Databases
Ancestry
Obituaries, Directories, Censuses, Military Records and more! Only available at the library.
Heritage Hub formerly America’s Obituaries (Newsbank)
Discover the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for genealogical research, 1704 – today.
Heritage Quest
Heritage Quest is a genealogical database with access to government records, census data and auxiliary resources to help find information regarding your family history. You can access it outside the library with your NJ Library Card.
Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 (in-Library)
Sanborn Maps (Outside of Library)
Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years. The maps provide a wealth of information, such as building outline, size and shape. Come explore America’s rich and diverse building history.
Newsbank Resources
State, national, and world news, veterans information, politics and more from a variety of archived and new news media including newspapers, blogs, periodicals, videos and web-only content including the Hudson Reporter Publications, Jersey Journal, Star-Ledger and USA Today.
Historic Photograph Collection
The library has a collection of over 1,000 black and white historical photos. The library, in conjunction with the New Jersey Digital Highway Project, now offers many of the historical photographs online.
Go to NJDigitalHighway and choose the Hoboken Historical Photographs under collections in the advance search to see our photographs. The library also has print black and white photographs taken by Caroline Carlson between 1970 and 1975 collected in a binder, as well as recent color photographs taken by Jerry Dougherty.