Bible Records Project

The Plainfield Public Library Bible Records Project scans and digitizes family bible records from families with connections to Middlesex, Somerset and Union counties.  The images will be available online for the purpose of sharing and disseminating these invaluable genealogy resources. Plainfield Public Library cannot accept actual Bibles, but data from photocopies can be added to the collection. Those in possession of family bible records are encouraged to submit their records for inclusion on this website.

To donate records, please send a color photocopy or a scan of the Bible's title page and the family records pages. A transcription is not required, but it ensures that Plainfield Public Library does not transcribe the names incorrectly. You can also include other information such as where the people lived, or the current or former owner of the Bible. If the Bible belongs to someone else, please obtain their permission to send Plainfield Public Library a copy.

To send the pages electronically, please use the following e-mail address: genealogy[at]plfdpl.info.

If you prefer to send copies by mail. the address is:

Plainfield Public Library
Local History Department
Attn: Bible Records
800 Park Avenue
Plainfield, NJ 07060

Please contact the Local History Dept. at 908-757-1111 x 136, for further information.

All of the records listed below include a transcription as well as actual page images. Please note that all records are PDF files (Download Free Adobe Reader) and can be quite large in size.

Family	Additional Surnames	Location	Date Range
Price Family (Moses and Emeline Price) View Transcript (105 KB) View Original Documents (10,148 KB)	Cairl, Smithe, Smithers, Wallace, Wilds	Little Creek Hundred, Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware	1842-1904
Thoner Family View Transcript (94KB ) View Original Documents (267KB)	Aker, Christiansen, MacQuarie, MacQuarrie, Thoner, Walsh (See Also: Walsh, below)	Boston, MA Everett, MA Horten, Norway Passaic, NJ	1865-1947
Vail Family View Transcript (846 KB) View Original Documents (583 KB, more pending)	Dell, FitzRandolph, Pound, Robinson, Smith	Plainfield, NJ Somerset County, NJ	1734 -1888
Van Fleet (594 KB)	Mallery	Delaware County, NY	1805-189[ ]
Walsh Family View Documents (6,060 KB)	Alford	Passaic, NJ Patterson, NJ New Brunswick, Canada Nottingham, England	1864-1902
Warn Family (6.92 MB)	Van Syckel, Warn, Warne	Warren County, NJ	1769-1884