Towns

Ancestry Comes Up Short on Analytics

As a recent subscriber to Ancestry.com the first thing everyone does is they create a family tree. After you've added…

2 years ago

10 More Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey

Believe it or not, the dead is alive in central New Jersey especially in northern Somerset County. The question is…

2 years ago

Basking Ridge’s Genealogist and Historian, Gets Digitized

If you live in Bernards Township, New Jersey, the Mr. Local History Project has written a few stories about the…

2 years ago

The Bridgewater Copper Mines

It wouldn’t come as a surprise to most people that mining is the most prevalent industrial sector in Somerset County.…

2 years ago

English Farm – Liberty Corner’s Historic Gem

As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn additional facts and are sent…

2 years ago

Warren’s Schwaebische Alb Was a Jersey Octoberfest Institution

HELP THIS STORY: We are still looking for photos of the beer garden or any photos taken after 1970. We…

2 years ago

Basking Ridge’s Oldest Cemetery

NOTE: Warren, Far Hills and Bernardsville were all part of Bernards Township in the early 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.…

2 years ago

Remembering Dewy Meadow Farm and Those Chicken Pot Pies

They came from all over Jersey to the sleepy section of West Millington in Bernards Township for some of the…

2 years ago

Mapping Historic Icons in Warren Township, New Jersey

There are lots of Warrens in New Jersey. We are happy to announce that the Mr. Local History Project has…

2 years ago

Jerolaman’s – A Bernardsville Store & Man That Won’t Be Forgotten

Sometimes history creeps up on you when you least expect it. Years ago, our project wanted to honor a small…

2 years ago

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