Library & Archives 

Services Offered by the MCHA Library and Archives

The MCHA Library and Archives offeres several services to researchers. These include obituary look-ups, genealogical research, photo reproduction, photocopies, and historical research. Details are as follows:

Genalogical Research
We offer genealogical research done in our collections only. The fee is $25 per hour, with a minimum one hour charge. This fee includes research time, photocopies, and postage. Inquiries are answered on a first-come, first-served basis, and the average turn-around time is 4-6 weeks. To take advantage of this service, please send a check or money order drawn on a US bank, in US dollars (sorry, international postal money orders are not accepted), payable to MCHA, along with a note detailing the information you are looking for, to:
MCHA
Att: Jane Peck
70 Court Street
Freehold, NJ 07728

Obituary Searches
We are happy to look for obituaries for you, provided you have the full date of death (day, month, year). Please Note: We can only look up obituaries for Monmouth County residents in newspapers for which we have dates. Click here for a list of our newspaper holdings. If you do not have the full death date (for example, you only have the month and year, or just the year), please use our Genealogical Research service (details above). The fee for an obituary look-up with the full death date is $5 per obituary, which includes photocopies and postage. Please note we cannot guarantee we will be able to locate your obituary; fees will only be refunded if we do not have the newspaper dates necessary to check for your search. To take advantage of this service, please send a check or money order drawn on a US bank, in US dollars (sorry, international postal money orders are not accepted), payable to MCHA, along with a note giving the persons full name and date of death, as well as the Monmouth County town they died in/lived in, to:
MCHA
Library and Archives
70 Court Street
Freehold, NJ 07728

Photo Reproduction
The Library and Archives has thousands of images in our collections. Most of these are available for reproduction for publication or personal use. Images are available as color photocopies, digital images (in many cases), or photographic prints. The cost of a reproduction depends on the format and the use. If there is an image in our collections you would like to use, please send a letter detailing which image, the format you would like, and the proposed use (personal / publication / academic / for or not-for profit, etc.) to:
MCHA
Att: Laura Poll
70 Court Street
Freehold, NJ 07728

You will then receive a letter with information regarding cost and turn-around time for your particular request.

Photocopies
Portions of our collections, within copyright restrictions, are available for copying. Photocopies done by patrons in-house are $0.35 each. The fee for copies we do for patrons by mail is $5 up to 10 copies, and $0.35 each additional copy over 10. This cost includes postage. Please contact us via email or by letter with the specifics of the copies you are looking for, and we will get back to you with a total charge.

Historical Research
We offer historical research done in our collections only. The fee is $25 per hour, with a minimum one hour charge. This fee includes research time, photocopies, and postage. Inquiries are answered on a first-come, first-served basis, and the average turn-around time is 4-6 weeks. To take advantage of this service, please send a check or money order drawn on a US bank, in US dollars (sorry, international postal money orders are not accepted), payable to MCHA, along with a note detailing the information you are looking for, to:
MCHA
Library and Archives
70 Court Street
Freehold, NJ 07728

For questions regarding MCHA's Library and Archives, please click here.

Online Catalog - Archives & Manuscripts - Genealogy Resources - History Resources - Services - Information Elsewhere

Online Catalog - Archives & Manuscripts - Genealogy Resources - History Resources - Services - Information Elsewhere