Camden County Historical Society

Camden County Historical Society

Park Boulevard and Euclid Avenue
Camden, N.J. 08103
(856) 964-3333
http://www.cchsnj.org

Visiting Hours:

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sunday 12-3 p.m.

Website:  http://www.cchsnj.org/

Research Library (General Questions): admin@cchsnj.org

Digital Collections Manager: digital@cchsnj.org

Admission to the library, free for members of the Society, $5 for non-members, $4 for students and seniors

Pomona Hall Open Thursday and Sunday, Group Tours by appointment.  A small fee is charged for group and non-members adult tours.

A selected list of the society's holdings (see website for complete holdings)

• General
    State histories 
    County histories (Note: There is an index available to Prowell's History of Camden County)
    City/town histories
    Church histories
    Military histories
   
• Record Compilations
    New Jersey Archives, 1st and 2nd Series
    New Jersey Index to Wills 
    Transcriptions of the First Quarter Century Documents of Old Gloucester County, NJ
    Transcriptions of the Freeholders First Record Book of Gloucester County, NJ
    Transcriptions of the Freeholders Second Record Book of Gloucester County, NJ
    Transcriptions of the First Court Records of Gloucester County, NJ 
    Transcriptions of the Second Court Records of Gloucester County, NJ
    Scrapbook of Photographs of Old Burlington County Houses and Meetings
    Spanish Influenza Clippings 1918 (From Camden newspapers) 
    Pennsylvania Archives, Colonial Series Pennsylvania Archives, 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th Series
   
• Card Files
    WPA Death File - to 1937 
    Obituary Death File - to 1900, 1940-1941, 1990 to present 
    Births - varying years 
    Marriages - varying years 
    Old Camden Cemetery Deeds   
    Wills   
    Miscellaneous Real Estate Records 
    Chew Family Genealogy
   
• City Directories
    Camden - Books and microfilm, most years (Note: Some years include surrounding towns)
    Philadelphia 1797, 1800, 1808, 1816, 1819, 1829, 1831, 1837, 1839, 1841-1843, 1846-1847, 
    1849, 1850, 1853-1854, 1856, 1860, 1887, 1891-1895, 1897-1935 
    Philadelphia Business 1890, 1897 (Directories for individual years and various other places are
     available)
   
• Microfilm Collections
    Federal Census, many NJ counties and years 
    NJ State Census: Camden County 1885, 1895, 1905; Burlington County 1905 
    Philadelphia Federal Census 1810 
    Evergreen Cemetery Index 
    New Camden Cemetery Records 
    St. John's Episcopal Church Records 
    Chews Landing Veterans' Interments (all wars to World War I). 
    Note: Maps that show cemeteries are also available. 
    Council of Proprietors Records
    Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, Camden 1885, 1891, 1906, 1926 
    Hexamer Maps, Camden 
    Salem County Deeds 
    West Jersey Deeds 1680-1854 
    Appointment of Postmasters 1789-1832 
    Miscellaneous Church Records 
    Miscellaneous Cemetery Records
   
• Newspapers (Microfilm and bound volumes - This is not an inclusive list.)
    Camden City Newspapers, most years through 1959 
    Only known collection of Camden Morning Post. 
    Suburban Newspaper Group, various towns including Merchantville, Delaware Township/Cherry
     Hill, Audubon, Mt. Ephraim, among others 
    Retrospect 1902-1971 
    News Chronicle, Moorestown 1953-1967 
    Haddon Gazette 1937-1975 
    Beverly Banner 1960s-1970s 
    Community News 1940s-1950s 
    Burlington County Daily Enterprise 1940s
   
• Immigration References
    Germans to America
    Filby's Immigration and Naturalization Lists – all
    Famine Immigrants 
    All standard immigration reference books
   
• Telephone Books (For many NJ counties from the 1940's--1960's)
• Society Bulletins
• Yearbooks: High School and University (Note: Various years)
• Atlases (Philadelphia, Camden City, Burlington County, Cumberland County)
• Postcards (Encompass all areas of Camden County)
• Vertical File
• Photographic Collections
• Genealogies (New Jersey and Pennsylvania Families)
• Alice B. Doughten Collection
• Cartographic Collection
• Manuscript Collection