Ocean County - New Jersey Genealogy - Ancestry Research & Family History

Archives and Libraries

New Jersey Counties

Beach Haven Public Library

New Jersey State Archives

New Jersey State Library - Trenton, NJ

Ocean County Library

Ocean County Library - Barnegat Branch

Ocean County Library - Bay Head Reading Center

Ocean County Public Libraries - Beachwood Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Berkeley Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Bishop Building

Ocean County Public Libraries - Brick Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Island Heights Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Jackson Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Lacey Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Lakewood Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Little Egg Harbor Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Long Beach Island Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Manchester Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Plumsted Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Point Pleasant Borough Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Point Pleasant Beach Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Stafford Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Toms River Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Tuckerton Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Upper Shores Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Waretown Branch

Ocean County Public Libraries - Whiting Reading Center

USGenWeb Archives - Ocean County, NJ

Biographies

Genealogy Trails History Group - Ocean County, NJ Biographies

USGenWeb Archives - Ocean County, NJ Biographies Baker, Ezra

USGenWeb Archives - Ocean County, NJ Biographies Tucker, Ebenezer

Wikipedia.org - List of people from New Jersey

Cemeteries

Beach Ave. Cemetery - Manahawkin, NJ

Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project - Ocean County, NJ

Epodunk - Ocean County, NJ Cemeteries

Find a Grave - Ocean County, NJ Cemeteries

The Genealogical Society of New Jersey - Inventory of Ocean County Cemeteries

Interment.net - Ocean County, NJ Cemeteries

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Cemetery Records

NJGenWeb Project - Ocean County Cemetery Records

The Political Graveyard - Ocean County, NJ

Tombstone Transcription Project - Ocean County, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Barnegat Friends Meeting Cemetery, Barnegat

USGenWeb Archives - Barnegat Hill (aka Rose Hill) Cemetery, Barnegat

USGenWeb Archives - Part 1: Barnegat Memorial (aka Barnegat Masonic) Cemetery, Barnegat Twp

USGenWeb Archives - Part 2: Barnegat Memorial (aka Barnegat Masonic) Cemetery, Barnegat Twp

USGenWeb Archives - Bayville Cem, Bayville

USGenWeb Archives - Cook Family Cemetery, Jackson Township

USGenWeb Archives - Dover Chapel Cemetery (Bayville, Berkeley Twp)

USGenWeb Archives - Dover Chapel Cemetery (Bayville, Berkeley Twp)

USGenWeb Archives - Gravelly Graveyard (aka Old Wooley), Bricktown

USGenWeb Archives - Osbornville Protestant Church Cemetery, Brick Township

USGenWeb Archives - First Baptist Church of Laurelton (Brick)

USGenWeb Archives - First Baptist Church of Laurelton (Brick)

USGenWeb Archives - Osbornville Protestant Church Cemetery, Osbornville (Brick)

USGenWeb Archives - Murray Grove Burial Ground, (Forked River, Lacey Township)

USGenWeb Archives - Good Luck Cemetery (Lacey Township) Alpha listing

USGenWeb Archives - Good Luck Cemetery - Part 1 (Forked River, Lacey Township)

USGenWeb Archives - Good Luck Cemetery - Part 2 (Forked River, Lacey Township)

USGenWeb Archives - Good Luck Cemetery - Part 3 (Forked River, Lacey Township)

USGenWeb Archives - Evergreen Cemetery (aka Stoneyhill), Lakewood

USGenWeb Archives - Greenville Cemetery (Lakewood)

USGenWeb Archives - Greenwood Cemetery (Lakewood)

USGenWeb Archives - Lakewood Hope Cemetery, Lakewood

USGenWeb Archives - St. Mary's Cem, Lakewood [partial]

USGenWeb Archives - St. Mary of the Lake Cem, Lakewood

USGenWeb Archives - Woodlawn Cemetery, Lakewood [Part 1]

USGenWeb Archives - Woodlawn Cemetery, Lakewood [Part 2]

USGenWeb Archives - Woodlawn Cemetery, Lakewood [Part 3]

USGenWeb Archives - Woodlawn Cemetery, Lakewood [Part 4]

USGenWeb Archives - Old Manahawkin Cemetery

USGenWeb Archives - Part I: Greenwood Cemetery, Manahawkin

USGenWeb Archives - Part II: Greenwood Cemetery, Manahawkin

USGenWeb Archives - Saint Mary's Cemetery, Manahawkin: Part 1

USGenWeb Archives - Saint Mary's Cemetery, Manahawkin: Part 2

USGenWeb Archives - Beach Ave Cem, Manahawkin

USGenWeb Archives - Old Whiting Cemetery, Manchester Twp

USGenWeb Archives - Lakehurst/Manchester Roadside Cemetery, Manchester Twp

USGenWeb Archives - Old St. John's Church Cem, Lakehurst

USGenWeb Archives - Presbyterian Cemetery, Lakehurst

USGenWeb Archives - Alphabetic Listing, Whitelawn Cemetery, Point Pleasant

USGenWeb Archives - Whitelawn Cemetery, Point Pleasant

USGenWeb Archives - Whitelawn Cemetery, Point Pleasant

USGenWeb Archives - Whitelawn Cemetery, Point Pleasant

USGenWeb Archives - Havens/Osborn Cemetery: Point Pleasant

USGenWeb Archives - East Cemetery, Methodist Episcopal (Point Pleasant)

USGenWeb Archives - West Cemetery, Methodist Episcopal (Point Pleasant)

USGenWeb Archives - Staffordville Cemetery, West Creek

USGenWeb Archives - Staffordville Cemetery, Eagleswood Twp, West Creek: Second reading

USGenWeb Archives - West Creek Cemetery, Eagleswood Twp - Part 1

USGenWeb Archives - West Creek Cemetery, Eagleswood Twp - Part 2

USGenWeb Archives - Cedar Grove, formerly Applegate Cemetery, Toms River

USGenWeb Archives - Riverside Cem, Toms River

USGenWeb Archives - Riverside Cem, Toms River: Part 1

USGenWeb Archives - Riverside Cem, Toms River: Part 2

USGenWeb Archives - Riverside Cem, Toms River: Part 3

USGenWeb Archives - Riverside Cem, Toms River: Part 4

USGenWeb Archives - Riverside Cem, Toms River: Part 5

USGenWeb Archives - St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Toms River - Part 1

USGenWeb Archives - St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Toms River - Part 2

USGenWeb Archives - St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Toms River - Part 3

USGenWeb Archives - St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Toms River - Part 4

USGenWeb Archives - St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Toms River - Part 5

USGenWeb Archives - St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Toms River - Part 6

USGenWeb Archives - St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Toms River - Part 7

USGenWeb Archives - St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Toms River - Part 8

USGenWeb Archives - Toms River Jewish Cemetery, Toms River

USGenWeb Archives - B'Nai Israel Memorial Park, Toms River

USGenWeb Archives - Old Methodist Cemetery, Toms River, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Greenwood Cemetery, Tuckertown: A-Fitz

USGenWeb Archives - Greenwood Cemetery, Tuckertown: Fitz-Mar

USGenWeb Archives - Greenwood Cemetery, Tuckertown: Mar-See

USGenWeb Archives - Greenwood Cemetery, Tuckertown: Sel-Z

USGenWeb Archives - First Methodist Cemetery, Tuckerton

USGenWeb Archives - Quaker Cemetery, Tuckerton

USGenWeb Archives - Presbyterian Cemetery - Waretown [partial]

USGenWeb Archives - Ocean County Memorial Park - Waretown

USGenWeb Archives - Cedar Grove Cemetery - Waretown

Census Records

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Census Records

NJGenWeb Project - Ocean County Census

Ocean County Census Records - Census Online

Ocean County Federal Census Index - US-Census.org

Ocean County, New Jersey Census Records

1850 Census of Ocean County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1850 Census Index and Directory - USGenWeb Archives

1860 Census of Ocean County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1860 Census Index - USGenWeb Archives

1860 Census Directory - USGenWeb Archives

1870 Census of Ocean County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1870 Census Index - USGenWeb Archives

1870 Census & Mortaility Directory - USGenWeb Archives

1880 Census of Ocean County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1880 Census of Ocean County, NJ - FamilySearch.org

1880 Census Index - USGenWeb Archives

1880 Census Directory - USGenWeb Archives

1900 Census of Ocean County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1910 Census of Ocean County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1920 Census of Ocean County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1930 Census of Ocean County, NJ - Ancestry.com

Church Records

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Church Records

NJGenWeb Project - Ocean County Churches

New Jersey Churchscape - Ocean County

USGenWeb Archives - Ocean County, NJ Bible Records

USGenWeb Archives - June 3, 1829 Origin of Old Barnegat Free Church

USGenWeb Archives - 1907 Greenville Methodist Church, Lakewood

USGenWeb Archives - 1853-1854 Rev. Salter Marriages, Union Township

Court Records

Livingston's Law Register 1851 - Atlantic County, NJ

Ocean County, New Jersey Courthouse Records

NJGenWeb Project - Ocean County Court Records

Directories

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County City Directories

History

American Local History Network - Tuckerton Wireless 1912 - 1955

Centennial History of Ocean County 1878

The Historical Marker Database - Ocean County, NJ

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Histories and Genealogies

National Register of Historic Places - Ocean County, NJ

NJGenWeb Project - Ocean County History

The New Jersey Coast in Three Centuries

NJ Pines & Down Jersey

Ocean County, NJ History

Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places listings in Ocean County, New Jersey

Wikipedia.org - Ocean County, NJ

Immigration Records

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Immigration Records

Land Records

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Land Records

Ocean County, NJ Clerk

USGenWeb Archives - Bean, James M. & Rachel E., New Egypt

USGenWeb Archives - Isaac S. Jennings 1886, Long Beach

USGenWeb Archives - Sales from Newark Office, Silverton Land Company 1926-32

Map Records

Historic Map Archive – NJPineBarrens.com

Historic Map Works - Ocean County, New Jersey

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Map Records

Wikipedia.org - Ocean County, NJ Geography

Miscellaneous Records

FamilySearch Wiki - Ocean County, New Jersey

Genealogy Resources for South Jersey

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Miscellaneous Records

Ocean County, NJ Government

Ocean County, New Jersey External Links

Ocean County, New Jersey Resources

Military Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Ocean County, NJ Military Data

NJGenWeb Project - Ocean County Military

NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey History

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Ocean County, New Jersey

Revolutionary War New Jersey - The Ultimate Field Guide

USGenWeb Archives - Bonds Coast Guard Station Employees, Beach Haven: 1930

World War II Casualties Army and Air Force - Ocean County, NJ

Municipalities

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Records by City/Town

Ocean County, NJ Municipalities

Wikipedia.org - Ocean County, NJ Municipalities

Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Ocean County, NJ Newspapers

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Newspapers

NJGenWeb Project - Ocean County Newspapers

Ocean County - New Jersey Digitized Historic Newspapers

USGenWeb Archives - USNavy, Derigible - Akron Disaster, 1933

USGenWeb Archives - Abstracts Barnaget Courier, 1902 & 1906

USGenWeb Archives - Extracts New Egypt Press January 31, 1908

USGenWeb Archives - Extracts New Egypt Press November 26, 1909

USGenWeb Archives - Extracts New Egypt Press December 31, 1909

USGenWeb Archives - Extracts New Egypt Press November 18, 1910

USGenWeb Archives - Extracts New Egypt Press December 9, 1910

USGenWeb Archives - Extracts New Egypt Press December 16, 1910

Obituaries

Ely Funeral Home - Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Ocean County, NJ Obituaries

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Obituaries

Manchester Memorial Funeral Home - Obituaries

Ocean County Observer - Obituaries

Obituary Index - Ocean County, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Misc. Obits 1906-1919

USGenWeb Archives - Fisher, Cherie Monsell 2004: Lakehurst

USGenWeb Archives - Henry, Eugene F. 1989: Point Pleasant

USGenWeb Archives - Henry, Gertrude (BOHAC) 1972: Point Pleasant

USGenWeb Archives - Misc. Obits 1906-1919 ant

USGenWeb Archives - Hoffman, Harold J. [aka John Straguzzi] 1996: Lakehurst

Photography

National Archives - Ocean County, New Jersey

New Jersey Old Photos - FamilyOldPhotos.com

Probate Records

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Probate Records

USGenWeb Archives - Lamb, Charles 1909

School Records

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County School Records

Little Egg Harbor School District

Wikipedia.org - Ocean County, NJ Education

Societies & Museums

The Barnegat Historical Society

Barnegat Light Public School

Barnegat Light Historical Society and Museum

Brick Township Historical Society Havens Homestead Museum

Double Trouble State Park

First Families of Old Monmouth County, NJ - Lincroft, NJ

Genealogical Society of New Jersey - Trenton, NJ

Insectropolis

Island Heights Cultural & Heritage Association - Island Heights, NJ

Island Heights Cultural And Heritage Association

John F. Peto Studio Museum

Lacey Historical Society

Lakehurst Historical Museum

Little Red School House

Long Beach Island Museum

Navy Lakehurst Historical Society - Lakehurst, NJ

New Egypt Historical Society

New Jersey Historical Society - Newark, NJ

New Jersey Maritime Museum

New Jersey Museum of Boating

Ocean County Cultural and Heritage Commission

Ocean County Historical Society - Toms River, NJ

Toms River Seaport Society and Maritime Museum

Tuckerton Historical Society

Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen's Museum

Vintage Automobile Museum of New Jersey

Waretown Historical Society

Tax Records

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Tax Records

Ocean County, NJ Clerk

Vital Records

Birth, Marriage, and Death Records - New Jersey Department of Health

Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates - VitalRec.com

GEDCOM Index - Ocean County, NJ

Genealogy Trails History Group - Ocean County, NJ Births

Genealogy Trails History Group - Ocean County, NJ Deaths

Genealogy Trails History Group - Ocean County, NJ Marriages

Genealogy Trails History Group - Ocean County, NJ Mortality Schedules

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Death Records

LDS Genealogy - Ocean County Marriage Records

Marriage Records - Ocean County New Jersey

NJGenWeb Project - Ocean County Vital Records

Ocean County, New Jersey Vital Records

USGenWeb Archives - Singleton, Martha, b. 1828

USGenWeb Archives - Woodward, Alice, b. 1820

USGenWeb Archives - Deaths: Ocean Emblem News Oct 1858 and Nov 1859

USGenWeb Archives - Deaths: New Jersey Courier: Oct 1878-Jul 1879

USGenWeb Archives - Deaths: New Jersey Courier January-September 1888

USGenWeb Archives - Selected Applegate Death records, 1902-1970

USGenWeb Archives - Fisher, Cherie Monsell 2004: Lakehurst

USGenWeb Archives - Russakow, Edward 1972: Lakehurst

USGenWeb Archives - Bishop, George - Rutter, Elizabeth C. 1848

USGenWeb Archives - Marriage Abstracts Ocean Emblem July 1858

USGenWeb Archives - Horner, Percy - Clift, Henrietta - October 1910

New Jersey County Records

Many New Jersey family records can be found online and at various archives and libraries located throughout the state of New Jersey . Many millions of records aren't yet available online, though, and many of these are awaiting your discovery at the local level at county courthouses, historical societies, churches, town clerks' offices, cemeteries, and elsewhere in New Jersey. To find these and other records, click on the links below to find more information about the specific counties where your ancestors lived in New Jersey. You'll find information on these pages that will lead you to the specific documentation you're searching for.

It is important to keep in mind when doing research that the names and boundaries of certain counties in New Jersey have changed over the past few hundred years. Your ancestors may have lived on a certain farm in one county and when borders were redrawn records relating to your family history might have been located in another area entirely. When searching for land, court, tax, and other records it is also a good idea to search for these records in adjacent counties. Following is a complete list of New Jersey's 21 counties along with their formation dates, county seats, and names of parent counties.

Formation Date

1837

1675

1681

1844

1685

1748

1675

1686

1840

1714

1838

1675

1675

1739

1850

1837

1681

1688

1753

1857

1824

County Seat

Mays Landing

Hackensack

Mount Holly Township

Camden

Cape May Courthouse

Bridgeton

Newark

Woodbury

Jersey City

Flemington

Trenton

New Brunswick

Freehold Borough

Morristown

Toms River

Paterson

Salem

Somerville

Newton

Elizabeth

Belvidere

Parent County

Gloucester County

Original county

Original county

Gloucester County

Burlington County

Salem County

Original county

Burlington County

Bergen County

Burlington County

Various counties

Original county

Original county

Hunterdon County

Monmouth County

Bergen & Essex Counties

Original county

Middlesex County

Morris County

Essex County

Sussex County