Research Resources

I hope you find these resources helpful in your search for your ancestors. The links are on the left. If you have any resources that you consider helpful, please let me know.

Research Information

VITAL RECORDS at State of New Jersey Dept of Health

LIBRARIES

Gloucester County Library

Gloucester County Historical Society

New Jersey State Library

National Archives

USGenWeb ® Archives


COURTHOUSE RECORDS

County Clerk’s Office, Records Management
1 North Broad Street, Woodbury, NJ 08096
Telephone: 856-251-6752

CENSUS RECORDS
Tax substitutesfor lost censuses (T) - lists landowners, county of residence, and other information
Farm and Ranch (F) - also known as agricultural census, lists name of the owner, size of the farm or ranch, value of the property, and other information

Manufactures (M) - lists manufacturing firms which produced articles having an annual value of $500 or more; includes name of firm, owner, products, machinery used, and number of employees

Mortality (D) - list persons who died in the year preceding the 1st of June of each census date; includes name, age, sex, occupation, place of birth, and other information

Regular (R) - 1840 and before lists only head of household plus a breakdown of the number of persons according to age and sex; 1850 lists the names of all persons and includes age, sex, real estate, marital, state of birth, and other information; 1880 and after also includes the birthplaces of the mother and father of each person

Slaveholder (S) - lists name of slaveholder and number of slaves




BOOKS

Early Church Records of Gloucester County New Jersey

Gloucester City

Gloucester County

Notes on Old Gloucester County (PDF Version of book)

Memories of Washington Township, Gloucester County NJ

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