Camden County, New Jersey Genealogy

Guide to Camden County, New Jersey ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Description
Camden County is located in the southwest region of the state. It was created in 1844. Camden is the county seat. The county was named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a British judge, civil libertarian, and defender of the American cause.

County Courthouse
Camden County Courthouse 101 South 5th Street Camden, NJ 08103 Phone: 856-650-9100 Camden County Website

County Clerk has court and land records. County Surrogate has probate records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator.The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

History Timeline
1623: The Dutch of New Netherland intermittently occupied Fort Nassau (now Brooklawn, Camden, New Jersey) starting in 1623. 1664: As part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War New Netherland including West Jersey was surrendered to the English. 1673-1674: A new war broke out and the Dutch sent a large armada to retake New Netherland for a few months. But as the war ended the colony was ceded to England for the last time.


 * 1902, part of Waterford twp. to Burlington County
 * 1926, part of Washington twp., Gloucester County added to Gloucester twp. of Camden County
 * 1938, boundary with Atlantic County clarified
 * 1950, part from Gloucester County

Cemeteries

 * Mt. Peace, Mt. Pisgah, and Mt. Zion cemeteries are located in the town of Lawnside, New Jersey. Lawnside is the first and only town incorporated in the state which is governed by African American. Lawnside is the burial location of over 146 Civil War Soldiers and Sailors.

Census Records

 * 1855 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1895 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Church Records

 * 1675-1970 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 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:
 * Audubon: Logan Memorial Presbyterian Church
 * Camden: Bethany Methodist Episcopal Church; Epiphany Evangelist Lutheran Church; Filmore Methodist Episcopal Church; First Methodist Church; First Methodist Episcopal Church; Kaighn Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church; St. Paul's Episcopal Church; St. Wilfrid's Episcopal Church; Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church; Third Methodist Episcopal Church; Trinity Episcopal Church; Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church; Union Methodist Episcopal Church; Wiley Methodist Episcopal Church


 * 1582-1932 Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 at Ancestry ($)
 * Haddonfield: Grace Church; Haddonfield Baptist Church and Cemetery; United Methodist Church

Episcopal
 * 1787-1815 Stevenson, J.R. "Records of St. Mary's Church, Colestown, (Old Gloucester Co.) New Jersey," Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jun. 1908):237-240. For free online access, see WeRelate; the Family History Library also has this series in its collection: . Baptisms 1787-1815, marriages 1795-1796, burials 1794-1795.

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Maps and Gazetteers

 * United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for Camden County(over 900 entries) (may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records
 World War I
 * Victory Jubilee and Memorial Committee, Frank Sheridan, chairman, authorized by. History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918.Camden, New Jersey : Publicity and Historical Committee, 1919.

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1796-1991 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1656-1999 New Jersey Wills and Probate Records 1656-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images ($)
 * 1670-1760 Calendar of New Jersey Wills 1670-1760 at Ancestry.com — index and images ($)
 * 1670-1817 New Jersey Abstract of Wills 1670-1817 at Ancestry.com — index and images ($)
 * 1678-1980 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; images only; Use the Surrogate's Docket Index 1700-1972 to obtain the Docket Number for the name. Then, use the Docket Number to locate the correct Estate file.

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Birth

 * 1600-1990 New Jersey Vital Records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania at Findmypast — index & images, ($)
 * 1660-1980 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; ''Also at: Ancestry Index ($)
 * 1746-1795 New Jersey Baptisms 1746-1795 at Findmypast — index, ($)
 * 1901-1903 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index

Marriage

 * 1600s-1900s US Marriages, New Jersey at Findmypast — index, ($)
 * 1670-1965 New Jersey Marriage Records, 1670-1965 at Ancestry — index & images, ($)
 * 1670-1980 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1678-1985 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1683-1802 New Jersey Marriage Records, 1683-1802 at Ancestry — index & images, ($)
 * 1684-1895 New Jersey Compiled Marriage Records, 1684-1895 at Ancestry — index, ($)
 * 1901-1914 New Jersey Marriage License Index, 1901-1914 at MyHeritage — index, ($)
 * 1901-2016 New Jersey Marriage Index, 1901-2016 at Ancestry — index, ($);
 * 1901-2016 New Jersey Marriage Index, 1901-2016 at Findmypast - Browse index ($)
 * 1915-2016 New Jersey Marriage License Index, 1915-2016 at MyHeritage — index, ($)
 * For a complete list of all New Jersey Marriage databases

Death

 * 1600-1990 New Jersey Vital Records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania at Findmypast — index & images, ($)
 * 1798-1971 New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 at Ancestry — index, ($)
 * 1848-1878 Death Records, May 1848 - May 1878 at New Jersey State Archives - index, $ for photocopies
 * 1878-1900 Death Records, June 1878 - December 1900 at New Jersey Department of State — index, $ for photocopies
 * 1901-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1901-2017 The New Jersey Death Index at New Jersey Death Index — index; Also at: Ancestry index ($)
 * 1920-2017 New Jersey Death Index, 1920-1929, 1949-2017 at MyHeritage — index, ($)
 * For a complete list of all New Jersey Death databases

Family History Centers

 * Cherry Hill New Jersey Family History Center
 * West Philadelphia Pennsylvania Family History Center
 * Cherry Hill Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Gloucester County Historical Society - an affiliate library
 * Haddon Heights Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Historical Society of Pennsylvania - an affiliate library

Societies
Camden County Historical Society 1900 Park Blvd & Euclid Ave. Camden, NJ 08103-3697 Telephone: 609-964-3333 Website Fairview Historic Society 3081 Fenwick Rd. Camden NJ Website Historical Society of Haddonfield 343 Kings Hwy E Haddonfield, NJ 08033 Telephone: 856-429-7375 E-mail:[mailto:info@haddonfieldhistory.org info@haddonfieldhistory.org] E-mail:[mailto:library@haddonfieldhistory.org library@haddonfieldhistory.org]research questions Website

Websites

 * The Camden County NYGenWeb Project, a member of The NJGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * LDS Genealogy Camden County NJ Genealogy


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