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This Family Archive CD includes the records of approximately 330,000 individuals in a unique collection of church, court, marriage, land, military, and probate records. Made up of images of the pages of nine New Jersey reference works published by the Genealogical Publishing Company, and accessed by a single electronic index, this CD is the entry point for genealogical research in colonial New Jersey. Moreover, in light of the missing New Jersey census schedules for 1790-1820, it is probably the most important finding-aid available in this or in any other format.

Among the many valuable reference works included on this CD you"ll find one work in particular that is perhaps the most frequently consulted book in New Jersey genealogy, William Nelson's New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800; and you"ll also find Nelson's invaluable Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey, 1664-1703, both published originally as part of the official Archives of the State of New Jersey. Another official collection included on this CD--absolutely seminal in genealogical research--is the three-volume New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, etc., in the Office of the Secretary of State, which features 185,000 entries arranged under the twenty-one present-day counties of New Jersey. And the other books on the CD, complete with dates and places of residence and death, names of brides and grooms, names of grantors, patentees of land, testators and intestates, military figures, militiamen, Quakers, and others, make this a totally unique reference tool. The following is a brief list of the books included:

*New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800
*Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey, 1664-1703
*New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, etc., in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1663-1900
*Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War
*Index to Stryker's Register of New Jersey in the Revolution
*Records of Officers and Men of New Jersey in Wars 1791-1815
*General Index to the Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey
*The Burlington Court Book: A Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West New Jersey, 1680-1709
*Bergen Records: Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Bergen, 1666-1788

System Requirements: You must have a CD-ROM drive, and in order to read the CD you must use either the Family Archive Viewer (version 4.0 or higher), which is available as a free download at http://www.genealogical.com/content/dlfav6.html, or Family Tree Maker for Windows, version 4.0 or higher (Family Tree Maker software can be ordered from www.FamilyTreeMaker.com).

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using the Family Archive Viewer:

1. Install the Family Archive Viewer CD or download it from http://www.genealogy.com/dlfav6.html.
2. Start the Viewer if it is not already running
3. Insert the CD you wish to view into the CD-ROM drive. If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.
4. The CD should open automatically, but users of later versions of the Family Archive Viewer must click the CD/magnifying glass icon in the top toolbar (above the template in some versions) to read the CD.
5. When the screen entitled "About this Family Archive" appears, click OK where prompted.

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using Family Tree Maker:

1. Start your Family Tree Maker and open a Family File. (If the program is already running, skip to Step 2.)
2. Insert the CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive. (If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.)
3. From the View menu, select Family Finder, or select the Family Finder icon from the toolbar.
4. For FTM 2005, FTM 2006, or Version 16, you must go to the View menu, select Data CD, then View CD. For FTM 2008 or higher, you must download the Family Archive Viewer.

To search the CD for names, select the Search Expert button in the top right of your screen, then select "Search this archive for someone NOT from your Family File." You can also search for names by using the Index.

Note: If a window opens that contains a list of files on the CD, simply close it.