A Portal for Students |
If you are a student learning about New Jersey in the classroom, researching your family's history, or if
you just want to explore this weird and wonderful state, then you are in the right place!
On the NJDH Students' page, you can:
If English is your second language, you can find information specifically for you!
Photographs, letters, documents, books and oral histories tell the story of New Jersey through the stories of people who brought new cultures, languages and ideas with them to New Jersey.
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"My mother came over when she was fifteen years old. It must have been 1921. My mother's family had great expectations of the
United States. You've heard that old story about people expecting to see the streets lined with gold. Well,
in her case they really did." from "The Reasons for Migrating" by Giles R Wright. Trenton : New Jersey Historical Commission, Dept. of State, c1986. |
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"I have not seen any of my comrade girls since I left New York. I have been very
lonesome since I have seen no one that I knew. I was very sorry when I heard the death of Uncle Jimmy. I live in
Hightstown as I said before with R.M. Smith Esq. It is a large family. He keeps a hotel and quite a large one too.
I like it here very much indeed. I get 5 dollars a month which is two more than I got at the other place."
From: the Mary Garvey Letter, October, 1862. |
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