Cornelius C. Bogert index card. Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 - 1949, do...

The Christmas market ( Weihnachtsmarkt ) is a tradition that goes back to the late Middle Ages in the German-speaking areas of Europe. It...

The most powerful earthquake to strike New Jersey was the one that occurred at 9:00 PM on 29 November 1783. It measured 5.3 on the Richter ...

Four years ago today, Superstorm Sandy slammed into the United States. The storm made landfall near Brigantine, New Jersey on 29 October 201...

The 1860 census record for the family of my aunt's 2nd-great-grandparents provides particularly detailed places of birth for the residen...

Today I attended the 32nd annual Scandinavian Fest at Vasa Park in Budd Lake, Morris County, New Jersey. The festival promotes and cele...

Today I attended a memorial service for Civil War soldiers that was held by the Private Joseph Bessette Chapter , National Society Daught...

Jane Mapplebeck, the father of my great-grandmother 's stepfather/adoptive father James Mapplebeck and probably the only grandparent th...

Jewel Gatlin, Beloved Cat Jewel Gatlin passed peacefully at her home in Lincoln Park, New Jersey on the morning of Sunday, May 15, 201...

New Jersey. Bureau of Vital Statistics. Death certificate, Martha Sarah Elsie Rauch, 1906. New Jersey State Archives. Martha Sarah Elsie...

Today I visited the New Jersey State Archives , located at 225 West State Street in Trenton, New Jersey. Genealogical records in the coll...

Photo by Mary Ann Missimer-Moore - Find A Grave contributor Sarah Mappleback was born about 1854 in Ontario, Canada. She was the daugh...

Malachi Reed was in a relationship with my aunt for many years. They were together while I was growing up. If they had been married, he w...

The Blizzard of 2016 has buried my house in snow. There is so much snow that I can only open the side door (the one I use) an inch or two. I...

First Ellis Island Immigration Station in New York Harbor. Public domain. Available from Wikimedia Commons . On 1 January 1892, Ellis Is...

Today I visited the Hermitage in Ho-Ho-Kus, Bergen County, New Jersey. The house was named a National Historic Landmark because of its Go...

October 1 is World Vegetarian Day . I have been a vegetarian for 14 years. My favorite restaurant is Veggie Heaven . The restaurant is lo...

In 1974, my maternal grandparents John and Margaret (Schneider) Boe sold their house in Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey and moved to ...

Sunshine, my orange and white tabby girl, was born on 15 July 1990. The person who brought her to the Bergen County Animal Shelter in Tet...