New Jersey Archives - Megan Smolenyak https://megansmolenyak.com/tag/new-jersey/ genealogical adventurer & storyteller Thu, 08 Jan 2026 01:06:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Genealogy Roundup, January 7 https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-january-7-2026/ https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-january-7-2026/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2026 01:06:55 +0000 https://megansmolenyak.com/?p=164581 In this week’s roundup, Annie Moore anniversary, year in review for Reclaim the Records, good news for NJ genealogists, and more!

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]]> New Jersey State Archives – Good news for New Jersey genealogists!

WWII soldier missing since Bataan Death March identified, finally returning home – Local news piece about one the soldiers I researched who’s been identified. While I appreciate that they told this story, it sort of insinuates that the family couldn’t be found or wasn’t all that involved, and I can tell you that they definitely were and are. My guess is that they couldn’t get one of them to interview so took this fellow-veteran approach, and while that’s fine, I wish they had mentioned that James McKinley Walker’s family is very much in the mix. In fact, they were the ones who decided to bury him there. #genealogy

Reclaim The Records Year in Review 2025 – Worth taking a few minutes to see all that Reclaim the Records has done for us just in 2025! #genealogy

 

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]]> https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-january-7-2026/feed/ 0 Genealogy Roundup, September 6 https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-september-6/ https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-september-6/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2017 15:49:08 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=158789 In this week's Roundup: Check out the New Jersey quarter featuring Ellis Island and peek in at the solar eclipse viewing party at the National Archives.

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]]> N.J. ‘Island of Hope’ quarter introduced into circulation – New Jersey reminding everyone that Ellis Island is actually in NJ, not NY

Solar Eclipse Viewing Party at National Archives – When science and history collide!

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]]> https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-september-6/feed/ 0 A Peek into my Own Past https://megansmolenyak.com/a-peek-into-my-own-past/ https://megansmolenyak.com/a-peek-into-my-own-past/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:48:25 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=157096 It was daunting to think of trying to capture even a hint of my mother in 500 words, but here's a little peek into my own family history.

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]]> I was recently asked to write a short piece about my mother, and debated about it. While I write about non-relatives all the time, it was daunting to think of trying to capture even a hint of my mother in 500 words and I hadn’t tried in the 9 years since we lost her. But I gave it a go and wound up including my sister, too. So here’s a little peek into my own family history.

A digital version is available in Irish America on page 96.

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