Historical Resources

A collection of Atlantic County and South Jersey historical records, wills & newspapers.

Digitized Newspaper Collection

Explore ACLS’s collection of South Jersey newspapers dating from 1860-1923.

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Immigration Records

View immigration records (declarations of intention and correspondence) from 1850-1930.

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Civil War Era Collection

View newspapers and “mustered out” records of Atlantic County’s US Civil War Veterans and Civil War-era newspapers.

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Digitized Wills

View wills dating from 1837 – 1921 recorded in the Atlantic County Clerk and Surrogate’s offices.

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Carl Ingersoll Magistrate Ledger

A record of court cases, marriages and other legal proceedings handled by Magistrate Ingersoll during the period of 1863 to 1865.

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Census Collection

A collection of South Jersey Federal and State Census on microfilm.

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New Jersey Digital Highway

A collaboration of the New Jersey’s libraries, museums, archives and historical societies.

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The Atlantic County Library System expresses its appreciation for the grants provided by the New Jersey State Library which helped make this collection possible.

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