I understand that Rutgers has a list of inscriptions from New Jersey cemeteries. How would I find out if my family names are listed?
The Rutgers Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives Department maintains a large card catalog of transcribed tombstone inscriptions. These were originally recorded in the 1930s as the result of a survey of over 800 New Jersey cemeteries and graveyards conducted by the Genealogical Society of New Jersey. Arrangement is by county and name of cemetery; there is also a surname index (16 file drawers) covering selected cemeteries. Not all New Jersey cemetaries were represented in this survey. If you wish to know if the inscriptions from a particular cemetery are represented in this collection,please refer to the Genealogical Society of New Jerseys online Cemetery Inventory ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/cemetery.html). If you are unable to use the New Jersey Cemetery Records on-site and would like to know if a name is listed for a particular cemetery, please see the section on Genealogical Research (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/genealogy/genealogy.shtml) on the SC/U
