Getting Started: Climbing the Branches of Your Family Tree There are many resources publically available to help you trace your Hackettstown ancestors or to satisfy your curiousity about the history of the town. The internet offers search engines and sites, both free and ![]() |
Where to Go Local and county libraries as well as historical societies are excellent resources for additional research opportunities. Check out the following: Hackettstown Historical Society 106 Church Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 908.852.8797 Hackettstown Public Library Church Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 908-818-1280 Warren County Library (Headquarters) 2 Shotwell Drive Belvidere, NJ 07823 908.475.6322 Warren County Library (Northeast) 63 Route 46, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 908.813.3858 Warren County Historical and Genealogical Society 313 Mansfield Street, Belvidere, NJ 07823 908.475.4246 |
New Book on Hackettstown’s Historic Main Street ![]() |
Links and Resources Use these links and resources to research your Hackettstown historical or ancestral interests. The items in green are links. |
Websites – Ancestry.com – Genealogy.com – Cyndi’s List – Warren County GenWeb Project – NJ State Library – National Archives |
Books Available at the Hackettstown Museum for reference and research – Historic Main Street Hackettstown, New Jersey – The History of Hackettstown – The People of Hackettstown – The Story of Hackettstown – The History of Warren County NJ – History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey – The Story of old farm or Life in New Jersey in the eighteen century – Pioneer Families and Northwestern New Jersey – Early Germans of New Jersey – Northwestern New Jersey: a history – The New Jersey volunteers (Loyalist) in the Revolutionary War – History and Directory of Warren County New Jersey |
Newspapers Available on microfilm at the Hackettstown Museum and Library – The Warren Gazette – The Warren Republican |
Family Histories Available at the Hackettstown Museum – Ayers Family – The Flock Family History – The Rusling Family – Bird Family Genealogy – The Lindy Family – The Vannatta-Van Etten Family – John Wildrick of NJ – Pickel/Pickle/Pickell Family |
Forms – Census Record Abstracts – Family Group Record – Ancestral Chart |
Reference and Tutorials – On Line Genealogy Classes – How To Reference Guides – Relationship Chart |