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General Resources

If you know of other research resources relating to the county, please send an email to the Coordinator with a link to the resource.


State, County & Local Government Agencies

Atlantic County NJ Offices

Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs

New Jersey Department of Health, Vital Records

Atlantic County Chamber of Commerce
1337 Tilton Road, Suite 201
Northfield, New Jersey 08225
Phone: 609-646-2214
Fax: 609-646-2433

Genealogical & Historical Societies, Libraries & Museums

Atlantic County Library System
40 Farragut Ave., Mays Landing, NJ 08330
phone: (609) 625-2776 | TTY: (609) 625-5043 | fax: (609) 625-8143

The Atlantic City Free Public Library
1 North Tennessee Ave.,
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 345-2269

The College of New Jersey Library (TCNJ)
The College of New Jersey
P.O. Box 7718, 2000 Pennington Rd.
Ewing, NJ 08628

Linwood Public Library
301 Davis Ave.
Linwood, NJ 08221-1862
609-926-7991

New Jersey State Library
PO Box 520
Trenton NJ 08625-0520

Richard Stockton College Library
PO Box 195
Pomona NJ 08240
Phone: 609-652-4346 | Fax: 609-652-4964

The Atlantic Heritage Center
(formerly the Atlantic County Historical Society)
907 Shore Road, PO Box 301,
Somers Point, New Jersey 08244
(609) 927-5218

African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey
661 Jackson Road,
Newtonville, NJ 08346
609-704-7262 | (fax: 704-7263)

Atlantic City Historical Museum
Garden Pier, New Jersey Avenue & Boardwalk,
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 347-5839

Absecon Historical Society
PO Box 1422
New Jersey Ave.
Absecon, NJ 08201-5422

Brigantine Historical Society
3607 Brigantine Boulevard
Brigantine, NJ 08203
(609) 266-9339, Dolly Simpson - contact

Buena Historical Society
P.O. Box 114,
Buena, NJ 08310
Phone Number: (856) 692-5227

Chicken Bone Beach Historical Association, Inc.

Corbin City Historical Survey
Address: c/o City Hall, 513 Maple Avenue,
Corbin City, NJ 08270 (609) 628-2673 (City Clerk)

Egg Harbor City Historical Society
533 London Ave.
Egg Harbor City, NJ 08215-1565
609-965-9073

Egg Harbor Twp Historical Society
Township Hall
RD1 Box 262
Linwood, NJ 08221

Estell Manor Historical Society
Address: 134 Cape May Avenue,
Estell Manor, NJ 08319
(609) 476-2884

Galloway Twp Historical Society
366 Upland Ave.
Absecon, NJ 08201
609-652-3700

Hamilton, Historical Society of the Township of
PO Box 482
5833 Pine Street
Mays Landing, NJ 08330
(609) 909-0272, Tom Idnurm - contact

Hammonton Historical Society
857 South Egg Harbor Rd.
Hammonton, NJ 08037
(609) 561-1857, Diane Eid - contact

Longport Historical Society
2305 Atlantic Ave.
Longport, NJ 08403-1103
609-823-1115

Linwood Historical Society
16 Poplar Ave.
Linwood, NJ 08221
609-927-8293

Lucy the Margate Elephant
Decatur and Atlantic Aves., Margate, NJ 08402
609-823-6473

Margate City Historical Society
Seven So. Washington Ave. Margate, NJ 08402
609-822-5658

New Kuban Historical Society
521 Weymoth Road,
Buena, NJ 08310
(856) 697-2255

Pleasantville Historical Society
805 Oneita Avenue
Pleasantville NJ 08232
(609) 656-4115

Port Republic Historical Society
143 Main St., Port Republic, NJ 08241
609-652-1352

Somers Mansion
1000 Shore Rd., Somers Point, NJ 08244
609-927-2212

Somers Point Historical Society
Box 517, Somers Point, NJ 08244
609-653-6523

Ventnor City Historical Society
c/o James H. Mason, Pres.
3 S. Oxford Ave.
Ventnor City, NJ 08406-2842
(609) 822-4257

Other Historical Societies in New Jersey

 

USGenWeb Projects

The USGenWeb® Project - Proudly Serving Free Genealogy Resources for Over 25 Years

The NJGenWeb Project - Offering genealogical resources relating to New Jersey

The Archives Project - A digital library of contributed transcriptions, documents, images, and photos. Collections include Census Images, Court Cases, Digital Maps, Marriages, Obituaries, Pension, and Special Collections.

The Family Group Sheets Project - A collection of family lineages

The USGenWeb Kidz Project - Help for children or students to learn about genealogy, contains topics for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level researchers. 

The Tombstone Transcription & Photo Project - A collection of transcribed inscriptions from headstones, monuments, and cemetery surveys, and includes cemetery information. The Photo project contains images of headstones, markers, and memorials. 

The US African American GRIOTS Project - Records unique to the “African American Experience”, and curates military, vital, surname, probate records and photos.  

 

Other Useful Websites

Ellis Island Passenger Search - Search for your ancestors records

Immigrant Ships Transcriber's Guild - Search ship manifest for your ancestor

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR)  

Sons of the American Revolution 

AncientFaces - Rediscover the people from your past 

Birth Date Calculator - A tool designed to calculate the birth date when the age at death and the date of death are the only facts known

Genealogy Help Blog by Dennis Norbert Partridge

How To Read A Old Documents And Other FAQs 

Library of Congress Digital Collections

David Rumsey Map Collection 

Cornell University Library's Making of America collection at Hathitrust.org