The Genealogy Magazine
of New Jersey has been published by the Genealogical Society of New Jersey since
1925. The September 1997 edition contained an interesting article, Essex County Gravestones— Some Tombstone Inscriptions with Irish Places
of Birth in Roman Catholic Cemeteries.[1]
Essex county is mostly urbanized, near New York
City, and in the north east of New Jersey. Many Irish immigrants arrived in New York and went to Newark—the biggest
city in the state—and other parts of New Jersey.
New Jersey Counties courtesy of Essex county Rootsweb page
While this article might be of use to
some readers, another article in the same publication, “John Hugg Sr. was Not an Irishman”[2]
[italics added by article author] definitely will not!
[1] Curley,
Augustine J. 1997. Essex
County Gravestones—Some Tombstone Inscriptions with Irish Places of Birth in
Roman Catholic Cemeteries in Genealogy
Magazine of New Jersey. Vol. 72. No. 3. pp. 105-108
[2] Rubicam,
Milton. 1965. John Hugg Sr. was Not an Irishman
in Genealogy Magazine of New
Jersey. Vol. 40. No. 3. pp. 97-99.
I just found your blog and was happy to see the post about Essex County NJ. I will have to delve into the Genealogy Society of New Jersey.
ReplyDeleteI found a great Aunt who moved to Newark sometime between 1910 and 1920. This has been a mystery because all of her sisters and brother stayed in Allegheny County PA.
It gives me another place to search. Thank You