New Jersey, Newark, Woodland Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
Alphabetical card index to burials in the Woodland Cemetery, in Newark New Jersey from 1895 to 1980. The index is located at the New Jersey Historical Society. The society also has a collection of internment records, 1855 - 1980.

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The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of New Jersey.
 * New Jersey Guided Research
 * New Jersey Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research
 * Sexton Records
 * Cemeteries

Other FamilySearch Collections
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Mount Olivet Cemetery
 * Newark. Woodland Cemetery index, 1895-1980
 * Essex County, cemetery deeds for Rosedale Cemetery, 1840-1877
 * Unfiled veterans' grave registration records
 * Veterans' grave registration record, ca. 1776-1979
 * Veterans interment record, ca. 1776-1940
 * Essex County. Veterans individual grave field report sheets
 * Essex County. Veterans burial records, 1863-1923

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Holy Name Cemetery, Card Index of Interment, 1849-1984.
 * Essex County, Superintendent of Soldiers' Burials, 1776-1979.
 * New Jersey, Newark, Mount Olivet Cemetery Records, 1871-1984

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Joseph Atkinson. The history of Newark, New Jersey : being a narrative of its rise and progress, from the settlement in May, 1666, by emigrants from Connecticut, to the present time, including a sketch of the press of Newark, from 1791 to 1878. Newark, New Jersey : W.B. Guild, 1878

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