Historical Society of West Caldwell

01/05/2019

Interested in doing something historical this weekend? Check out The History Girl's list of what's happening this weekend!

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08/25/2018

From our Civil War Encampment, June 9, 2018

12/14/2017

Our Board member Beverly W. Crifasi & Frank Gerard Godlewski are giving a lecture this evening (12/14) at 6:30pm at Caldwell Public Library - hope we see you there!

Join us tonight for our Local History lecture on the Immigrant Experience with Beverly W. Crifasi & Frank Gerard Godlewski at 6:30pm!

12/02/2017

Thanks to Frank Gerard Godlewski for sharing these photos.

11/12/2017

We're back with an all-new Surname Saturday...on Sunday!

In honor of Veterans Day, this special Surname Sunday we will be focusing on a veteran from the West Essex area: Personette Gould BALDWIN. All of this man’s nam...

11/11/2017

Happy Veterans Day to all veterans. Thank you for your service.

And thank you to Board member Bev Crifasi for sharing these two WWI medals, one from the State of New Jersey and the other from North Caldwell.

10/11/2017

Exciting news from Reclaim the Records - New Jersey Marriage Index 1901-2016 now freely available. Click the link for more info or to get started researching

We’re Reclaim the Records, a not-for-profit group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates who are filing Freedom of Information requests to get public data released back into the public domain. We’re collecting information about archivally important data sets that are...

10/03/2017

HSWC is co-sponsoring an upcoming program at West Caldwell Public Library on Thu. Oct. 5 at 6:30pm - "April 6, 1917: America & NJ Enter the Great War" with award-winning photojournalist Jim DelGiudice presenting. Register at West Caldwell Public Library.

Award-winning photojournalist Jim DelGiudice will present a slide-lecture titled "April 6, 1917: America & NJ Enter the Great War" on Thursday, October 5 at 6:30 pm. He will discuss the important role NJ played in supplying goods and intelligence during WWI. The program is co-sponsored by the Historical Society of West Caldwell and the Friends of the Library. Registration is required. To sign-up, call the Library at 973-226-5441.