I've lived in New Jersey for more than 40 years, but I'll never be a real New Jersey girl. I grew up in Pennsylvania where there was lots of snow, one traffic light in town, and 90 kids in my grade--from kindergarten through graduation. I didn't know anything about The Shore, or baked ziti, or Chanukah until I came to Jersey. But, I've come to love all of that and much more--especially the history. I now know about the Jersey Dutch, strawberry baskets, railroad suburbs, the bridge that saved a nation, and so much more. I've learned that to tell the local stories about regular people I need to read wills, estate files, census records, pension applications, letters, tombstones, newspapers, and anything else I can find. So, that's some of what I want to share with you!

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Grave Matters

I'm back to Bergen County history and would like to see you at my upcoming lecture on early cemeteries and monuments and then join the walking tour to the French Cemetery in New Milford.

Harvest Homecoming at Historic New Bridge Landing

Saturday, October 19, 2013, 1 pm to 4 pm
 
1 pm Grave Matters: the Zabriskie-Hopper Burial Ground in Paramus
Peggy Norris, BCHS Trustee, will share her research on the Zabriskie-Hopper Burial Ground and discuss the people buried there, how the graves were marked, and what we can all do to preserve family cemeteries. Examples from other Bergen County cemeteries will be used to highlight the unique features of this burying ground and the changing fashions in commemorating the dead.

At 2 pm join Kevin Wright on a walking tour from Historic New Bridge Landing to the French Cemetery in New Milford, (one mile each way).

Click here to see more information about the French Burying Ground. The cemetery is located behind New Milford Boro Hall, 930 River Road, New Milford, NJ. Turn onto Patrolman Ray Woods Drive. The gate to the cemetery is normally locked.  Many residents from New Bridge are buried here including John J. Zabriskie who lived at the Steuben House. Family tradition: he was crushed trying to free the tidewheel at age 25 in 1793.

$7 adult, $5 children, BCHS members free. 

For more information and location www.bergencountyhistory.org

 
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