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Vital
Records (Birth, Marriage Death)
Divorce Records | Wills
| Lands Records and Deeds
Probate Records | Adoptions
| Cemetery Records Revolutionary
War Records | Civil War Records
Other Military Service Records | Census
& Tax Records
Directories |
Other Genealogical Research Tools
VITAL
RECORDS (Birth, Marriage, Death)
Birth, Marriage &
Death Records are maintained at both the city/town/borough AND State levels.
If the local clerk does not have the document, contact the State of New Jersey
- East
Greenwich NJ Township Clerk (limited) official collection of
vital records began in 1848, but county clerks did record information
on marriages before that date. You may contact the East Greenwich
Registrar by phone or mail, and she will research to see if the
records are available locally. If you wish for a copy of the original,
you must state that in your request.
- NJ
Department of Health and Human Services
- Vital Records from June 1878 to present. The link above
provides information on how to obtain these documents and an application
form. Telephone and FAX requests are available, using a credit card
to order the documents.
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New Jersey
State Archives - Vital Records: May 1848 to May 1878
Mailing
address:
New Jersey State Archives
PO Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
Telephone: 609-292-6260
Fax: 609-633-8334
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NJGenWeb:
Gloucester County Records
- Gloucester
County Historical Society - searchable database of marriages,
deaths and cemetery inscriptions, available for a small fee.
- Gloucester
County Clerk - New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1895; Taken from
microfilm copies of original county documents, each record provides
spouses' names, marriage date, and county of residence.
County court records located at
Gloucester
County Clerk
1 N. Broad Street
Woodbury, NJ
08096-7376
(609) 853-3200
New
Jersey Archives - maintain some marriages prior to
1795 and other limited vital records.
Churches
of Gloucester County NJ - some churches maintain records of
baptisms, marriage and funerals. If you know the church, you can
contact them directly.
DIVORCE
RECORDS
Divorce
records for 1900-1989 are kept by the Records Information Center
of the state Superior Court. For records after 1989 contact the
NJ
county court that issued the divorce decree.
Obtain
a Divorce Decree or Document
A
certified copy of a decree is $10, payable by check or money order,
to Clerk of the Superior Court. Your request should
include:
-Docket
number (if possible)
-First and last names of the parties
-Year of decree or (at least) a 5-to-10 year range
-Legal size, self-addressed, stamped envelop
MAIL
TO: Clerk of the Superior Court
Superior Court of NJ
Public Information Center
171 Jersey Street
P.O. Box 967
Trenton NJ 08625-0967
The fee is for a certified Blue Seal copy.
WILLS
Wills before 1900 - from the New
Jersey State Archives.
Wills after 1900 from the Superior
Court of NJ.
DEEDS
AND LAND RECORDS
Many historical records are recorded in the County
Clerk’s Office dating back to 1686, the year that Gloucester
County was incorporated. In fact, the deed of the first property
purchased by the United States Government dated July 5, 1776 is
one of the documents on record here along with other countless recordings
that affect real estate title. These records include deeds, mortgages,
judgments, and other land attachments.
NOTE:
LAND RECORDS AND DEEDS ARE LOCATED IN THE "OLD" COURT
HOUSE IN WOODBURY
James N. Hogan, Gloucester
County Clerk
ADDRESS
1 North Broad Street
Woodbury, NJ 08096
Telephone: 856-853-3241
TTY/TTD Number 856-853-3254
Fax
Number - 856-853-3327
RESEARCH HOURS FOR DEEDS/LAND RECORDS ARE:
8:30 AM to 4 PM Monday
through Friday
MAILING
ADDRESS
P.O. Box 129
Woodbury, N.J. 08096 CONTACT
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
RECORDS ROOM: 856.853.3346
COUNTY CLERK: 856.853.3237
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1860
Business Directory of Clarksboro, NJ -
showing houses/businesses and owner names (JPG file)
ADOPTIONS
New
Jersey Adoption Registry
New Jersey Dept. of Human Services
Division
of Youth and Family Services (DYFS)
Adoption Registry
PO Box 717
Trenton,
NJ 08625-0717
609.292.8816 or 984.6800 Cyndi's
List - Adoptions
FAMILY
TREES AND BIOGRAPHIES
BIOGRAPHIES
of William
M. Carter, CRAFT Family, Thomas W. Davidson, John Green, William
Hewitt Hannold, Albert Heritage, Charles Heritage, Walter Heritage,
Charles D. Lippincott, William M. Ogden, William Rode, Joseph
T. Sickler, and George Wolferth, OWEN
Family.
FAMILY TREES of: HANNOLD
| TOMLINSON | PANCOAST |
FAMILY
TREE OF LIPPINCOTT
Descendants
of John Browne of Upton, Gloucester County NJ (PDF
format & FTW
format) [note: FTW is for use with Family Tree Maker software
only.
CEMETERY
RECORDS
Gloucester
County Historical Society cemetery inscriptions, available either at their
library, or on-line for a small fee include:
-Solomon's
Graveyard (Quaker)
-Cozen's Burial Hill
-Lippincott Burying Ground
-Zion United Methodist Cemetery
-Friends Burying Ground (Upper Greenwich/Mickleton)
-Eglington Cemetery in Clarksboro
CEMETERIES IN EAST GREENWICH, N.J.:
CENSUS
AND TAX RECORDS
Census
records are available online, through a paid subscription to Ancestry.com
and also are FREE through Proquest/Heritage Quest, as a benefit
of having a New Jersey library card). New
Jersey State Library Site to access ProQuest / HeritageQuest
See
SOME Residents of Greenwich,
Gloucester Co. NJ in 1793
Information from NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822
[Note that East Greenwich was a part of Greenwich and Mantua Townships in
NJ until 1881] 81 kb - PDF File
County Tax Ratables, 1772-1822 (Available
at the Gloucester
County Historical Society) each tax ratable book covers a specific township
or municipal ward for a specific year and enumerates the taxable assets of all
landowners, household heads, and single adult males. Several partially complete
name indexes are available in printed form.
Excerpts
from the 1900 U.S. Census of East Greenwich, Gloucester County, New Jersey
(graciously compiled and donated by Jim McCullough of Washington Twp (Sewell)
N.J. in January of 2006. (Thanks Jim!) - PDF file
MILITARY
RECORDS
Revolutionary
War Records [also see History]
DIRECTORIES
Directories are similar to today’s telephone books and can be very valuable
to the genealogical researcher.
My thanks to Clyde Carr of Mickleton
for providing a hard copy of this Farm Journal, from which I transcribed into
a text file.
1913 Directory
of Gloucester County - EAST GREENWICH LISTINGS ONLY [Mount Royal, Clarksboro and
Mickleton]
- view TXT file
- OTHER
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH TOOLS for New Jersey
SEE GENEALOGY
IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY NJ
ARCHIVES:
NJGenWeb
Archives - (scroll down the page to NJGenWeb Archives Menu)
Records include: Bible, Biographies, Births, Tombstone Photo,
Cemeteries, Census, Colonial Records, Marriages, Military and
Ship Records.
IMMIGRANT RECORDS:
- QUAKER
ARRIVALS AT PHILADELPHIA 1682-1750
LOOKUPS:
- Gloucester
County NJ Lookups
- New
Jersey Book Lookups
MAILING LISTS:
- New
Jersey GenWeb Mailing Lists
- Gloucester
County NJ Rootsweb Mailing List
QUERIES & MESSAGE BOARDS:
Free (Gloucester
County, New Jersey) - at Rootsweb
NEW JERSEY SPECIFIC RESOURCES:
USGENWB/NJGENWEB - Free
Genealogy Resources - New Jersey Counties
Gloucester
Co NJ Resources - *Excellent, multiple search engines
Cyndi's
List - New Jersey Genealogy Resources
Family
Search - Church of the Latter Day Saints
Genealogical
Resources at the New Jersey State Library
New
Jersey State Archives - research center for public records
of
enduring historical value
Genealogy
Resources at the New Jersey State Library
Genealogy
- New Jersey Statewide Reference Center
Roots-L:
New
Jersey Genealogy Research
GENEALOGICAL, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES & MUSEUMS:
Gloucester
County Historical Society - Woodbury NJ
Genealogical Society
of New Jersey
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