Hudson County New Jersey Genealogy and History
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The county seat is Jersey City. Surrounding Counties: Bergen County, New Jersey - north New York County, New York - east Essex County, New Jersey - west Union County, New Jersey - west Richmond County, New York - south Our New Jersey State Site	Hudson County lies several hundred feet from the western shore of Ellis and Liberty Islands, and has always been a gateway for many immigrants to the United States. Both Ellis Island and Liberty Island lie entirely within Hudson County's waters, which extend to the New York state line at the middle of the Hudson River. Liberty Island is wholly part of New York. Ellis Island is jointly administered by the states of New Jersey and New York. Nine-tenths of its land is technically part of Hudson County, with the remainder being part of New York. Hudson County is also recognized as one of the Northeast's major transportation and industrial hubs Cities Bayonne (city) East Newark (borough) Guttenberg (town) Harrison (town) Hoboken (city) Jersey City (city) Kearny (town) Secaucus (town) Union City (city) West New York (town). Townships North Bergen Weehawken
Online Data Newspaper Data Wills Marriages Obituaries Census Data Poor House  Biographies Historical Pictures   Data Coming Soon: Births Military Data Cemeteries Deaths History    Site Updates Sep 2011: WERNEKEN, Frank Stevens Bio - Contributed by Christine Walters May 2011: Death Notice:  Mrs. Rose Bridges - Contributed by Dale Donlon Nov 2010: CUINET bio June 2010: KEARNEY and DUPONT bio; Picture of Hoboken Public School Apr 2010: BRADLEY obit; Misc. news item for HALL Oct 2009: Crime News item: OSTENDEROFF killed May 2009: Death Notice for PERRY Dec 2008: Newspaper marriage notice for FRISBIE-GRIFFIN 8 Apr 2008: Misc Newspaper Item for SCHIAVONE 28 Jan 2008: Boiler Explosion at Jersey City 1 Nov 2007: Aaron DENSION/DENISON Will; Poorhouse newspaper stories 23 Oct 2007: Marriage Notice of COLE/CLENDENE; obits for BOYD, KINKOWSKI and SHERMAN; newspaper stories for FINK, MCMAHN; Slaves in the 1850 Census 12 Nov 2006: Site Started. Newspaper Page Added
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