GSNJ Annual Meeting and Election of Trustees

The presentation will be preceded by a brief Annual Meeting and election of Trustees. The GSNJ Board of Trustees consists of fifteen dues-paying members, each serving three year terms. This year, the following candidates are presented for new or continuing terms:

Pamelyn R. Bush, Sullivan County, PA

Pamelyn P. Bush is a resident of Sullivan County, PA, and a GSNJ Trustee since 2005. Her term expires in 2019. She currently serves as GSNJ’s Recording Secretary, as Chairperson for the Editorial, Gravestone Records, and Special Projects Committees. Bush also serves on the Manuscripts, Membership, and GSNJ Newsletter Committees.

Melissa A. Johnson, Monmouth County, NJ

Melissa A. Johnson is a resident of Monmouth County, NJ, and has served as a GSNJ Trustee since 2010. Her term expires in 2019. She currently serves as Chairperson and Editor of the GSNJ Newsletter, as Chairperson of the Nominating Committee, and on the Editorial, Program, and Automation Committees.

Albert C. King, Mercer County, NJ

Albert C. King is a resident of Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ, and has served as a GSNJ Trustee since 1989. His term expires in 2019. He serves on the Special Projects, Automation, and Legal Matters Committees.

Elizabeth Pellicane, Hunterdon County, NJ

Elizabeth (Jean) King Pellicane is a resident of Hunterdon County, NJ, and has served as a GSNJ Trustee since 2013. Her term expires in 2020. She serves as Chairperson of the Volunteer Committee. Pellicane also serves on the Gravestone Records, Program, Membership, Public Relations, Automation, Professional Genealogists, and Nominating Committees.

Mary Ellen Rogan, Middlesex County, NJ

Mary Ellen Rogan is a resident of Middlesex County, NJ and is the director of the Plainfield Public Library in Union County.  Her career as an archivist and librarian includes positions at New York Public Library and the Plainfield Public Library where she is currently the Director.  She has been a member on the State Boards of the NJ Society of Mayflower Descendants and the US Daughters of 1812.  As a member of the DAR she has been chapter registrar and regent, as well as chair of a variety of NJ committees including Membership, Lineage Research and Volunteer Genealogy.   Her love of genealogy has enabled her to take courses at the DAR and Boston University to improve her skills.

Directions and Parking

Download the attached PDF for driving directions, parking information, and a map of available parking lots. View this location in Google Maps.

Special Event Parking (New—Free Parking Registration Required!)

Free Special Event Parking:

Available in the College Avenue Parking Deck and in Rutgers Lots 30 and 26, entered from Sicard Street (Lot 30) or from Bartlett Street (spaces in Lot 26 without meters).

MANDATORY: You must pre-register your vehicle for Free Special Event Parking to avoid a parking citation. The link for vehicle registration will be provided to you via email after you register for the Annual Meeting.

Paid Street Parking:

As an alternative, limited street parking is available on Senior Street and other streets bordering Lot 30. Parking meter rates are in effect. All non-metered street parking is restricted to city permit holders—citations are issued to violators.

Driving Directions to Route 18 and New Brunswick

Garden State Parkway–Southbound

• GS Parkway Exit 129 to NJ Turnpike South
• Take NJ Turnpike Exit 9, bear right after the toll plaza and follow signs for “Route 18 North—New Brunswick” 
• Stay left to continue on Route 18 North
• Continue with “Directions from Route 18 to Parking Deck,” below

Garden State Parkway–Northbound

• GS Parkway Exit 105 and follow signs for “Route 18 North” 
• Continue on Route 18 North for about 30 miles
• Continue with “Directions from Route 18 to Parking Deck”

New Jersey Turnpike–North or South

• NJ Turnpike Exit 9, bear right after the toll plaza and follow
  the signs for “Route 18 North—New Brunswick” 
• Stay to the left for Route 18 North
• Continue with “Directions from Route 18 to Parking Deck”

Route 287–Southbound (from Morristown)

• Take Exit 9 for River Road toward Bound Brook/Highland Park
• Turn right onto River Road
• Merge onto Route 18 South to New Brunswick
• Continue with “Directions from Route 18 to Parking Deck”

Route 287–Northbound (from Edison/Staten Island)

• Take Exit 8 for Possumtown Road toward Highland Park/Middlesex
• Turn right onto Possumtown Road
• Turn left onto Centennial Avenue
• Turn right onto Route 18 South to New Brunswick
• Continue with “Directions from Route 18 to Parking Deck”

Directions from Route 18 to Parking Deck

Take the “George Street—College Ave Campus” exit:

• Route 18 North > George Street Exit Ramp—Turn right at the top of the exit ramp onto George Street, then left into Parking Deck. 
• Route 18 South > George Street Exit Ramp—Continue straight onto George Street, then turn right into Parking Deck.