Library

Somerville Map Records

Illustrated Fact Book and Map, Somerville Area of New Jersey Ancestry online

Map of Somerville, New Jersey 1882. Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, 1917 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, December 1895 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, July 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, July 1890 Library of Congress online

Somerville 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

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

Records of the Reformed Protestand Dutch Church of Raritan (now Somerville), N.J. Archive Grid

St. John's, 1948, Marriage Register 2 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. John's, May 1915-December 1947, Marriage Register 1 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

Somerville Newspapers and Obituaries

Chronicle 06/11/2005 to 03/03/2007 Genealogy Bank online

Messenger-Gazette 06/09/2005 to 02/28/2013 Genealogy Bank online

Messenger-Gazette, The: Web Edition Articles 01/24/2010 to 12/22/2017 Genealogy Bank online

Newspaper Clippings from the Sussex Register Ancestry online

Offline Newspapers for Somerville

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.

Somerset County News. (Somerville, N.J.) 1859-1863

Somerset Democrat. (Somerville, N.J.) 1888-1930

Somerset Gazette. (Somerville, N.J.) 1867-1882

Somerset Messenger Gazette. (Somerville, N.J.) 1931-Current

Somerset Messenger, and Somerset County Advertiser. ([Somerville, N.J.]) 1823-1826

Somerset Messenger. (Somerville, N.J.) 1827-1930

Somerset Unionist. (Somerville, N.J.) 1863-1882

Somerset Weekly Gazette. (Somerville, N.J.) 1860s-1860s

Somerset Whig. (Somerville, N.J.) 1834-1863

Unionist-Gazette. (Somerville, N.J.) 1882-1930

Somerville Probate Records

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

Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760 Ancestry online

New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 Ancestry online

Somerset and Hunterdon Counties, New Jersey, heirs to estates : abstracted from partitions and divisions, 1809-1904 Genealogy Gophers online

Somerville School Records

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Immaculata High School - Magnificat Yearbook (Somerville, NJ), 1969, 1970, 1971 E Yearbook online

Immaculata High School yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Immaculata High School yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Immaculata High School yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Classmates online

Somerville High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Somerville, NJ), 1943, 1944, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1983, 1984 E Yearbook online

Somerville High School yearbook, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Somerville High School yearbook, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Somerville High School yearbook, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000 Classmates online

Somerville Tax Records

1772-1822 Tax Lists (included in New Jersey Census collection) Ancestry online

Somerset County, New Jersey, business records for taxation purposes, 1814-1817 FamilySearch Library



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