Programs
Make a Donation – Get a Historic Map as our Gift
Views: 6,178 Make a Tax Deductible Donation – Get a Frameable Map Finding New Ways to Share Local History.We call it “Maps for a Cause” supporting Our Ridge and Bernards High Scholarship Funds The Mr. Local History Project continues its… Read More »Make a Donation – Get a Historic Map as our Gift
Sharing Local History with Maps – How to Read Into Them
Views: 6,307 Researching Local History with Maps As a historian, I believe maps are one of the greatest sources of information, capturing a time and place. We use these maps to research history and find buildings, families, farms, or streets.… Read More »Sharing Local History with Maps – How to Read Into Them
Basking Ridge Evergreen Cemetery is a History Lesson
Views: 945 You can learn a lot of history by looking at a cemetery! NOTE: A quick reminder: Warren was part of Bernards Township until the 19th century, while Far Hills and Bernardsville were still part of Bernards Township up… Read More »Basking Ridge Evergreen Cemetery is a History Lesson
Ancestry Comes Up Short on Analytics
Views: 1,185 As a recent subscriber to Ancestry.com the first thing everyone does is they create a family tree. After you’ve added your basic living and deceased family members and started your frame, you are now a slave to what… Read More »Ancestry Comes Up Short on Analytics
Three Sister Towns Historic Links to Governor Sir Francis Bernard
Views: 3,088 Amid controversy and intrigue, we have been writing for years about a controversial figure in early American history who served the English majestry as the provincial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay. If you were to define… Read More »Three Sister Towns Historic Links to Governor Sir Francis Bernard
Blairsden- The Horror, The Nuns and Other Urban Legends
Views: 52,831 Weird New Jersey Launches an all-out attack with urban legends and what went wrong inside the Blairsden Estate in Peapack, New Jersey. This article originally was posted on another site back in 2007. We thought it was time… Read More »Blairsden- The Horror, The Nuns and Other Urban Legends
Project Local History Ambassador Flags for Students
Views: 2,574 Connecting Bernards Township students to their local history, the Mr. Local History Project officially launched Project Local History Ambassador program for 5th grade students thanks to the financial support of many special people in the township. The program,… Read More »Project Local History Ambassador Flags for Students
Moonshining Bootlegging Speakeasies in Somerset County, NJ
Views: 2,497 A few friends got together and started talking about the fine art of distilling and how much it’s really changed (if at all). It seems that due to the efforts of a few Jersey residents, distilling spirits is… Read More »Moonshining Bootlegging Speakeasies in Somerset County, NJ
Get a Bernards Township Flag – MLH Donates 15 to Project Local History Ambassador
Views: 6,812 Project Local History Ambassador – Our second year is underway! Nicknamed to PLHA is a new program where the Mr. Local History Project is holding assemblies at each elementary school in Bernards Township and sharing the history of… Read More »Get a Bernards Township Flag – MLH Donates 15 to Project Local History Ambassador
New Jersey Hills are Alive with Distilling History
Views: 8,853 Distilling in Central New Jersey New Jersey has a deep history of distilling spirits that goes back to colonial times. The Somerset Hills is an area in central New Jersey’s Somerset County grouping six similar towns, villages, and… Read More »New Jersey Hills are Alive with Distilling History
Art and History – Looking for Artists To Interpret History with Art
Views: 6,747 The Mr. Local History Project is looking for any artists to interpret our local history boards to create memorable images of local history for the Somerset Hills communities of Bernardsville, Bernards Township, Bedminster, Peapack and Gladstone. We are… Read More »Art and History – Looking for Artists To Interpret History with Art
Bernards Township & Bernardsville Honor Our Military Heros
Views: 7,010 Each Memorial Day and Veterans Day Bernards Township and Bernardsville honors our military veterans with a banner salute around the Bernards Township Municipal building and in downtown Bernardsville area. The banners usually stay up between the two holidays… Read More »Bernards Township & Bernardsville Honor Our Military Heros