Atlantic County, New Jersey Genealogy

United States New Jersey Atlantic County

County Courthouse
Atlantic County Courthouse 5901 Main Street Mays Landing, NJ 08830-1800 Phone: 609.625.4011 County Clerk has divorce records 1949, court, land and cemetery records from 1837; County probate records



Quick Facts

 * Named for the Atlantic Ocean
 * All of what is known today as Atlantic County was once called Egg Harbor Township

Parent County

 * 7 February 1837, created from Gloucester County.

Boundary Changes
1902: part of Hammonton to Burlington County 1906: coastal boundry established 1938: boundary with Camden and Gloucester counties clarified.

Cemeteries

 * Saint Mary's Cemetery, Buena BillionGraves
 * Union Cemetery, Mays Landing BillionGraves

Church

 * 1708-1985 - Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, free to members of the society; Also available at Ancestry.com – $; 7,542,774 entries. This database is incomplete for all counties.


 * Contains the church records of:
 * Absecon: First Presbyterian Church of Absecon
 * Brigantine: Brigantine Methodist Episcopal Church
 * Buena Vista: Richland Methodist Episcopal Church
 * Egg Harbor City: Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church; Zion Lutheran Church
 * Pleasantville: Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church

Obtaining Copies of County Probate Records
Copies of recorded probate records and the estate files can be obtained from the surrogate's offices for a fee (generally $1 per page). Addresses of surrogate's offices are found in:


 * Eichholz, Alice, Editor. Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources. Revised Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1992. (.) Explains state-by-state history, vital records, census, background sources, periodicals, archives, libraries, societies, maps, land, probate, court, tax, cemetery, church, and military records. Includes county boundary map and table which shows when each county was created and the parent counties.

In addition, copies of the original wills, administrations, inventories, and guardianships sent to Trenton since 1901 can be ordered from:


 * Clerk of the Superior Court
 * Records Information Center
 * P.O. Box 967
 * Trenton, NJ 08625-0967
 * Telephone: 609-292-4978
 * Fax: 609-777-0094

Societies and Libraries
Atlantic Heritage Center of New Jersey

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Linwood New Jersey Family History Center (Egg Harbor Township)

Web Sites

 * The Atlantic County NYGenWeb Project, a member of The NJGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Atlantic County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Atlantic County. (Backup site)
 * Family History Library Catalog for Atlantic County.