Sources for this website were found from the collections of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center at the Newark Public Library which you can read about here, as well as many online sources.
While many sources are linked on each post what follows are some general links for help finding further sources on Newark’s women. For sources at the library you can email njreference@npl.org for help with access.
FREE RESOURCES
Newspapers:
- The Newark Evening News, cited in many posts has been fully digitized here: https://newark.historyarchives.online/home
- The Star Ledger is available at the Newark Public Library.
- Chronicling America includes the Newark Star, as well as papers around the US
- The Newark News Morgue at the library are microfilmed newspaper clippings. The full index is here and a smaller list of women in the Newark News Morgue is here.
Newspaper Columns
- Index to Sunday Call “Women in Newark” Columns
- Index to women in Cummings “Knowing Newark” Columns
Digital Archival collections & Books
Physical Archival Collections & Books
Genealogical Websites (Censuses, Marriage & Death Indices, Military Records, Etc.)
- FamilySearch.org
- Ancestry Library Edition is available at Newark Public Library
PAID RESOURCES
- newspapers.com and GenealogyBank which include the full Star Ledger as well as the New York Age, Jersey Journal and other national and international papers
- Ancestry.com