Local History

Our Local History Room offers an array of services including research assistance, resources, photos, and the expertise of our Long Branch Historian, Janice Grace. Whether searching for an old high school photo or researching the history of your home, we can help.

THE LONG BRANCH HISTORY ROOM

(732) 222-3900 ext. 2280

For a faster response to your questions please email: jgrace@longbranchlib.org

RESOURCES

Long Branch High School Yearbooks

Long Branch Schools Hall of Fame

Newspapers.com contains the LB Daily Record from 1900-1975 (free access in library only)

Long Branch News 1886 June, July, August (incomplete run) Long Branch History Books

City Directories (available digitally in library)

Maps and Atlases – contents found in library

Monmouth County 1860 F.W. Beers Map (digital)

1886 Atlas of Long Branch by J.L. Smith

Plat Book of Monmouth County – Volume 1

NJ Natural Gas Company Documents Relating to NJ

Manufactured Gas Plant (access in library only)

Long Branch Black History Month Notables

Asbury Park Press Online

To login use email: periodicals.lbpl@gmail.com

and password: LBPL**news*25

Collections

Pach Photo Collection

James Durnell

Daniel Hennessey

George H. Moss Jr.

Available by request:

Robert Van Benthuysen Monmouth County & NJ

Elsalyn Palmisano

Click the image to read the Harbour Mansion history.

Genealogy Resources

AncestryLibrary (access in library only)

HeritageHub

Monmouth County Genealogy Society

FamilySearch

NJ State Library Genealogy Archives

Getting Copies of Genealogical Records

Association of Professional Genealogists

How to Research The History of a House

Find a Grave

The Genealogy Homepage

Rutgers University Genealogical collections

Ellis Island
GenealogyInTime Magazine

Beginner’s Guide to Genealogy

Entertaining a Nation

Click the image to access Entertaining a Nation: the Career of Long Branch Written and Illustrated by the Writers’ Project, Work Projects Administration, State of New Jersey