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