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Guide to Camden County, New Jersey ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, 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 520 Market Street Camden, NJ 08102 Phone: (856) 225-5300 Camden County Website

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 ceeded to England for the last time.

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. Links specific to each Cemetery: Mt. Peace, Mt. Pigah, and Mt. Zion cemeteries. Web page: Civil War Burials in Lawnside, New Jersey. by S. Jordon

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


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

Military Records

 *  World War I

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

Other Records
Emmigration and Immigration 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. 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 Phone: (609) 292-4978 Fax: (609) 777-0094


 * 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

Camden County, New Jersey Neighboring Counties


 * Atlantic
 * Burlington
 * Gloucester
 * Philadelphia (PA)

Camden County, New Jersey Genealogical References

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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

 * 1901-1903 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records 1606-1981 - New Jersey, United States Marriages at Findmypast — index ($)
 * 1670-1980 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1901-1903 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index

Death

 * 1901-1903;1916-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1901-2017 New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, 1901-2017 at Ancestry - index ($)

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

Libraries
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

 * Camden County NJ Genealogy
 * The Camden County NJGenWeb Project, an member of The NJGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.