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Cape May County, New Jersey
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Location in the state of New Jersey
Location of New Jersey in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	, 1685
County Seat	Cape May Court House
Courthouse
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Address	Cape May County Court House 4 Moore Road Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 Phone: (609) 465-1010 Cape May County Website

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County Courthouse

Cape May County Courthouse
;4 Moore Road;
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
Phone: 609.465.1010

County Clerk has military records 1795-1878,
land records from 1692, Court Records 1793-1948,
Military are cords from 1919 and naturalization records 1900-1960.
County Surrogate has probate records from 1783. ^[1]

History

Parent County

• 12 Nov 1692 from Cumberland County. ^[1]

Boundary Changes

• 1685, court set up
• 1692, county given boundaries in West Jersey
• 1694, boundaries changed to transfer Great Egg Harbor area to Gloucester County
• 1710, boundary changed
• 1822, boundary with Cumberland County clarified
• 1844, part of Cumberland County added
• 1845, the 1844 part of Cumberland County returned
• 1846, coastal boundary established
• 1878, part of Maurice River twp., Cumberland County, added to Upper twp.
• 1891, part of Maurice River twp., Cumberland County, added to Dennis twp.
• 1906, coastal boundary established.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Boroughs

Cities

Townships

Census Districts

Communities

Neighboring Counties

Atlantic | Cumberland

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

Church

• 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:

• Ocean View: Calvary Baptist Church

Court

Gazetteers

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

• Cape May County Herald

• Cape May Star and Wave

Probate

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. (Family History Library book 973 D27rb 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

Telephone: 609-292-4978

Fax: 609-777-0094

Internet: http://www.answers.com/topic/new-jersey-superior-court

Taxation

Vital Records

• Archives of the Cape May County Clerk

Societies and Libraries

• Cape County Historical Museum and Genealogical Society
• Cape May County Library
• Greater Cape May Historical Society

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• The Cape May County NYGenWeb Project, a member of The NJGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
• The USGenWeb Archives Project for Cape May County.
• The USGenWeb Archives Project for Cape May County. (Backup site)
• FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Cape May County.
  

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