Gloucester County Historical Society

GENEALOGICAL HOLDINGS

Bible Records: 44 volumes - plus hundreds of copies in vertical files

Books: 8,500 genealogies, family histories and general histories

Census Records

Cemetery Inscriptions: 125 volumes - South Jersey/Delaware Valley.  Click here to access our online cemetery inscriptions.

Church Records:

115 volumes - South Jersey/Delaware Valley
Photocopies of records of 60 South Jersey churches

Civil War Letters

Directories:

240 microfilm reels with various NJ city, county and telephone directories
64 bound volumes of Camden city directories
134 bound volumes of Philadelphia city directories                            

Collections

Account Books, Atlases, Genealogical Charts,  Whitall-Wood Collection, Yearbook Collection                                                                                                                                                           

Marriages: 45 volumes of NJ and PA marriages plus Vital Statistics files.   Click here to access our online marriage database.

Microfilm Records

Miscellaneous Records:

Account books, almanacs, biographies and diaries
Charles Sheppard Genealogical Records (17 microfilm rolls)
Gloucester Co. Document Collection: (Partial name index)
80,000 original documents pertaining to county history
NJ Archives - 42 volumes
NJ Mortality Schedules: 1850-1880
NJ Tax Rateables: 1772-1822
PA Archives: 9th Series

Newspapers

Periodicals:

The American Genealogist
Delaware Genealogical Society Journal
Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey
Mennonite Family History (PA)
National Genealogical Society Quarterly
New Jersey History (formerly Proceedings of the NJ Historical Society)
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography

Vertical Files: Over 4,000 files containing bible records, pedigree charts, family group sheets, documents, letters, articles, photographs, wills and vital statistics on South Jersey/Delaware Valley families. Click here for a list of topic headings.

Vital Statistics: Over 355,000 index cards containing births, marriages and deaths; most of which have been extracted from area newspapers since 1800. Click here to start searching our online marriages and deaths.

Wills 

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